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- From: roe2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Cave Newt)
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- Subject: Re: gs252pm and SWAPPER.DAT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.212115.497@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 21:21:15 GMT
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- jyang@cco.caltech.edu (Chih Meng Yang) writes:
-
- >> Recently there were posts by people who said that using gs252pm (or gsos2pm10
- >> causes their swapfile to grow out of control. The fact that this happens
- >> when they are using gs252pm to view files with fonts leads me to suspect that
- >> they are not using the dll "emxlibc.dll" that I supplied with gs, but
-
- I was one of those to report the error, and I have double-checked that
- I have the correct emxlibc.dll, as well as downloaded the later (1.0)
- version of gs252. The swapfile problem is now gone, leading me to
- suspect that perhaps the older gs252 had a problem in it--either that
- or my libpath was somehow not updated properly, but I don't see how
- that could have happened.
-
- However, the new version caused a SYS3175 (GP or page fault) when run on
- the same file which overflowed my swapfile last time, and OS/2 claimed
- it occurred in the modified emxlibc.dll. (The fault occurred just as GS
- had finished drawing.) The really strange part is that, after running a
- few more files through it with no problems, I tried the same PS file again
- and it worked fine. Perhaps some non-initialized memory is being accessed?
-
- Ah, well...I'll keep trying and see if the error recurs; at least the
- swapfile is rock steady, and the redraw feature of Yang's port is
- *definitely* a nice bonus over Elber's. Oh, and the SYS3175 took care
- of killing the process, too. Love that OS/2... :-)
-
- Greg
-