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- This file is designed to help you solve the problems most common to
- beginning Executor users. Use the search feature of your favorite
- editor to jump directly to the sections which interest you.
-
- I. Executor won't install
-
- II. Executor won't start
-
- III. Registration problems
-
- IV. Problems reading your Mac floppies or CDs
-
- V. Problems using mouse or keyboard
-
- VI. Your Macintosh program won't install
-
- VII. Your Macintosh program won't run
-
- This file assumes that you know how to use Unix-style command line
- switches. If you don't, see the "Command Line Switches" section of
- the minimanual for instructions.
-
- If your problem is not addressed here, consult the FAQ (Frequently Asked
- Questions) file. If it does not contain a solution, call +1 505 766 9115
- or write to support@ardi.com with details of the problem.
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- COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
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- I. Executor won't install
-
- A. Is there enough disk space free? Executor needs 10 MB of hard
- drive space for installation.
-
- B. If the installation seemed to proceed OK but you don't see an
- icon, this is normal. See os_tips.txt or w3x_tips.txt for
- instructions on how to create an icon for OS/2 or Windows 3.x.
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- II. Executor won't start
-
- A. If you are using OS/2, Windows 3.x, or Windows 95, check out the
- os2_tips.txt, w3x_tips.txt, or w95_tips.txt files for
- configuration advice.
-
- B. Executor/DOS users -- do you have a DOS mouse driver loaded and
- enabled? Since Executor/DOS is a DOS-native program, it needs a
- DOS mouse driver.
-
- C. Are you running under Windows NT? If so, you need to start from
- a FULL-SCREEN DOS prompt rather than a windowed prompt. You may
- also need to use the "-vga" switch. Executor has trouble with
- SuperVGA video modes on some NT machines.
-
- D. When all else fails, try starting in so-called desperation mode,
- with the following command line:
-
- executor -desperate
-
- This combines the effects of a variety of troubleshooting
- switches, to disable (among other things) Executor's usual
- probing of hardware. It runs Executor in a minimalist mode. If
- this succeeds, then you can begin eliminating switches one by
- one until you find the problem area.
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- III. Registration problems
-
- A. If the "OK" button doesn't work, it's almost always caused by a
- typo in the serial number or key. Check your typing, and use
- all lower-case letters. If you used previous versions of
- Executor, note that you must use the new key which came with
- Executor 2 and not your old key.
-
- B. Linux and NEXTSTEP users, are you still running as user root?
- You must be superuser (root) to register.
-
- C. If Executor tells you that it's registering, but then asks you
- to register again when you start it again, it may mean that you
- have somehow installed two different copies of Executor in two
- different locations. Make sure you have only one copy on your
- hard drive.
-
- D. Are you trying to run Executor from the CD? The expanded
- version of Executor is there in case you want to replace
- specific files from it -- YOU CAN NOT RUN Executor DIRECTLY FROM
- THE CD. You must install Executor on your hard drive in order
- to run it.
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- IV. Problems reading your Mac floppies or CDs
-
- A. Are your floppies high-density (1.44 MB) floppies? PCs cannot
- read Macintosh 400K or 800K floppies. In fact, PCs cannot read
- high-density floppies if they've been formatted in 800k format,
- so even if your floppy says "HD" on it, if it was created on an
- old Mac (like an SE), it may be in 800K format. We apologize for
- the inconvenience this creates, but it's a physical problem that
- would take special hardware to resolve.
-
- B. Did you select Check for Disk from the File menu and scroll
- along the hotband to view all the Volumes icons?
-
- C. If you were using another disk earlier, did you eject it via the
- File menu before removing it physically? Macintoshes do all
- their floppy ejection via hardware that's controlled by
- software. That means that Macintosh programs always know when a
- floppy has been ejected. As such, Executor requires you to
- explicitly tell it before you remove a floppy from the drive.
- If you just pop a floppy out and put a new one in, Executor will
- get confused and quite possibly crash, or even worse, corrupt
- data on the floppy.
-
- D. Is your CD a hybrid, with both DOS and Macintosh sections?
- There are different ways that hybrids can be made. Some hybrids
- won't work with Executor.
-
- E. If you are running under Windows '95, and Executor is having
- trouble reading your Mac CDs, you will have to tell Windows '95 to
- run MSCDEX (which is what Executor uses to see CDs). Simply remove
- the
-
- rem - By Windows 95 Setup
-
- portion from fthe mscdex line in your C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT file. You
- will also need to edit your C:\CONFIG.SYS file and make sure the
- CD-ROM driver is also not commented out. See w95_tips.txt for
- details.
-
- CD-ROM problems are so common, that the file "CDROM.TXT" should be
- installed in your Executor directory, and it contains even more
- information about MSCDEX.
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- V. Problems using mouse or keyboard
-
- A. If you are using a non-United States keyboard, type
-
- executor -keyboards
-
- (plural) to get a list of keyboard maps Executor can support.
- Start with the line
-
- executor -keyboard keyboard_map_name
-
- (with "keyboard" singular) to invoke that keyboard map.
-
- If this does not work properly, you may need to set your system
- software to American keyboard mode and then try the "-keyboard"
- switch again.
-
- B. Does your right alt key work as a second command key instead of
- as an option key? Linux users, check your .Xdefaults file to
- make sure that the right_alt line is not commented out. It is
- commented out by default in many distributions.
-
- C. Are you running on a laptop with only one alt key? There is yet
- no easy way to change another key to function as an option key.
- You will have to use the pull-down menus to access these
- functions.
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- VI. Your Macintosh program won't install
-
- A. Does the installer fail to work? The older version of Apple's
- Apple Installer will not run under Executor. See the
- install.txt file for instructions on installing these programs.
-
- B. Does the program complain that there is not enough disk space to
- install? Make a new Macintosh volume with the makehfv program
- (see "Making HFV Files" in the minimanual), and install the
- program there.
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- VII. Your Macintosh program won't run
-
- A. Are you installing a program? The older version of Apple's
- Apple Installer will not run under Executor. See the
- install.txt file for instructions on installing these programs.
-
- A. Does the program need System 7.5 or QuickTime? Is it an INIT or
- CDEV? Does it require a modem or a network? Executor does not
- currently support those Macintosh features, and so such programs
- won't run.
-
- B. Does it need System 7? Use the "-system" command line switch to
- start Executor in System 7 mode. Then save your preferences in
- the Preferences Panel (see "Command Line Switches" and "The
- Preferences Panel" in the minimanual).
-
- C. Try allocating more memory with the "-memory" switch.
- Insufficient memory can cause a variety of strange errors.
-
- D. Try setting Executor to "Pretend" sound (see "The Preferences
- Panel" in the minimanual), or turning Executor's and the
- program's sound completely off. Sound support is new, and some
- programs will work better without it.
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