[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-11-18 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: I looked into it a bit further. With some trial and error I narrowed the source of the problem to be the 'KernelModeDriverInstall' option under compatibility. I believe this isn't a problem, because python shouldn't be trying to install

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-11-17 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: I've done some more fiddling with the debugger, once I discovered the Windows symbol servers, and a tool called application verifier some things started to fall into place. LuaPriv takes care of user privelidges, the program runs fine when I

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-11-17 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: I have an apology to make for wasting your time. Further investigation demonstrates that it was evidently fiddling with the Application Verifier that broke everything (although I installed it during my debugging attempts- I'm guessing

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-11-04 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: Download the debugging suite from http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/install64bit.mspx# Open windbg Press Ctrl + E to load an executable Select your python binary Step through by typing g in the text box at the bottom

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-11-03 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: Carey I can send you the steps I used to create the dump if you like so we can check if it's the same issue? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7206

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-10-26 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: By running the python.exe (either by double clicking it, typing it's path into a cmd shell or by opening it in a debugger). I tried to create a 64 bit build of the source tree which DID start, but the hoops I had to jump through to build

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-10-26 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: Nope- 2.6.4 fails in the same way. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7206

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-10-26 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: They did at first for me, and then something changed. They now don't start. I don't have the skills to properly diagnose why, all I can get out of my debuggers is that something is happening in ntdll.dll Not necessarily pointing fault

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-10-25 Thread Rich Healey
New submission from Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net: 64 bit pythons fail on 64 bit Windows 7. The crash happens with python 2.6 and 3.1 in 64 bit mode. 3.1 was a clean install after the issue presented itself. I'm not 100% sure how best to help with the problem, I've attached the dump from

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-10-25 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: I'm not 100% sure. I have a x64 machine running Windows 2008. I will check if it's in the log now. I will also check if it's in the debug trace for x86 python (which works). RESULTS: I get the LuaPriv initialised line on x86 python on my

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-10-25 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: I think that dump may be incorrect because it does not have all the symbols. I will checkout source for latest 3.x trunk and attempt to build 64 bit binaries. -- ___ Python tracker rep

[issue7206] 64 bit python fails on Windows 7

2009-10-25 Thread Rich Healey
Rich Healey ri...@psych0tik.net added the comment: No action- the interpreter fails to start. Or do you mean what changed to make it break? I'm not sure. It used to work but I don't believe I changed anything on my system. -- ___ Python tracker rep