Well, it could be that your machine CPU too old and don't supports instructions (like SSE) which VM compiled with.
On 7 November 2013 19:44, PBK Research <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> wrote: > Just a little more information. Out of curiosity, I downloaded Pharo 3.0 > and tried it, with the same result - message from Windows says 'Pharo.exe > has encountered a problem and needs to close'. To complete the set, I > downloaded Pharo 1.4 and tried it. This time it failed saying 'CogVM.exe > has encoun....'. I presume all versions now use the Cog VM, and it looks as > though this machine just won't run it. Is there still a 'traditional' VM I > can use instead of Cog? It might not be practical, but it would at least > prove that it is a VM problem. Is there any information about Cog giving > problems with AMD processors? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org] *On > Behalf Of *PBK Research > *Sent:* 07 November 2013 15:07 > > *To:* 'Any question about pharo is welcome' > *Subject:* Re: [Pharo-users] Why won't my Pharo download run? > > OK. I opened a command line prompt, cd to Pharo 2.0 directory (created > in today's download), enter 'pharo.exe pharo2.0.image'. Same result - > immediate failure. I had previously changed the association of the image > file to the newly downloaded pharo.exe. So I think I must be using the VM > in today's download. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org] *On > Behalf Of *Igor Stasenko > *Sent:* 07 November 2013 14:48 > *To:* Any question about pharo is welcome > *Subject:* Re: [Pharo-users] Why won't my Pharo download run? > > > > > On 7 November 2013 15:31, PBK Research <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> wrote: > >> Thanks. I am using the latest one-click distribution of Pharo, >> downloaded today from the Pharo website. Presumably that should have the >> latest VM? >> >> yes, but if .image file extension associated with wrong version of VM > binary, which you installed previously (as you mentioned), it won't > automagically use proper one. > unless you run vm from command line e.g.: > pharo.exe myimage.image > or change the association to use different vm. > > ------------------------------ >> *From:* Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Igor Stasenko >> *Sent:* 07 November 2013 13:53 >> *To:* Any question about pharo is welcome >> *Subject:* Re: [Pharo-users] Why won't my Pharo download run? >> >> >> >> >> On 7 November 2013 14:18, PBK Research <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Hello! >>> >>> I have a problem with running Pharo 2.0 on one of my machines. I have >>> two machines, both running Windows XP with SP3. On one of them I have a >>> successful load of Pharo (actually it's a distribution of the Moose system, >>> but that is just an application built on Pharo 2.0). This loads >>> successfully when I double click on pharo.exe. On the other machine, the >>> same action produces an immediate message: 'Pharo.exe has encountered a >>> problem and needs to close'. Just in case this was some problem with Moose, >>> I have just downloaded the latest one-click installation of Pharo 2.0 for >>> Windows. This displays exactly the same behaviour - an immediate fail when >>> I try to start it. >>> >>> I have tried to work out what may be different between the two machines. >>> The one which will run Pharo has an Intel Celeron processor, the other an >>> AMD Athlon XP (yes, they are both pretty ancient!), but I can't see why >>> that should make any difference. The one curious thing is that Windows >>> Explorer displays the type of the Pharo2.0.image file as 'Squeak image >>> file'. There is an old version of Squeak installed on that machine; could >>> that have any effect? >>> >>> I am a bit flummoxed by all this. Does anyone have any suggestions about >>> how to diagnose the problem? >>> >>> >> >> If you using too old VM , it simply does not supports an image format, >> which pharo 2.0 uses. >> But there could be different reasons.. a first step towards to solution >> is to use VM for pharo, which we maintain and use.. >> >> >> >>> Many thanks >>> >>> Peter Kenny >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Igor Stasenko. >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
