chad@cup.portal.com (Chad The-Walrus Netzer) (08/10/90)
Look like I have found a very annoying bug in the Korn Shell in A/UX 2.0. It is this: If you bring up the session as a Console Emulator (ie. bringing up the shell all by itself without any of the MacOs available, like in the older versions), then setting the shell to use either "emacs" or "gmacs" mode causes the shell to lock up. Also, setting the EDITOR environment vaiable does the same thing. So I can't use the emacs editing features, unless I go ahead and run the shell under the MacOs (which is more or less the standard way of doing thins, as the machine comes configured). Also, if the shell "locks up" like this, and you have 'ignoreeof' set (as it is in the default .profle script), you have to REBOOT THE MACHINE to fix it, you can't just do ^c's and ^d's... AAAAAAARRGGGGGHH!!!!!!! Needless to say, I am VERY angry to find this bug (which really\ should have been caught before release... Poor beta testing, it seems), and I want to know if their is a work around so that I can use emacs mode of the Korn Shell in the Console Emulator. And DON'T say "simple, just run it under the A/UX Finder." That is NOT acceptable. I don't want or need the Finder running above, below, beside, or anywhere near my Unix environment. I want to run UNIX, and only Unix. The last thing I need is to waste all my memory with Finder in the Background, or to accidentally select "Shutdown" or "Restart" from the Special menu, instead of "Logout" and having the rug pulled out from under Unix when I never intended to. Finally, is there a way (other than the net) to inform Apple of bugs in A/UX 2.0 (I have found several) without aving to pay money t do so? If not, then I mght as well move to a more reliable system with better support. Chad Netzer chad@cup.portal.com PS. Yes, this is a solicitation for help from Apple (or anybody) and not just a flame or bug report. I want and NEED this to be fixed! Thanks for any help you can offer.
lantz@Apple.COM (Bob Lantz) (08/10/90)
chad@cup.portal.com (Chad The-Walrus Netzer) writes: > Needless to say, I am VERY angry to find this bug Hmm, you should be *pleased* to find the bug. Don't you know that you get a free membership in the exclusive A/UX BugFinders Club? >I don't want or need the Finder running above, below, beside, or anywhere near >my Unix environment. I want to run UNIX, and only Unix. Dare I ask: why are you running A/UX 2.0 if you don't want the Finder? Seriously, if you *really* don't want the Finder, you don't have to... just make Finder a link to CommandShell (and, you can still run Mac applications by launching them from the command line.) Or, run native X. >The last thing >I need is to waste all my memory with Finder in the Background, or to >accidentally select "Shutdown" or "Restart" from the Special menu, instead >of "Logout" and having the rug pulled out from under Unix when I never >intended to. Doesn't waste all of your memory. Indeed, you can set TBMEMORY to 2200K or perhaps even smaller, and run both Finder and CommandShell. Shutdown and Restart ask you for the root password, unless you're running the Mac environment as root. Most folks don't log in or run as root unless they need to. If the Shutdown and Restart menu items offend you, and you insist on running as root, you can deactivate them with ResEdit. Seriously, A/UX is quite customizable. One just has to be imaginative. > Finally, is there a way (other than the net) to inform Apple of bugs >in A/UX 2.0 (I have found several) without aving to pay money t do so? If >not, then I mght as well move to a more reliable system with better support. Yes, there is. Any other questions? ;-) >Chad Netzer >chad@cup.portal.com Bob Lantz lantz@apple.com