jfw@cello.mc.duke.edu (John Whitehead) (08/25/90)
Our Macintosh SE works fine under Finder, but under Multifinder *none* of the desk accessories work. When you try to select one, it just gives an error beep and will not start up, no matter what it is (even control panel, find file, et al.). But when you restart under Finder, all work fine. Does anyone know the cause? It is an SE with 4MB ram. We are running Finder 6.1 and System 6.0.3. The DAs are access privileges, alarm clock, calculator, chooser, control panel, expressionist, find file, glass, keycaps, mac*qn, note pad, puzzle, rpn calc, scrapbook, and word finder. Cdevs are general, boomerang, daylight, keyboard, mouse, moire, sound, soundmaster, and startup device. I forget our inits, but there's not much if any. We're connected to Appletalk. P.S. In getting this list together, I noticed that boomerang "can not get a needed resource;" perhaps this is related. Please e-mail to jfw@neuro.duke.edu; I'll post a summary if there's interest. Thanks! John Whitehead Internet: jfw@neuro.duke.edu Department of Neurobiology jfw@well.sf.ca.us Duke University Medical Center Bitnet: white002@dukemc Durham, North Carolina
dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton) (08/25/90)
In article <21540@duke.cs.duke.edu> jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John Whitehead) writes: >Our Macintosh SE works fine under Finder, but under Multifinder *none* >of the desk accessories work. When you try to select one, it just >gives an error beep and will not start up, no matter what it is (even >control panel, find file, et al.). But when you restart under Finder, >all work fine. Does anyone know the cause? It never rains but it pours (referring to the numerous recent posts from people with this problem). The problem is that you don't have the DA Handler application installed in your System Folder. Under MultiFinder, DAs launch by default into an application layer which is managed by this program--and if the program isn't in the System Folder when you choose a DA, all you'll get is a beep. Find the file DA Handler on one of your System Tools disks (System Tools, or Utilities 1 or 2), and copy it into your System Folder. Then pull down DAs to your little heart's content (err, well, until DA Handler runs out of memory, anyhow...). The reason the DAs work under Finder is that without MultiFinder, they are launched in the application heap of the currently active application. (You can also do this in MultiFinder by holding down the option key when you launch a DA.) > John Whitehead Internet: jfw@neuro.duke.edu -- David Walton Internet: dwal@midway.uchicago.edu University of Chicago { Any opinions found herein are mine, not } Computing Organizations { those of my employers (or anybody else). }
Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker) (08/28/90)
> Our Macintosh SE works fine under Finder, but under Multifinder *none* > of the desk accessories work. Sounds like you don't have DA Handler in your System Folder. Also be aware that under MultiFinder, you should hold down the option key when opening dependent DAs. A dependent DA is one that needs to be in the same heap zone with a parent application. Examples are spelling checkers, thesari, and the Quoter DA used to format replies here. -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!56.12!Chris.Gehlker Internet: Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org