[antispam-f] Re: Error on start-up
- From: Harriet Bazley <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: antispam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:55:07 GMT
On 5 Feb 2011 as I do recall,
Jeremy Nicoll - zf freelists wrote:
> Harriet Bazley <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I often see a WIMP error box from AntiSpam (run on start-up) reporting
> > the version of BASIC: I believe this is the result of issuing an ERROR
> > -1 command or something similar, but can't for the life of me locate a
> > manual that will specify....
> >
> > After clicking OK I find that AntiSpam then runs normally, but obviously
> > the computer hangs up entirely until the error box is dismissed.
> >
> > What could be causing this - boot-up order problems?
>
> assuming you run reporter from the start of boot, look for errors, and keep
> the logs for good and bad days.
>
> It might be useful to put a *reporttrace (or whatever) into the start of AS,
> which of course will slow its start down, but might help find out whether it
> always happens before AS really starts, or further in and where - and if
> it's always at the same point.
>
Looks like a problem with the IDs file.
Trace @ PROCcheck_IDs
Trace @ PROCidsError
Trace @ PROCclose
Trace @ ENDPROC
Trace @ FNoT
Trace @ ENDFN
[snip many]
Trace @ FNoT
Trace @ ENDFN
Trace @ PROCreport
Trace @ FNleaf
Trace @ ENDFN
Trace @ PROCwimp_report
Trace @ ¦PROCaLog
Trace @ ¦ENDPROC
21:42:39.10 ** WimpError ** from AntiSpam
Error : &00000000
Message: Error 'ARM BBC BASIC V version 1.44 (C) Acorn 1989
Trace @ ENDPROC
Trace @ ENDPROC
Trace @ ENDPROC
And I seem to have IDs-0000 to 00015 in AntiSpam's Choices directory,
which suggests that a lot of renaming has indeed been going on.
I can't work out yet why the application is sometimes objecting to the
file and sometimes not, though - or why I'm getting this weird message
instead of the "IDs file corrupted?" one that it looks as if I ought to
be getting at this point....
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