seiler@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler) (03/09/90)
When I try to use SunDesk on a IIci with a RasterOps 264 board, everything is okay until I try to shutdown or restart. Then either the shutdown sequence fails, or a system error occurs. Is anyone able to use it with the IIci? Does anyone have an e-mail address for Frederic Miserey? Edward Seiler seiler@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov Mail Code 635 seiler@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight Center (301) 286-9421 Greenbelt, MD 20771 "Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain"
seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler) (03/10/90)
I have one confirmation that SunDesk _will_ run a a Mac IIci. That leaves the RasterOps 264 board as the suspect. Has anyone had trouble or success with this combination? Edward Seiler seiler@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov Mail Code 635 seiler@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight Center (301) 286-9421 Greenbelt, MD 20771 "Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain"
epew@hpdmd48.HP.COM (Erick Pew) (03/14/90)
> I've been using SunDesk on my IIci for quite some time now without a hatch.
^^^^^
Maybe you need to sit on it a little longer. The incubation time can be pretty
long. :)
Sorry, I couldn't resist!seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler) (03/14/90)
In article <1212@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, I wrote >I have one confirmation that SunDesk _will_ run a a Mac IIci. That leaves the >RasterOps 264 board as the suspect. Has anyone had trouble or success with this >combination? I really should have checked this out more thoroughly before posting. The problem was I used Fresh Start to load the init. Fresh Start lets you keep inits in a folder called "Startup Documents", which is itself in the system folder. The problem is that, once loaded, SunDesk must be in the system folder at restart or shutdown time, otherwise there will be a crash. This is true whether or not you use Fresh Start, and is not limited to just the IIci. To see this for yourself, just try moving SunDesk into another folder and restart. Certainly a bug, and a strange one at that (why should it matter where it is at shutdown time?). Edward Seiler seiler@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov Mail Code 635 seiler@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight Center (301) 286-9421 Greenbelt, MD 20771 "Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain"
truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) (03/24/90)
seiler@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Ed Seiler) writes: > The problem is that, once loaded, SunDesk must be in the system folder >at restart or shutdown time, otherwise there will be a crash. This is true >whether or not you use Fresh Start, and is not limited to just the IIci. To see >this for yourself, just try moving SunDesk into another folder and restart. >Certainly a bug, and a strange one at that (why should it matter where it is at >shutdown time?). SunDesk must be in the System Folder at ShutDown because at Shutdown, it checks to make sure that the "sysz" resource has enough memory allocated to load the icons on next boot. If not, SunDesk changes its sysz to the amount needed to run before shutting down. Why would one need to change the amount of memory required? If one adds more icl8's and ICN#'s to the SunDesk Icons file, the system will require more memory to load them at next boot. Why the File has to be explicitly in the System Folder may be a good question. Obviously, the path to the file is hardcoded into the INIT. There may be a more flexible way to point to the file. --scott -- Scott Truesdell