From: Eddy Siauwidjaja <eddys AT cse DOT unsw DOT EDU DOT AU>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 12:42:57 +1100 (EST)
Cc: dj AT ctron DOT com, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Running djgpp & djgdb under windows environment.

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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