Message-Id: Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" Organization: INTI To: "Paul G. La Marre" Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 14:46:46 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: RHIDE/GXX WinNt4 CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <3.0.5.32.19980930184907.00901640@mail.up.net> References: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.54) "Paul G. La Marre" wrote: *** I'm sending a copy to the group because that's a very important stuff *** > At 10:25 AM 9/30/98 +0000, you wrote: > >"Paul G. La Marre" wrote: > > > >> I am having some problems with Rhide/GCC/GXX 2.81. > >> > >> 1) Rhide aborts with illegal inst. if run from desktop shortcut. > > > >Does it work if you run it from the DOS BOX? > > Note point 2 DOS Window not a "DOS box". > NO -- mouse not active. Does respond to keyboard but have not tried to use > to any extent since my need calls for mouse access. > > Running from a DOS boot, sometimes works other times not. See point 4. Last night I tried NT4 and something is very wrong in NT. --- First: The machine is OK, I can run Linux perfectly, compiled the Linux kernel many times, used intensive CPU and disk programs and all works ok. Additionally: NT is installed just some days ago, only Service Pack is installed and no other Windows application is installed in the partition so isn't a damaged DLL or wrong version of a DLL. The only extra driver I'm using is the video driver and it could affect, but I think isn't the problem. --- As this machine doesn't have Floppy or CD-ROM I used a network connection to download djgpp from a CD in my other machine. I installed DJGPP and gcc doesn't crash making a silly text. But while copying the files I opened a DOS window (From the start button) and loaded Norton Commander. I left it in background (windowed) and followed with the copy, a few seconds latter when I tried to select the Norton Window I got a GPF report about the DOS box executing an invalid instruction. It was before installing djgpp. Then I installed djgpp and tried RHIDE, as many users reported the first time RHIDE doesn't run and you get the "DOS" prompt, that's because a GPF (I captured the GPF, the stack looks corrupted or outside the application, I must analyze it). The second try works (?!). But no very well, here are some strange things I experimented: 1) Running the program in full screen the program behaves much better. 2) Switching the task (fullscreen -> NT desktop -> fullscreen) some times generates a GPF. 3) Running in a window and switching to other task sometimes I can get a GPF just clicking in the window where RHIDE/SETEdit is working. 4) The mouse problem is probably an exception inside the mouse emulator provided by NT (note: I'm loading a mouse driver, is just NT emulating the mouse service). I saw similar problems with buggy mouse drivers and graphic programs running under DOS some years ago. After many runs I got "Division Overflow" from the editor and I think it was in the mouse driver. 5) After running RHIDE or SETEdit the mouse doesn't work for Norton Commander. I'll try to see the source of problems but isn't a djgpp specific thing because I got a similar problem with NC (less frequent). > >> 2) Mouse not active if Rhide run from DOS Window. > >> > >> 3) GPP download lib say lib problem ( downloaded from multiple mirror > >> sites). > > > >Be more specific, what program says that. > > Program: unzip386 running under DOS ( not DOS window ) -- > > unzip386 -d gpp281b.zip > > All sites tried download smaller file than size listed. File size > downloaded is 1252kb which is in the right range against listed 1,281,235. .ZIP files uses CRC checking if you don't get a CRC error the file is OK. SET ------------------------------------ 0 -------------------------------- Visit my home page: http://set-soft.home.ml.org/ or http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6552/ Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET). (Electronics Engineer) Alternative e-mail: set-soft AT usa DOT net set AT computer DOT org ICQ: 2951574 Address: Curapaligue 2124, Caseros, 3 de Febrero Buenos Aires, (1678), ARGENTINA TE: +(541) 759 0013