Windows executable (VM) problems? [Problem + a solution ]

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Sat Apr 19 17:36:52 UTC 2003


Hi Charlie,

Is there any chance you can send me any kind of information where it
crashed?

Cheers,
  - Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Charlie Lindahl
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 5:40 AM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: Windows executable (VM) problems? [Problem + a solution ] 
> 
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I'm new to Squeak, but have done *some* ST and a *lot* of LISP in the
> past.
> 
> Decided to jump into Squeak today. Ran into a problem which the Squeak
> IRC helped me solve.
> 
> Problem: Squeak.EXE crashed with a nasty MS Windows error dialog.
>           I'm running NT 4.0 workstation with all service 
> packs applied.
> 
> Solution: used version 3.2 of the squeak.exe (instead of the 
> 3.4 or 3.5 
> versions). This was
>       suggested on the IRC today, and it appears to be working fine.
> 
> Since the VM runs (apparently) all existing images, I'm OK for now. I 
> can/could
> load VC++ up on my machine & compile from source, but, assuming I can
> use existing images on 3.2 I'll probably defer this step.
> 
> Also, I intend to be  upgrading to Windows 2000 (or 2003) pretty soon 
> anyway.  I'll
> try to post info after my upgrade if others are interested.
> 
> I eventually plan to run Squeak on multiple platforms, 
> primarily LINUX 
> (both on
> desktop & on iPAQ).
> 
> All 4 now. I look forward to working with the Squeak community.
> 
> C
> 
> 



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