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X crashes - signal 11, StuffIt expander resets Go, spinning drive A:





Hello again,

Beware that sometimes when executor dies, the next time you try to restart
it it might kill X.  For example, get a copy of celpaint.sit.hqx from
mac.archive.umich.edu in the graphics/graphicsutil directory and try
running it, crashes executor.  Then start executor again and I get booted
from X, the X server shuts down and it says something like caught signal
11.  This is probably because since executor died it didn't get to clean
up any shared memory it was using or such.  My current setup is X11R6 with
XFree86 3.1.1 with a Mach8 (ATI Graphics Ultra 1 Meg) server.  In
addition, after you get booted from X, do a ps -x and kill the
executor process which is still running, otherwise after you go back
into X and run executor again, it will crash again.

Also I had a weird experience that after running StuffIt expander, Go
totally reset itself and all the programs and folders and things that I
had put into the bar were gone.

Lastly, why does executor spin my /dev/fd0 everytime it starts up?
(i.e. drive A:)

Finally, I'm testing out some graphics programs off of the umich
archive and here is a listing of some of them:

3ddots1.1.cpt.hqx		makes 3d stereograms	needs system 7

appledrawer1.71.cpt.hqx		drawing program		crashes X but
	this takes a little while to do it.  the program starts and
	hangs with a perpetual Z mouse and then after a while moving
	your mouse in the window will crash X - signal 11.

celpaint.sit.hqx		sprite painting prog	crashes X

certificatecreator1.cpt.hqx	makes certificates	works

designerdraw4.61.cpt.hqx	flowcharting		seems to work -
	has some weird behaviour when you place items, all these
	vertical lines show up, but they disappear after you have
	placed the item.  fonts are a little weird too.

decor2.6.sit.hqx		drawing prog		needs system 7

macconcept3.4v03.cpt.hqx	cad type drawing	works
	the vertical lines also show up here and don't go away until
	you grab the top bar of the internal window and move it a bit.
	nice program actually, pretty good for this type of drawing

mattpaint1.93.sit.hqx		drawing prog		crashes
	executor after initial splash screen - just a simple Exit -1.

nihimage1.54nonfpu.cpt.hqx	drawing prog		seems to work
	drew some lines, changes some colors, pretty nice.

That's all for now.

Jesse Hong

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