[iyonix-support] Re: First view of ROM 5.13

On Tue 27 Feb, Gary Locock wrote:
> 
> In article <6bf8f6ba4e.james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, James Peacock
> <j-peacock@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Gary Locock wrote:
> 
> > > In article <076456ba4e.wra1th@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Gavin Wraith
> > >    <gavin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> Another thing with 5.13. Twice now I have found after selecting Shutdown
> > >> from the Task menu that instead of shutting down the machine beeps, the
> > >> screen goes blank but the hard disc continues to spin. This never
> > >> happened with 5.12.
> > > 
> > > Oh yes it does! And on every previous version of RO5 that I can recall.
> > > It is intermittent, and possibly related to !HID but I've never pinned it
> > > down successfully.
> 
> [Snip]
> 
> > If it ends with a blank screen and a * prompt, I've usually done the
> > following to shutdown the machine relatively cleanly:
> 
> >   *Load Run:PowerOff 8000
> >   *ShutDown
> >   *Go 8000
> 
> Note Gavin Wraith's observation "instead of shutting down the machine beeps".
> IME this is diagnostic for the particular fault he is reporting.
> 
> If you get a star prompt instead of a shutdown, it is because you have
> inadvertently done shift-F12 instead of ctrl-shift-F12, or using the menu,
> you have hit 'Exit desktop' instead of 'Shutdown'.  Not the same thing at all.

Or held down ctrl-shift-F12 to long so that the key repeats leaving you at a
star prompt

Chris Evans

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