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executor-digest           Wednesday, 12 July 1995      Volume 01 : Number 210


  In this issue:

    Re: 1.99n4 problems
    Re: Problem with the executorlinux199n demo
    DAs in Hotband
    Re: Problem with the executorlinux199n demo
    Re: Big Downloads
    Tracebacks from my Executor/DOS crash
    Re: 1.99n notes
    Re: DAs in Hotband

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From: [e-mail] (Mat Hostetter)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 15:17 MDT
Subject: Re: 1.99n4 problems

>>>>> "Chad" == Chad Page <[e-mail]> writes:

    Chad>     I am experiencing segmentation faults every time I try
    Chad> to use Shift-Alt-5 and after attempting to register my copy
    Chad> of Executor.  I'll take a look again, however...

This would happen if you installed 1.99n4 over a 1.99m distribution.
The support files have changed.

- -Mat

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 03:22:07 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Problem with the executorlinux199n demo

The same thing happens to me, I have a IBM386/16 and I have to wait about=
=20
5 minutes, but it works.

On Wed, 12 Jul 1995, Fredrik Nehr wrote:

>=20
> When I start executor the first screen appears ok, but when i click
> the demo button the only thing that happens is that the computer starts
> swapping, the executor process grows and grows until the computer dies
> and I have to flip the power switch. This is my configuration:
>=20
> 486DX-33 16MB RAM 16MB Swap.
> XFree86 3.1.1
>=20
> I have tried with the following linux kernels:
> 1.3.9
> 1.2.11
> 1.2.0
>=20
> The problem remains the same...
>=20
>=20
> /FN
>=20
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Fredrik Nehr
>=20
> IV DocEye AB=09=09E-mail:=[e-mail]
> Teknikringen 5=09=09 Phone:=09+46 13 200 198
> S-583 30 Link=F6ping=09   Fax:=09+46 13 214 897
> Sweden
>=20

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From: Scott Shuchart <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 17:38:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: DAs in Hotband

    Has anyone played around with fonts/DAs in the hotband enough to
have any useful suggestions for the rest of us?  I've tried a bit, and
the best I've done is to have 3 copies of HFS_XFER in my Apple menu,
which is, er, probably not the most useful functionality.

Scott Shuchart
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Mat Hostetter)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:15 MDT
Subject: Re: Problem with the executorlinux199n demo

>>>>> "Fredrik" == Fredrik Nehr <[e-mail]> writes:

    Fredrik> When I start executor the first screen appears ok, but
    Fredrik> when i click the demo button the only thing that happens
    Fredrik> is that the computer starts swapping, the executor
    Fredrik> process grows and grows until the computer dies and I
    Fredrik> have to flip the power switch. This is my configuration:

This is a known bug in 1.99n.  Please pick up
ftp.ardi.com:/pub/BleedingEdge/linux199n4.tar.gz, which fixes this
problem (and others).  Thanks.

- -Mat

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From: [e-mail] (Mat Hostetter)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:26 MDT
Subject: Re: Big Downloads

>>>>> "george" == george portell <[e-mail]> writes:

    george> So when you put out an update there MUCH use of the
    george> modem. I'm suprised that you still haven't downsized your
    george> download files. I believe most of your users could get by
    george> on just a .zip file of the exsystem.hfv ,executor.exe and
    george> any other updated files.  Putting these files where they
    george> belong and running the program isn't a big deal.

Yes, our upgrade policy does need some work.  I've written some
software which could allow us to create relatively small upgrade
programs from 1.99n to 1.99o (etc.), but it would take some work to
get it right.  It might, for example, require you to install a fresh
1.99n and then update that.

    george> Your HFV directory is an excellent idea.Can users
    george> contribute?If so how?A simple disclaimer in your log on,
    george> for those who don't know what "copyright" means, would be
    george> in order.

The problem is that various shareware and freeware utilities have
license restrictions that preclude us from making them available.  We
need to check the redistribution restrictions of each program
ourselves before we can make it available.

- -Mat

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From: THOMAS MICHAEL KLUDY <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:25:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Tracebacks from my Executor/DOS crash

I downloaded and tried the 1.99n4 executable, and I am still having the
same problem with Executor/DOS; that being, when I start it, the screen
just goes black.  Thus, I tried Ctrl-Break, and it gave me these
tracebacks:

Control-Break Pressed at eip=00150d7e
eax=00000000 ebx=00000023 ecx=00000000 edx=00000034 esi=00171090 edi=001c171c
ebp=001c16d0 esp=001c16c4 cs=00a7 ds=00af es=00b7 fs=00cf gs=00cf ss=00df

Call frame traceback EIPs:
  0x00150d7e
  0x000c855c
  0x000288cf
  0x000286a8
  0x000ab914
  0x000202ac
  0x0009f953
  0x0014a460


I then tried Executor with the -nosplash option.  Same problem, and when
I pressed Ctrl-Break, it printed the following, then locked hard
(Ctrl-Alt-Delete didn't even work).


Invalid TSS at eip=149f50; flags=3002
eax=00000001 ebx=000017e8 ecx=00000000 edx=001826ff esi=00001524 edi=00004238
ebp=00000000 esp=00004184 cs=a7 ds=3b es=33 fs=33 gs=0 ss=33 error=00a4


Hope this info helps.

BTW, I checked carefully, and Executor doesn't get to the stage where it
looks for a CD.  I tried with and without CD drivers, with and without
MSCDEX, in Windows, in DOS, and practically every other way I could think
of.

- - Tom Kludy



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From: [e-mail] (Mat Hostetter)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:52 MDT
Subject: Re: 1.99n notes

>>>>> "Chad" == Chad Page <[e-mail]> writes:

    Chad>     1.  When will the SVGAlib version be completed and
    Chad> released?  It looks pretty close to hackathon time now...

After the NEXTSTEP port is released, which will be finished after the
hackathon.

    Chad>     2.  I noticed that in 1.99n, the `animation' technique
    Chad> is now used all the time with the new blitter.  It makes
    Chad> things a bit slower under X-Windows, I'm afraid, than the
    Chad> cached approach used in 1.99m.

apps without saved preferences inherit their "animation" flag from the
previously run app.  Is this what you mean?  We also use the X server
to fill rectangles for us in some situations, which can make it look
like animation mode.  That should be faster on accelerated X servers.

    Chad>     3.  Pagemaker 4.2 still dosen't work - this time any
    Chad> attempt to place a file will segfault right away. :( I did
    Chad> notice the bug report listed in bugs.199n though...

I've edited PR #1081 to reflect this information.

    Chad>     4.  What is the current release schedule?  Will there
    Chad> be a 1.99o before the hackathon?

There should be a 1.99.o before the hackathon.

- -Mat

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From: [e-mail] (Mat Hostetter)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 17:01 MDT
Subject: Re: DAs in Hotband

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Shuchart <[e-mail]> writes:

    Scott>     Has anyone played around with fonts/DAs in the hotband
    Scott> enough to have any useful suggestions for the rest of us?
    Scott> I've tried a bit, and the best I've done is to have 3
    Scott> copies of HFS_XFER in my Apple menu, which is, er, probably
    Scott> not the most useful functionality.

Yeah, that's badly broken right now.

- -Mat

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