#477 closed defect (worksforme)
Crash when wrong path used in config file
| Reported by: | SF/dfabulich | Owned by: | SF/ender |
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| Priority: | normal | Component: | Port: Win32 |
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| Cc: | Game: |
Description
OK, so I may have made a slight typo in my scummVM setup, but that doesn't mean I deserve to have the whole thing crash on me! I was trying to test out Sam and Max; I thought the whole build was broken.
This should be an easy fix; just a little better error handling is all we need here.
ScummVM 0.2.2 CVS Built on Sep 29 2002 21:23:48
Ticket imported from: #616286. Ticket imported from: bugs/477.
Change History (9)
comment:1 by , 22 years ago
comment:2 by , 22 years ago
> * why is this attributed to NewGUI?
It looked like that was the problem as I encountered it. It was the only change I noticed as I was using ScummVM, but I could be wrong.
> * what is actually the problem you encounter?
On Win2K pro, ScummVM halts, and the mouse is inaccessible. I can't (easily) terminate the program. All I can do is press the Windows key to bring up the Start Menu; then I hit escape and Alt-Space to bring up the window menu for the task bar. I type "M" to move the bar and press up to bring the taskbar onto the screen. Then, finally, I press tab and use the arrow keys to navigate to the ScummVM game window, hit the menu key and use the arrow to select "Close."
> * how can we reproduce it?
Take today's build and specify an incorrect path in scummvm.ini. Start up ScummVM and try playing Sam N Max. The game should then crash.
comment:3 by , 22 years ago
| Summary: | NewGUI: crashes when .ini path is wrong → Crash when wrong path used in config file |
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comment:4 by , 22 years ago
Can you define 'a wrongpath' a little clearer?
Do you mean a path that is invalid (Eg, illegal) or a path that just doesn't
contain the required files?
Also, this type of problem is quite often dependent on operating systems,
as they all use a slightly different method of referencing path information...
because you talk about scummvm.ini, I'm going to assume your using some
Windows version. Could you give me a little more info? :)
Thanks.
comment:5 by , 22 years ago
In my case, the path pointed to a non-existent directory, but I just went back and reproduced it in a directory that doesn't contain the proper files; same problem. In both cases the path was well-formed.
As I said in an earlier comment, I'm using Windows 2000 Professional. Is there anything else I can tell you that would help?
comment:6 by , 22 years ago
Oops, sorry.. didn't see the "Win2k Pro" bit :)
Well, I'm lost. It's either a problem with that specific build, or Windows... because I can't replicate it with the latest CVS, either using -p or a config file:
ender@greatwhite:~/code/scummvm$ ./scummvm -p /something/doesnt/exist/ samnmax Detected game 'Sam & Max', version 6.4.2 Error(0:0:0x0): ask Cannot find 'samnmax.000'! ender@greatwhite:~/code/scummvm$
I'll see if I can find someone to compile the latest code on Windows and test - it's possible there was something slightly barfed in the build for the 29th that simply isn't there now.
comment:7 by , 22 years ago
| Owner: | set to |
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| Resolution: | → worksforme |
| Status: | new → closed |
comment:9 by , 6 years ago
| Component: | --Unset-- → Port: Win32 |
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OK, so.. * why is this attributed to NewGUI? * what is actually the problem you encounter? * how can we reproduce it?