Subject: Re: known bugs, was shutdown -r
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/07/1997 13:24:49
Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 
> > > On my Mac IIcx, shutdown -r consistently shutdowns and leaves the machine
> > > with a blank screen (but no sounds) -- I have to power cycle the machine.
> > 
> > Not so cool.  Is anyone else having this problem on a IIcx?  This sounds
> > vaguely familiar to me, BTW.  I seem to remember someone else having
> > trouble rebooting a IIcx (although my IIci works just fine).
> 
> At one time, we were tweaking low-ram globals, and not restoring them
> right.

Looks like this may still be the case :-(

> > > This has happened consistently for at least a year while tracking
> > > -current.
> > 
> > Have you sent in a PR yet???
> 
> Ok, everyone. Fess up. How many problems are out there for which folks
> haven't sent in PR's???

Ok, I've got to admit I've got 1 myself...

> No one's going to fix a problem we don't know about!
> 
> Know (to Bill) problems:
> 
> LC040 goofyness

I think that this one has been duly noted ;-)

> Serial ports on some Power books (the Power manager can turn them off, and
> 	I don't know what happens if there is only one serial port. Nor do		I know what happens w/ internal modems)

Hmmmm...perhaps Takashi Hamada knows more about this one?

> Serial Console & Echo should be working (modulo above)!

Good.  Has anyone tried these out?

> IIvx's have some problems w/ recent booters (hopefully fixed?)

Has Nigel? actually released a fixed booter yet?

> Others?

Here's mine:

'df' doesn't report proper numbers for multiple partitions on the same
drive.  The stats appear to be cumulative rather than per partition.  I
guess I'll file this one when I get a chance tonight.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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