Failed assertion bug using OpenOffice.org

Harold Hunt huntharo@msu.edu
Tue Apr 30 07:41:00 GMT 2002


Peter,

Yes, we are aware of that bug.  We're slowly getting around to working on
it.

Several other cases produce that same failed assertation message.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Peter Magnusson
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 5:21 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Failed assertion bug using OpenOffice.org
>
>
> I have a setup with cygwin 1.3.9-1 and 4.2.0 of cygwin-xfree.
> I have a little problem when using openoffice.org (641c) both with and
> without a windowmanager. I use SuSE 7.3 Pro Linux distribution with
> KDE. I use Windows 2000 Pro, SP2 (english).
>
> When accessing any of the menuitems a Windows(ms) dialog box pops up
> saying ...
> ---------------------
> Faild assertion
>    fds_on_hold !NULL
> at line 601 of /cygnus/netrel/src/cygwin-1.3.9-1/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
> ---------------------
> This seems to be a similar bug that has been reported when using KDE3
> but I am not sertain.
> I get the same results using the T55 version of XWin.exe.
>
> I use openoffice.org a lot and it would be a lot simpler if I could use
> the same environment (XWindows) when using my Windows box as well.
>
>
> ======================================
>             Peter Magnusson
>          mailto:kmpm@telia.com
> ======================================



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