BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

[Petr Bena]

I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com
but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:

C:\Users\petr.bena>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
      0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487
AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize 0x40000, State 0x10000
C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for
cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0


At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.
Did anyone had similar issue?

Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

[Thomas Braun]

Am 08.09.2014 um 11:15 schrieb Petr Bena:
> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com
> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:
> 
> C:\Users\petr.bena>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
>       0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487
> AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize 0x40000, State 0x10000
> C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for
> cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0
> 
> 
> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.
> Did anyone had similar issue?

[CC'ing msysgit]

Do you have cygwin installed, or why do you mention cygwin?
What windows are you running?


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Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

[Petr Bena]

Hi,

Windows 7 enterprise (Windows [Version 6.1.7601])

I mention it because IMHO windows git is based on cygwin and because I
can see cygwin mentioned in error message. I didn't install it by
hand, I think it was part of git installation package.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Thomas Braun
<thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de> wrote:
> Am 08.09.2014 um 11:15 schrieb Petr Bena:
>> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com
>> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:
>>
>> C:\Users\petr.bena>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
>>       0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487
>> AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize 0x40000, State 0x10000
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for
>> cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0
>>
>>
>> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.
>> Did anyone had similar issue?
>
> [CC'ing msysgit]
>
> Do you have cygwin installed, or why do you mention cygwin?
> What windows are you running?
>
>

Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

[Konstantin Khomoutov]

On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:44 +0200
Petr Bena <benapetr@gmail.com> wrote:

> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com
> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:
> 
> C:\Users\petr.bena>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
>       0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32
> error 487 AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize
> 0x40000, State 0x10000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe: ***
> Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0
> 
> 
> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.
> Did anyone had similar issue?

Does [1] help?

I wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though.
One reason might be is that MinGW is originally a fork of some very
early Cygwin release so may be some error message is lingering there,
unmodified.

1. http://stackoverflow.com/a/24406417/720999

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Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

[Petr Bena]

Yes that fixed it, thanks :)

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov
<flatworm@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:44 +0200
> Petr Bena <benapetr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com
>> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:
>>
>> C:\Users\petr.bena>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
>>       0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32
>> error 487 AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize
>> 0x40000, State 0x10000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe: ***
>> Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0
>>
>>
>> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.
>> Did anyone had similar issue?
>
> Does [1] help?
>
> I wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though.
> One reason might be is that MinGW is originally a fork of some very
> early Cygwin release so may be some error message is lingering there,
> unmodified.
>
> 1. http://stackoverflow.com/a/24406417/720999

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Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

[Petr Bena]

For others who are lazy to open the link, solution is executing this
as administrator from your bin folder from where git is installed:

rebase.exe -b 0x50000000 msys-1.0.dll

or reboot, but some people don't reboot their PC's ever, so you might
prefer this.




On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Petr Bena <benapetr@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes that fixed it, thanks :)
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov
> <flatworm@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:44 +0200
>> Petr Bena <benapetr@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com
>>> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:
>>>
>>> C:\Users\petr.bena>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
>>>       0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32
>>> error 487 AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize
>>> 0x40000, State 0x10000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe: ***
>>> Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0
>>>
>>>
>>> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.
>>> Did anyone had similar issue?
>>
>> Does [1] help?
>>
>> I wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though.
>> One reason might be is that MinGW is originally a fork of some very
>> early Cygwin release so may be some error message is lingering there,
>> unmodified.
>>
>> 1. http://stackoverflow.com/a/24406417/720999

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Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7

[Thomas Braun]

Am 08.09.2014 um 17:34 schrieb Konstantin Khomoutov:
> I wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though.

This is a leftover. Msys was forked from cygwin some time ago.

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