Ticket #521 (new bug)

Opened 8 months ago

Last modified 7 months ago

strange startup hang problem on XP

Reported by: ChodTheWacko Assigned to:
Milestone: 3.2.0 Version:
Keywords: Cc:

Description

For whatever reason, Angband hangs on my machine during startup if I have a command prompt open.

For example, I can do this: Okay, well, this is the weirdest thing I've ever seen.

If I run the binary, and I have a 'command prompt' open, Angband hangs at startup. If I exit all command windows, then it will start. The hanging Angband will also resume if I exit the command prompt.

So I can do something like: start -> run -> cmd

in the new command prompt: F:\Documents and Settings\Frank>cd i:\games\angsrc\trunk F:\Documents and Settings\Frank>i: I:\games\angsrc\trunk>start angband

(angband hangs)

I:\games\angsrc\trunk>exit (command prompt closes and angband pops up!)

This also happens with the nightly builds.

This currently always happens on my box - I'm running XP.

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Change History

03/17/08 01:10:06 changed by ChodTheWacko

Seems to happen if I use a 'X' font from NPP (NPP 0.5.0 BETA-6). like 8x12x.fon.

I was told to do this because if I don't I get some annoying 'can't read anything due to text overlap' bug and the game is unplayable.

- Frank

04/10/08 22:44:49 changed by leandor AT gmail DOT com

The same is happening to me after I updated from 3.0.6

Add/Change #521 (strange startup hang problem on XP)