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Subject: Re: Strange interaction of Allegro and XP?
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Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 04:40:36 GMT
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Andrew Cottrell <andnews AT ihug DOT com DOT oz DOT au> wrote in
news:ed6pduk06f5l8u4dmdog2ojoo0997r5iga AT 4ax DOT com: 

>>Allegro and Winblows XP don't seem to always get along very well.
>>An Allegro-using console app is run that instantiates a 1024x768x256 
>>video mode and begins to draw lines at a constant rate.
>>
>>A short while passes, maybe two minutes, and the line it's drawing
>>halts, which isn't supposed to happen. Turns out the machine is locked
>>hard. No response to keyboard, and so forth. Even num lock doesn't
>>make the light toggle. A hard reboot is required.
> 
> Some questions so that the scope problem can be narrows down:-
> Which version of DJGPP and GCC are you using? 

The latest -- the ones sugested by the zip picker 2 days ago.

> Have you tried running from MS-DOS or FreeDOS? Does the app still lock
> after a few minutes?

I don't have MS-DOS. There's no genuine DOS with Windoze XP.

> Are you using Allegro 4.01 or soem other version?

The latest version, as sugegsted by the zip picker 2 days ago. 4.01, 
IIRC.

> What sound card do you have? PCI or ISA? 

A PCI card called SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio, according to Device 
Manager.