At 10:33 PM 3/5/2001, Andrew Heil wrote: >I'm a newbie to cygwin, so please forgive me if my description of the >problem I'm having is incomplete. > >Short version: > >When I use the bash prompt or the DOS prompt to issue the command > >gcc test.c -o test.exe > >it crashes while running "cpp" on my AMD K6/266-based computer with 128 >MB of RAM. > >Long version: > >I was interested in using Palm's GCC-based tools to compile Palm >programs. They're based on Cygwin. So I downloaded everything, >installed everything (including Cygwin b20.1) following very explicit >instructions (including "mount points"), and tried to compile a test >program. Lo and behold, my computer crashed after displaying "cpp" in >the title bar of the DOS box. > >I figured the problem might be Cygwin-related, so I tried to compile a >test program written in C (for DOS, not the Palm :-), and got the same >exact crash. (Note that if the source file had syntax errors, such as >lacking the path to "stdio.h", these would be pointed out, and CPP would >quit gracefully, *without* a crash.) > >So I uninstalled Cygwin b20.1 and went to the web site to get the latest >version, using the Internet-based setup program, and after it was done, >tried again. The new version has a different directory structure and >different "mount points", but produces the same crash. > >If you have any word on how to this problem, I'd be most grateful. >Please be explicit; I don't yet understand a lot of what's going on >behind the scenes. > >- Andrew Heil You might try using strace and/or posting your program and the results of cygcheck -s -r -v to the list. You're issue seems installation specific but someone may be able to spot where you're going wrong with more information. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: "CPP" crashes my computer to hardware reset when trying to compile "test.c" -- pls help
Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) Mon, 05 Mar 2001 19:26:35 -0800
- "CPP" crashes my computer to hard... Andrew Heil
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