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From: ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Crash when switching resolutions
Keywords: crash tos1.4 resolution
Message-ID: <1542@electro.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 90 15:30:57 GMT
References: <22746@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1110@mtunf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko)
Organization: Electrohome Ltd., Kitchener, ON
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In article <1110@mtunf.ATT.COM> rdb@mtunf.ATT.COM (Ron DeBlock) writes:
>In article <22746@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Chris Roth) writes:
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am having a problem trying to figure out the cause of a crash I am
>>getting on my ST.  I originally noticed the problem when I switched
>>resolutions from low to medium and I got 4 bombs.  I have been trying
>[stuff deleted]
>>*     Christoper Roth                         *  "Machines have no 
>>*     InterNet  :  cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu      *   Conscience..."
>
>
>I have had this problem also.  It is caused by desk accessories and/or
>auto folder programs.  The following programs caused a crash on res
>change in my system:
[stuff deleted]




this is a relatively common problem for accessories which patch vectors.
upon res change, the accessories are reloaded, wiping out the originally
loaded accessory, and along with that, the new patched vector code, causing
multiple bombs. if atari somehow notified accessories that a res change was
in process, then the accessories could unhook the vectors they hooked, and
allow a proper transition from one resolution to another with no bombs.


... more wishful thinking by someone who does a lot of thinking ...



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