xinted rsync bluescreen

Danilo Turina danilo.turina@alcatel.it
Thu Jan 16 12:38:00 GMT 2003


I also have a very similar problem (writing in /etc when X is running, 
always cause a BSOD, regardless of antivirus packages), if I can have 
that hacked cygwin1.dll I can try it on my systems and tell if it's the 
same problem.

Ciao,

		Danilo Turina

Dan Holmsand wrote:
> Update:
> 
> I have now tested my hacked cygwin1.dll (without the 
> FindFirstChangeNotification of "/etc" stuff) quite extensively, on three 
> different machines that previously experienced quite frequent BSODs when 
> init was running.
> 
> No BSODs so far!
> 
> Thus, it seems quite obvious to me that the code in 
> init_cygheap::etc_changed is to "blame"; it must trigger some obscure 
> windows bug that sometimes causes a bsod when files under /etc are 
> accessed.
> 
> /dan
> 
> 
> 
> Dan Holmsand wrote:
> 
>> That seems to be it!  [touching wood]
>>
>> I added a "return 0" at the top of init_cygheap::etc_changed() (so 
>> that the whole FindFirstChangeNotification/DuplicateHandle business 
>> never happens). So far, no crashes - despite my best efforts running 
>> chkconfig rsync on/off, /sbin/telinit 3/1.
>>
>> Thanks for the hint!
>>
>> /dan
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 



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