rxvt shortcut problem (bash, XP, memory, heap, Win32 error 48 7)

[Garrett, Ron]

Files attached as suggested. Cygcheck.def is from the default terminal
running bash. Cygcheck.rxvt is from the rxvt terminal running sh.

One other note: If I set the environment variable "SHELL" to "bash" using
the Control Panel, then clicking the rxvt icon (invoking rxvt with NO
arguments) leads to the two windows opening briefly and then closing. It
seems pretty clear the problem is caused by starting bash from within rxvt,
rather than the rxvt program itself.

Thanks for any help.


-----Original Message-----
From: Elfyn McBratney [mailto:elfyn@emcb.co.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 5:29 PM
To: Garrett, Ron
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: rxvt shortcut problem (bash, XP, memory, heap, Win32 error 487)

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Garrett, Ron wrote:

> I'm having trouble starting rxvt from a shortcut icon. If I simply click
on
> the rxvt.exe icon in a Windows Explorer window, then I get a console
window
> that is running /usr/bin/sh. If I then try to start bash, I get a heap
> allocation error:
>
> $ ps
>       PID    PPID    PGID     WINPID  TTY  UID    STIME COMMAND
>       180       1     180        180  con 1005 11:43:00 /usr/bin/rxvt
>      3292     180    3292        948    0 1005 11:43:01 /usr/bin/sh
>      3812    3292    3292       2440    0 1005 11:43:17 /usr/bin/ps
> $ bash
> C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap
> (0x2B80000) in child, cygheap, Win32 error 487
>
>
> If I try a shortcut that starts bash immediately (as suggested by several
> sources), then I see two windows open briefly and close. I'm guessing the
> same problem is happening there.
>
> If I start rxvt from a cygwin terminal window (already running bash), then
> rxvt starts up fine, and begins running bash itself. This happens even
when
> I don't include the "-e /bin/bash" arguments to rxvt.

Can you send the output of `cygcheck -svr', as a plain-text *non-compressed*
attachment (not inlined) to the list? It might help pinpoint your problem.

Elfyn

-- 
Elfyn McBratney, EMCB
http://www.emcb.co.uk
elfyn@emcb.co.uk


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