Problems with FreeAXP hanging

Hi Bruce

In the CONFIG utility I choose the icon "Open config file". I get the popupscreen with my config file on it. I select this file and click on Open. The popup screen disappears and I get the screen that is displayed when startting the CONFIG utility back. After a second or so it says Not Responding and I can do nothing anymore.

I have a desktop, about half a year old, with an

INTEL Core i5-4430 CPU @ 3.00 GHz
4 GB internal memory
64 bits x64 processor

About starting from a command:

- After a fresh install I get the PUTTY screen

┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┐ V i r t u a l serial0
│F│r│e│e│A│X│P│ A l p h a on emulator 6 disks-2 (128 M<img src='../images/smiley/cool.gif' alt='smiley'>
└─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┘ x64 version 2.4.4.541


but the nothing happens anymore, however freeaxp is using CPU (about 25%). I can see it knows the right file

6 disks2-.cfg.

After rebooting when the problem with the config utility appears, the command does not display the PUTTY screen only in the task manager I see freeaxp with 0% CPU.

I will try some more things with the command and see how the batch works. I will let you know Thursday or Friday. Many thanks for your help so far.

Regards,

Marcel Willems

So when you boot from a command line you do not see the startup countdown or console prompt (&gt;&gt;&gt<img src='../images/smiley/wink.gif' alt='smiley'> in the PuTTY window?

┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┐ V i r t u a l serial0
│F│r│e│e│A│X│P│ A l p h a on emulator test (128 M<img src='../images/smiley/cool.gif' alt='smiley'>
└─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┘ x64 version 2.4.4.541

ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5.
ef.df.ee.ed.ec.f4.eb.ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.....e5.
V7.0-9, built on Mar 18 1999 at 13:25:37
&gt;&gt;&gt;

Marcel,

Some further troubleshooting questions ....

Once the 'problem' has started, can you still run FreeAXP from a start icon (from your Programs-&gt;FreeAXP-&gt;NameOfCfgFile menu). ie, [b:]not[/b:] from the config utility ?

Is the config utility icon pointing to the 'correct' config utility ? (older/earlier FreeAXP releases (way back) used some different path(s)). On my system, the icon's path to the utility looks like this : "C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Common Files&#92;MigrationSpecialtiesShared&#92;DecConfig.exe"

Can you run the config utility directly from a cmd(dos) window ?

regards,
John M

Hi Bruce,

Sorry for the late reply, I was away for some days.

After a fresh install I getr the 3 lines on my screen. The lines

ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5.
ef.df.ee.ed.ec.f4.eb.ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.....e5.
V7.0-9, built on Mar 18 1999 at 13:25:37
&gt;&gt;&gt;

are NOT displayed.

When the PC is rebooted, nothing happens anymore and my prompt on the command window comes back right away.

Hi John M,

The path is okay.

Thanks,

Marcel Willems

Hello

I too, am having this problem. Started today.
Has anyone found a solution ?

My version is 2.64.595 on Win 2012

Thank you

595 is a Windows 10 beta release. Try 560.