gow bash error: call_handler: couldn't get context of main thread, error 998

[benoyst]

Hi all

I've a few hiccups to report.

I've installed Gow-0.5.0.exe from https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/downloads

First thing: I'm apparently running vers 0.4.0:

C:\Users\ben>gow --version Gow 0.4.0

Second point: I've an immediate error each time I'm trying to access a file or a dir: I'm running Windows 7 64-bit.

From a cmd.exe shell:

C:\Users\ben>bash bash-2.03$ ls /Users* Administrator Default Public ben All Users Default User desktop.ini [sig] C:\Program Files (x86)\Gow\bin\bash.exe 1000 (0) call_handler: couldn't get context of main thread, error 998

(after launching the shell all over again) C:\Users\ben>bash bash-2.03$ bash --version GNU bash, version 2.03.0(1)-release (i386-pc-cygwin32) Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. [sig] C:\Program Files (x86)\Gow\bin\bash.exe 1000 (0) call_handler: couldn't get context of main thread, error 998

I've googled a bit with no luck so far. Gow looks to exactly fit the bill (simple stable and efficient); could someone let me know what's going wrong here?

Kind regards

Ben

[bmatzelle]

I've never seen that issue. I'm running Windows XP SP3 so that might be the difference.

[benoyst]

Hi @bmatzelle

Oh. Sorry for that I feel a bit lonely now.

If you give a quick look on this URL: http://www.techsutram.com/2009/05/bash-environment-on-windows-this-is-not.html

you will see that some people had the same issue a few years back. Tried a few things mentioned in the post, without much luck.

Ben

[philofinfinitejest]

Same issue here on Windows 7, 32 bit

c:>bash bash: //.bashrc: Invalid argument bash-2.03$ ls $Recycle.Bin System Volume Information BOOTSECT.BAK TEMP Boot Users Documents and Settings Windows [sig] C:\Program Files\Gow\bin\bash.exe 1000 (0) call_handler: couldn't get cont ext of main thread, error 998 [sig] bash 1000 (179) call_handler: couldn't get context of main thread, error 9 98