From: "Tony O'Bryan" <aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: HELP HELP HELP!   GCC freezes on me every time!
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 05:54:40 -0600
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Nate Eldredge wrote:
> 
> At 08:07  11/21/1997 GMT, Aquinas wrote:
> >Help!  I just got DJGPP from a distribution site but when I try to compile
> >Hello World, either from RHIDE or from the command line (using GCC) it locks
> >up and won't respond to any keys (except ctrl-alt-del, alt-tab etc)  I am

> It's possible that this a known bug in RHIDE. That was related to C++ files
> with extensions other than `.cc'. If that's the case, either rename your
> file or upgrade to RHIDE 1.4 where I think this is fixed.

	Since he's also experiencing freezes with gcc outside of RHIDE, I have
doubts whether RHIDE is the cause.
	Please post the contents of your autoexec.bat (the PATH is the
important entry), and the smallest program that crashes gcc from the
command line.  Also post the EXACT command line you use to compile the
program, including any and all command line switches.  Also describe
your partition structure.  
	This last one makes gcc APPEAR to crash on my system since my
partitions are:

1) c: = DOS/WINDOWS 16-bit FAT.
2) d: = Linux native partition
3) e: = CD-ROM

	When I try to compile with gcc under Windows (haven't tried under DOS),
Windows tries to read all my partitions (don't know why it does this
either).  When it gets to my Linux partition, it spend a LOT of time
erroring out before continuing.  While Windows tries accessing my Linux
partition, my system appears to freeze.  When the partition read finally
errors out (after about 30 to 45 seconds), everything continues just
fine.
	Also, which version of DJGPP did you install?  Did you install a newer
version on top of an older version?