From:	James W Sager Iii <sager+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro program crashes windows 95
Date:	Mon, 16 Feb 1998 14:56:54 -0500
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I have experienced nearly the exact same thing, but when I do it
I only recieve a black screen and my entire 'puter is locked up.
I am not shure what does it. I would like to think graphics, but
graphics work fine with other programs.... I wish someone knew the
answer cuz I have to be able to use winsockets with my game in the near
future < 1 month. And using that requires the use of W95 :(

Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.msdos.djgpp: 16-Feb-98 Allegro program
crashes win.. "Daniel Nilsson"@algonet (1036)

> When I run some DJGPP programms that uses allegro, it causes windows 95 to
> crash.
> I don't know exactly what it is that causes it, so if anyone could tell me
> I'd be thankfull.

> This is what happens:
> I run the programs from a fullscreen dos-prompt in windows 95. Then
> suddenly I get a blue windows 95 error screen, often an about an exception
> in VMM or thomething like that. I push the any-key and comes back to my
> dos-program and it works just fine, until I try to switch back to windows.
> Windows is gone, allmost, just a black screen with a cursor and the only
> thing that works is the reset-button.

> I have a little theory of what it could be:
> All programs that crash is compiled with DJGPP and they all use allegro to
> display grafics. And I thing that all programs that have crashed uses the
> mouse or the soundcard, so it could be something with hardware interrupts,
> or the functions in allegro that handles those.

> Any theory is wellcome!
> Or if you have a solution to the problem. Yipee, hurray, send it to me!!

> -- 
> / Daniel Nilsson

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