Mathematica 2.0 & Mac sys7
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Mathematica 2.0 & Mac sys7
- From: gaylord at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
- Date: Fri, 1 May 1992 03:39:12 -0500
>Date: Thu, 30 Apr 92 21:03:31 CDT >From: naiman at wri.com >To: gaylord at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu >Cc: scott at wri.com, thomasc at wri.com >Subject: Mathematica 2.0 & Mac sys7 > > > Richard- > > Please forward this message to all your correspondents: > > We at WRI are attempting to isolate the reason(s) why some users have >experienced crashes in System 7 while switching between Mathematica and other >aapplications. Even if it turns out to be System 7 and not Mathematica which is >at fault, it would still be useful to know the cause(s). > It is quite difficult to reproduce this problem. Users could help us by >considering the following: > > 1.) Were all your crash experiences of the switching-between- >applications[-and-typing] category? If not, what were they? > > 2.) What version of the Macintosh system software were you using? What >version of Mathematica? > > 3.) Were you using "8-bit color mode"? (Were you using color?) If this >doesn't mean anything to you, open up "Monitors" under "Control Panels". Is >"256" highlighted? If so, try running in black-and-white. Does the problem go >away? > 4.) Do you have/have access to "MacsBug"? If so, you can "install" it >by copying it to your system folder. System crashes will automatically drop you >into MacsBug. Create a logfile as by entering the following commands at the >prompt: > > log crash.log (or log <filename>) > sc7 (stack crawl) > log > > (Note that installing MacsBug may help somewhat in itself since MacsBug >often allows you to return to your application after a crash. See G [Go] and EA >[Exit to Application] in the MacsBug Reference Guide.) > > Please mail logfiles and crash stories with version numbers, etc. to > >naiman at wri.com > >Thanks, > >Bob Naiman > > > > > > > > > >