> > When I press ctrl-shft-f12 I get the above box offerring the choices I > > describe. Doing a shutdown via the switcher does the same. Both freeze > > when "shutdown" is selected. The icon goes to the 'pressed' state but > > I don't get "ready to be switched off" replacing the choice I was > > offerred. > > In RPCEmu0.8.9/RO 5.19, ctrl-shft-f12 leads to a window saying that 'the > computer is now ready to be switched off' and gives the single option to > 'Restart'. Presumably the OS has allowed running applications to quit, > so that closing the emulator window, at that point, is safe. > > However, in RPCEmu0.8.9/RO 4.39 - my apologies, I now see that I was > mistaken in my previous post - ctrl-shft-f12 leads to a window giving > the options Off/Restart/Shutdown/Cancel. It is clicking Shutdown, which > leads to 'the computer is now ready to be switched off' so, in itself, > ctrl-shft-f12, doesn't put the machine in a safe state for its window to > be closed. I suppose that the same would apply to RO 4.02. > > > To make things a bit clearer I've put a screengrab at > > > > http://jcgl.orpheusweb.co.uk/temp/freeze.jpeg > > [snip] > > > It shows the box the emulator puts up when I do shift-control-F12. As > > shown, it is just after I clicked on the "shutdown" icon which you can > > see in its depressed state. > > > > At that point nothing else happens. > > [snip] > > > I am wondering if it does close down further > > If RO 4.02 is similar to RO 4.39, it should lead to 'the computer is now > ready to be switched off', so it seems that there _is_ a problem. > > This issue with the freeze on shutdown is a known problem and was first reported back in January; it is only found when the "Reduce CPU Usage" option is enabled.
At that time I posted: "I can confirm this is a fault with RPCEmu. I understand what causes the problem, and I will see if I can include a fix for the next release." This is still true now. Matthew
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