Error 29 on Vista

[thebigcheeze]

I installed Cygwin with the default packages with added ssh and the entire x11 package.  when I attempt to run xwindows using this batch file:

@echo off

C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin

bash --login -i startx

It gives the following error:

     45 [main] xterm 2240 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3AB0
0..0x3AB440, done 0, windows pid 2356, Win32 error 487
xterm: Error 29, errno 11: Resource temporarily unavailable
Reason: spawn: fork() failed

followed by:

winClipboardProc - winClipboardFlushWindowsMessageQueue trapped WM_QUIT message,
winClipboardProc - XDestroyWindow succeeded.

winClipboardIOErrorHandler!

FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; f
ixing.
winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress

then it kicks me back to the command prompt.  anyone know a work around or perhaps a fix for this?

I'm running on an Administrator account as well.

Thanks.

[William Bierman]

I get the 'resource temporarily unavailable' error quite often, as
well.  For me it's usually when I'm attempting to perform some remote
function with SVN.

If I just keep trying, it usually works by the fourth try.

I would also be very interested in a solution.

On 3/6/07, thebigcheeze <thebigcheeze@...> wrote:

>
> I installed Cygwin with the default packages with added ssh and the entire
> x11 package.  when I attempt to run xwindows using this batch file:
>
> @echo off
>
> C:
> chdir C:\cygwin\bin
>
> bash --login -i startx
>
> It gives the following error:
>
>      45 [main] xterm 2240 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed,
> 0x3AB0
> 0..0x3AB440, done 0, windows pid 2356, Win32 error 487
> xterm: Error 29, errno 11: Resource temporarily unavailable
> Reason: spawn: fork() failed
>
> followed by:
>
> winClipboardProc - winClipboardFlushWindowsMessageQueue trapped WM_QUIT
> message,
> winClipboardProc - XDestroyWindow succeeded.
>
> winClipboardIOErrorHandler!
>
> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be
> 1; f
> ixing.
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
>
> then it kicks me back to the command prompt.  anyone know a work around or
> perhaps a fix for this?
>
> I'm running on an Administrator account as well.
>
> Thanks.
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[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

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William Bierman wrote:
> On 3/6/07, thebigcheeze <thebigcheeze <at> gmail <dot> com> wrote:
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>  Don't to feed the spammers.

>>
>> I installed Cygwin with the default packages with added ssh and the
>> entire
>> x11 package.  when I attempt to run xwindows using this batch file:
>>
>> @echo off
>>
>> C:
>> chdir C:\cygwin\bin
>>
>> bash --login -i startx
>>
>> It gives the following error:
>>
>>      45 [main] xterm 2240 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed,
>> 0x3AB0
>> 0..0x3AB440, done 0, windows pid 2356, Win32 error 487
>> xterm: Error 29, errno 11: Resource temporarily unavailable
>> Reason: spawn: fork() failed
>>
>> followed by:
>>
>> winClipboardProc - winClipboardFlushWindowsMessageQueue trapped WM_QUIT
>> message,
>> winClipboardProc - XDestroyWindow succeeded.
>>
>> winClipboardIOErrorHandler!
>>
>> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2,
>> should be
>> 1; f
>> ixing.
>> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
>>
>> then it kicks me back to the command prompt.  anyone know a work
>> around or
>> perhaps a fix for this?
>>
>> I'm running on an Administrator account as well.
>>
>

 > I get the 'resource temporarily unavailable' error quite often, as
 > well.  For me it's usually when I'm attempting to perform some remote
 > function with SVN.
 >
 > If I just keep trying, it usually works by the fourth try.
 >
 > I would also be very interested in a solution.
 >

Fork failures are typically caused by one of two issues:

   1. Buggy firewalls, virus-scanners, spyware proggies, etc.
   2. DLL address space collisions

The former can be solved by uninstalling all such junkware (no, you can't
generally just disable this stuff) and trying again.  If it works, then
you know you need to report a bug (to the junkware provider, not to Cygwin).
  The latter can be solved by installing the 'rebase' package, reading
'/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/rebase-2.4.3.README', and following the instructions.

Win32 error 487 is a classic indicator of problem 2 above.  I'd recommend
starting there.  You can check the main list for lots of back-story to the
rebase issue if you're interested.

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[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:

>
> Fork failures are typically caused by one of two issues:
>
>   1. Buggy firewalls, virus-scanners, spyware proggies, etc.
>   2. DLL address space collisions
>
> The former can be solved by uninstalling all such junkware (no, you can't
> generally just disable this stuff) and trying again.  If it works, then
> you know you need to report a bug (to the junkware provider, not to
> Cygwin).
>  The latter can be solved by installing the 'rebase' package, reading
> '/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/rebase-2.4.3.README', and following the
> instructions.
>
> Win32 error 487 is a classic indicator of problem 2 above.  I'd recommend
> starting there.  You can check the main list for lots of back-story to the
> rebase issue if you're interested.
>

I somehow missed that you were working on Vista.  You'll also want to
see:

<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-11/msg00059.html>

You can ignore references to snapshots.  If you're running the latest
Cygwin release via 'setup.exe', you're at the same level as the snapshots
at the time the message was sent.

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[thebigcheeze]

Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU>

William Bierman wrote:
> On 3/6/07, thebigcheeze <thebigcheeze <at> gmail <dot> com> wrote:
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>  Don't to feed the spammers.

>>
>> I installed Cygwin with the default packages with added ssh and the
>> entire
>> x11 package.  when I attempt to run xwindows using this batch file:
>>
>> @echo off
>>
>> C:
>> chdir C:\cygwin\bin
>>
>> bash --login -i startx
>>
>> It gives the following error:
>>
>>      45 [main] xterm 2240 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed,
>> 0x3AB0
>> 0..0x3AB440, done 0, windows pid 2356, Win32 error 487
>> xterm: Error 29, errno 11: Resource temporarily unavailable
>> Reason: spawn: fork() failed
>>
>> followed by:
>>
>> winClipboardProc - winClipboardFlushWindowsMessageQueue trapped WM_QUIT
>> message,
>> winClipboardProc - XDestroyWindow succeeded.
>>
>> winClipboardIOErrorHandler!
>>
>> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2,
>> should be
>> 1; f
>> ixing.
>> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
>>
>> then it kicks me back to the command prompt.  anyone know a work
>> around or
>> perhaps a fix for this?
>>
>> I'm running on an Administrator account as well.
>>
>
 > I get the 'resource temporarily unavailable' error quite often, as
 > well.  For me it's usually when I'm attempting to perform some remote
 > function with SVN.
 >
 > If I just keep trying, it usually works by the fourth try.
 >
 > I would also be very interested in a solution.
 >

Fork failures are typically caused by one of two issues:

   1. Buggy firewalls, virus-scanners, spyware proggies, etc.
   2. DLL address space collisions

The former can be solved by uninstalling all such junkware (no, you can't
generally just disable this stuff) and trying again.  If it works, then
you know you need to report a bug (to the junkware provider, not to Cygwin).
  The latter can be solved by installing the 'rebase' package, reading
'/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/rebase-2.4.3.README', and following the instructions.

Win32 error 487 is a classic indicator of problem 2 above.  I'd recommend
starting there.  You can check the main list for lots of back-story to the
rebase issue if you're interested.

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The only firewall/antivirus programs that are running are Symantec Antivirus and the Vista Firewall.  Are either of those known to cause these types of issues?  I've also removed cygwin and re-installed it with all default packages, X11, ssh/ssl, and rebase as recommended.  It gives the error some times, but others it executes normally.  The Icon of the executed program is that of XWin.exe but it is still a command line, no different than merely running cygwin.exe.

EDITED:  I've tested this and the X server is functioning, but it takes, as stated before, about 2-5 attempts at running startx before it will actually work.