Xref: utzoo comp.unix.aux:3255 comp.sys.mac.system:2237 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!think.com!paperboy!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!urlichs From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Desktop Manager and A/UX 2.0 Message-ID: Date: 15 Nov 90 22:29:03 GMT References: <1990Nov14.201445.1345@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us> Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG Lines: 23 In comp.unix.aux, article <1990Nov14.201445.1345@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us>, brian@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us (Brian S. Schang) writes: < Has anyone tried using the Desktop Manager with A/UX 2.0? If so, < were the results favorable? < Mixed. Yes, DTM works fine under A/UX. It is even included automatically, but only for the "/" disk(s), and you'll have to load DTM a second time (by placing the INIT into your System Folder) to use it for the MacOS side too. The problem is that the Desktop Manager doesn't tolerate crashes very well. It seems that the A/UX Startup program doesn't close the Desktop manager files (there's a HFSDispatch selector for this), so you tend to lose some icons and/or file type to application mappings. (It also doesn't close the old-style desktop file, but that's usually not a problem.) I am using the Desktop Manager under A/UX. Your mileage may vary. -- Matthias Urlichs -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org -- urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de /(o\ Humboldtstrasse 7 - 7500 Karlsruhe 1 - FRG -- +49+721+621127(0700-2330) \o)/