either nothing or cygheap base mismatch error

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 3/4/2010 8:43 PM, Eugen Zalinescu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My problem is that I cannot start cygwin (with Cygwin.bat). Actually
> any cygwin application finishes as soon as I invoke it (or in about
> 1sec), with no output, as in
>    D:\cygwin\bin>  bash
>
>    D:\cygwin\bin>
>
> However, sometimes (I cannot reproduce the behavior), I obtain a
> "cygheap base mismatch detected" error.
>
> I attach a cygcheck.out file and the setup.log for a "fresh"
> installation (I didn't uninstall my previous installation, which was
> working fine some time ago, but just put it elsewhere; it is said that
> this should be OK in 1.7.1. Anyhow, I have same behavior with both the
> new and old installation).
>
> There do not seem to be other versions of cygwin1.dll in the system,
> and I obtain the same behavior after deactivating the anti-virus; and
> I don't have any other program from the BLODA neither.
>
> Any hints are welcomed.

Make sure you stopped all the previously running Cygwin services before
installing.  From what I see in the setup log, the postinstall scripts
didn't run, so nothing is configured properly.  Try re-running setup.exe
after rebooting and stopping any Cygwin services.


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