From: "A.Appleyard" To: FRANCOIS_L1 AT sfov1 DOT verifone DOT com, DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 08:35:32 BST Subject: Re: Gnu C versus Windows versus Novell Net A.Appleyard wrote:- > I have Windows for Workgroups. > Previously, if I had called Novell:- > (a) Gnu C++ programs called in Windows ran OK except that the (Gnu C > `system()' subroutine to call DOS) didn't work; > (b) Windows's `DOS prompt' icon worked, except that in DOS-in-Windows the > prompt showed as only `C>' without the cud=rrent dierctory name. > But now, trying to call a Gnu C++ program from Windows (whether from an icon > or from the File Manager, instead causes a Windows fault box "This application > has violated integrity due to a general protection fault and will be > terminated" (or similar). Clicking the Windows `DOS prompt' icon causes the > same. (All of these run OK if I haven't called my Novell server since > booting.) What the !"$%^&*()==~#@' is going on!?!?!?!!? > When I login to Novell, I get this:- "Netware Workstation Shell v3.32 > (931117)". > The only recent change that I know of is that a few days ago a WWW access > program called Netscape was put in my PC. (When these faults happened I had > not called C:\NET\BIN\TCPIP.EXE or my WWW access program since booting.) These > changes were made to my C:\WINDOWS\SETUP.INI :- > Line `drivers=mmsystem.dll' replaced by `drivers=mmsystem.dll winmm16.dll' > Line `device=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WIN32S\W32S.386' inserted. "Francois Lorrain, ISPD" replied:- > I had the problem some time ago, you need to install the network support for > windows, otherwise you get exactly the behaviour you describe. Go for > windows setup, modify system options, network : Novell 3.26 and up Hope it > fixes the problem. Francois I tried it, and all the options that I needed to call were `greyed out' and I couldn't call them. It seems that I must edit \WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI myself. Please:- (a) what do I need to do to it; (b) what new software do I need?