Bugs item #1285325, was opened at 2005-09-08 16:17 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1285325&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Windows Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Alex Luso (delenca) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Call to cmd.exe fails Initial Comment: A python script calling another program through cmd.exe fails on one PC running Win XP but works fine in another. Both computers are running Win XP Pro SP2 and both were set up with the same versions of software (Python 2.4.1) and have the same environmental variables assigned. The specific error reported is: ------- ERROR Window 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem C:\Python24\python.exe The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction CS:0552 IP:ad0d5 OP:8f 66 4c 8f 4f Choose 'Close' to terminate application ------- The script that causes the problem is: ------------ import os import sys debug = 1 rd = os.environ['RIBBONS_HOME'] cmd = "python %s/elmo/ribbonsData.py" % rd if debug: print cmd os.system(cmd) while 1: pass ------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1285325&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com