Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 15:05:25 -0200 Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19961112125305.290f3722@dmeasc.rc.ipt.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Thomas Demmer , djgpp AT delorie DOT com From: Cesar Scarpini Rabak Subject: Re: cwsdpmi bites Novell At 11:14 12/11/96 +0100, Thomas Demmer wrote: >Hi >I have a quite obscure problem with DJGPP executables >and the Netware shell (VLM). >Most of the time everything works fine, but occasionally >the connection to my server gets killed. This happens >usually after (or while) running programs that were >compiled with djgpp. Reaccessing the server is impossible, >and I have to reboot. >The basic setup of my machine is > >DOS=HIGH,UMB >DEVICE=HIGHMEM.SYS >DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM HIGHSCAN /some hw areas excluded/ > I understand you trouble occurs at the DOS command line. Correct? Does the problem appears w/binaries from the DJGPP site? >Most of the NW requester is loaded to Extended Memory. >I have the feeling the the problem occurs when I use programs >that use a whole bunch of memory, but I cannot say for sure. >Starting pgp works fine 5-8 times, then the server connection >is gone. > >As I cannot think of an error that gcc, pgp, mkisofs, less >and others have in common, I belive the culprit is either the >requester or cwsdpmi. I'll check that with a DOS-Box under >windows. >Charles (and the rest), can I somehow figure out what >cwsdpmi thinks which parts of the memory is in use by >the requester and which ones are free? I guess that >cwsdpmi overwrites parts of the requesters memory, >because the launched programs usually finish in the >expected way (unless they require reading from a network >drive). > >Any ideas appreciated. > >-- >Ciao >Tom > >************************************************************* >* Thomas Demmer * >* Lehrstuhl fuer Stroemungsmechanik * >* Ruhr-Uni-Bochum * >* Universitaetsstr. 150 * >* D-44780 Bochum * >* Tel: +49 234 700 6434 * >* Fax: +49 234 709 4162 * >* Voice/Fax Box: +49 2561 91371 2056 * >* http://www.lstm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~demmer * >************************************************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cesar Scarpini Rabak E-mail: csrabak AT ipt DOT br DME/ASC Phone: 55-11-268-35221Ext.350 IPT - Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas Fax: 55-11-268-5996 Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, 532. Sao Paulo - SP 05508-901 BRAZIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~