Cygwin unstable as hell on Windows7 64bit‏

[Ryan Johnson]

On 21/06/2012 1:49 PM, James Johnston wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 15:55
>> Subject: Re: Cygwin unstable as hell on Windows7 64bit‏
>>
>> On 21/06/2012 11:34 AM, Gerard H. Pille wrote:
>>> I checked the BLODA, but with only the following programs left
>>> running, Cygwin is still getting killed:
>>>
>>> $ ps -efW
>> <snip>
>>
>> A task list isn't terribly useful:
>> - It doesn't include system tasks (winlogon.exe and a pile of svchost.exe
>> being prominently absent)
>> - Some BLODA are services, which tend to run as threads within a process
>> rather than given their own
>> - BLODA are most often troublesome because they inject dlls dynamically
>> into other processes. I dont' know the mechanics, but I suspect it involves
>> black magic in the registry and doesn't require the BLODA to be "running" at
>> all (that's why an uninstall is usually needed to clean up the mess).
> No black magic at all - can I introduce you to the AppInit_DLLs registry value?
OT: I consider the Windows registry to be a branch of black magic. It 
sucks the life out of programs, enthralls them, and otherwise makes life 
miserable for everyone it touches. ;)

Ryan


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