kentiler@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Kent Iler) (03/23/91)
Hi,
I was using On Cue with my mac with no problem at all. On day, I restarted
my machine, and I noticed it was gone. When checking with INIT CDEV, it was
still listed and highlighted, meaning that it should be working. I tried
taking all INITS off excpet On Cue, but that didn't work either. Any
suggestions? I'm all out of ideas. Thanks.
Kent P. Iler
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Manhattan, Kansas 66506 Mainframe Consultantxdab@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Baird) (03/23/91)
In article <1991Mar22.165843.19687@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> kentiler@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Kent Iler) writes: >Hi, > I was using On Cue with my mac with no problem at all. On day, I restarted >my machine, and I noticed it was gone. When checking with INIT CDEV, it was >still listed and highlighted, meaning that it should be working. I tried >taking all INITS off excpet On Cue, but that didn't work either. Any >suggestions? I'm all out of ideas. Thanks. This sounds familiar. It has happened to me a couple of times. I just reinstall the software and reconfigure it. I can not figure out a pattern, it has happened probably two or three times in the last year. -- X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X X David Baird xdab@midway.uchicago.edu X X University of Chicago d-baird@uchicago.edu X X University Computing Organizations (312) 702-7161 X
mazu@terre (Marc Mazuhelli) (03/24/91)
In article <1991Mar22.165843.19687@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> kentiler@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Kent Iler) writes: >Hi, > I was using On Cue with my mac with no problem at all. On day, I restarted >my machine, and I noticed it was gone. When checking with INIT CDEV, it was >still listed and highlighted, meaning that it should be working. I tried >taking all INITS off excpet On Cue, but that didn't work either. Any >suggestions? I'm all out of ideas. Thanks. > > Kent P. Iler > >Kent P. Iler | Internet : kentiler@ksuvm.ksu.edu >Kansas State University | : kentiler@matt.ksu.ksu.edu This happened to me once or twice. The solution was to reinstall the init from the original floppy (and of course to re-configure all the applications and documents!). I don`t know why the INIT gets corrupted like that but I now keep a copy of the OnCue INIT (which contains the list of appls/docs that are configured) just in case it happens again. If the copy is left in the system folder, you have to make sure the copy is de-activated (with an INIT manager, for example) so that only one copy loads. I realize this doesn`t explain why this happens but it offers a solution in case it happens again... -- { Marc Mazuhelli | professeur } { internet: mazu@dmi.USherb.CA | Departement de math-info. } { <this space intentionaly ... | Universite de Sherbrooke } { ... left blank> | Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada }
brad@aerospace.aero.org (Bradley A. West) (03/26/91)
> >Hi, > I was using On Cue with my mac with no problem at all. On day, > I >restarted >my machine, and I noticed it was gone. When checking > with INIT CDEV, >it was >still listed and highlighted, meaning that > it should be working. I >tried >taking all INITS off excpet On Cue, > but that didn't work either. Any >suggestions? I'm all out of ideas. > Thanks. > > > This happened to me once or twice. The solution was to reinstall the > init from the original floppy (and of course to re-configure all the > applications and documents!). I don`t know why the INIT gets > corrupted like that but I now keep a copy of the OnCue INIT (which > contains the list of appls/docs that are configured) just in case it > happens again. If the copy is left in the system folder, you have to > make sure the copy is de-activated (with an INIT manager, for > example) so that only one copy loads. > > I realize this doesn`t explain why this happens but it offers a > solution in case it happens again... I have had this same problem with other INITs as well as some applications at work when the power fails. I have found a bit of an easier solution that has worked in every case I've tried. I believe what happens in situations like these is that the system drops the end-of-file mark from OnCue, etc. I use MacSnoop (a shareware program that allows data fork editing) and open the data fork of the malfunctioning program (assuming it has one), then set the end-of-file to the _physical_ end-of-file. MacSnoop should be available on sumex. Hope this helps! - Brad -