Subj : Warp 4 FP15 issues...
To   : All
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 12:10 pm

Hi Folks,

Over the past few weeks I have started experiencing some wierd "instabilty" 
issues that may actually end up being some sort of H/W issue, things are just 
not too clear at the moment (it happens that I had also made a few other 
changes that may/may not be related). However I would like to try and eliminate 
any other options first.

I have 3 x Warp 4 FP15 machines, only one has experienced the issues, the other 
2 machines are as stable as ever (fingers crossed). About 3 weeks ago I started 
setting up XFree86, but never completed this before noticing this issue, so I 
have removed XF86 from Config.Sys and gone back to the orignal Config.Sys... 
but still have the same problem.

My main stability issue relates to Star Office 5.1 (SO51), and in particular a 
spreadsheet. Since loading the XF86 driver I could get ONE startup of SO51 to 
work fine, a second invocation would usually (about 80% of the time) run for 
about 1-2 mins, then result in a keyboard/mouse/wps lockup, followed by a hard 
trap within SOFFICE.EXE. Removing XF86 made no apparent difference.

My first efforts revolved around OS/2 Kernal replacements (I was way behind on 
these), starting with 14.097f and then trying more recent ones, but things only 
got worse (more frequent issues with SO51), and the lockups recently resulted 
in a KERNAL trap (IE not SO51) using 14.104a.

So... what is your preferred/most stable Kernal for Warp 4 FP15?

Following the last Kernal Trap I also experienced some loss of WPS objects, 
most noticeable are my Command Prompts objects (IE the Folder is present but is 
empty and I can still create and run an OS/2 box fine), and the Information 
Centre button within Warp Centre does not display the Help menu, but lists the 
desktop Icons just the same as the "OS/2 Warp" Button on the left. My 
x:\Desktop Folder tree is still there -
============================================================
 Desktop
  OS!2 System
    Assistance!!Center
    Information
     Online Information Overview
     Read Me
     Reference and Commands
     Tasks
     Troubleshooting
     WarpGuide
    Command!!Prompts
    Connections
     Drives
     Network
     File and Print Client^Resource Brows
============================================================

I can navigate that tree ok, BUT no .INF files are listed (although they are 
all still there and can be loaded manually fine.

Most of this looks pretty bad to me, so I am trying to decide should I replace 
the HD (it chkdisks ok and there is no Lost+Found) before I do a complete 
re-build?

When I re-build I would be using eCS 1.2 (I have had it here a while but 
decided not to rebuild/upgrade until there was a real need... I guess I now 
have that need).

Anyone got any other ideas that may help?

Thanks.................pk.


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