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From: moss@BRL.MIL ("Gary S. Moss", VLD/VMB)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  3.1D Upgrade problems
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Date: 9 May 89 15:06:48 GMT
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< We have recently installed the "maintenance tapes" to bring our IRIX up to
< 3.1D on 2 personal irises and a 4server8. Now 4sight seems to be broken in
< a wierd way: Most of us here have user.ps files to remap keys, put up tools,
< and fire up toolchests. Those of us who do have these things in our directories
< now find that the tools and chests fail to come up one time in 3.
I have a similar problem with IRIX 4D1-3.14711181642 (3.1A?), so I suspect
that it is not a new problem, but may have gotten worse.  My /RestartActions
are defined as follows, but about every other time, the console window does
not appear, when I attempt a 'restart' from the 'Max' menu:

% specify window constraints, font and colors for console window
/RunConsole
        {  
	(/etc/gl/startconsole -r1000 -s80,40 -m80,60 -fIris12.fm -C 0,7,4,1)
	forkunix
	} def
	
% specify customized 'wsh' procedure
/forkwsh
	{
	(wsh -t \$LOCHOST -r1000 -s80,60 -m80,60 -fIris12.fm -C 0,7,4,1
		-n wsh)
	forkunix
	} def

/RestartActions [
        % Caps-lock Ctrl (`/~) F1 -> Ctrl Caps-lock Esc (`/~)
        [ 28420 28419 28471 28562 ] [ 28419 28420 28423 28471 ] replacekeys
        { (ical) forkunix }
        { forkwsh }
        { RunConsole }
] def

	I have only included the part of my user.ps, but since this works
some of the time, and is straightforward usage, I suspect a 4Sight bug.  If
someone wants to look into this, I'll gladly send them the entire source.

-moss