From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25523 invoked by alias); 7 Sep 2010 03:30:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 25512 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Sep 2010 03:30:43 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,FREEMAIL_FROM,SARE_SUB_ENC_UTF8,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL,T_TVD_FUZZY_SECURITIES,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from lo.gmane.org (HELO lo.gmane.org) (80.91.229.12) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:30:07 +0000 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ososk-0003OQ-FH for cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:30:02 +0200 Received: from cpe-70-116-88-151.austin.res.rr.com ([cpe-70-116-88-151.austin.res.rr.com]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:30:02 +0200 Received: from pyroklastiqflow by cpe-70-116-88-151.austin.res.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:30:02 +0200 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com From: Michael Subject: Re: frequently getting a =?utf-8?b?U1RBVFVTX0FDQ0VTU19WSU9MQVRJT04=?= exception under win7 Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:30:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-09/txt/msg00013.txt.bz2 I was having this same issue. Cygwin Xserver was working properly under Win XP, but the fork failure began occuring when I migrated to Win 7 Home Premium 32-bit. My issue was Microsoft Security Essentials was set to default which allows it to real time scan all files/directories/real-time processes. If you are also running this, I guarantee it is your problem (or at least one of them). To resolve, open Security Essentials and navigate to the settings tab. Under the "Excluded files & locations" menu, add the cygwin root directory (C:\cygwin\ if you used the default install config). Under excluded processes, add startx.exe, startxwin.exe, xterm.exe, and Cygwin.bat. These files will all be in the C:\cygwin\ and C:\cygwin\bin\ directories. Save the changes to the firewall and give it a shot. -- 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/