abennett@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Bennett) (01/26/91)
I'm trying out TheNews on an si, and have found a bug. Whether it is in the si, TheNews, or what, I have no idea. Here's my setup: MacIIsi with 5 meg of memory, an asanti ethernet card (plugs directly into the processor slot), 13" color monitor. Inits on or off doesn't seem to make a differnce. All other programs I use (MacIP, tn3270, NCSA TCP, VersaTerm 3.10) work fine. The symptom: when I start up TheNews and create a new groups file, all works fine; it finds the news server, finds the groups, lets me read & post, etc. When I try to execute an *existing* newsgroups file, I am told that the application "Unexpectedly quit" and I am returned to the (multi)finder. From then on, if I try to execute any other program, they also "Unexpectedly quit". If I try and re-execute TheNews, it hangs the system. Any suggestions? -Drew -- Andrew Bennett abennett@mit.edu MIT Room 11-124H abennett%athena@mitvma.bitnet 77 Massachusetts Ave. Phone: (617) 253-7174 Cambridge, MA 02139 <Standard disclaimers apply> --
Barry Schoenfelner - bas@chem.wayne.edu (01/26/91)
In article <1991Jan25.182248.19024@athena.mit.edu> abennett@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Bennett) writes: >when I start up TheNews and create a new groups file, all works fine; it finds >the news server, finds the groups, lets me read & post, etc. > >When I try to execute an *existing* newsgroups file, I am told that the >application "Unexpectedly quit" and I am returned to the (multi)finder. From >then on, if I try to execute any other program, they also "Unexpectedly quit". >If I try and re-execute TheNews, it hangs the system. > >Any suggestions? > >-Drew I see the same bug too on an SE/30 running 6.0.3 and MacTCP 1.0.1. Barry
owen@raven.phys.washington.edu (Russell Owen) (01/29/91)
In article <1991Jan25.213640.26325@cs.wayne.edu> Barry Schoenfelner - bas@chem.wayne.edu writes: >In article <1991Jan25.182248.19024@athena.mit.edu> abennett@athena.mit.edu >(Andrew Bennett) writes: >>when I start up TheNews and create a new groups file, all works fine; it finds >>the news server, finds the groups, lets me read & post, etc. >> >>When I try to execute an *existing* newsgroups file, I am told that the >>application "Unexpectedly quit" and I am returned to the (multi)finder. From >>then on, if I try to execute any other program, they also "Unexpectedly quit". >>If I try and re-execute TheNews, it hangs the system. >> >I see the same bug too on an SE/30 running 6.0.3 and MacTCP 1.0.1. > TheNews v. 1.2 works fine on my SE/30 (6.0.5, Multifinder, MacTCP 1.0.1). Here are a few things to try: - Update to system 6.0.7 (or at least 6.0.5 for an older Mac). - If this just started happening, replace the program and/or news group file. - Get version 1.4--the latest. I haven't seen it yet, but it's out somewhere. And there's the usual Multifinder fixes for any ills: - Assign TheNews more memory. My copy needed it to handle busy newsgroups. - Check the system heap. Look at About Finder... and see how much free space System has. If it's very small (much less than 25% of the total space). This problem will cause various crashes, not just from TheNews. Get HeapFixer or something similar, or get rid of memory-eating INITs. The author, Bill Cramer, is available at cramer@neptune.iex.com. I would definitely contact him befor giving up on TheNews. I have occasional problems with it, but it usually works just fine. Good luck -- Russell owen@raven.phys.washington.edu
abennett@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Bennett) (01/29/91)
Well, I found that part of my problem is that I am running v1.0 when I should be running v1.4 I got 1.0 from Sumex. Where is 1.4? -Drew -- Andrew Bennett abennett@mit.edu MIT Room 11-124H abennett%athena@mitvma.bitnet 77 Massachusetts Ave. Phone: (617) 253-7174 Cambridge, MA 02139 <Standard disclaimers apply> --