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3271.1 | | PEACHS::GHEFF | Do you feel like swimming? | Fri Apr 18 1997 17:58 | 15 |
| Haven't seen this one. I just did the same thing on Win95 and got the
correct behavior.
You're saying that you have the control panel and the xserver running
at the same time, and you add a resolveable host name to the valid
nodes list and hit apply, the server immediate crashes? Odd that
cpanel stays up and wxserver bites it.
I wonder if we're getting bogus data being fed to wserver. I recently
saw a case where even though the registry looked clean from regedit,
wxserver was getting incorrect information out of it. (Specifically, it
was looking for its rgb.txt file in "" instead of
"c:\win32app\xcursion\common\rgb.txt")
#Gary
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3271.2 | | CSC32::A_SHERLOCK | | Fri Apr 18 1997 21:15 | 22 |
| Yes, wxserver dies and cpanel stays up. Here is the complete error:
WXSERVER caused an invalid page fault in
module WSOCK32.DLL at 0137:7e2e7bdf.
Registers:
EAX=0401a8c0 CS=0137 EIP=7e2e7bdf EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00531cb0 SS=013f ESP=0075ea4c EBP=00531cf8
ECX=00000000 DS=013f ESI=00531134 FS=0de7
EDX=00531598 ES=013f EDI=00531d08 GS=0e36
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 00 89 45 04 74 10 c7 43 10 01 00 00 00 c7 43
Stack dump:
0075eb60 006305a0 00531134 0063079c 00000002 bffb8b40 00000001 7e2e7506
00531134 887c0000 00000001 00531c98 0075eb00 0075edbc 0075eafc 0075ea98
I deleted everything according to the instructions in the 3.0 release
notes, and reinstalled. I still have the same problem. The server
will only run if the 'existing nodes' box is clear.
Very strange...
Al
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3271.3 | more info... | CSC32::A_SHERLOCK | | Sat Apr 19 1997 17:49 | 8 |
| It only happens if the node is listed in the local hosts file
(c:\windows\hosts).
If it has to use dns to resolve the hostname, it works fine. But if
you try to enter a node that's listed in the hosts file, the server
crashes!
Al
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3271.4 | | PEACHS::GHEFF | Do you feel like swimming? | Mon Apr 21 1997 11:28 | 10 |
| I'm afraid I've just got a subtle difference in my config. I removed
dns from my Win95 PC, and rebooted. Then I added a few of my systems
to the hosts file. Then I brought up wxserver and control panel. In
cpanel I added the hosts to valid nodes and nothing untoward happened.
I added a controlling host and nothing bad happened. Just for fun, I
stopped and restarted the server, and again nothing bad happened.
I just don't know what's different about my system.
#Gary
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3271.5 | | CSC32::A_SHERLOCK | | Tue Apr 22 1997 10:54 | 9 |
| Hmmmm...
I installed the same kit on another win95 system, and had the same
problem. So, I installed it on a third win95 system, and it doesn't
have the problem!
Now I'm trying to figure out what the difference is...
Al
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3271.6 | gotcha! | CSC32::A_SHERLOCK | | Fri Apr 25 1997 18:00 | 28 |
| Finally! Figured this one out...
This problem probably won't affect too many people, since the following
conditions must be met to reproduce it:
1. The system has to be configured for both ethernet and dialup
networking. The dialup networking interface doesn't have to be active,
but it does have to be configured.
2. Both the ethernet and dialup interfaces must have the "specify an
ip address" box checked.
3. The system has to have c:\windows\hosts, and one of the hostnames
in that file must be entered into access control in excursion.
If all three of the above conditions are met, wxserver will die
immediately at startup.
I found a reference to this problem at:
http://www.melee.com/morsel/fix/nn-vs-w95/avoid_npe.html
In that case, they had the same problem with wsock32.dll, but the
application that triggered the fault was netscape. They also list
workarounds, which are basically to eliminate any one of the above
three conditions.
Al
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3271.7 | | PEACHS::GHEFF | Do you feel like swimming? | Mon Apr 28 1997 09:45 | 9 |
| Wow! Never seen that one before. Thanks for following up with us.
I bet I'll see this one again. (I regularly get calls from folks who
have both ethernet and dialup networking.)
I didn't have dialup networking configured on my PC. Guess that's why
I didn't see it. (And I doubt I have a hosts file specified. A
surprising number of customers do run that way, however.)
#Gary
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