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Re: Got E/L 1.99n and... it dies



>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Spielman <ispielman@spielman-ian.eigenmann.indiana.edu> writes:

    Ian> Yes, that's right I got this so sought after program, and in
    Ian> the heights of brilance overwrote 1.99m (which worked) and
    Ian> then tried to run 1.99n.

For us, 1.99n works *much* better than 1.99m.  I am sorry that you are
finding the opposite to be true.  We'll work very hard to track down
your problem, but it doesn't occur over here, so it's not like we
deliberately are out to get you or anything.

    Ian> I took the easy way first by typing
    Ian> "executor". It was doing fine, and made it to the splash
    Ian> screen, where I went and typed in my numbers. After this
    Ian> Executor modified itself and then went to the prompt, just
    Ian> like it's supposed to.  BUT on the second running ( I did -
    Ian> nosplash but have tried it with and with out the following
    Ian> starts right after the splash screen if it's enabled) then
    Ian> executor starts bloating and sits there and swaps.

Perhaps the bug is related to registering, perhaps that would have
happened the second time your run Executor.  If you are willing to do
some tests for us, here's what would help us the most:

	Install Executor from Scratch

	Run it with no arguments, don't register, then run globe, then quit

	Run it again with no arguments, don't register and run globe and
		quit again

	Run it again with no arguments, this time register it, then run
		globe and quit

	Run it again with no arguments, don't register and run globe and
		quit

That's an attempt to see if the problem is in registering or just
running it.  Is there any chance you were low on disk space when you
registered it the first time?  Executor should be smart and tell you
if it runs out of disk space (it probably needs about an additional
1.5 MB), but that's the only thing I can think of off the top of my
head that would cause your trouble.

    Ian> I killed
    Ian> it at 25mb (had top running). I've tried executor with a
    Ian> variaty of switches and it still eats all of the available
    Ian> memory + swap up, and then crashed when it runs out. It never
    Ian> makes it to GO even.  My system: 486-66, Linux 1.2.10, Xf86
    Ian> 3.1.1, fvwm...  The problem that irrates me so is that 1.99m
    Ian> worked great (and SLOW) which was why I was sl looking
    Ian> forward the the X and video improvements of 1.99n Well that's
    Ian> about it, Ian

Well this certainly irritates me, too.  I know several other people
have picked up E/L 1.99n, but I don't know how many people have
installed it, or what they think.  We only have a limited number of
machines for testing over here, so these things can happen.

If you are willing to do some testing on our behalf, please try what I
suggest above and send the info to "bugs@ardi.com".  If not, we'll
have to wait for the same problem to affect someone else who can
afford the time to work with us to track this down.  I'm very sorry
that it happened, but as of yet I'm at a total loss for an
explanation.

Other people installing Executor/Linux 1.99n may want to do this first:

	mv /usr/local/bin/executor /usr/local/bin/executor.199m
	mv /usr/local/lib/executor /usr/local/lib/executor.199m

I have entered a Problem Report into our bug tracking database that
requests that the FAQ be changed and maybe the makefile used to
install Executor.  The former can warn people the latter could be set
up to automatically make a backup.

	--Cliff
	ctm@ardi.com


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