Hi Emanuele, After poking around a bit, there seems to be a logical problem in Wine's GDI code. From the backtrace, SelectObject on this object calls BRUSH_SelectObject, which uses a bitmap and eventually GetDIBits, which tries to CreateCompatibleDC (or sometimes DeleteDC instead). However, SelectObject always calls GDI_GetObjPtr, which calls _EnterSysLevel and not _LeaveSysLevel. But the CreateCompatibleDC complains and dies if you have had an _EnterSysLevel and not a _LeaveSysLevel. It might be that BRUSH_SelectObject really should use a different set of "internal" functions that won't complain about locking. Or maybe DeleteDC and CreateCompatibleDC should just increment the recursion level instead of erroring out. I don't know, so I'm forwarding to wine-devel for greater insight. - Walter Here's a summary of the relevant part of my backtrace again: 1 _CheckNotSysLevel (complains!) 2 GDI_CheckNotLock 3 DeleteDC 4 GetDIBits 5 MFDRV_CreateBrushIndirect 6 MFDRV_SelectBrush 7 BRUSH_SelectObject 8 SelectObject - calls GDI_GetObjPtr, which does _EnterSysLevel. On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Emanuele Gissi wrote: > Hi, > I really did my best to understand how I can help improving Wine, but I did > not succed. > > Well, everything started when I installed a win application on my Debian 3.1, > Wine 2004.07.16 deb (clean install, no dlls). > > The application is ALOHA (http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/cameo/aloha.htm) > It's a free application from US-Environment Protection Agency used for > chemical emergency planning (I am an officer firefighter). > > On Wine it has a problem that prevents its wide use. > After having entered all the needed data (or loading the included prova.alo > example in "planning mode"), Wine crashes when tring to show the chemical > footprint result. > > The application works perfectly on Codeweavers Crossover Office 3.0.1 (trial). > And I am ready to buy it (as they support the free Wine, I think.) > > But I would like to understand why it does not work on Wine! > > The included log finishes with this: > [...] > warn:heap:HEAP_ValidateInUseArena Heap 40360000: invalid in-use arena magic > for 403bd120 > warn:heap:HEAP_ValidateInUseArena Heap 40360000: invalid in-use arena magic > for 403b46f0 > warn:heap:HEAP_ValidateInUseArena Heap 40360000: invalid in-use arena magic > for 403b6948 > warn:heap:HEAP_ValidateInUseArena Heap 40360000: invalid in-use arena magic > for 403b1570 > warn:heap:HEAP_ValidateInUseArena Heap 40360000: invalid in-use arena magic > for 403b11c0 > warn:gdi:GDI_GetObjPtr Invalid handle (nil) > warn:gdi:GDI_GetObjPtr Invalid handle (nil) > warn:gdi:GDI_GetObjPtr Invalid handle (nil) > err:syslevel:_CheckNotSysLevel Holding lock 0x408f15e0 level 3 > wine: Unhandled exception (thread 0009), starting debugger... > > 1) What should I do next time I encounter a similar problem with an app? That > is: how to use winedbg? > 2) Why does ALOHA work on Crossover and not on Wine? > 3) Which are the main differences between Crossover and Wine? > 4) Does Codewaver really contribute back to Wine? > > I thank you in advance. > > (Please, CC: me as I am not on the list for now) > -- > Ing. Emanuele Gissi - Ispettore Antincendio > Comando Provinciale dei Vigili del Fuoco di Ravenna > viale Randi, 25 - 48100 Ravenna - Italia > tel: 0544 281.501 - fax: 0544 281.531 > _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
