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. 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)? Thanks, Kate Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at eip=7C90EAE0eax=00000000 ebx=00010002 ecx=00226020 edx=0000004C esi=6115C834 edi=C0000000 ebp=00226040 esp=00226028 program=C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe, pid 3616, thread main cs=001B ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003B gs=0000 ss=0023 Stack trace: Frame Function Args 00226040 7C90EAE0 (00000000, 60020000, 00010002, 00000000) 0022E420 610207A6 (6115BA94, 00000000, 00000003, 7C90D592) 0022E520 6101336C (0022E578, 0061004D, 00680063, 006E0069) 0022F530 61005EB3 (00000000, 00000000, 00000000, 00000000) End of stack trace -- 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/