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 won't start. It says it can't find xxx.image or xxx.gadget.
Probably you haven't installed the latest ClassAct classes. You can find
them on ftp://ftp.thule.no/pub/classact/.
- 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 bad comments as a divider line in the HTML source. In
tolerant HTML mode,
AWeb tries to interpret the comment as it was probably meant by the
author. In strict HTML mode,
large parts of the page may be commented out because of the bad syntax.
Try changing the HTML mode
to tolerant or compatible.
- AWeb becomes terribly slow if I run it on its own screen.
This has something to do with chip memory usage and DMA bandwidth.
Apparently, the problem becomes worse when you have an accelerated
machine.
The solution is to use either a lower or a higher speed ("baudrate") to communicate
with your modem. Start at the modem speed (so if you own a 14k4 modem,
start at 14k4 communication speed). Then increase the speed until you
find a dramatic slowdown. Then go one step back.
Changing the communication speed with your modem might involve adapting
the settings for your dialler, TCP stack and/or your SANA driver. Refer
to the respective documentations.
- Backgrounds in AWeb are terribly slow, much slower than competitive
Amiga browsers.
This might be caused by an unsuited picture datatype. Use the 24-bit
picture datatype only on CyberGraphics screens; on
original Amiga screens this datatype becomes very slow. Use the
original picture.datatype from your Workbench diskette.
- The colour requester from the program settings: Palette page
messes things up on a CyberGraphics screen.
This is caused by the palette-orientated design of the Amiga OS. This
design works fine on Amiga chipset screens, but isn't really suited for
graphics cards.
- I run AWeb on a small screen, and the save, use, test, cancel buttons
in this settings window fall outside the screen.
Start the ClassAct preference program, go to the "Misc" page, and
set "layout spacing" to a lower number.
- 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.
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