Support Requests item #1462515, was opened at 2006-03-31 21:36 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by newkirkj You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=200235&aid=1462515&group_id=235 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: win32 Group: None >Status: Open Priority: 5 Submitted By: Jarrod Newkirk (newkirkj) Assigned to: Daniel Atallah (datallah) Summary: When cygwin1.dll files are deleted Gaim stops working Initial Comment: For a programming class at college we are using cygwin. We are using Cygwin on Windows to compile the files with the "make" command that will be used to run a microprocessor. I went to compile the files with "make" and an error came up that said there was more than one "cygwin1.dll" file on the computer. The error then said to search for the other cygwin1.dll files and then delete the older files and leave the newest "cygwin1.dll" file. I did this and the make worked and compiled the files perfectly on Cygwin. That I tried to run gaim and it would not come up. I then restored the deleted files with no effect. So I then uninstalled gaim and reinstalled it. This did not fix the problem. This has occurred to me on two different computers. When the other two cygwin1.dll files are deleted gaim will not work or even come up. Any of us that are using cygwin have to delete the other cygwin1.dll files off our computers for the Linux "make" command to work. When we do this gaim stops working and cannot be fixed. I was wondering if anyone has come across this problem before. I use gaim all the time and would hate to have to stop using it because of Cygwin. Jarrod Newkirk jnewkirk@xxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Jarrod Newkirk (newkirkj) Date: 2006-04-02 00:07 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1460221 I looked at the path and cygwin was not in the path but GNUARM was, which uses the cygwin1.dll. This is the program being used by Cygwin to cross platform the program. It compiles the programs in Windows for the ARM Tini2131 microprocessor. If I remove it from the path, the make command in cygwin will not work, but gaim will load fine. I put the path back in, and gaim will load sometimes with a error at the opening. The error is "This application has failed to start because cygwin1.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem." After I click OK gaim loads. I remember in the setup of the GNUARM program, it sets the path variable to its bin directory so cygwin can use it programs. Do you have any other suggestions? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Daniel Atallah (datallah) Date: 2006-04-01 01:58 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=325843 I read this three times and it still doesn't make sense. Gaim itself doesn't use cygwin at all. The problem is that you have cygwin in your System PATH. I'm guessing that by removing the dll you mention, you cause the other instance of cygwin (that is in your path) to not be broken... which in turn causes gaim's tcl loader plugin to error and gaim not to start (this particular problem is described in the wingaim FAQ). It is bad practice to introduce incompatible dlls into your System PATH - and putting cygwin in it does just that. You should remove cygwin from the PATH and gaim will work just fine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=200235&aid=1462515&group_id=235 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Gaim-support mailing list Gaim-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-support
