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From: adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Quitting GEM. How is it done?
Keywords: MiNT,shells
Message-ID: <2904@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 15 Mar 91 11:31:47 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st
Organization: University of Iceland
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Sometimes it is difficult to avoid having to run GEM programs. I would like to
be able to junk GEM during a session without having to reboot, so that the
memory can be used for something else. It is fairly easy to stop GEM and get on
with something else in the underlying shell (just send KILL -17 to it), but my
attempts to quit GEM result in a system crash shortly afterwards. Indeed the
MiNT docs warn against killing GEM dead, but it should be possible if the right
precautions are taken. What is necessary to do first so that GEM can be
successfully removed without trashing the system?

Open for discussion.
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Adam David.  (adamd@rhi.hi.is)