My (pure) FreeDOS installation was as loaded by the 0.9 Beta SR2 CD, except that I updated the kernel and freecom.
I was using current *stable*: kernel - 1.1.35 Build 2035b-cvs, 2006-05-21 freecom - 0.84-pre XMS_Swap, 2006-05-21 himem + emm386 - from emmx208 or emm208x ZIP archive (though that was a moot point when running tests without either) You can run with a test configuration like this: BUFFERS=30 FILES=40 SHELL=C:\command.com C:\ /E:512 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS SET TEMP=C:\FDOS\TEMP SET TMP=C:\FDOS\TEMP CTMOUSE I was using OpenGEM Release 5, the Complete version downloadable from http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/fullversions.html Install everything on a FAT32 partition to see the problem behavior (or on a FAT16 partition to see everything working fine). The GEM apps triggering the problems are Doodle, Draw and Paint, though if you run without HIMEM you won't have enough memory to run Paint. I did test with COMMAND.COM from MS-DOS 6.22 and got the same results as with FreeCOM. --John Hupp ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth J. Davis To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] OpenGEM 5 freezes/hangs/locks on FreeDOS 0.9 SR2 Shane M. Coughlan wrote: > John Hupp wrote: > >>In the course of off-list discussion, I tested this problem much more >>extensively than I reported here. My own conclusion was similar to your >>Situation #3: HIMEM and EMM386 are not at issue, and OpenGEM has one or >>more >>incompatibilities with the FreeDOS kernel. >>But I found further that the problem appeared on FAT32 partitions and not >>on >>FAT16 partitions. Perhaps that will further narrow the inquiry. > > > John did indeed debug this quite extensively in a three-way conversation > with Eric and myself. The results were: > > "PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION: FreeDOS FAT32 support in FreeCOM/Kernel > (wherever that support is located) seems to be the problem." > > "It is [...] interesting that not all GEM apps trigger problems under > FAT32. Fgdoodle seems to be the worst, and then the other freehand > drawing apps Draw and Paint. So graphical rendering methods connect > those." > ... Could you (off list if you want) send me a more or less detailed description of which files to get and run and I will see if I can find the kernel issue. Two questions though, did you try with 4DOS or MS Command.com to rule out FreeCom issues (not sure why it would cause it, but I do know it sometimes causes weird issues) and was this with dev kernel, stable kernel, or both? Thanks, Jeremy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
