Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!eos!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!pescadero.Stanford.EDU!philip From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7.0 Finder crash Keywords: finder,trash,desktop Message-ID: <1991May19.180552.8067@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 19 May 91 18:05:52 GMT References: <53047@apple.Apple.COM> <21506@brahms.udel.edu> Sender: news@neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: philip@pescadero.stanford.edu Organization: Stanford University Lines: 68 In article <21506@brahms.udel.edu>, weave@brahms.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling) writes: |> Well, at least I don't feel like I am going nuts now. I have also had |> problems with trash can aliases and posted a message a few days about it. |> I just created a trash can alias, put it in the root window, and renamed it |> to trash (but with a space before and after the name). When an attempt was |> made to open the alias, the machine hung. I have been able to reproduce this |> over and over. |> |> My set up is similar to the above set up. Maybe it is limited to Mac II cx's |> |> My sys: Mac IIcx 4/80, no extensions installed yet. Running 7.0 golden |> master. VM was on. Modem attached. At first, I thought the problem didn't exist on my IIcx. I did exactly the above, and all was fine. Then I decided to convert my root window from view by small icon to view by icon. I got the message "There is not enough memory to keep the window open". A few other Finder commands gave messages saying not enough memory: close some windows or quit some apps. I quickly saved what I was doing and quit. Tried to open a window, mouse froze, no response to interrupt. On reset/restart, I quickly trashed the aliased trash can, and all seems ok (except the positions of the icons in the root window were trashed - I've had this before but can't report specifical circumstances). The only running application at the time was MacX (no DAs either). I hope all this is specific enough to help someone find the bug. -- Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu -- My system: IIcx 8/40, VM off, 2 monitors, ethernet card, Extensions mainly from Easy Install (now easy to get window contents as text - select all and copy): Gatekeeper Gatekeeper Aid AppleShare DAL EtherTalk EtherTalk Phase 2 File Sharing Extension Finder Help LaserWriter MacTCP Tool Network Extension PrintMonitor Control Panels (note that these may also load at startup): After Dark After Dark Files Color Easy Access File Sharing Monitor Gatekeeper Controls General Controls Keyboard Labels MacTCP Map Memory Monitors Mouse Network Sharing Setup Sound Startup Disk Users & Groups Views ATM --