From: Noam Arbel Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: gcc seams to start, but then... nothing, really *NOTHING* ! Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 23:03:21 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 101 Message-ID: <35738798.89D5C44@lamar.colostate.edu> References: <199806012237 DOT AAA06390 AT facteur DOT in DOT grolier DOT fr> <35735152 DOT 6BA7 AT cs DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts3209.slip.colostate.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Eli and John, I have tried increasing the memory allocated for DPMI but that made no difference. I also brought my version from work (that runs fine on an NT machine) on a CD-R and it would not run either. I enclose the output from a run stoped with cnrl-break (as you have asked, Eli). Thanks for your help, Noam Arbel C:\WINDOWS>gcc -v Exiting due to signal SIGINT Control-Break Pressed at eip=0000b9e8 eax=01b63a67 ebx=001a291c ecx=01b63a24 edx=01b63a30 esi=0000ba39 edi=01b63a10 ebp=001a290c esp=001a28f8 program=C:\DJGPP\BIN\GCC.EXE cs: sel=00a7 base=830eb000 limit=01b67fff ds: sel=00af base=830eb000 limit=01b67fff es: sel=00af base=830eb000 limit=01b67fff fs: sel=0087 base=000080c0 limit=0000ffff gs: sel=00bf base=00000000 limit=ffffffff ss: sel=00af base=830eb000 limit=01b67fff Call frame traceback EIPs: 0x0000b9e8 0x0000bb1b 0x0000bb7e 0x00005983 0x000072ba 0x0000a1bf 0x0000d2ee John M. Aldrich wrote: > Yann Coupin wrote: > > > > Here is my problem (if the subject wasn't explicit enought ). Whenever I > > lauch gcc from rhide or directly from the command line it start, make a > > small amount of disk access (maybe it's even only windows swap mechanism) > > then it does absolutly NOTHING, this can last up to ten minutes (maybe more > > but I wasn't patient enough since on the P200 I have at work it only need 1 > > second or so to compile the same .C file (btw I have a K6-233 with 64Mo > > RAM). I've tried tweaking my autoexec.bat & config.sys file without > > success. So, to quote Princess Leila "help me djgcc list member, you're my > > only help" :-) > > It's the second time in two weeks that somebody's reported gcc locking > dead on their system... > > Make sure that you have set Windows to provide enough DPMI memory to DOS > applications. Type 'go32-v2' from the DOS prompt and look at what it > says. If the total of free physical and virtual memory don't add up to > 64 MB, open the MS-DOS Prompt properties sheet and manually set DPMI > Memory to 65535 KB. Apply and close, and try running gcc again. > > Also... please describe the exact command line you are using with gcc, > and try using the '-v' and '-Q' options together. If you do get any > output from this combination, please capture it with the 'redir' utility > and post it here. > > > env strings > > ----------------------------- > > PROMPT=$p$g > > winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS > > COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM > > TMP=d:\temp > > TEMP=D:\temp > > PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND > > windir=C:\WINDOWS > > BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 E620 > > ------------------------------ > > NB: then temp directory exists on the disk > > If that's really your environment, then the DJGPP environment variable > is never being set. Is this an exact copy of the output of 'set' run > from your MS-DOS prompt? Make sure that the autoexec.bat that you > copied is in fact the one that gets run when Windows 95 boots. To test > it, you can press F8 after you see the "Starting Windows 95..." message > on bootup and step through your config.sys and autoexec.bat. > > Some environment problems can be difficult to diagnose. You might want > to try out my DJVERIFY diagnostic utility, which is designed to detect > and recommend solutions for installation problems. It can also generate > a complete system report suitable for posting here. The link is > available from my web page, mentioned below. > > hth! > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > | John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | > | ICQ UIN#: 7406319 | http://www.cs.com/fighteer/ | > | ObJoke: If Bill Gates were a robber, not only would he | > | shoot you, but he'd send you a bill for the bullets. | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------