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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0002211 | Dwarf Fortress | Technical -- General | public | 2010-06-07 14:34 | 2010-08-10 00:12 |
| Reporter | tatterdemalian | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | crash | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | no change required | ||
| Platform | AMD Turion64 x2 | OS | Windows Vista | OS Version | Service Pack 2 |
| Product Version | 0.31.05 | ||||
| Summary | 0002211: Sudden Shutdown Bug | ||||
| Description | Okay, this is something completely new to me as a programmer. Apparently either a 31.05 driver, some trojan/rootkit that my system picked up since the update, or maybe a combination of both, is making my computer abruptly switch itself off whenever I play Dwarf Fortress 31.05. It does not happen when I play 31.04, nor has this ever even happened before on any computer I've ever owned. No BSOD, no soft/hard reset, no dump log, no sign of any problem, just *CLICK* my computer switches off as if someone had pulled the power plug and I didn't have a UPS installed. I've tested this both with the UPS and with the computer plugged into a simple surge protector, so it's not some glitch in the UPS either. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Attempt to use my computer to play Dwarf Fortress 31.05. Sudden shutdown occurs after a random amount of time, but always within thirty minutes of opening the game application. | ||||
| Additional Information | The only sign (maybe?) of what could be causing the problem is a set of messages in the System Event Log that are always logged just prior to the shutdown. I don't know if they're related or not, but there doesn't seem to be anything else to go on... as far as Windows Vista seems to be able to tell, I was the one who flipped the power switch and caused an abnormal shutdown. The messages are (in chronological order): File System Filter 'FileInfo' (6.0, 2008-01-19T00:34:27.000Z) has successfully loaded and registered with Filter Manager. (Log Name: System, Source: FilterManager, Event ID: 6, User: SYSTEM) File System Filter 'Lbd' (6.0, 2009-08-28T04:02:18.000Z) has successfully loaded and registered with Filter Manager. (Log Name: System, Source: FilterManager, Event ID: 6, User: SYSTEM) The system detected that network adapter Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation. (Log Name: System, Source: Tcpip, Event ID: 4201, User: N/A) The system detected that network adapter Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation. (Log Name: System, Source: Tcpip, Event ID: 4201, User: N/A) The fact that DF shouldn't be able to access the SYSTEM account would usually indicate a rootkit of some kind, but the fact that it only occurs while playing DF 31.05 makes me wonder. If you determine this can't possibly be related in any way to DF, feel free to remove this report. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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Try updating your graphics drivers. 31.05 uses different OpenGL calls from 31.04, which means it uses different parts of the drivers, and buggy drivers can (unlike DF) directly cause a system crash. |
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It might be possible that DF's bump in the CPU usage is enough to cause an overheat, but you should be able to test this by running a few intensive programs (Virus scanners and video encoders come to mind, although any new games should also do the trick) |
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I doubt it's an overheat, because I have temperature monitoring software and an extra cooling fan. I've run several virus scans (F-Protect and Ad Aware) and neither killed my CPU, though they did cause the expected CPU spikes. I'm going to try the graphics driver update, and see if that helps any. It would be weird for even an outdated display driver to blow up my machine that suddenly, and sometimes several minutes after I start it, but it would be better than finding out my computer is rooted. UPDATE: Nope, all drivers are still current. I updated them about three months ago. |
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Does this still occur in 31.08 SDL and 31.08 Legacy? |
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Reminder sent to: tatterdemalian Does this still occur in 31.08 SDL and 31.08 Legacy? |
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Nope, seems to be working fine now (just upgraded to 31.08, and switched from MalwareBytes to Trend Micro antivirus). Not sure what was interacting so strangely, but it's cleared up. |
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Cool. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2010-06-07 14:34 | tatterdemalian | New Issue | |
| 2010-06-07 15:10 |
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Note Added: 0007906 | |
| 2010-06-07 17:08 | Logical2u | Note Added: 0007908 | |
| 2010-06-07 19:23 | tatterdemalian | Note Added: 0007912 | |
| 2010-06-08 17:31 | tatterdemalian | Note Edited: 0007912 | |
| 2010-06-21 12:08 |
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Note Added: 0008891 | |
| 2010-06-21 12:08 |
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Tag Attached: AWAITING UPDATE | |
| 2010-06-28 07:58 |
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Note Added: 0009229 | |
| 2010-06-29 07:38 |
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Category | Technical => Technical -- General |
| 2010-07-03 22:08 | tatterdemalian | Note Added: 0009607 | |
| 2010-07-03 22:14 |
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Note Added: 0009608 | |
| 2010-07-03 22:14 |
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Status | new => resolved |
| 2010-07-03 22:14 |
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Resolution | open => no change required |
| 2010-07-03 22:14 |
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Assigned To | => user6 |
| 2010-08-10 00:12 |
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Tag Detached: AWAITING UPDATE |
