Common problems
Listed below are some common problems you might encounter, and their
solution.
- I can't install AWeb. The installer reports errors like: Unable to
compile script.
Most likely some misbehaving application installation has copied an
obsolete version of the Commodore Installer utility to your hard drive.
Make sure the Installer version in the SYS:C
directory is
"installer_2 2.17 (1993-02-13)
"
or better. This version can be found on
the Amiga Workbench 3.x Install floppy disk.
Also, delete any copies of the Installer program from your
SYS:Utilities
drawer.
- AWeb crashes when loading a GIF image
The commonly used ZGif datatype version 39.16 had a bug. Be sure to use
version 39.18 or better of the ZGif datatype, or another GIF datatype.
- AWeb doesn't display all of the page. Other browsers display the
page correctly
Probably the page contains some erroneous HTML. One of the common errors
is the use of something like <!---------------------->
as a dividor line in the HTML source. This can lead to large parts
of the page commented out if the number of dashes is not exactly
right.
Apart from notifying the author of the page that his page contains
erroneous HTML, you can try to select
Control / HTML mode / Compatible
from the menu.
- AWeb becomes terribly slow if I run it on its own screen.
This must have something to do with chip memory usage and DMA bandwidth.
Apparently, the problem becomes worse when you have an accelerated
machine. Try using a screen with less colours, a smaller screen, an
interlaced screen instead of scandoubled, etc, or run AWeb on the
Workbench. You could also try to change the serial buffer size, in the
Workbench serial preferences program.
If you found a solution, let me know! I - and many
other Amiga surfers - would be very grateful.
BTW, this is not a problem just with AWeb - other browsers have the
same problem when running on a separate screen.
- The colour requester from the Screen 3: palette settings page
messes things up on a CyberGraphics screen.
This is a bug in CyberGraphics. It doesn't react properly to
changes in the palette.
- Closing the AWeb public screen while there is a visitor window open
crashes if the screen is a CyberGraphics screen.
This is a bug in CyberGraphics V 2.15 and lower. The same thing happens on other
CyberGraphics screens.
- If the window is not active, a click in the scroller container
(outside the knob) moves the scroller but doesn't scroll the window
contents.
This is a bug in Intuition. The same thing happens sometimes with
MultiView.
- I use MagicMenu, and every now and then my system hangs if I open
a menu.
This is a known problem in MagicMenu, caused by the fact that MagicMenu
is not 100% compatible with the way Intuition handles menus.
- I don't use MagicMenu, but my system hangs if I click on the wide
part of the chooser gadget in the settings window.
Be sure to use the version of chooser.gadget
included in
this archive.
Also, some animated mouse pointer commodities are known to cause this
hang.