FYI, Microsoft Professional Support EMEA didn't accept this problem as a support case. So, if nobody at Microsoft thinks this is a potential OS problem and requires analyzing from the OS side, it will stay unfixed.
On Oct 23 20:53, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Oct 23 17:52, Dave Korn wrote: > > Corinna Vinschen wrote on 23 October 2008 17:21: > > > Attempt to execute non-executable address 00419d97 > > > > > > Huh? Why should this address (this application function) be > > > "non-executable", while it's executable when TS is not installed? > > > > DEP? ASLR? SafeSEH? As well as "dg" there are some other commands in > > windbg that'll show you memory types and attributes. > > Huh! It was DEP. Apparently when installing TS, the default setting > for DEP is switched from "Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs > and services only" to "Turn on DEP for all programs and services > [with execptions]". I switched it back, rebooted, and now bash, grep > and GDB work fine. Apparently Server 2008 has DEP switched on by default. I missed this when testing but the MS support engineer told me. Of course that doesn't change the fact that bash/gdb/grep work fine with DEP switched on as long as TS isn't installed... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/