Win16Mutex Error

[Jens Lehmann]

Michael De Groat wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
> I am trying to get an application working using Wine.  I am getting the
> following error messages and wonder if any one can help me "debug" them?
> 
> Error 1:
> err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x4010aa50
> "../../scheduler/syslevel.c: Win16Mutex" wait timed out, retrying (90
> sec) tid=000f
> 
> Directly underneath is error 2:
> fixme:class:get_class_ptr reading from class of other process
> window0x10021

Mutexes are used for implementing critical sections. Their aim is that 
two processes should not enter one critical section at the same time. It 
looks like there are two concurrenting processes and at least one of 
them cannot enter its critical section. After some time of "busy 
waiting" the scheduler stops the process due to a timeout. Maybe you 
have opened two applications which share some kind of resource.(?) I'm 
new to wine, that's why I can only give you this general explanation.

Jens