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Re: Cygwin unstable as hell on Windows7 64bitâ
- From: Ryan Johnson <ryan dot johnson at cs dot utoronto dot ca>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:54:56 -0400
- Subject: Re: Cygwin unstable as hell on Windows7 64bitâ
- References: <4FE0596F.4060702@roularta.be> <201206191631.q5JGVSaD088723@barrierB241.nike.com> <4FE33F15.50101@roularta.be>
On 21/06/2012 11:34 AM, Gerard H. Pille wrote:
I checked the BLODA, but with only the following programs left
running, Cygwin is still getting killed:
$ ps -efW
<snip>
A task list isn't terribly useful:
- It doesn't include system tasks (winlogon.exe and a pile of
svchost.exe being prominently absent)
- Some BLODA are services, which tend to run as threads within a process
rather than given their own
- BLODA are most often troublesome because they inject dlls dynamically
into other processes. I dont' know the mechanics, but I suspect it
involves black magic in the registry and doesn't require the BLODA to be
"running" at all (that's why an uninstall is usually needed to clean up
the mess).
- I don't know what all those processes are doing (freepopsd.exe (??),
rundll32 could do *anything*, etc.)
Finally, a virus scan is highly recommended if you're convinced there
are no normal BLODA around and still "something" kills your cygwin
prompts: viruses often hide themselves from the task list.
Ryan
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