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From: "Maan M. Hamze" <mmhamze AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problem with rhide and gdb: DPMI Error
Date: 11 Sep 1996 17:36:16 GMT
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Mirko Geffken <mirko AT seitz DOT de> wrote in article <3236BE43 DOT A99 AT seitz DOT de>...
> Hello,
> 
> if I try to start gdb or RHIDE, maybe even other programs related to 
> DJGPP I get the Error:
> DPMI load error.
> 
> (Don't remember exactly, but I think this is it)
> I only get this error, when I boot DOS 7 without starting the GUI.
> When I start the GUI everything works fine.

Win95 is a DPMI server, DOS on its own is not.  You need a separate DPMI
server in DOS.  For DJGPP and RHIDE you need CWSDPMI.  It is with the rest
of the DJGPP archives at simtelnet.  make sure cwsdpmi.exe is in the path.
M
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