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- Internal System Error Message
-
- Some of you may have encountered an alert which says
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- "Internal System Error! (Error Number)
- 1. Note what you just did.
- 2. Use Save As... to save your work.
- 3. Call Tech. Support.
-
- As the Reference Guide says, this message indicates that RAM memory may have
- been corrupted. This corruption may be caused by a number of different
- things, including background utilities, a bad RAM chip, or -- the
- unthinkable -- a bug in Ventura Publisher. In version 1.1, this message
- occurred because many people ran Ventura Publisher with very little
- conventional memory remaining. In version 2.0, Ventura Publisher requires
- that at least 100K of conventional memory be available prior to starting the
- program (less than 50K is required when running the Professional Extension).
- This keeps temporary buffers from overflowing and possibly corrupting areas
- of RAM memory.
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- If an Internal System Error does occur, do not continue modifying your
- chapter. Immediately turn to Appendix C of the Reference Guide and follow
- the steps given there exactly. These are repeated here:
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- 1. Do not make any further changes to your chapter.
- 2. Use the Set Preferences option to change Keep Backup Files to YES.
- 3. Use the Save As option and save the chapter under a different name than
- shown in the Title Bar.
- 4. QUIT from Xerox Ventura Publisher.
- 5. Re-boot your computer and then run Xerox Ventura Publisher again. Re-load
- the chapter. If the message appears again, contact Xerox Technical support
- for further assistance.
-
- Some people have asked what the numbers which appear in the Internal System
- Error messages alert mean. Here is an explanation.
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- System Error 19: Memory access outside of proper address range. Probably
- caused by a bad data structure, software could not recover, or bug in code.
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- System Errors 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 21, 82, 83, 150,
- 151: Ventura internal memory manager is corrupted. The numbers identify the
- location within Ventura Publisher code where the error occurred. These
- errors are more serious than System 19 and you may not be able to save the
- chapter successfully.
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- System Error 25: Text line element error. Display is corrupted, but no loss
- of data.
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- System Error 9999: Illegal serial number. The occurs in the network
- environment where the user must have a legal serial number.
-