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- From: marcone@xs1.xs4all.nl (Marco Nelissen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Does MUNGWALL have errors ?
- Date: 20 Feb 1996 11:44:36 GMT
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- Thomas Ganter (ganterth@mathematik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote:
- : I encounter severe problems using Mungwall and certain other software.
- : Most serious is, that MungWall seems to crash the machine after a
- : OpenDevice() / CloseDevice() call.
-
- : I am using a MultiFaceIII card for adding ports to my A3000. After
- : closing the according Device (duart.device), there is a total reboot
- : (including booting a new KS) necessary when MungWall was running.
- : Without MungWall, there is no problem.
-
- It is also possible that the devicedrivers are faulty, and that MungWal
- amplifies those faults.
-
- : This definitely is not a fault of my handling the device, since it
- : occurs with every program using that device.
-
- Another reason to suspect that the devicedriver contains errors.
-
- : Since i have encountered some more problems while running MungWall,
- : like enforcer hits from programs that have none if MungWall is not
- : running, i think there is strong evidence that mungwall does it's
- : job not the way it should.
-
- MungWall and Enforcer not only detect errors, they also amplify any
- errors that are present in the program. It is very possible that
- this is the reason. I've never had any problems with Enforcer
- or MungWall, but you could always try a newer (or older) version
- of either program.
-
- Marco
-
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