Message-ID: <3AC47C81.A7DC4CFD@bellatlantic.net> From: Ben Crain X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: RHIDE startup error References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 58 Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:31:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.200.27.123 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin AT bellatlantic DOT net X-Trace: typhoon2.ba-dsg.net 985955487 151.200.27.123 (Fri, 30 Mar 2001 07:31:27 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 07:31:27 EST To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Andris Pavenis wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Ben Crain wrote: > > > > > > > pavenis AT lanet DOT lv wrote: > > > > > On 28 Mar 2001, at 14:58, Ben Crain wrote: > > > > > > > I have just downloaded zip files recommended on the delorie.com web > > > > page, unzipped them etc. I try rhide.exe, and get the error message: > > > > "RHIDE has detected that the environment variable DJDIR has not been set > > > > (or not correct)....Read the File README.1st from the DJGPP > > > > distribution." > > > > Little problem: I can find nothing in README.1st about any DJDIR > > > > environment variable. It contains info for setting the environment > > > > variable DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV, which I have done, along with the > > > > PATH variable, following the Installation Instructions for winNT on the > > > > DJGPP Zip File Picker Results web page. (I use Win2000). go32-v2 > > > > executes from a dos prompt in any directory, as does compilation of a > > > > c++ program. > > > > > > > > So what's with this DJDIR, and why won't RHIDE work? > > > > > > > > > > Try > > > > > > redir -eo rhide -da >output.txt > > > > > > simply quit RHIDE after it starts. After that You can browse output.txt > > > and look for lines like GetVariable(DJGPP,1) and GetVariable(DJDIR,1) > > > > > > Andris > > > > ok, then what? The PATH and DJGPP variables are correctly set, as best I can > > tell, and djgpp properly compiles my programs. Why does RHIDE tell me they > > aren't, and what should I do about it? Just browsing through this file doesn't > > fix anything! > > > > It may give You some hints about source of problem. I'm not using WIN2000 > so I cannot even guess anything without information complete enough. > Somebody who tries to use RHIDE on Win2000 should find the problem > > Andris > > PS. Even if You'll fix it, You'll have different problems with RHIDE which > may make it mostly useless under Win2000. Search DJGPP mailing list > archive (+rhide +win2000) to get more information Ok, I'll wait to see if you find anything. And thanks for making the effort. BC