posted 05 April 2003 19:51            

This time it happened while editing the VCS. I don't recall what I was doing on the previous crashes. I had tried increasing the memory allocation, and I thought maybe that fixed it - but not so.

I don't think I've ever had Kyma crash on my desktop machine (in 4 years). So three crashes in as many weeks is bad. This has me very worried about using this as a live setup.

posted 05 April 2003 20:31            

This persists even after quitting Kyma, and is only corrected by a complete shutdown.

I've been using this laptop for a year, and this only happens when running Kyma.

posted 06 April 2003 13:17            

Now, from your description, it sounds like it is related to graphics in some way. It *could* be that you have millions of colors selected (it should be thousands).

You did not mention which version of Kyma you are running (should be 5.26). Or whether you are running other software at the same time.

Another thing to try would be to turn *ON* virtual memory (Kyma works best with VM turned on).

posted 06 April 2003 23:56            

I'm running v5.25 - somehow I missed 5.26. How do I get it?

No other software was running.

Virtual memory was OFF. I've never used it because other programs - notably Digital Performer - won't run with it. I could try it for Kyma only I suppose. (Never used it on the desktop machine where I often run Kyma and Performer at the same time.)

This is a stock iBook - I'm running whatever graphics extensions Apple loaded on it. (There are several extensions that refer to graphics and acceleration.) Are you suggesting turning them ALL off?

(I would've called, but it was midnight - besides, I thought perhaps someone else out there might be using the same setup. Any iBook Kymites listening?)

posted 26 April 2003 22:13            

Disabling the "Apple QD 3 HW plug in" and the "ATI 3D 128 Accelerator" using the Extensions Manager seems to have made the system stable. I don't do any 3D stuff and I was too impatient to disable these extensions separately, so one of them was the offender (my PB has an ATI card, so perhaps that was the problem).

good luck,

posted 27 April 2003 22:40            

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Originally posted by mrothstn:
Disabling the "Apple QD 3 HW plug in" and the "ATI 3D 128 Accelerator" using the Extensions Manager seems to have made the system stable. I don't do any 3D stuff and I was too impatient to disable these extensions separately, so one of them was the offender (my PB has an ATI card, so perhaps that was the problem).

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When this first happened, I started disabling graphics extensions, and my crashes have stopped. I just checked and I have both of those extensions disabled, too, so there must be a connection.

posted 30 April 2003 22:31            

I spoke too soon. Since disabling those two extensions I mentioned, I have had more moving pointer crashes.

Yes, I have Appletalk activated and set to connect by ethernet. Virtual memory is on (257K). I am using thousands of colors on both my PB and a secondary 17" monitor.

If you have more questions, you can email me @yahoo.com. Just add my username to the front of the address. I'm painting the baby's room (he's due in Aug) so I may be slow to respond.

In the meantime I will continue to troubleshoot until the problem is licked.