phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt) (08/06/89)
Hi, I have tried the new INIT called 'Fresh Start'. While the concept is fantastic, I have found some MAJOR problems that the docs do not talk about... I have a Mac II running System 6.0.3. 5 meg of memory. When Fresh Start first comes up...it is supposed to show all your inits in a 'default' environment setting....Well, mine showed NO inits in the window...I even rebooted to see if it would show up right the second time it ran! Also, the folders for chooser, startup and cdev documents didn't come up. I had to check the 'clean system folder at startup' box and reboot....Then the inits showed up in the window, but they showed up listed as inits alphabetically past 'Fresh Start' and checked, then inits A-thru 'Fr'. When it was up, it had indeed put these items in the folders mentioned above.. I rebooted, and the inits were still listed out of alphabetical order, even though fresh start was the only init in the system folder (others were now in 'Startup Folder'). So his idea of the other executing before Fresh Start was in error. I even renamed Fresh Start to ' @Fresh Start' to make it first. No go. Also, it moves 'Desktop Manager' to 'Startup folder'. Since Fresh Start executes and manipulates directories before Desktop Mgr patches itself in now...I get strange and spectacular crashes. Desktop Manager is a 'System Document', so I do not know why it was put in 'Startup Folder'. So, I cannot recommend this init, though well intentioned, it is not debugged very well yet. Phil Hunt ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil
isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) (08/06/89)
In article <3942@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes: >Hi, > >I have tried the new INIT called 'Fresh Start'. While the concept is >fantastic, I have found some MAJOR problems that the docs do not talk about... > >I have a Mac II running System 6.0.3. 5 meg of memory. I tried it as well. Mac Plus, System 6.0.2, 1 meg. I installed it, rebooted. After about two minutes of furious disk action, Bomb ID 02. Had to reboot with another disk to remove it. Granted, I did have two things installed directly in the System heap, Programmer's Online Companion and Fade to Black. Nonetheless, I'd have to agree that it needs more debugging. Worse yet, there was only a mailing address and no e-mail address to send bug reports. (No, I'm not going to send a letter off since it's not the least bit usable in the state it's in...) Ken Ken Hancock '90 | E-mail: (BITNET/UUCP/INTERNET) Computer Resource Center Consultant | isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER? I don't get paid enough to worry about disclaimers.
Ed.Edell@f563.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Ed Edell) (08/10/89)
Also, FreshStart does not seem to want to co-exist with OnCue, no matter what I do about it ... -Ed -- Ed Edell via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!107!563!Ed.Edell INET: Ed.Edell@f563.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG
hendrik@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl (Kees van Eekelen) (08/14/89)
L.S. has anyone ever met the following problem: when double-clicking a MS-Word Document on a Macserve volume, it starts up the application all right (which is on the same volume). If one tries, after quitting the application, to double-click the document symbol again, you get an error message that the applcation is busy or not found. IF ONE MOVES the application symbol slightly on the desktop, double-clicking the document brings Word to life again, as if the Desktop File has to be updated every time in order to enable launching Word from a document. I surmise the problem is very specific for Word 3.01 in combination with Macserve 1.2 (the latest, but ancient enough), AND system 6.01. Under system 4.3 everything worked just fine. Can someone offer a clue on what's going wrong, or better still: what we can do about it?
phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt) (08/14/89)
In article <19368.24E557D5@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG>, Ed.Edell@f563.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Ed Edell) writes... }Also, FreshStart does not seem to want to co-exist with OnCue, no matter }what I do about it ... -Ed } } }-- }Ed Edell via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH }UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!107!563!Ed.Edell }INET: Ed.Edell@f563.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG This is a known bug of V1.0. V1.0 is also not compatible with renamed INITs such as Suitcase II if you change its name and others... I have been beta testing V1.1, and it will be very slick....SOON..... ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil