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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
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 15:17 MDT
- Subject: Re: 1.99n4 problems
-
- >>>>> "Chad" == Chad Page <cpage@best.com> 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
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: justin@dragon.axs.net
- 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:=09fredrik_nehr@ivab.se
- > Teknikringen 5=09=09 Phone:=09+46 13 200 198
- > S-583 30 Link=F6ping=09 Fax:=09+46 13 214 897
- > Sweden
- >=20
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: Scott Shuchart <shuchart@husc.harvard.edu>
- 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
- shuchart@fas.harvard.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:15 MDT
- Subject: Re: Problem with the executorlinux199n demo
-
- >>>>> "Fredrik" == Fredrik Nehr <Fredrik_Nehr@IVAB.SE> 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
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:26 MDT
- Subject: Re: Big Downloads
-
- >>>>> "george" == george portell <75567.716@compuserve.com> 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
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: THOMAS MICHAEL KLUDY <tkludy@engin.umich.edu>
- 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
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:52 MDT
- Subject: Re: 1.99n notes
-
- >>>>> "Chad" == Chad Page <cpage@best.com> 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
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 17:01 MDT
- Subject: Re: DAs in Hotband
-
- >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Shuchart <shuchart@husc.harvard.edu> 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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