doublehelix wrote: > Hello > > I'm a novice cygwin user running cygwin on a Dell PC with Windows XP. > A couple of months ago an unrelated software package I tried to > install on my machine must have corrupted cygwin, because since then I > have been unable to run it.
Do you know what package was that? There are known problems with some packages, so it may be helpful. > Now when I try to start cygwin with > cygwin.bat, I always get the error from the bash.exe window: > > The procedure entry point rl_variable_value could not be located in the > dynamic link library cygreadline6.dll > > I've tried to uninstall and reinstall cygwin, but I get the exact same > message during the preremove script runs. A similar entry point error > question in the > archive suggested that an extra copy of the .dll caused the problem, but my > searches yield > only one cygreadline6.dll.I also get a bash.exe.stackdump file after I > attempt to open cygwin, which I've included below. > > Any suggestions on how to fix this problem, or cleanly uninstall/reinstall > cygwin without > using setup.exe or cygwin bash (since this error persists on these actions)? [snip] Look for duplicates of cygwin1.dll, that's what usually other packages install and is what breaks a Cygwin installation. I've cc'ed this reply to the main Cygwin list because this has nothing to do with cygwin-xfree. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/