* Re: prefork error : couldn't create pipe process trackerWin32 error 161
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@ 2012-12-27 17:36 ` Chris Faylor
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From: Chris Faylor @ 2012-12-27 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alain Coste; +Cc: cygwin
[I see the same problem posted on stackoverflow. I'll never understand why
people don't just go to the place where they downloaded the software for help first]
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 02:48:03PM +0100, Alain Coste wrote:
>Running Windows XP, SP3
>Uninstalled a previous working Cygwin
>Installed Cygwin 1.7.17-1 with setup.exe (default installation). No error
>reported.
>Every time I launch Cygwin Terminal I get the following message, 3 times :
>2 [main] -bash 3788 D:\Cygwin\bin\bash.exe: *** fatal error - prefork:
>couldn't create pipe process trackerWin32 error 161
Error code 160 is "BAD PATHNAME". That is not something that should be associated
with the creation of a pipe. So, it looks like you may have BLODA:
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#BLODA
or even a virus.
If this isn't enough of a hint then please take some time with this page
http://cygwin.com/problems.html
cgf
[For the curious, this was found in sourceware's spam trap since the message
was sent as html. I thought I'd streamline the process by replying directly
to the mailing list.]
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