Run Rev hangs while loading plug-ins

Jim Hurley jhurley at infostations.com
Mon Mar 22 15:02:59 EST 2004


>
>Message: 13
>Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 13:14:17 +1000
>From: Sarah Reichelt <sarahr at genesearch.com.au>
>Subject: Re: Run Rev hangs while loading plug-ins
>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>Message-ID: <0142DB99-7BAF-11D8-9857-0003937A97B8 at genesearch.com.au>
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>I've had this happen (Mac OS X) and I never discovered why. Although it
>seems to hang while loading plugins, emptying the plugins folder
>doesn't help. The only solution I found was to re-install. It hasn't
>happened often but I now always keep the installation disk image, just
>in case :-)
>
>Sarah
>
>On 22 Mar 2004, at 5:19 am, Jim Hurley wrote:
>
>>  Has anyone else experienced this?
>>
>>  My copy of RR 2.1.2 (Mac OS 9) seem to wear out after a while--pardon
>>  the anthropomorphism.
>>
>>  After a period of time, when opening RR, it hangs while loading the
>>  plug-ins. Is there a work- around when this happens?
>>
>>  My only recourse has been to always keep a clean backup and trash the
>>  non-functional copy.
>>
>  > Jim
>

Sarah,

I did a little more experimenting with this. I replaced the plugins 
folder with one from a working version of RR. No dice.

I next replace the components folder and all was well.

  Next time I'll try individual items within the components folder to 
see which one is at fault.

Jim


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