VulcanGrip Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 Hi. I use VW 9.1 on a G4. It works fine, mainly, Except on more ocassion then I'd like, All text just bleeps away...requireing a reboot. Does anyone know of this phenomenon??? Thx. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 11, 2002 Share Posted February 11, 2002 Does the text just disappear at one time or does it gradually disappear? Do any other objects disappear? Check to make sure the text is in a visible class and layer. If the text resides in a class that is not active or invisible, you will not be able to see it. The same holds true for layers. Also make sure it is not grouped with another object and in a class other than it's usual self of the none class. The other thing is to check memory allocation settings. Sometimes if you do not have enough memory allocated, things tend to just up and disappear slowly. Quote Link to comment
VulcanGrip Posted February 12, 2002 Author Share Posted February 12, 2002 Hi Katie It just disappears...Like everywhere...All text. Even on desk the desk top. But it doesnt crash. I believe its VW related because it only happens when in the program. Luckily, a reboot seems to fix it, but sometimes it happens every few hours of use. Ever hear of this before? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 How much memory do you have allocated to the program ? Is the text in the none class ? If so, make sure the none class is set to visible in the classes dialog box. Also make sure you have Class Options set to at least Show Others if the None Class is not your active class. Quote Link to comment
VulcanGrip Posted February 13, 2002 Author Share Posted February 13, 2002 Its text in any class...all text on the computer goes. Even outside the program on the desk top. But I believe its VW related because it only happens while in VW. Also, I have a few hundred megs allocated so I dont think thats it...hmm. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 14, 2002 Share Posted February 14, 2002 Are your class options set to "Show Others", "Show Snap others", or "Show Snap Mod Ohers" when the text seems to disappear ? Is the layer the text resides in an active layer? Are your layer options set to one of the above settings ? Quote Link to comment
VulcanGrip Posted February 18, 2002 Author Share Posted February 18, 2002 Classes set to, Show/snap/modifiy Layers set to, Show/snap... All the text goes...all over, at seemingly random times. It is not just me switching text from a visible layer to an invisible one....I'm dumb, but not that dumb I think its probably a bug or some form of corruption... GL Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 Is the text possible grouped with another object that might reside in a class that might be getting set to invisible? Quote Link to comment
ErichR Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 We've had tear-your-hair-out sort of text problems on two diffent PC running VWA on two different files. This isn't a class visibility problem. Text was visible on the screen, but wouldn't print. Text in some fonts would print, but not in all. For some reason the text changed to Tiepolo Book, which is visible, but won't print. We couldn't change it to Times New Roman, which we knew would print. Through trial and error, we found that you have to select text one line below the font you want in order to get the font you want! This has got to be a bug. Quote Link to comment
VulcanGrip Posted February 20, 2002 Author Share Posted February 20, 2002 Hi Katie, no thats not possible...Its all text...everywhere. Like I pull down a menubar and that is blank aswell. I reboot and all is well for awhile. I think it could be some form of corruption... Perhaps it will disappear when I upgrade to 9.5, which I'm leary of cause of potential printer problems... Thx anyway Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 This sounds like a memory problem. When stuff starts to disappear, especially menu text .. that could signal something running our of memory. It is possible to have too much memory allocated to the program. It just causes an overload. How much built in memory do you have? Do you have any other programs open while working in VW ?You say you have a few hundred megs allocated to VW, correct? is this in the preferred or in the minimum, or both? Quote Link to comment
VulcanGrip Posted March 1, 2002 Author Share Posted March 1, 2002 Hi Sarah This is a early model G4 tower. And I'm useing 8.6, I have 9, and X on CD, but I'm reluctant to upgrade. Cause I hear horror stories about printer drivers.... And to lose printing would be bad, bad, bad... So, If I upgrade to 9 or X you believe it will fix the problem? Thx you very much for the info Quote Link to comment
Sarah C. Sarnelli Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 VulcanGrip, We have seen this problem in the past ONLY on our original G4 towers (purchased almost 2 years ago). We think it was a video memory issue (since you had to reboot to fix it). Not all of our G4 towers experienced it, but we though it was an OS or firmware issue. The machines are now running OS 9.2.1 or 9.2.2. I don't think we've seen the problem since pre OS 9. I don't remember which firmware version is installed. Which OS are you using? Sarah Sarnelli Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted March 4, 2002 Share Posted March 4, 2002 You should upgrade to OS 9 if you are using OS 8.6 right now. There is the same amount of driver support for OS 9 as OS 8.6. I recommend the latest 9.2.2.OS 10 however, has some driver support problems while everyone is trying to get OS 10 drivers out. The problem you are having however is more than likely related to your video card and or memory problems. There are a number of video problems that are alleviated with installing OS 9.2.x if the problem you are having is indeed a video driver issue. Quote Link to comment
Sarah C. Sarnelli Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 We have found OS 9 very stable, and we have few to no printing problems. OS X is another issue... Anyway, I agree with Katie that OS 9 is an important upgrade, and OS 9.2.2 is running just fine on *all* of our machines. Sarah Quote Link to comment
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