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- I've noticed a few apparent bugs in the emulator, and would appreciate
- any suggestions/workarounds anyone might have. I'm running version
- 1.2.8 of the Linux kernel and XFree86 3.1.1. Apologies in advance if
- these have already been discussed; I'm a newcomer to the list.
-
-
- 1) Most desktop-state information is lost between successive
- invokations of the "Go" Browser shell. Open windows (except for those
- displaying the root directory of a disk volume from the hot-band)
- don't stay open between sessions, and any changes made to the
- "hotband" get erased. This happens both when running a Mac app. then
- returning to the Browser, and when I quit and re-start Executor
- itself. It doesn't seem to be a permissions problem-- the whole
- /usr/local/lib/executor tree is owned by my user ID, and I've even
- tried running Executor as root. Also, everything worked fine under
- 1.99m; it's only when I upgraded to 1.99o that this glitch showed up.
-
- 2) The Browser completely hangs when opening certain folders (always
- on the same ones)... I think all the folders that cause this are
- missing resource fork "%_____" entries, but this isn't a sufficient
- condition-- many such folders work fine.
-
- 2) The Alt-Shift-1 info panel says the Mac "Option" key maps to the
- right-hand Alt (AltGr), but I can't get it to work, regardless of how
- this key is set up in XF86Config (tried RightAlt = Meta, which makes
- it another Apple/Squiggle; when RightAlt = Compose, the only other
- common setting, it has no effect at all inside Executor).
-
- 3) Desk Accessories can't be added to the Apple menu; not even the old
- HFS_Xfer shows up, though it's in the System Folder. Am I missing
- something here? Placing it in Fonts & DAs doesn't work either.
-
- 4) Executor often hangs on startup after trying to access my SCSI
- CD-ROM drive if an audio CD player program (Workman, etc.) is active.
- The executor process goes into "D" state (uninterruptible sleep--
- makes it impossible to kill, even with signal 9) and subsequent
- instances also block trying to probe the CD drive. These 'dead'
- processes go away when try to mount any CD (even an audio disk) from
- another window.
- This could just be a problem with my kernel and its interactions
- with the drive, rather than with Executor itself. Still, is there any
- way to override the CD drive scan every time it starts? (aside from
- hiding/renaming the /dev entries?) This also stops any music disk
- that might be playing, kinda annoying...
-
- That's all I can think of for now :-). Thanks in advance for any
- help. I have to say I'm *very* pleased with this product, even given
- the current rough spots.
-
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- Jordan.
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