[iyonix-support] Re: Pyjamas still.
- From: george <george.greenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 10:47:24 GMT
In message <692d9a254e.harriet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Harriet Bazley <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11 May 2006 as I do recall,
> Ewen Pring wrote:
>
>
> [snip pyjamas]
>
>> It happens maybe 2/3 of the time on power up of this machine, reset
>> button allows it to boot OK second time.
>
> I've only seen 'pyjamas' once, but this machine is still failing to
> detect the video card on a not irregular basis, which simply results in
> a permanently blank screen and the necessity to reset and boot up all
> over again. Maybe one time in six or ten.
>
>>
>> I can cope with that, but it is embarrassing for others to see my
>> showcase RISC OS computer apparently unable to start reliably.
>
> Yes, it is embarrassing.
>
> In the instructions I left for my father as to how to access the e-mail
> while I was away, I had to include 'what to do when it fails to start
> up', by which he was not terribly impressed; and when I came back ten
> days later, I gathered that he had in fact been subject to this problem
> several times. It's not much of an advertisement....
>
I don't think 5.11 is the issue, as I have exactly the same problems,
at roughly the same frequency, using 5.09, and I entirely share your
frustration: this is a serious drawback to an otherwise excellent and
reliable machine. Moreover, as this particular model (X100) has no
(circuit-breaking) On-Off switch, it means switching off at the wall
when doing a 'boot-from-cold' restart!
TBH, in the light of the above I can't see the point of the soft
restart button: I'd much rather have a conventional, RPC-style,
make-and-break switch on the front.
George
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