From: Daniel Barker Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: EMACS and/or Windows 98 crash Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 05:18:26 +0000 Organization: Edinburgh University Lines: 114 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: holyrood.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: scotsman.ed.ac.uk 918882972 12742 129.215.38.17 (13 Feb 1999 05:16:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet AT scotsman DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Feb 1999 05:16:12 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com The crash was on exiting DJGPP EMACS 19.34, from FILES menu / Exit Emacs. I typically run a compute-intensive Win32 CLI application called LVB for a few days, during which I use EMACS heavily, DJGPP ports of GNU tools such as RCS, LESS and GCC, also Ensemble CD and occasionally Windows 98 dial-up connection software, Telnet, FTP, Internet Explorer, Excel, PowerPoint, YAP and GS View. I asusme due to some resource leak, the computer typically gets slower and slower, becoming almost unbearable after about a week without re-boot. Perhaps there is a memory leak, since allocated memory gets higher and higher, according to System Monitor. However, the computer was running fast at the time of this crash, because little other than LVB had been run since the last boot. Only recently had the 64 MB of physical RAM been used up, probably following brief use of Excel. None of Telnet, FTP or Internet Explorer had been used since the previous boot almost 3 days ago, because, when the computer was last switched off, I had put the it so far from the phone socket that connection was impossible with my cable. Dr Watson for Windows 98 was running and generated a snapshot for the time of the crash. Selected extracts follow. I would be happy to send the whole snapshot file to anyone who would like to see it, as an e-mail attachment. Diagnosis: Combined VGA/DIB 386 enhanced mode display component attempted to access memory that does not exist. Module Name: vgafull.3gr Description: Combined VGA/DIB 386 enhanced mode display component Version: 4.10.1998 Product: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation Application Name: WINOA386.MOD Description: Non-Windows application component for 386 enhanced mode Version: 4.10.1998 Product: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Operating System Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation System: Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998 Upgrade using CD IE 4.0 4.72.3110 Uptime: 2:22:01:42 Normal Mode Computer: GenuineIntel Pentium(r) Processor 64 MB RAM Resources: 90% system resources free Windows-managed swap file on drive C (556 MB free) Temporary files on drive C (556 MB free) Tasks: Program Version Type Kernel32.dll 4.10.1998 4.3 MSGSRV32.EXE 4.10.1998 4.0 Mprexe.exe 4.10.1998 4.0 MMTASK.TSK 4.03.1998 4.0 Wgfe95.exe 3.1 Mstask.exe 4.71.1769.1 4.0 Explorer.exe 4.72.3110.1 4.0 Systray.exe 4.10.1998 4.0 Point32.exe 12.00 3.1 Taskmon.exe 4.10.1998 4.0 Drwatson.exe 4.03 4.0 MS-DOS 4.10.1998 MS-DOS Lvb.exe 4.0 Spool32.exe 4.10.1998 4.0 MS-DOS 4.10.1998 MS-DOS CTCD.EXE 1.1 3.1 MS-DOS Drivers: HIMEM EMM386 DBLBUFF GUARD KEYB IFSHLP DOSKEY Details: Command line: "C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Emacs.PIF" Trap 0e 0004 - Invalid page fault Daniel Barker, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Swann Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR UK