Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/07/31/06:33:34
Jason Dagit wrote:
>
> I have Win95 and I don't normaly need a dpmi, but there are times when I
> would like to use it instead of Windows. I have tried cwsdpmi -p at the
> prompt before and all I get is the information about its version. I
> have also tried cwsdpmi <progname> at the command line. After trying to
> activate it still can't use the programs that I am trying to use. I
When you run "cwsdpmi -p" you should see the version information and
cwsdpmi should also install its resident portion. Type "mem /c" at the
DOS prompt and look at the report; CWSDPMI should be listed. If not,
then you have a different problem.
What error message(s) do the programs return? Is it simply "Load error:
no DPMI. (get csdpmi3b.zip)" or something different? In any case,
please post it.
Some things to check.
- Make sure that the cwsdpmi.exe executable is in your PATH, or in the
same directory as the program being run.
- Make sure that you are using the latest version of cwsdpmi (v3).
- Make sure that you are using it with DJGPP v2.x programs, and not
v1.x. Mixing versions can be very bad.
- Make sure that you don't have any other DPMI-providing memory manager
present. Such things would include QEMM386, 386MAX, 4DOS, and Caldera
OpenDOS among others. If so, you must either use their services or
disable them.
- You do have at least an 80386 computer running DOS 3.0, right?
(Silly, but I have to ask.)
If all else fails, please capture a "mem /c" report to a file (after
running cwsdpmi -p) and post it here.
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