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- ; Installer script to be run if user has troubles
- ;------------------------------------------------
-
- ; This bypasses the final dir text
- ;---------------------------------
- (set @default-dest "ram:")
-
- ; informative beginning
- ;----------------------
- (message "If the installation of Imagemaster did not seem to "
- "work correctly, then you may find the solution to "
- "the problem(s) you are having here. We know from "
- "long experience what the typical problems are, and "
- "so here we have provided solutions to the most "
- "common ones. If you are not having problems, then "
- "you don't need to look at this script."
- )
-
- ; Enquire of user what the problem is
- ;------------------------------------
- (set prob_type
- (askchoice
- (prompt "Choose from the following situations:")
- (help @askchoice-help)
- (choices "PI (Public Interface) Module problems"
- "Imagemaster crashes or \"locks up\""
- "Some other type of problem")
- (default 2)
- )
- )
-
- (select prob_type
- (
- ; PI Module problems
- (set sub_prob_type
- (askchoice
- (prompt "Choose from the following situations:")
- (help @askchoice-help)
- (choices "List Requester opens, but Modules do nothing"
- "JPEG, NJPL modules crash when run, or fail"
- "Loading JPEG results in blank display"
- "Aftermarket PI Modules dissapear after install"
- "Some other type of problem")
- (default 4)
- )
- )
- (select sub_prob_type
- (
- (message "List Requester Opens, but Modules Do Nothing\n\n"
- "This is usually caused by the order in which "
- "the \"REXXMAST\" command and the \"path add sys:rexxc\" "
- "command occur in your startup-sequence. If the \"path add\" "
- "command occurs AFTER the \"REXXMAST\" command, "
- "then the ARexx host itself does not know the path "
- "to find it's own \"RX\" command, which is used by "
- "the PI modules to launch other scripts.\n\n"
- "The solution is to move the \"path add\" command "
- "to a line in the startup-sequence BEFORE the "
- "\"REXXMAST\" command, and then reboot.")
- )
- (
- (message "JPEG, NJPL modules crash when run, or fail\n\n"
- "This is usually caused by too small a stack "
- "for the main ARexx process. You can solve it "
- "by placing the following line on a new line BEFORE the \"REXXMAST\""
- "command in your startup-sequence:\n\n"
- "stack 10000\n\n"
- "That should solve the problem.")
- )
- (
- (message "Loading JPEG results in blank display\n\n"
- "This is almost always caused by not enough "
- "memory to load the image. JPEG files can \"fool\" "
- "you, because they are very small files, although "
- "they may be very large images (due to the high "
- "compression used).")
- )
- (
- (message "Aftermarket PI Modules dissapear after install\n\n"
- "This happens because we replace the \"list.list\" "
- "file in the CMPI: assigned location; this file "
- "contains the lines which tell the PI Module launcher "
- "how to launch these modules. However, when we do "
- "a new installation, we COPY the old list.list file "
- "to \"list.list.old\", also in your CMPI: assigned "
- "location. So, to put your aftermarket PI Modules "
- "back in place, just edit the two files and copy the "
- "lines from the old list.list file to the new. Note "
- "that the PI Modules themselves have NOT been lost, "
- "only the list.list lines that launch them.")
- )
- (
- (message "You'll have to call our technical support line "
- "at (406) 367-5509. You may call between 9am and "
- "5 pm, Mountain Standard Time. Note that you MUST "
- "be a REGISTERED USER to get technical support, "
- "so send that registration in IMMEDIATELY!")
- )
- )
- )
- (
- ; Crashing / lockup problems
- (set sub_prob_type
- (askchoice
- (prompt "Choose from the following situations:")
- (help @askchoice-help)
- (choices "Imagemaster seems to crash randomly"
- "Locks up when you change screens"
- "Cannot get to the WorkBench screen"
- "Some other type of problem")
- (default 3)
- )
- )
- (select sub_prob_type
- (
- (message "Imagemaster seems to crash randomly\n\n"
- "This usually happens only under WB 1.3; "
- "The actual cause is the mixing of several "
- "Interlace and Non-Interlace displays (screens); "
- "When this happens, 1.3 crashes. This problem "
- "was fixed by Commodore in AmigaDOS 2.0; we "
- "VERY strongly suggest that you replace your "
- "1.3 DOS with the 2.0 DOS. That will permanently "
- "solve this problem. As a temporary measure, "
- "you can use NO interlace mode screens; the "
- "crashes will stop, although you will be "
- "incovenienced by the loss of resolution. Get "
- "AmigaDOS 2.0!!!")
- )
- (
- (message "Locks up when you change screens\n\n"
- "This usually happens only under WB 1.3; "
- "The actual cause is the mixing of several "
- "Interlace and Non-Interlace displays (screens); "
- "When this happens, 1.3 crashes. This problem "
- "was fixed by Commodore in AmigaDOS 2.0; we "
- "VERY strongly suggest that you replace your "
- "1.3 DOS with the 2.0 DOS. That will permanently "
- "solve this problem. As a temporary measure, "
- "you can use NO interlace mode screens; the "
- "crashes will stop, although you will be "
- "incovenienced by the loss of resolution. Get "
- "AmigaDOS 2.0!!!")
- )
- (
- (message "Cannot get to the WorkBench screen\n\n"
- "This is easily solved under WB 2.0; Simply "
- "Press the right-Amiga key and the M key "
- "together, and you'll go to the next screen. "
- "If that's not the WorkBench, press again, until "
- "You get there.\n\n"
- "If you're running WorkBench 1.3, you can use a "
- "Public Domain utility called \"NextScreen\", "
- "which does essentially the same thing; However, "
- "We STRONGLY suggest you get WB 2.0 instead. WB "
- "1.3 is obsolete.")
- )
- (
- (message "You'll have to call our technical support line "
- "at (406) 367-5509. You may call between 9am and "
- "5 pm, Mountain Standard Time. Note that you MUST "
- "be a REGISTERED USER to get technical support, "
- "so send that registration in IMMEDIATELY!")
- )
- )
- )
- (
- (message "You'll have to call our technical support line "
- "at (406) 367-5509. You may call between 9am and "
- "5 pm, Mountain Standard Time. Note that you MUST "
- "be a REGISTERED USER to get technical support, "
- "so send that registration in IMMEDIATELY!")
- )
- )
-
- (exit (quiet))
-