Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] "Floating exception"

[Pete S. <pst...@ve...>]

PS = Pete Stieber
PS>> Would you be willing to post the offensive MIDI file
PS>> to the list or send it directly to me?

KC = Kevin Cosgrove
KC> Gosh, I forgot to send you the file!  My inbox
KC> filled up recently (90 messages)

You should see my email setup.  I subscribe to several mailing lists 
(fedora, wxWidgets...) and have thousands of unread emails, so I can 
relate...

KC> and I'm getting ready for 3 gigs this weekend,
KC> hand drums in one,

I'm not a "hand drums guy", but have you ever looked at the Roland 
HandSonic 
(http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=765)?

I'm not a Roland rep either, but I do love my TD-20 electronic kit :-)

KC> drumkit in another, and sound tech in
KC> another -- yes, 3 bands.
KC>
KC> I'm attaching the file.  It's a demo song from the
KC> old Jazz++ 4.1.3 release from years back.

I actually have that version compiled on Windows.  It's under the 
branches directory.  I had to resurrect an ancient version of wxWidgets 
to get it built and convert the project file from Visual Studio 5 to 
Visual Studio 6, but I got it built and working.

KC> You might want to try to play a few of those.
KC> I have all the old demos, if you want some.

Your right, I should try to play more samples.  I was just excited to 
get Jazz++ built and playing anything.  I'm also trying to focus on 
getting other features to work.  You still can't select or edit events. 
  I just need some time to work on it.

I think some (if not all) of the old demo files are in the subversion 
repository.  When I posted instructions for you to build the code, I 
only had you checkout the trunk, but there is also a branches directory 
structure.  There are MIDI files in the repository in both locations. 
There are probably redundant MIDI files in the various versions.

Maybe the file you sent me is the same as the one under jazz/song/demo1.mid?

KC> Actually, I have hundreds of MIDI files.

Maybe I should create a separate directory for sample MIDI files that is 
independent of the code.  We could put samples in that directory and 
point to the directory on the web site.

PS>> I could run it using a debugger on a different
PS>> OS (the Windows version works too) and see what
PS>> is causing the problem.  No application should
PS>> cause the machine to lockup.  Core dump for
PS>> sure, but not lockup the kernel.

KC> Agreed.

PS>> I could also try playing the file using gdb on
PS>> Fedora 8.  I've never had Jazz++ (or any other
PS>> application) lockup Fedora.

KC> The only time I've had an application on Linux
KC> lock up a system is when it turned out that I
KC> was using the wrong RAM for my vintage of
KC> motherboard.  Was that EVER hard to figure out;
KC> it took me over a year.

I had it happen here with Mandriva 2008, but not on any other OS using 
the same machine.

PS>> I'll be heading off to work soon, but if you can
PS>> send me the file, I'll look at it tonight.
PS>>
PS>> Thanks again for the testing,

KC> Sorry again to be so delinquent.....

No problem.  I'll look at this when I get the time.  I know you can 
relate to that ;-)

Pete