[BUG]Squeak VM mac 3.8.18beta1U

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Sat Sep 22 18:13:56 UTC 2007


On Sep 22, 2007, at 18:45 , Karl wrote:

> Tom Phoenix wrote:
>> On 9/22/07, Karl <karl.ramberg at comhem.se> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> When I hit the record button in RecordingControlMorph two times  
>>> after
>>> each other, the image just disappears, no debug log.
>>>
>>
>> Since you're using Mac OS X, you may be able to find some log
>> information by using the Console application, which should be  
>> found in
>> the Utilities folder in the Applications folder. Console should have
>> something to say about any program that abruptly exits; although
>> that's not much consolation, I'm sure that's why they call it
>> Console.... In any case, the preferences for Console should have a
>> setting to ask it to alert you when there's a new log entry, which
>> means it can pop up after every crash.
>>
>> It may also be helpful to know what primitive crashed the VM. I can't
>> reproduce this on my machine, but it looks as if that button sends
>> #record to the RecordingControlMorph. Can you use the debugger to  
>> step
>> through the code to find the crashing method? Open an inspector on  
>> the
>> RecordingControlMorph, type "self record; record" into the lower  
>> pane,
>> and choose "Debug it" from the yellow-button menu.
>>
>> Good luck with it!
>>
>> --Tom Phoenix
>>
>>
>>
> I found this:
>
> *** malloc_zone_malloc[463]: argument too large: 4294967280
>
> /Users/johnmci/Documents/Squeak3.8.0/platforms/Mac OS/plugins/ 
> SoundPlugin/sqUnixSoundMacOSXJMM.c:599: failed assertion `s && s- 
> >buffer'

Hmm, I'm still on 3.8.17b5 and it works fine there.

- Bert -





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