| Re: NT IDL Crashes [message #16933] |
Sun, 29 August 1999 00:00 |
R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998
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"Martin.Schultz@dkrz.de" wrote:
>> Windows can be very strange though. I had some odd behavior
>> (I couldn't write a PostScript file to disk) that didn't
>> go away until I finally reinstalled all of Windows NT,
>> with the latest service pack.
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> That's apparently the difference between Unix and Windows: In Unix
> you reboot, in Windows you reinstall ;-)
>
> Martin
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Hm -for the most people (me too) reinstallation is much more faster
then searching a long time in registry files.
For a few months I got a lot of problems using a HP4000 printerdriver
for Win NT 40. After installation it was never possible
to print to a local port of the computer. I tried myself a lot of tricks
to get it work, but unfortunately there was no success.
With the newest printerdriver after a complete reinstallation it works
all fine (takes about 3 hours if no PQ image is available).
It's not only Windows which will make the problems.
We have a lot of Win NT 40 Workstations using IDL and they are all
stable - very stable.
I can't remember myself when my machine last was crashed instead of an
application.
I don't also remember when my UNIX aix machines was last crashed but a
lot of time IDL crashed by a coredump.
By a failure of this kind a reboot will not give any better result.
Reimar
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| Re: NT IDL Crashes [message #16946 is a reply to message #16933] |
Fri, 27 August 1999 00:00  |
m218003
Messages: 56
Registered: August 1999
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> Windows can be very strange though. I had some odd behavior
> (I couldn't write a PostScript file to disk) that didn't
> go away until I finally reinstalled all of Windows NT,
> with the latest service pack.
That's apparently the difference between Unix and Windows: In Unix
you reboot, in Windows you reinstall ;-)
Martin
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| Re: NT IDL Crashes [message #16954 is a reply to message #16946] |
Fri, 27 August 1999 00:00 |
Peter Mason
Messages: 145
Registered: June 1996
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"Martin Downing" <m.downing@abdn.ac.uk> wrote:
<... About IDL 5.2 crashing on WinNT at just about any time>
I'll join the chorus: "I can scarcely remember the last time it crashed
on me." I have IDL 5.20 and 5.21 on a couple of NT4/(SP4 or 5)
workstations here and find it to be pretty stable. Do you have
problems with other programs on your PC? If so then I'd recommend that
you check your hardware (esp. memory). If not then have you tried
reinstalling IDL? It might be that one of its DLLs got zapped, or
perhaps overwritten (a wrong version or something) by some other
program's installation. Also, I recall that there was some issue with
the HASP driver for a fairly recent version of IDL, and that RSI gave a
web link to download an update. I don't have the link handy, but you
should be able to find HASP drivers at http://www.hasp.com.
Cheers
Peter Mason
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| Re: NT IDL Crashes [message #16955 is a reply to message #16946] |
Thu, 26 August 1999 00:00 |
Pavel Romashkin
Messages: 166
Registered: April 1999
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I run IDL 5.2 on a fairly old AMD-K6 200 at home (to test cross-platform
compatibility). Never crashes; I am using archaic Windows 95. I though NT is
more robust than 95. Maybe, "not enough memory"?
Cheers,
Pavel
Martin Downing wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm running IDL5.2 under windows NT4.0(sp4) and I am getting fed up with the
> number of IDL program crashes (about 3-6 a day). They happen both during
> program code execution and also just duing editing in the IDLDE. Doesnt kill
> NT, just IDL, however I never had this experience on UNIX (admittedly using
> IDL4).
> Is this a typical experience of windows users ? or should i have my head (or
> at least hardware) examined!
>
> (anyone from RSI listening?)
>
> Martin
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> --
> Martin Downing
> Clinical Research Physicist,
> Grampian Orthopaedic Clinical Research Unit,
> Woodend Hospital, Grampian Healthcare Trust,
> Eday Road, Aberdeen, Scotland. AB15 6LS
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| Re: NT IDL Crashes [message #16956 is a reply to message #16955] |
Thu, 26 August 1999 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Martin Downing (m.downing@abdn.ac.uk) writes:
> I'm running IDL5.2 under windows NT4.0(sp4) and I am getting fed up with the
> number of IDL program crashes (about 3-6 a day). They happen both during
> program code execution and also just duing editing in the IDLDE. Doesnt kill
> NT, just IDL, however I never had this experience on UNIX (admittedly using
> IDL4).
> Is this a typical experience of windows users ? or should i have my head (or
> at least hardware) examined!
I'm running the exact same set up, have IDL running
virtually all day long, and I can't remember the last
time my machine crashed. It was a long, LONG time ago.
Windows can be very strange though. I had some odd behavior
(I couldn't write a PostScript file to disk) that didn't
go away until I finally reinstalled all of Windows NT,
with the latest service pack. It still puts the odd
application icon on the Shut Down button, which I
assume is NOT a feature. :-(
Cheers,
David
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Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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