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Re: executor-digest V1 #338



>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Gilmour <gilmour@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu> writes:

    Jeff> Hello, Maybe someone can save my sanity; I have a problem I
    Jeff> just can't figure out.  I've been using Executor/Linux very
    Jeff> happily for the past six months, with very few problems.
    Jeff> Suddenly, in X Windows, Linux is running in what appears to
    Jeff> be reverse video, and for the life of me i can't get it to
    Jeff> go back to normal.  I've tried totally erasing both the
    Jeff> executables and the executor file system, both from the the
    Jeff> original 199p and 199p6.  Everything else in X Windows is
    Jeff> working perfectly, from Netscape to 24-bit jpg pictures.
    Jeff> Also, Linux-SVGA is working perfectly (well, almost ;).

I do not have an explanation for what's happening to you.  Is there
any chance you have something in your .Xresources that's messing
things up?  Off hand, I would guess that the problem is on your end if
reinstalling 1.99p from scratch yields a result different from when
you were running 1.99p a month or so ago.

I'm cc'ing this to the Executor list just in case there are several
other people in your predicament and they're waiting for an answer
from us on this one.  To the best of my knowledge, though, you're the
only one.

    Jeff> Also some problems with 199p6: Although Matt said the
    Jeff> Textures III was working, after I select a pattern, go back
    Jeff> to Browser, quit and then try to restart Executor, it spews
    Jeff> out line after line of errors on the command line.

I took time to play with DT III and it appears that there are some
major problems with at least some of the patterns that DT III
supplies.  We hope to have them fixed soon.

    Jeff> Also 'A Train' no longer works with 199p6.  It goes through
    Jeff> several of the opening graphics and then just freezes.  In
    Jeff> fact, with Executor-SVGA it totally freezes up the machine
    Jeff> and I have to shut down the machine to break out (not too
    Jeff> much fun under unix ;-)

I just checked, and you're right.  However, the problem doesn't appear
in our latest build, so it is probably already fixed over here,
although when we build a release for external consumption we turn up
the level of optimization that we use, so there's a slight chance that
this problem will reappear when we build the first test version of
1.99p7, but it's in our For_199p7 file, so if that happens, we'll
notice it.

    Jeff> Hope these problems are easy ones to fix...

The toughest one is the first one, because we can't reproduce it
locally.

    Jeff> -Jeff

    Jeff> ~ This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System.  Had
    Jeff> this been an actual emergency we would have fled in terror,
    Jeff> and you would not have been informed.

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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