Pls help identify flash
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I'm posting this here since I might expect other developers to maybe have used
enough different programs as I have to maybe share their experience at solving
my problem.
Every few days I have something that triggers some init or extension to halt
processing and display a message in the center of my screen. The message
flashes rapidly for a period of about 10 seconds after which it goes away and
everything is back to normal. I need some help in identifying who or what is
causing this abnormality.
The flashing is as follows:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Please insert disk module
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The X's are black bars onscreen.
Any ideas at solving this would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Robert :O
The easiest method would probably be to search your hard disk for the text
"Please insert disk module" (or a part of that string). For example, I saved
your message on my disk, used Norton Utilities Disk Editor to open the volume
and then Find "Please insert". It told me what file the message was in.
If the message can't be found that way, then you'll have to use MacsBug (or
another low-level debugger) to do a both a A6 and A7 stack crawl while the
message is on your screen to see if you can identify what code is putting up
the message and then determine where that code is coming from (again, you might
try searching for it with a disk editor).
Happy hunting…
Jim Luther
I liked the Norton way as it seemed real easy. Too easy. Alas, it didn't work.
I have this feeling it is part of some compiled code for some formatter or
installer or such.
I just don't want to start over with a virgin system and reinstall everything
only to find that it is still happening. 🙁
Ah yes, MacsBug. That thing that I have heard about for the last 9 years and
have avoided so far. Ugh. I'm guessing it is going to be beyond my capabilities
at least on my first crack.
What library would I find it in?
Robert :O
You searched your whole disk (not just the current selected file) and didn't
find any of the words you saw in the message? Hmmm…
Robert,
About two years ago I used a disk formatter (I think it came with an APS drive)
to format some SyQuests, and noticed that sometimes after mounting such a disk
I'd get a flashing box in the middle of my screen. It was white with a think
pink border and had no text in it. That's about all I remember. This is a real
long-shot, but since your message has the word "disk" in it… have you changed
disk formatters recently? Added any disk-related extensions? Used a "foreign"
syquest or other replaceable disk? If so, try updating the disk's driver with
some other formatter. If you have a debugger (hey, this IS the programmer's
forum), try checking where/what the code is that is executing while the message
is up.
Otherwise try posting in the Hardware or System forum: you'll probably get a
wider range of experience there.
–John
While this is a programmers forum, *I* am not a programmer. Just a real heavy
duty user. A power user but certainly not a programmer as this forum would
define it.
I might as well try those other posts also though. Might you have the
appropriate 'GO:' as I'm not a big CIS user.
Thanks,
Robert :O
Try MACSYS or MACHW (Systems Forum and Hardware Forum). The fact that searching
with Norton did not locate the text actually bolsters the argument that the
problem may be in a disk driver, as I don't think Norton searches those blocks.
–John