TITLE
    MAE 2.0: Freeze at "Welcome to Macintosh" on Solaris (5/96)
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Modified: 		17936
6/13/95
5/11/96
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    I just loaded MAE 2.0 on a SPARCstation that is not connected to a network. MAE starts fine, but after the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen, MAE will hang. I am unable to quit out of MAE by way of the Window Manager, and must kill the MAE process in a shell. I have tried -nosound and -noextensions, with no effect. If the same machine is added to a network, MAE starts up fine.

DISCUSSION


    First, to be sure of the specific issue, do the following:

    1) Start MAE and wait for it to hang
    2) Open a shell and remove /tmp/at
    3) MAE should continue to startup

    If this corrects this issue, below is the solution to the issue depending on the version of Solaris you are using:

    * Solaris 2.4: Install patch 101945-37 on your workstation. This patch is found at sunsite.unc.edu

    * Solaris 2.5: Update MAE to 2.0.2 (Patch 2) from www.mae.apple.com or ftp.support.apple.com.

    There are no reports of this issue with Solaris 2.3.


    Article Change History:
    11 May 1996 - Complete update of article.
    30 Jan 1996 - Updated patch version to 101945-36.




Document Information
Product Area: Communications-Networking
Category: MAE (Macintosh Application Environment)
Sub Category: General Topics

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