Re: [Visualpython-users] win98 freezing / idlefork crash

[Bruce S. <bas...@un...>]

Sounds awful.

The only thing I can think of is that you might try changing the settings of
your screen resolution and color depth, and you might update your video
driver. As you say, your problems don't sound familiar to any of us.

Bruce Sherwood

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Pajer" <pa...@in...>
To: <vis...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 4:48 PM
Subject: [Visualpython-users] win98 freezing / idlefork crash


> Hi all,
>
> I've mentioned this before, so I already know that no on else may have
these
> problems.
>
> But if someone else is having this problem, esp if he/she has a solution,
> I'd like to hear about it.
>
> 1.) I'm using win98, python2.2, and the latest visual for windows (cant
put
> my hand on the date).
> I usually start scripts from a DOS command line (Idle and esp idlefork are
> not stable, see below)
> If I run a script, say for example, the demo orbit.py,  it runs for about
30
> seconds,  and then the window freezes.  I can close the window, but it
does
> let go of the DOS window.  I have to start the Close Program dialog and
> close "python".
>
> 2.)  Idlefork simply doesn't work.  It will let me launch a script, but I
> get a page fault crash as soon as I close the application's graphical
> window.   Idle is better, but it causes a crash after 3 or 4 runs.
>
> I have reformatted my hard drive and rebuilt my system from scratch.
Unless
> someone has a suggestion, I'm going to have to reformat and rebuild again
> (no fun) and add applications one by one till I find a suspect, then
> reformat and rebuild again, and so on ...  yuck.
>
> 2a)  I also run visual on linux.   idlefork also crashes there.  I must be
> cursed.
>
> ,gary
>
>
>
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