Peter I think the implication of your second para is that your last resort, re-booting the system, is always effective in fixing the problem. If so, while it is obviously a nuisance I think I can live with that. I think I have had this only once before - at least, I have seen the debug console in some context. But yesterday it happened simultaneously on two separate machines. So it all depends on how frequently it happens.
Peter Kenny -----Original Message----- From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Peter Uhnak Sent: 16 July 2017 15:40 To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Mysterious problem in loading Pharo I had this problem for several months (and still do), and so far I didn't manage to figure out what is the actual cause. Sometimes it fixes itself (close Pharo and open again), sometimes opening it with different VM (and then reopen with the original) helps, and sometimes I have to restart system. After I disabled Windows Fast Boot it is somewhat more infrequent (or rather it fixes itself without the need to restart). But otherwise I might as well wave a magical wand. It is annoying but still better than then spending countless hours digging randomly and aimlessly in the VM ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Peter On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 10:38:51PM +0800, Ben Coman wrote: > Maybe revew recent Windows 10 updates... > http://www.sysprobs.com/how-to-view-installed-updates-on-windows-10-8- > 1-server-2012 > > cheers -ben > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 6:26 PM, PBKResearch <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> > wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > > > I have a problem in loading Pharo images which, until yesterday, > > loaded without difficulty. All the images showing the problem are > > Pharo 6 with the Cog VM; older images do not seem to be affected. > > > > > > > > The first sign of a problem is that, as soon as I start the image, > > the debug console appears, with several repeats of the message: > > > > LoadLibrary(FT2Plugin.dll) (998: Invalid access to memory location.) > > > > The other strange thing is that the appearance of some opened > > windows has changed. Most obviously, the three icons at the top left > > (close, minimise, > > expand) are very close together. Also, I think the print size has > > got a bit smaller, though this is not obvious. > > > > > > > > I have recently reinstalled some components of Pharo and Moose, > > trying to solve my problems with PunQLite, so I wondered if I had > > fouled something up. To check, I made a completely new install of > > Pharo 6 (#60508) from the Pharo download page in a separate folder. > > When I start the image, both the strange things above are present, > > plus a debug window with the message; > > ‘FT2 Error: Freetype2 primitive failed’. > > > > > > > > So it looks as though something has happened to my system which > > means that any Pharo 6 image will show these oddities. The images I > > have tried seem able to run some of my functions correctly, so it’s > > all to do with appearance. > > > > > > > > I am running on Windows 10 with all recent updates. There was a > > major update of Windows late yesterday, so it may be that the > > problems appeared then. Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > > > Peter Kenny > >
