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

From: Petr Bena <benapetr@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 8, 2014, 13:23 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+4EQ5e4==-eZDw7y4yj-vQS1dZsQig3xZc7eTkoCWF=SxU9cg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <540DAD4B.9000208@virtuell-zuhause.de>

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:

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> 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?
>
>