Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/02/05/20:49:28
On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, Eddy Siauwidjaja wrote:
>
> > I tried to use gcc & go32 -d gdb which is OK under DOS environment.
> > But when I go to windows environment, I open a new MS-DOS prompt,
> > then try to do the same thing, the following happen :
> > - Whenever I use a floating point, the program freezes (including the
> > the Windows Environment)
>
> Does your computer lack floating-point hardware? In DJGPP v1.x, floating
> point emulation doesn't work in DPMI environment, and DPMI is the only
> way DJGPP can run under Windows. V2.0 (soon to be released) solves this.
IS THE NEW REALEASE Ready yet ?
Thank you for your attention.
>
> This is explained in the DJGPP FAQ list (available as faq102.zip from the
> same place you get DJGPP), Chapter 11.
>
> > - I can't use the debugger even with go32 -d gdb-dpmi switch.
>
> You should ONLY use the gdb-dpmi debugger when under Windows, because
> only it supports the DPMI environment; you should use go32 -d gdb ONLY
> outside Windows, and only if you don't have a DPMI server (such as QDPMI)
> installed outside Windows, because it won't run under DPMI. See Chapter
> 12 of the FAQ list.
>
> Is the failure to debug revealed with ANY program, or just the ones which
> refuse to run under Windows because of the floating-point problem above?
> E.g., can you debug the `Hello, world!' program?
>
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Eddy SIAUWIDJAJA 00
eddys AT cse DOT unsw DOT edu DOT au \/
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~eddys
Computer Science & Engineering Department
University of New South Wales
Australia
CR-312
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