[comp.sys.amiga] compatibility problems with Workbench 1.3 printer drivers

sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) (04/11/88)

Aegis Draw Plus fails to print properly with the new Workbench 1.3
printer drivers.  The "Print Window" command prints nothing.  The
"Print Full Page" command gurus; the error was interpreted by GOMF 2.0
as "Attempt to free memory segment already freed"; or something like
that.

Has anyone else had any trouble running any existing software with the
new Workbench 1.3 drivers?  It might be nice to start compiling a list
of potential problems....


Steven Litvintchouk
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papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (04/11/88)

In article <28786@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes:
|Aegis Draw Plus fails to print properly with the new Workbench 1.3
|printer drivers.  The "Print Window" command prints nothing.  The
|"Print Full Page" command gurus; the error was interpreted by GOMF 2.0
|as "Attempt to free memory segment already freed"; or something like
|that.
|Has anyone else had any trouble running any existing software with the
|new Workbench 1.3 drivers?  It might be nice to start compiling a list
|of potential problems....

Nope, no problem at all. In fact I love the speed and flexibility of the
new graphics printer options. I believe the drivers are in pretty good 
condition. 

If you are a commercial developer and received the 1.3 gamma update from CBM,
then you can send out the bug report on the form provided, or send it, in
electronic form, to afinkel on BIX or GENIE, and to ...rutgers!!cbmvax!bugs on 
usenet.  As I understand it, 70-80% of the problems are usually found to be
with the "application" software, not the "system" software.

-- Marco
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daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) (04/11/88)

In article <28786@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes:
>
>Aegis Draw Plus fails to print properly with the new Workbench 1.3
>printer drivers.  The "Print Window" command prints nothing.  The
>"Print Full Page" command gurus; the error was interpreted by GOMF 2.0
>as "Attempt to free memory segment already freed"; or something like
>that.
>
>Has anyone else had any trouble running any existing software with the
>new Workbench 1.3 drivers?  It might be nice to start compiling a list
>of potential problems....
>

	I have Aegis Draw Plus here at CBM and it prints fine under
V1.3 (Gamma 10).  I suspect that you are using the Gamma 7 release
that went out with Shakespeare and ProWrite 2.0. I'll investigate...

daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) (04/11/88)

In article <8285@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>In article <28786@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes:
>|Aegis Draw Plus fails to print properly with the new Workbench 1.3
>|printer drivers.  The "Print Window" command prints nothing.  The
>|"Print Full Page" command gurus; the error was interpreted by GOMF 2.0
>|as "Attempt to free memory segment already freed"; or something like
>|that.
>|Has anyone else had any trouble running any existing software with the
>|new Workbench 1.3 drivers?  It might be nice to start compiling a list
>|of potential problems....
>
>Nope, no problem at all. In fact I love the speed and flexibility of the
>new graphics printer options. I believe the drivers are in pretty good 
>condition. 
>
>If you are a commercial developer and received the 1.3 gamma update from CBM,
>then you can send out the bug report on the form provided, or send it, in
>electronic form, to afinkel on BIX or GENIE, and to ...rutgers!!cbmvax!bugs on 
>usenet.  As I understand it, 70-80% of the problems are usually found to be
>with the "application" software, not the "system" software.
>
	If you are sending a bug report in on the printer device/drivers
please cc 'dberezowski on BIX' or 'daveb@cbmvax on usenet'. Thanks.

	No known bugs yet (poof).