winmm/midi tests and VMware

[Maarten Lankhorst]

Hoi Paul,

On 02-03-10 17:38, Paul Vriens wrote:
> On 03/02/2010 04:19 PM, Paul Vriens wrote:
>> On 03/02/2010 04:05 PM, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
>>> Instead of trying to work around the problem, could you try to find out
>>> exactly where and why it is hanging first?
>>>
>> Hi Maarten,
>>
>> I've been in talks with Jörg for several weeks now trying to figure out
>> why it fails. I tried dozens of combinations of OS and drivers.
>>
>> The hang is at the midiOutReset() call in test_midiOut_device().
>> Commenting that one makes it hang in midiOutClose(). Or at least the
>> last ok() message was just before those (as can be seen with
>> WINETEST_REPORT_SUCCESS enabled). This as said is not for the
>> synthesizer but for the 'real' device.
>>
>> I always try to find out where things go wrong before trying to invent a
>> work around. At this point in time I can only point the finger at VMware
>> in combination with NT/W2K/XP (and the standard Creative driver).
>>
>> W2K3 and Vista+ use a VMware audio driver and don't exhibit this issue.
>> Not sure why win9x doesn't have an issue.
>>
>> My workaround works only for XP btw. so it seems that also needs a
>> re-think.
>>
>> On to more testing.
>>
>
If you remove the midiOutReset call it works? What happens if you try to 
play a single note first?

Cheers,
Maarten.