Thanks for the clarification, Jerry. That answers all my questions about
your configuration and process. I see nothing wrong. I want to do some
re-testing and see if I can reproduce what you and others are reporting.
Ed W0YK
Jerry W6IHG wrote:
> Please notice that I did follow the advice being given and
> removed the [rttyrite...] sections in the writelog.ini in the
> virtual store location. That did not help. So then I removed
> the entire writelog.ini to let writelog rebuild. That did not
> work either!
>
> This is a Windows 7 Pro platform.
>
> In the two attempts I have made, I have restarted writelog
> many times and each time I open a mmtty-plug-in window and
> then try to either change the TNC settings from rttyrite or
> try to close the mmtty window by changing tnc to stereo
> soundboard AFSK rttyrite freezes requiring Task Manager to
> kill it. The mmtty window will then close ok.
>
> So it is more than the first time writelog is started after
> an install.
> This was a full install (over writelog 11.08) as my key had
> expired. So I don't know what happens with just an upgrade.
>
> One full install was to the ...Program Files... location and
> one was to my c:\HamPrograms directory.
>
> What other tests can I do to help locate this issue?
>
> In rereading our messages carefully, I do see a slight
> difference in what I did vs what you said. I believe I
> deleted the [rtty...] sections before starting writelog and
> rttyrite - not after the first freeze and kill process step.
>
> I do not have multiple versions of writelog in different
> directories - I did uninstall when I want to put writelog
> back where I wanted in c:\HamPrograms.
>
> Thanks to everyone who is trying to sort this out.
>
> Jerry, W6IHG
>
>
> On 4/2/2013 4:14 PM, Ed Muns wrote:
> > Jerry W6IHG wrote:
> >> From the mail I think several of us are having the same problem
> >> with 11.10.
> >>
> >> The basic problem is rttyrite freezes up when its tnc menu
> is touched.
> >
> > Yes, this has been reported by several people here on the
> reflector.
> > I also experience this once in a while when I'm stressing
> the software
> > with my testing on various PCs. THE SOLUTION THAT HAS
> ALWAYS WORKED FOR ME IS TO:
> >
> > 1. CLOSE WRITELOG.
> > 2. OPEN WRITELOG.INI WITH A TEXT EDITOR. (WRITELOG.INI IS IN THE
> > WINDOWS DIRECTORY ON XP AND EARLIER. ON VISTA AND LATER,
> USE THE LINK
> > TO WRITELOG.INI ON THE WRITELOG MENU IN YOUR PROGRAMS MENU FROM THE
> > WINDOWS START BUTTON.) 3. FIND ALL [Rttyrite...] SECTIONS
> AND DELETE
> > THEM SAVE WRITELOG.INI AND EXIT THE TEXT EDITOR.
> > 4. OPEN WRITELOG AND SETUP YOUR RTTYRITE WINDOW(S) AGAIN.
> >
> > NOTE: DON AND I SUSPECT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON TO VISTA/WINDOWS
> > 7/WINDOWS 8 SYSTEMS THAT USE THE VIRTUALSTORE. IT WOULD
> HELP US TRACK
> > DOWN THE PROBLEM IF THIS IS TRUE. HAS ANYONE HAD THE
> FREEZE ISSUE ON
> > WINDOWS XP (OR EARLIER OS)?
> >
> > I ALSO SUSPECT IT MAY ONLY HAPPEN WHEN YOU START WRITELOG THE FIRST
> > TIME AFTER AN INSTALL OR UPGRADE. PLEASE ALSO CONFIRM OR DENY THIS?
> >
> > Sorry for the caps. I don't mean to shout, but several of us have
> > posted this advice many times in the last four days and it
> doesn't seem to be
> > noticed. ;>)
> >
> >> I am just trying to get mmtty plug-in to work the same as
> it has for
> >> me in 11.08.
> >
> > Upgrading to 11.10G should require nothing unless you incur the
> > freezing problem. MMTTY with the MMTTY Plug-In will
> continue to work without change.
> > Make sure 'MMTTY' is checked on the Rttyrite TNC menu. Do
> not use the
> > XMMT.ocx menu choice if you want to use the MMTTY Plug-In.
> >
> >> This morning, I uninstalled 11.08 again (after making a
> >> backup) because it went in the wrong directory yesterday.
> >>
> >> I then installed 11.10 in c:\HamPrograms\Writelog\ I deleted the
> >> [rttyrite] and [rttyrite2] sections from the writelog.ini in
> >> ...virtualStore... and saved it.
> >>
> >> I then started writelog and opened a rttyrite window. Then
> selected
> >> mmtty. Had to point to the proper directory (I did not reinstall
> >> mmtty).
> >> The rtty control panel for mmtty opened.
> >>
> >> But as soon as I try to go to TNC Setup to adjust the mmtty
> >> appearance, rttyrite freezes!
> >>
> >> When I also go to the Stereo Soundboard AFSK option,
> rttyrite freezes
> >> (that was the original problem I had).
> >>
> >> And somewhere along the line I had to reinstall the mmtty plugin
> >> because I was getting errors messages about "failed to
> create custom
> >> ... tnc header"
> >>
> >> Also I have been unable to save the size and location of
> the rttyrite
> >> window using the Save Configuration option.
> >>
> >> I deleted the writelog.ini in ...virtualStore... to let writelog
> >> build a new one. But that did not solve the problem.
> >>
> >> So basically I can not get back to the configuration of
> mmtty that I
> >> had with 11.08.
> >>
> >> Any ideas???? Meanwhile I have regressed back to writelog 11.08
> >
> > I assume your OS is Vista or later since you mention
> VirtualStore. If
> > I understand the description of your actions and problems,
> it sounds
> > like you did not delete the [Rttyrite...] sections in writelog.ini
> > after you got the freeze. I understand you deleted the entire
> > writelog.ini. That's not the same thing, so please try the
> > instructions above when you encounter the freeze. Your
> goal, after a
> > freeze, is to edit the working writelog.ini file, not delete it.
> > Deleting it probably means that WriteLog reverts to
> initializing with
> > the default writelog.ini file stored in Windows in an
> earlier installation.
> >
> > I'm also a bit nervous about multiple installations of WriteLog in
> > different directories. I don't know how the Registry and
> VirtualStore
> > behave in that case. If it were me, I'd uninstall all of them and
> > only have one on the computer at a time.
> >
> >> Someone commented re: cleaning the registry values. Is
> that necessary?
> >
> > I haven't heard this and I would relegate this to a last resort and
> > only if you get clear instructions from someone really understands
> > what to do. For me, the only person I'd trust is W5XD.
> >
> > Ed W0YK
> >
> >
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------
> Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs
> http://www.shentel.net/pixosdesigns/RadioTuner/
> jpixton@shentel.net
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