linda@medisun.UUCP (Linda L. Tanner) (02/02/90)
Does anyone know why a group of our Macs would suddenly start flashing the message "application unexpectedly quit" when we are working in Excel, Word and FoxBase +? We have a combination of Mac SE's, SE/30's and Mac II's all on a phone net network. Recently the applications have suddently quit on us in the middle of a program and we have to reboot the system sometimes several times a day. We ran Virex on all the machines and can't find any viruses. Any suggestions of things we could check for?
consp22@bingsung.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) (02/05/90)
-> Does anyone know why a group of our Macs would suddenly start flashing -> the message "application unexpectedly quit" when we are working in That is a Multi-Finder error. You have run low on memory. If you see a small icon in the upper right hand corner of the menubar, you are running under MultiFinder. Go to Set Startup in the Special menu of the finder to set it back to the Finder and reboot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Consp22@Bingsuns.pod.binghamton.edu | SUNY-B Computer Consultants - | | Consp22@Bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu | Trying to keep the world safe from | |---------------------------------------| the SUNY-B Computer users. | | System Consultant - World Computers |-------------------------------------| | Computer Cons. - SUNY Binghamton | Darren `Mac Hack' Handler | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| I don't know if I am going to heaven or hell, I just hope God grades on a curve
dac@zehntel.zehntel.com (Dennis Carlson) (02/08/90)
In article <110@medisun.UUCP> linda@medisun.UUCP (Linda L. Tanner) writes: > >Does anyone know why a group of our Macs would suddenly start flashing >the message "application unexpectedly quit" when we are working in >Excel, Word and FoxBase +? We have a combination of Mac SE's, SE/30's >and Mac II's all on a phone net network. Recently the applications have >suddently quit on us in the middle of a program and we have to reboot the >system sometimes several times a day. We ran Virex on all the machines and >can't find any viruses. Any suggestions of things we could check for? I have seen similar problems on my 4meg plus. Disenfectant found nothing, and rebuilding my system files helps some, but the problem still exists. I would like to hear any possible solutions too. The opinions here are true. The author, however, is the product of a demented imagination. ucbvax-\ sun-----}-!zehntel!dac varian-/
dac@zehntel.zehntel.com (Dennis Carlson) (02/08/90)
In article <2911@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp22@bingsung.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) writes: >-> Does anyone know why a group of our Macs would suddenly start flashing >-> the message "application unexpectedly quit" when we are working in > >That is a Multi-Finder error. You have run low on memory. If you see a small >icon in the upper right hand corner of the menubar, you are running under >MultiFinder. Go to Set Startup in the Special menu of the finder to set it >back to the Finder and reboot. > Out of memory? But I am only using 2.5 of my available 4 megs. After setting the startup to finder and rebooting, do I then reset the startup to multifinder and then reboot? Will that get rid of the Multifinder error? The opinions here are true. The author, however, is the product of a demented imagination. ucbvax-\ sun-----}-!zehntel!dac varian-/
clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson) (02/09/90)
In article <3546@zehntel.UUCP> dac@zehntel.UUCP (Dennis Carlson) writes: >In article <2911@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp22@bingsung.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) writes: >>-> Does anyone know why a group of our Macs would suddenly start flashing >>-> the message "application unexpectedly quit" when we are working in >> >>That is a Multi-Finder error. You have run low on memory. If you see a small >>icon in the upper right hand corner of the menubar, you are running under >>MultiFinder. Go to Set Startup in the Special menu of the finder to set it >>back to the Finder and reboot. >> >Out of memory? But I am only using 2.5 of my available 4 megs. You machine is not low on memory, the individual applications are. Under MultiFinder, each application is allocated a certain amount of memory when it is launched [Word is configured to grab 1024K, for example]. This partition size is fixed, so if the application needs more memory than that, its SOL and you get the "Application unexpectedly quit" message. There are two ways to avoid this error. One is, as Mr. Handler notes, to stop using MultiFinder, which will make all four megs available to your applications. This has the drawback of not allowing you to use several applications at the same time. The other method is to reconfigure the applications you are using to assume bigger partition sizes. To do this, start up with MultiFinder. In the Finder, select the icon of, for example, FoxBase +. Select "Get Info". In the lower right-hand corner of the Get Info window is a pair of numbers, "Suggested Memory Size" and "Application Memory Size". Try adding about 100K to the number in the lower box. This will increase the program's partition size, and should avoid the errors you're getting. For more information along these lines, see pp. 238-243 of the System 6.0 "Macintosh System Software User's Guide." <chaz> -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaz Larson - clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu "Hey, I'm no Jack Kennedy..." - Flaming Carrot ----------------------------------------------------------------------