[python-win32] crash on Windows Server 2008

[Bill Janssen]

Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:

>  Bill Janssen wrote:
> > I'm trying to run a Python service on Windows Server 2008.  It does
> > start up, but then faults out, leaving this message in the event viewer:
> >
> > Log Name:      Application
> > Source:        Application Error
> > Date:          10/15/2010 2:59:41 PM
> > Event ID:      1000
> > Task Category: (100)
> > Level:         Error
> > Keywords:      Classic
> > User:          N/A
> > Computer:      ***
> > Description:
> > Faulting application PythonService.exe, version 2.6.214.0, time stamp
> > 0x4a5012a6, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6002.18005, time
> > stamp 0x49e03821, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00067580,
> > process id 0x10cc, application start time 0x01cb6cb4448dcbf4.
> >
> > I'm using Python 2.6.6, with PyWin32 2.6.214.
> >
> > Any ideas as to what's happening?  Works fine on WS 2003, so I'm guessing
> > it's related to the platform :-).
> 
> There's not enough information here to tell anything.  That address
> within ntdll.dll is the "unhandled exception" handler  C0000005 is the
> catchall error code for addressing faults caught by the processor, like
> invalid addresses or access violations.  So, there's probably some kind
> of a wild pointer issue, but we can't tell any more.  You'll need to run
> it with a debugger, or add a printf trace log.

Thanks.  Just wanted to check that this wasn't some well-known issue.

Bill