From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Petr Bena Subject: Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:23:26 +0200 Message-ID: References: <540DAD4B.9000208@virtuell-zuhause.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, msysGit To: Thomas Braun X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Sep 08 15:23:39 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XQyut-0004Ra-Ti for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:23:36 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753969AbaIHNX2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:23:28 -0400 Received: from mail-vc0-f180.google.com ([209.85.220.180]:52940 "EHLO mail-vc0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753925AbaIHNX1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2014 09:23:27 -0400 Received: by mail-vc0-f180.google.com with SMTP id lf12so15422293vcb.11 for ; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:23:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=5er+BysXKl8BCUBOvPWv+fn+OfU0LYYUp8E8kgs3RpM=; b=LOGDbioruge6r2yoSGFsz/ffKkf5k+nMpbO8ZkNFrIWOYfIR9asTh+Oevun3r+XcLD mtZv/IcOgRZ4nl5WutHZBmGyqC3ShBu23CQ/AvYF/5NVupxmvHEhvRPdWkgiBcEGKJqz RKgX6zaztPmoRunhZ4RLKPl49uyxKZ+6nlw/74IRkyK40iw8fPsywgnKV5B8V4E+PTDd Ywq2vYDfhppto3652yWOLJD6l05LwiAaMDqDg7AOGIV3+wZiK4nf3Q9Kzit4aUzMF533 1QVbTqeobWpiaDvbFLL3hJJI8skr97Kemordc9zBZv7CT8aOx+zk8tbrtH2gtEf9pvNP 3HCg== X-Received: by 10.53.6.132 with SMTP id cu4mr205503vdd.62.1410182606261; Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:23:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.221.10.69 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Sep 2014 06:23:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <540DAD4B.9000208@virtuell-zuhause.de> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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 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? > >