{"thread":{"id":"37513","subject":"BUG I can't start git on Windows 7","startedAt":"2014-09-08T09:15:44Z","lastAt":"2014-09-08T16:02:35Z","messageCount":7,"participants":["Petr Bena","Thomas Braun","Konstantin Khomoutov"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"249026","messageId":"CA+4EQ5eXQTVPz-20Y-k-sJMyVcvAeUXBm44LGYFuqmaEwgB3Rg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"37513","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"BUG I can't start git on Windows 7","fromName":"Petr Bena","fromEmail":"benapetr@gmail.com","sentAt":"2014-09-08T09:15:44Z","receivedAt":"2014-09-08T09:15:44Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"benapetr@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/d8e2bbb0fa34077a33e1bb62ab14aa844ddce3bc3c8759f059f020ebde43d6d7?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com\nbut I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:\n\nC:\\Users\\petr.bena>\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe\" --login -i\n 0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487\nAllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize 0x40000, State 0x10000\nC:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for\ncygwin's heap, Win32 error 0\n\n\nAt some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.\nDid anyone had similar issue?\n"},{"id":"249032","messageId":"540DAD4B.9000208@virtuell-zuhause.de","threadId":"37513","inReplyTo":"CA+4EQ5eXQTVPz-20Y-k-sJMyVcvAeUXBm44LGYFuqmaEwgB3Rg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7","fromName":"Thomas Braun","fromEmail":"thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de","sentAt":"2014-09-08T13:21:15Z","receivedAt":"2014-09-08T13:21:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1185677?v=4"},"body":"Am 08.09.2014 um 11:15 schrieb Petr Bena:\n> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com\n> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:\n> \n> C:\\Users\\petr.bena>\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe\" --login -i\n> 0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487\n> AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize 0x40000, State 0x10000\n> C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for\n> cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0\n> \n> \n> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.\n> Did anyone had similar issue?\n\n[CC'ing msysgit]\n\nDo you have cygwin installed, or why do you mention cygwin?\nWhat windows are you running?\n\n\n-- \n-- \n*** Please reply-to-all at all times ***\n*** (do not pretend to know who is subscribed and who is not) ***\n*** Please avoid top-posting. ***\nThe msysGit Wiki is here: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki - Github accounts are free.\n\nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google\nGroups \"msysGit\" group.\nTo post to this group, send email to msysgit@googlegroups.com\nTo unsubscribe from this group, send email to\nmsysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com\nFor more options, and view previous threads, visit this group at\nhttp://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en\n\n--- \nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups \"Git for Windows\" group.\nTo unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.\nFor more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.\n"},{"id":"249033","messageId":"CA+4EQ5e4==-eZDw7y4yj-vQS1dZsQig3xZc7eTkoCWF=SxU9cg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"37513","inReplyTo":"540DAD4B.9000208@virtuell-zuhause.de","subject":"Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7","fromName":"Petr Bena","fromEmail":"benapetr@gmail.com","sentAt":"2014-09-08T13:23:26Z","receivedAt":"2014-09-08T13:23:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"benapetr@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/d8e2bbb0fa34077a33e1bb62ab14aa844ddce3bc3c8759f059f020ebde43d6d7?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hi,\n\nWindows 7 enterprise (Windows [Version 6.1.7601])\n\nI mention it because IMHO windows git is based on cygwin and because I\ncan see cygwin mentioned in error message. I didn't install it by\nhand, I think it was part of git installation package.\n\nOn Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Thomas Braun\n wrote:\n> Am 08.09.2014 um 11:15 schrieb Petr Bena:\n>> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com\n>> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:\n>>\n>> C:\\Users\\petr.bena>\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe\" --login -i\n>> 0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32 error 487\n>> AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize 0x40000, State 0x10000\n>> C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe: *** Couldn't reserve space for\n>> cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0\n>>\n>>\n>> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.\n>> Did anyone had similar issue?\n>\n> [CC'ing msysgit]\n>\n> Do you have cygwin installed, or why do you mention cygwin?\n> What windows are you running?\n>\n>\n"},{"id":"249040","messageId":"20140908193402.c755f942853c278c10b75c7d@domain007.com","threadId":"37513","inReplyTo":"CA+4EQ5eXQTVPz-20Y-k-sJMyVcvAeUXBm44LGYFuqmaEwgB3Rg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7","fromName":"Konstantin Khomoutov","fromEmail":"flatworm@users.sourceforge.net","sentAt":"2014-09-08T15:34:02Z","receivedAt":"2014-09-08T15:34:02Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"flatworm@users.sourceforge.net","avatar":null},"body":"On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:44 +0200\nPetr Bena wrote:\n\n> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com\n> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:\n> \n> C:\\Users\\petr.bena>\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe\" --login -i\n> 0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32\n> error 487 AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize\n> 0x40000, State 0x10000 C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe: ***\n> Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0\n> \n> \n> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.\n> Did anyone had similar issue?\n\nDoes [1] help?\n\nI wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though.\nOne reason might be is that MinGW is originally a fork of some very\nearly Cygwin release so may be some error message is lingering there,\nunmodified.\n\n1. http://stackoverflow.com/a/24406417/720999\n\n-- \n-- \n*** Please reply-to-all at all times ***\n*** (do not pretend to know who is subscribed and who is not) ***\n*** Please avoid top-posting. ***\nThe msysGit Wiki is here: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki - Github accounts are free.\n\nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google\nGroups \"msysGit\" group.\nTo post to this group, send email to msysgit@googlegroups.com\nTo unsubscribe from this group, send email to\nmsysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com\nFor more options, and view previous threads, visit this group at\nhttp://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en\n\n--- \nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups \"Git for Windows\" group.\nTo unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.\nFor more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.\n"},{"id":"249042","messageId":"CA+4EQ5cHx2Gz8CB_bCLrVNRpYEEr+vdJa5omgh1_5_3jj_q_sw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"37513","inReplyTo":"20140908193402.c755f942853c278c10b75c7d@domain007.com","subject":"Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7","fromName":"Petr Bena","fromEmail":"benapetr@gmail.com","sentAt":"2014-09-08T15:56:29Z","receivedAt":"2014-09-08T15:56:29Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"benapetr@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/d8e2bbb0fa34077a33e1bb62ab14aa844ddce3bc3c8759f059f020ebde43d6d7?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Yes that fixed it, thanks :)\n\nOn Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov\n wrote:\n> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:44 +0200\n> Petr Bena wrote:\n>\n>> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com\n>> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:\n>>\n>> C:\\Users\\petr.bena>\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe\" --login -i\n>> 0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32\n>> error 487 AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize\n>> 0x40000, State 0x10000 C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe: ***\n>> Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0\n>>\n>>\n>> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.\n>> Did anyone had similar issue?\n>\n> Does [1] help?\n>\n> I wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though.\n> One reason might be is that MinGW is originally a fork of some very\n> early Cygwin release so may be some error message is lingering there,\n> unmodified.\n>\n> 1. http://stackoverflow.com/a/24406417/720999\n\n-- \n-- \n*** Please reply-to-all at all times ***\n*** (do not pretend to know who is subscribed and who is not) ***\n*** Please avoid top-posting. ***\nThe msysGit Wiki is here: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki - Github accounts are free.\n\nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google\nGroups \"msysGit\" group.\nTo post to this group, send email to msysgit@googlegroups.com\nTo unsubscribe from this group, send email to\nmsysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com\nFor more options, and view previous threads, visit this group at\nhttp://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en\n\n--- \nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups \"Git for Windows\" group.\nTo unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.\nFor more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.\n"},{"id":"249043","messageId":"CA+4EQ5f9+derXY5+c-eNwH05mHERgbPB_6i1fx33KmGuo2EjmQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"37513","inReplyTo":"CA+4EQ5cHx2Gz8CB_bCLrVNRpYEEr+vdJa5omgh1_5_3jj_q_sw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7","fromName":"Petr Bena","fromEmail":"benapetr@gmail.com","sentAt":"2014-09-08T15:57:40Z","receivedAt":"2014-09-08T15:57:40Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"benapetr@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/d8e2bbb0fa34077a33e1bb62ab14aa844ddce3bc3c8759f059f020ebde43d6d7?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"For others who are lazy to open the link, solution is executing this\nas administrator from your bin folder from where git is installed:\n\nrebase.exe -b 0x50000000 msys-1.0.dll\n\nor reboot, but some people don't reboot their PC's ever, so you might\nprefer this.\n\n\n\n\nOn Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Petr Bena wrote:\n> Yes that fixed it, thanks :)\n>\n> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov\n> wrote:\n>> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:15:44 +0200\n>> Petr Bena wrote:\n>>\n>>> I installed git on my system using official package from git-scm.com\n>>> but I can't launch it, I am always getting this error:\n>>>\n>>> C:\\Users\\petr.bena>\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe\" --login -i\n>>> 0 [main] us 0 init_cheap: VirtualAlloc pointer is null, Win32\n>>> error 487 AllocationBase 0x0, BaseAddress 0x68570000, RegionSize\n>>> 0x40000, State 0x10000 C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe: ***\n>>> Couldn't reserve space for cygwin's heap, Win32 error 0\n>>>\n>>>\n>>> At some point this could be an issue with cygwin, but I am not sure.\n>>> Did anyone had similar issue?\n>>\n>> Does [1] help?\n>>\n>> I wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though.\n>> One reason might be is that MinGW is originally a fork of some very\n>> early Cygwin release so may be some error message is lingering there,\n>> unmodified.\n>>\n>> 1. http://stackoverflow.com/a/24406417/720999\n\n-- \n-- \n*** Please reply-to-all at all times ***\n*** (do not pretend to know who is subscribed and who is not) ***\n*** Please avoid top-posting. ***\nThe msysGit Wiki is here: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki - Github accounts are free.\n\nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google\nGroups \"msysGit\" group.\nTo post to this group, send email to msysgit@googlegroups.com\nTo unsubscribe from this group, send email to\nmsysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com\nFor more options, and view previous threads, visit this group at\nhttp://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en\n\n--- \nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups \"Git for Windows\" group.\nTo unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.\nFor more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.\n"},{"id":"249044","messageId":"540DD31B.20404@virtuell-zuhause.de","threadId":"37513","inReplyTo":"20140908193402.c755f942853c278c10b75c7d@domain007.com","subject":"Re: BUG I can't start git on Windows 7","fromName":"Thomas Braun","fromEmail":"thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de","sentAt":"2014-09-08T16:02:35Z","receivedAt":"2014-09-08T16:02:35Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1185677?v=4"},"body":"Am 08.09.2014 um 17:34 schrieb Konstantin Khomoutov:\n> I wonder, why the error message mentions Cygwin though.\n\nThis is a leftover. Msys was forked from cygwin some time ago.\n\n-- \n-- \n*** Please reply-to-all at all times ***\n*** (do not pretend to know who is subscribed and who is not) ***\n*** Please avoid top-posting. ***\nThe msysGit Wiki is here: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki - Github accounts are free.\n\nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google\nGroups \"msysGit\" group.\nTo post to this group, send email to msysgit@googlegroups.com\nTo unsubscribe from this group, send email to\nmsysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com\nFor more options, and view previous threads, visit this group at\nhttp://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en\n\n--- \nYou received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups \"Git for Windows\" group.\nTo unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to msysgit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.\nFor more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.\n"}]}