matthew arnison wrote: > we did try cygwin on a winxp box at work - it would crash the whole > computer about 5 minutes after cygwin was launched. the crash would happen > even if cygwin was running, the main trigger seems to be whether cygwin > was launched. > > searched for similar experiences on the net, couldn't find any. that > machine is pretty stable normally, especially for windows, doesn't crash > at all really. so we gave up on cygwin, atleast for that box. Weird. By necessity, I have Windows XP and Windows ME boxes at work, and also a Windows ME box at home. All run the latest cygwin, including XFree86 and emacs. No trouble at all. Windows apps crash more often than cygwin. Craig
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