Mail Archives: djgpp/2004/07/08/05:16:08
Kasyap.S.Pasumarthi-1 <kasyap AT ou DOT edu> wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> > > I am getting the following error and none of the application
> > > programs (.exe) work. They all show the same error.
> >
> > Does that mean that even the programs you downloaded, such as the
> > compiler and other utilities, crash with the exact same message?
> Yes, the application programs such as COMPRESS etc., located in
> \DJGPP\BIN directory give the same error message.
You got a compress.exe in your DJGPP package? That raises a
suspicion: you aren't by any chance still running a DJGPP V1
toolchain, are you?
> > This message comes from CWSDPMI, the DPMI server used only on plain
> > DOS and other systems that don't already have a DPMI server built into
> > them.
Given the platform now named as W2K, that obviously can't be the case.
I'm not sure I would still be able to tell the difference between the
go32.exe traceback and that of CWSDPMI.
> I have used the program previously on Windows 95,98, ME and
> presently I am running 2000 Version 5.00 on a P3. The DJGPP I use
> has been downloaded longtime back.
How long ago? What's the timestamp on your f2c.exe and compress.exe
files, e.g.?
> It was working fine till May this year(after working fine on Windows
> 2000 for 3 years).
This points the most likely blame at one of MS's security updates
released in that timeframe having made it impossible to run DPMI
apps the way they used to.
Anyway: you're in for a massive update of your DJGPP toolchain (or a
downgrade of your OS).
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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