diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
index f6d4b8e6a..66e133bfa 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml
@@ -1286,39 +1286,39 @@ behaviour which affect the operation of other programs, such as Cygwin.
Among the software that has been found to cause difficulties are:
-Sonic Solutions burning software containing DLA component (when DLA disabled)
-Norton/McAfee/Symantec antivirus or antispyware
-Logitech webcam software with "Logitech process monitor" service
-Kerio, Agnitum or ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall
-Iolo System Mechanic/AntiVirus/Firewall
-LanDesk
-Windows Defender
-Various programs by Wave Systems Corp using wxvault.dll, including Embassy Trust Suite and Embassy Security Center
-NOD32 Antivirus
-ByteMobile laptop optimization client
-Earthlink Total-Access
-Spybot S&D TeaTimer
AR Soft RAM Disk
ATI Catalyst (some versions)
-NVIDIA GeForce (some versions)
-Windows LiveOneCare
-Webroot Spy Sweeper with Antivirus
-COMODO Firewall Pro
-PC Tools Spyware Doctor
+AVAST (disable FILESYSTEM and BEHAVIOR realtime shields)
Avira AntiVir
-Panda Internet Security
BitDefender
-Google Desktop
-Sophos Anti-Virus 7
Bufferzone from Trustware
+ByteMobile laptop optimization client
+COMODO Firewall Pro
+Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server/XenApp (see Citrix Support page)
+Credant Guardian Shield
+Earthlink Total-Access
+Forefront TMG
+Google Desktop
+Iolo System Mechanic/AntiVirus/Firewall
+Kerio, Agnitum or ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall
+LanDesk
+Lavasoft Web Companion
Lenovo IPS Core Service (ipssvc)
Lenovo RapidBoot Shield
-Credant Guardian Shield
-AVAST (disable FILESYSTEM and BEHAVIOR realtime shields)
-Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server/XenApp (see Citrix Support page)
-Lavasoft Web Companion
-Forefront TMG
+Logitech webcam software with "Logitech process monitor" service
MacType
+NOD32 Antivirus
+NVIDIA GeForce (some versions)
+Norton/McAfee/Symantec antivirus or antispyware
+PC Tools Spyware Doctor
+Panda Internet Security
+Sonic Solutions burning software containing DLA component (when DLA disabled)
+Sophos Anti-Virus 7
+Spybot S&D TeaTimer
+Various programs by Wave Systems Corp using wxvault.dll, including Embassy Trust Suite and Embassy Security Center
+Webroot Spy Sweeper with Antivirus
+Windows Defender
+Windows LiveOneCare
Sometimes these problems can be worked around, by temporarily or partially
disabling the offending software. For instance, it may be possible to disable
@@ -1398,16 +1398,40 @@ such as virtual memory paging and file caching.
Ensure that you have eliminated (not just disabled) all
software on the .
- Read the 'rebase' package README in
- /usr/share/doc/rebase/, and follow the
- instructions there to run 'rebaseall'.
Switch from 32-bit Cygwin to 64-bit Cygwin, if your OS and CPU support that.
With the bigger address space fork() is less likely to fail.
+
+
+ Try setting the environment variable CYGWIN to "detect_bloda", which
+ enables some extra debugging, which may indicate what other software is
+ causing the problem.
+
+
+ See this
+ mail for more information.
+
+
+
+
+ Force a full rebase: Run rebase-trigger fullrebase,
+ exit all Cygwin programs and run Cygwin setup.
+
+
+ By default, Cygwin's setup program automatically performs an incremental
+ rebase of newly installed files. Forcing a full rebase causes the
+ rebase map to be cleared before doing the rebase.
+
+
+ See /usr/share/doc/rebase/README and
+ /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/_autorebase.README for more
+ details.
+
+ Please note that installing new packages or updating existing
+ ones undoes the effects of rebase and often causes fork() failures to
+ reappear.
+
+
- Please note that installing new packages or updating existing
- ones undoes the effects of rebaseall and often causes fork() failures
- to reappear. If so, just run rebaseall again.
-
See the
process creation section of the User's Guide for the technical reasons it is so
difficult to make fork() work reliably.