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- >>>>> "Ian" == Ian Spielman <ispielman@spielman-ian.eigenmann.indiana.edu> writes:
-
- Ian> Yes, that's right I got this so sought after program, and in
- Ian> the heights of brilance overwrote 1.99m (which worked) and
- Ian> then tried to run 1.99n.
-
- For us, 1.99n works *much* better than 1.99m. I am sorry that you are
- finding the opposite to be true. We'll work very hard to track down
- your problem, but it doesn't occur over here, so it's not like we
- deliberately are out to get you or anything.
-
- Ian> I took the easy way first by typing
- Ian> "executor". It was doing fine, and made it to the splash
- Ian> screen, where I went and typed in my numbers. After this
- Ian> Executor modified itself and then went to the prompt, just
- Ian> like it's supposed to. BUT on the second running ( I did -
- Ian> nosplash but have tried it with and with out the following
- Ian> starts right after the splash screen if it's enabled) then
- Ian> executor starts bloating and sits there and swaps.
-
- Perhaps the bug is related to registering, perhaps that would have
- happened the second time your run Executor. If you are willing to do
- some tests for us, here's what would help us the most:
-
- Install Executor from Scratch
-
- Run it with no arguments, don't register, then run globe, then quit
-
- Run it again with no arguments, don't register and run globe and
- quit again
-
- Run it again with no arguments, this time register it, then run
- globe and quit
-
- Run it again with no arguments, don't register and run globe and
- quit
-
- That's an attempt to see if the problem is in registering or just
- running it. Is there any chance you were low on disk space when you
- registered it the first time? Executor should be smart and tell you
- if it runs out of disk space (it probably needs about an additional
- 1.5 MB), but that's the only thing I can think of off the top of my
- head that would cause your trouble.
-
- Ian> I killed
- Ian> it at 25mb (had top running). I've tried executor with a
- Ian> variaty of switches and it still eats all of the available
- Ian> memory + swap up, and then crashed when it runs out. It never
- Ian> makes it to GO even. My system: 486-66, Linux 1.2.10, Xf86
- Ian> 3.1.1, fvwm... The problem that irrates me so is that 1.99m
- Ian> worked great (and SLOW) which was why I was sl looking
- Ian> forward the the X and video improvements of 1.99n Well that's
- Ian> about it, Ian
-
- Well this certainly irritates me, too. I know several other people
- have picked up E/L 1.99n, but I don't know how many people have
- installed it, or what they think. We only have a limited number of
- machines for testing over here, so these things can happen.
-
- If you are willing to do some testing on our behalf, please try what I
- suggest above and send the info to "bugs@ardi.com". If not, we'll
- have to wait for the same problem to affect someone else who can
- afford the time to work with us to track this down. I'm very sorry
- that it happened, but as of yet I'm at a total loss for an
- explanation.
-
- Other people installing Executor/Linux 1.99n may want to do this first:
-
- mv /usr/local/bin/executor /usr/local/bin/executor.199m
- mv /usr/local/lib/executor /usr/local/lib/executor.199m
-
- I have entered a Problem Report into our bug tracking database that
- requests that the FAQ be changed and maybe the makefile used to
- install Executor. The former can warn people the latter could be set
- up to automatically make a backup.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
-