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13 years ago

Cygwin Win32 error 487

Hello all, I am encountering this error when running Cygwin tools in the Nios GUI version 9.1: 

elf2dat --infile=sss_test.elf --outfile=mem_init/hdl_sim/sdram_0.dat 
      --base=0x0c000000 --end=0x0fffffff --width=32 
      --create-lanes=0  
     11  ? (7064) c:\altera\91\quartus\bin\cygwin\bin\sh.exe: *** fatal error - couldn't allocate heap, Win32 error 487, base 0x800000, top 0x810000, reserve_size 61440, allocsize 65536, page_const 4096
     11  sh 7224 fork: child -1 - died waiting for longjmp before initialization, retry 0, exit code 0x100, errno 11
C:/altera/91/nios2eds/bin/sh_pl.sh: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable

I have already done the rebaseall command and also the solution offered here: http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-maxmem.html

Does anyone have any other suggestions of how to fix this?

It is cygwin DLL version 1.7.0.

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    13 years ago

    If you are using Mcafee or Norton anti-virus, please disable them while working on Altera stuff.

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    Altera_Forum
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    13 years ago

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    If you are using Mcafee or Norton anti-virus, please disable them while working on Altera stuff.

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    We have Symantec and us peons are not allowed (or even able) to disable it.
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    13 years ago

    I suggest,

    1. Make the entire altera directory read, write to all users

    2. Make the eclipse project directory read, write to all users

    3. Start cygwin as administrator, you can right click the shortcut of altera tools, and select Run As Administrator
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
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    13 years ago

    Be sure to only have the Altera version of cygwin installed on your computer, and try to disable the antivirus. Some report the problem when Logitech webcam software is installed too. Good luck.

  • Altera_Forum's avatar
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    13 years ago

    Search the web for info about cygwin failing to load shared libraries and issues emulating fork().

    There is a cygwin program that sorts out the base addresses for all shared libraries and can make this all better.

    The underlying problem is that windows shared libraries aren't position independant code, so to be sharable they have to load at the same address in every binary. If the 'default' load addresses clash, cygwin can't emulate fork.
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
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    13 years ago

    None of the solutions here or on the web fixed our problem unfortunately. I've given up on trying.

  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    9 years ago

    I guess you need to update your cygwin files for 32 as well as 64 bit in the altera software.

  • MTora2's avatar
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    6 years ago

    I am using Windows (NIOS II 10.0 installed) and I found that if I run Nios II as administrator (run as administrator), I will get the above error. Then I just run it regularly and the problem solved.

    I hope this help!