From:	Bjorn De Meyer <bgdmeyer AT eduserv2 DOT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro Grabber utility problem : HELP !!
Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:38:10 +0100
Organization:	University of Ghent, Belgium
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On 24 Oct 1998, Coen De Roover wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Everything of Allegro works fine, except the grabber utility.
> It hangs at startup : the monitor goes into graphics mode and then I see a
> green mess on the screen and my computer hangs.
> 
> Can sombody help me (tried recomiling with other graphics mode).
> Using CWSDPMI, DOS 7, DJGPP, AMD486DX2, Trident 9800D
> 
> Please, could you also mail me personally (news server often down).
> 
> Thanks,
> Coen De Roover
> in rainy Belgium.
> 
> 

I have had a similar problem with the allegro 3 + wip May30 version.
When saving a datafile to disk, sometimes the grabber produces  
a crash report (a bit like the usual one from a GPF),
in tiny green letters at the top of the screen, (I couldn't read them,
else I would have posted it here) and then hangs completely. Recompiling
did't work. I have no idea what could be causing these crashes. Normally,
you yould expect the Allegro error handler to intercept the GPF, and
return safely to the system, but it doesn't happen. Could this be a real
bug? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.



Bjorn De Meyer.
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