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Re: Workspace Disk Eject bug: Workaround available from NeXT

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From: Mark E. Kotanchek
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:35
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In article <5369@rosie.NeXT.COM> Matt_Watson@next.com writes:
> NeXT has made available an RTFD document containing a brief description  
> along with a workaround for a 3.0 Workspace bug affecting the  
Disk->eject  
> menu.  It is available via anonymous FTP at NeXT.COM (129.18.1.2) in the  
> /pub/Binaries directory as DiskEjectFix.compressed.  It will uncompress  
> into an RTFD document which includes the executable program, and a  
> description of how to install it.  A checksum (using /usr/bin/sum) of  
> DiskEjectFix.compressed returns:
> 
> 64183   8
> 
> Briefly, it is an executable that installs itself in the (undocumented)  
> Workspace LaunchPaths default the first time it is launched.  Subsequent  
> logins will cause this daemon to be executed, tickling the Workspace to  
> initialize data which, when uninitialized, leads to this bug.
> 
> ...

I just ran into this "disk eject problem" trying to install Appsoft Draw  
and Concurrence under 2.1. Thus, the question, "Does this bug fix work for  
2.1 as well as 3.0?" I've never had this type of problem before so I was  
also wondering what has changed?

Thanks,

Mark.
--
Mark Kotanchek
Guidance & Control Dept - 363 ASB
Applied Research Lab/Penn State
P.O. Box 30
State College, PA 16804
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