From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: compiling Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:24:55 -0400 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt. Lines: 41 Message-ID: <356DE437.3055@cs.com> References: <1998052819590000 DOT PAA15296 AT ladder03 DOT news DOT aol DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp134.cs.net 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 IPityTheFo wrote: > > When I type : > gcc file.c -o file.exe > The gcc program freezes up and I have to click the X in the corner. > What is going on? Am I missing a file? When you say "freezes up," do you mean that absolutely nothing happens at all? Does the hard drive seem to be running a lot during compilation? Can you break out of it with Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Break, or does it require that you close the window manually? Please try typing "gcc -v file.c -o file.exe" and see if that locks up as well. If it displays any messages, you can capture them with the command line "redir -o gcc.log -eo gcc -v file.c -o file.exe"; the file 'gcc.log' will contain the messages which you should post on this newsgroup. It would also help to know what type of computer you have (brand, model, CPU, speed) and how much RAM. Also please try typing "go32-v2" at your DOS prompt and report what it says. If go32-v2 indicates that you have low amounts of memory available (less than 16 MB total physical + virtual), you may want to try increasing the DPMI memory available to DOS programs by editing the MS-DOS Prompt properties sheet. In the Memory tab, increase DPMI Memory to 65535 KB by typing in the value manually. If none of this seems to help, please read chapter 6 of the DJGPP Frequently Asked Questions list and post a complete system report as described in chapter 6.12. I have written a utility called DJVERIFY which can assist you in this task as well as in performing diagnostics; if you're interested in trying it visit my web page (URL below). Good luck! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich | History has the relation to truth | | aka Fighteer I | that theology has to religion--i.e., | | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | none to speak of. | | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | -Lazarus Long | ---------------------------------------------------------------------