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Article #9Re: FrameMaker 3.1 Goes Crazy!
From: Murgesh Navar
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:49
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:49
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In article <1992Dec30.032951.4697@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>, senseman@lucy.brainlab.utsa.edu writes: > In article <1992Dec29.040152.18074@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> senseman@lucy.brainlab.utsa.edu (David M. Senseman) writes: > >We have FrameMaker 3.1 running on several Indigos (XS24's) > >under Irix 4.0.5F. Overall, it's a wonderful product. However, > >now and then, for no apparent reason, the program completely > >trashes the screen (it becomes a series of cross-hatched lines > >on a grey screen). > > > > FrameMaker 3.0 under MS Windows. In fact it was the ability > of FrameMaker to run on SGI, IBM, Mac and SUN -- AND TO TRANSFER > THE FILES *SEAMLESSLY* BACK AND FORTH -- that lead to us to standardize > on FrameMaker. Rats.... You should still be able to do this. > > Everytime I open a document on my Indigo that was previously created > on the IBM I get a warning about "unavailable fonts" -- this may > (or may not) be a clue? > > Some SGI types have suggested a possible hardware problem with the > graphics card (XS24) but I've seen this problem on three different > machines in my lab (not mention Robert van Liere's machines). > I'll bet it's in the way Frame is handling the "unavailble fonts" > but since Frame doesn't provide source code, it's hard for a user > to tell ;-) > Whatever happens, even if frame does something strange, no one should be able to kill the graphics as seen in your earlier message. I suggest that you get hold of a data-file that kills the machine when Frame tries to open it, and file a bug report. We'd like to get any problems with our machines fixed pronto, especially if the graphics dies. -murgesh
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!sgigate!odin!sgihub!zola!rendezvous!murgesh From: murgesh@rendezvous.esd.sgi.com (Murgesh Navar) Subject: Re: FrameMaker 3.1 Goes Crazy! Message-ID: <u8rvtp4@zola.esd.sgi.com> Sender: news@zola.esd.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA References: <1992Dec29.040152.18074@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <1992Dec30.032951.4697@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 21:49:46 GMT Lines: 39