Redd Vinylene wrote on 10 August 2008 14:10: > I just had this spyware issue (Antivirus XP 2008), so I installed an > antivirus tool (NOD32) and an antispyware tool (Spyware Doctor). > > Now I can't use cygwin. Some other programs have stopped working too: > > 554 [main] ? (8716) C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't > allocate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x7D0000, top 0x7E0000, > reserve_size 61440, allocsize 65536, page_const 4096 > > Anybody know?
You have just discovered the http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA. See also the FAQ entry at http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda It's most likely NOD32, try uninstalling that and see if it helps. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/