cygwin1.dll Windows Problem

Eric Wolvovsky Eric.Wolvovsky at NOAA.GOV
Wed Nov 19 13:11:06 EST 2008


Arlindo,

I am using v1.8SL9, is that too old to just remove cygwin1.dll?

Eric

Arlindo da Silva wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Eric Wolvovsky
> <Eric.Wolvovsky at noaa.gov <mailto:Eric.Wolvovsky at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>
>     Hello fellow GrADS users,
>
>     I am working with GrADS on multiple Windows computers. However, when I
>     process the data on certain computers everything works fine,
>     however on
>     some computers I get the following error:
>
>     "Could not reserve space for cygwin1.dll"
>
>     I am using Windows XP on all of the computers and as far as I can tell
>     all of the settings are the same. Any help would be greatly
>     appreciated.
>
>
> Which version of GrADS is this? Cygwin puts aside a chunk of shared
> memory for doing its thing. If your machine is short of memory it
> could be a problem. Other possibility is the presence of more than one
> cygwin1.dll in your path. If you have cygwin separately installed on
> your windows box is advised that you remove the cygwin1.dll that ships
> with GrADS and use the one in your system (provided your grads build
> is is not too old, say v1.8SL11). A fresh reboot is always a good idea
> after you remove cygwin1.dll.
>
>          Arlindo
>
>
>
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu <mailto:dasilva at alum.mit.edu>


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