kap1@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu (Dietrich Kappe) (09/22/90)
A strange thing has happened to my mac (MacPlus, Finder 6.1, System 6.0.2). After my Disinfectant INIT warned me about a WDEF A on my hard drive, and after I removed that infection with Disinfectant 2.1 (on a locked system floppy), the Icon list in my control panel (on the formerly infected hard disk) is blank. All the installed cdevs are still accessible by clicking on the apropriate spot in the icon list,with the exception of the keyboard cdev, which will draw part of its control panel, flash a dialog box with a half drawn OK button, and then black out its control panel. I've reinstalled the system, removed all INITS, removed all excess fonts and DA's,-- in short, I've tried isolating the one variable that nukes my control panel's icon list. My conclusion: its the hard disk. That conclusion is clearly absurd, but it is the only constant factor. All reinstalls were done from locked floppys. Am I missing something? I sure hope so, and I hope someone out there will tell me exactly what. --Dietrich-- ______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | kap1@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu | "Suspicion is the badge of | | | base-born minds, | |_______________________________________| And calculation never | | | understands." | | "My opinions are entirely my own, | -Virginia Moore | | for who else would want them?" | Tragic Conclusions | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________
Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu (Garance Drosehn) (09/22/90)
In article <4065@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> kap1@phyllis.math.binghamton.edu (Dietrich Kappe) writes: > A strange thing has happened to my mac (MacPlus, Finder 6.1, System 6.0.2). > After my Disinfectant INIT warned me about a WDEF A on my hard drive, and ... description of problems with Control Panel removed... > I've reinstalled the system, removed all INITS, removed all excess fonts and > DA's,-- in short, I've tried isolating the one variable that nukes my > control panel's icon list. My conclusion: its the hard disk. There's probably another variable in the mix. I'd guess that it isn't the hard disk per se, but the desktop file that the finder has built for the hard disk. See if rebuilding the desktop fixes up the problems you're seeing. Another option is to do something that causes the finder to take another look at all your control panel files (like move them all out of the system folder, and then move them back in again). Just some free suggestions, and worth every penny... Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu ITS Systems Programmer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY. USA