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Date:	Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:54:12 +0200
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: WinXp service pack 2 and General Protection Fault Error????
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> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:38:38 -0500
> From: Pityocamptes AT aol DOT com
> 
> Hi, all. DJGPP and NASM worked perfect until I downloaded Xp service pack 2 and the updated security files. Now I keep getting this error (no matter which asm file I use):
> 
> > C:\djgpp>nasm -f coff project2.asm
> > Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
> > General Protection Fault at eip=0002a997
> > eax=ffca0080 ebx=0000001f ecx=000002ad edx=ffca0000 esi=00000080 edi=00000004
> > ebp=0008bfd8 esp=0008bfc8 program=
> > cs: sel=01a7  base=02ad0000  limit=7d51ffff
> > ds: sel=01af  base=02ad0000  limit=7d51ffff
> > es: sel=01af  base=02ad0000  limit=7d51ffff
> > fs: sel=017f  base=0000de90  limit=0000ffff
> > gs: sel=01bf  base=00000000  limit=7ffeffff
> > ss: sel=01af  base=02ad0000  limit=7d51ffff
> >
> > Call frame traceback EIPs:
> >   0x0002a997
> >   0x0002a91d
> >   0x00029bae
> >   0x00029c65
> >
> > C:\djgpp>

The traceback indicates that this nasm.exe was built with a very old
version of DJGPP.  Old evrsions of DJGPP have known problems with W2K
and XP systems, so I suggest to install a newer version of NASM.

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