#dwg editor & NW3.11
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Ken,
Thanks for the idea. For a minute there I thought you had the answer…
I checked, and the workstations that were getting disconnected were,
indeed, using an API driver configured for 7A. I tried using a different
interrupt (7B, 7C), but it didn't help. One of the W/S are using a display
card that could handle the non-API drivers, and changing that didn't work
either. Any other suggestiions?? Thanks, again. Diane.
Okay, that eliminates the number one buggaboo, now we'll have to dig down a
little deeper. Something is probably trampling on your network shell in
memory. Which shells are you using and how are they loaded? XMSNETX?
EMSNETX? Are you using any third-party memory managers like QEMM386 or
386^Max? Are you setting any of AutoCAD's memory-related environment
variables to limit or force memory addressing? Any of these could be causing
or contributing to the problem.
The easiest way to point out the culprit is to strip your AUTOEXEC and
CONFIG files down to bare minimium and test that way. Gradually add
statements and drivers back in one at a time and retest until you experience
the problem again, and you've probably found your instigator. Configure the
machines for straight VGA, use the conventional memory shells, and
temporarily disable anything else not absolutely necessary. Make sure your
server is healthy too, and hasn't run out of directory entries, disk space,
or that you have people run out of disk space allotments.
Ken Billing
Ken,
Thanks for your ideas. Here's the latest: netx.com v3.02 is being used on
all our stations. No memory managers are used. I'm not a AutoCAD user
myself, so about memory-related environment variables, I'm assuming those
would be set in a bat file prior to running the acad command. I've checked
and disabled any from being set, but I don't know if anything gets set
inside AutoCAD (with AutoLISP, etc.). I stripped AUTOEXEC down so it only
contained prompt, path, ipx, netx, attach and map. CONFIG.SYS sets buffers
& files. I tried setting INT7A=OFF in SHELL.CFG as someone in NOVA
suggested. Machines are set to use IBM VGA display. And i still get
disconnected after going into the drawing editor! Is there anything inside
autoCAD I can check? I'm losing hope… this one really has me stumped!
Thanks again,
Diane
AutoCAD's own memory settings shouldn't make any difference. It's a very
well-behaved program.
You might try getting the latest shell (3.22, I believe, from DOSUP4.ZIP in
NDD) and use it. You mention that you have ATTACH and MAP in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Is there a particular reason why you aren't using LOGIN and put your MAP
statements in user or system login scripts instead of AUTOEXEC?
Did this problem just recently appear after anything else was changed? Or is
this your first encounter with NetWare and AutoCAD conflicting?
Ken Billing
Diane, see if your network cards are using interrupt 2,3, or 4. If it's 3
or 4 they may be conflicting with your digitizer on COM1 (irq 4) or COM2
(irq3). If set for irq 2, there are a handfule of machines that will
choke. Try using irq 5 (the one used for LPT2:, this assumes you don't
have LPT2 ports on the machine). I have had this same problem several
times in the past and it always turned out to be one of these three things.
Hope this helps!
Scott Turner