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From: klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Bugs in Smalltalk/V PM
Message-ID: <857.26ed249d@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 11 Sep 90 22:53:33 GMT
References: <49483@brunix.UUCP>
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In article <49483@brunix.UUCP>, dkb@cs.brown.edu (Dilip Barman) writes:
> I recently installed Smalltalk/V PM and have found it to have some
> strange behaviors.  Several of the dialogue boxes have garbage binary
> text in them.  In fact, all of the boxes Yes/No/Cancel are like this so
	This looks like you are running OS/2 rev 1.1 without the OS/2
	bug fixes installed that come with OS/2 as two additional
	floppies.
> I have to guess what the question is.  The system also periodically dies
> (I'm running with a lot of memory - 12 Meg - but little free disk space -
> like around 1 Meg) and I get a pop up from PM that a protection exception
> has occurred.  I lose my image and sometimes have to reboot (soft).
> Do I have a defective version of code?  It's identified as version 1.00. 
	There has been an update to /V-PM sent to REGISTERED users
	about a month or more ago, but your problems appear to be more
	of the kind that are associated with running OS/2 rev 1.1 without
	the bug fixes installed.  There is something in writing on this
	phenomena in a /V-PM read me file I think.  I have been using /V-PM
	with the upgrade installed on OS/2 rev 1.2 with no such problems.
	Marginal memory in a clone has also been seen to pass all diagnostics
	possible and yet unexplainably hang on certain OS/2 applications.
> 
> P.S. I wrote to Digitalk at their compuserve address and never heard from
> them!  Do they provide good customer support?  I guess I'll have to call
> their number.
> 
	The Digitalk folks seem to very good about responding on BIX or
	to direct phone inquiries, but check the above possibilities first
	before screaming at them.