d3d8:device test timeout

[Alex Henrie]

2018-01-15 5:39 GMT-07:00 Henri Verbeet <hverbeet at gmail.com>:
> On 15 January 2018 at 05:30, Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I spent some time today trying to figure out why the d3d8:device tests
>> are timing out (it's the #1 bug on Jeremy's list [1]). The timeout
>> occurs within test_lost_device, which changes the foreground window to
>> the desktop, then changes it back to the controlling window of the D3D
>> device. Usually that's not a problem, but this particular machine is
>> so traumatized by the experience that it locks up when you try to
>> reset or release the device afterwards.
>>
> Perhaps you've already tried this, but make sure test_lost_device()
> causes the hang on its own as well. It's happened on occasion that a
> preceding test caused the driver to e.g. corrupt its internal memory.

I just tried it and yes, test_lost_device still hangs even with all of
the other tests commented out.

-Alex