Re: Missing Quickdraw text in System 6

[James Gray <jamesg@alaska.net>]

If it works with the /SYSTEM disk, then it appears to be a software problem on
the hard drive. There are different parts of the operating system controlling
fonts. Try reinstalling the operating system on the hard drive and then boot
that. Try to copy it to new parts of the hard drive to avoid putting it on what
might be bad blocks. Try just copying the fonts from the the /SYSTEM disk onto
the hard drive and see if that fixes the boot.

Try booting from /SYSTEM disk and then going directly to the control panel and
see if that works before trying something else. The system could get unstable
after trying other tests. A lot of the system tools like quickdraw are probably
on the /SYSTEM disk as they were upgraded to ram and are not used in ROM
anymore.

- James - [IMAGE]

Mark Cummings wrote:

> Something funny has happened to one of my GS's. Funny-strange, not
> funny-ha-ha. :)
> This has only just started to happen, it was working in the same configuration
> before.
> When I boot my Focus 500MB with System 6.0.1 the desktop comes up with no
> text being drawn AT ALL. Otherwise it still seems to come up and all the
> menu's seem to work, except I can't read black and white blocks, just use my
> memory of where the menu options are. All the icon's look OK, & the mouse
> works.
>
> The only other card in this machine is a 4MB RAM card GS JUICE PLUS.
>
> - I moved the HDD to the other GS with 8Mb Sirius RAM, and it works fine.
> - I tried the HDD in slot 2 and slot 6 in the original machine with the same
> problem.
> - I ran a memory test on the 4MB RAM card and it passed.
> - I re-seated the ROM chip (ROM1), although I havn't tried to swap it with
> the other GS yet. (both ROM1's). I am still suspicious of the ROM chip.
> - I booted the /SYSTEM disk from the 6.0.1 floppy and all the text comes up
> OK, and it look good but when I tried to run a HDD disk-verify on the first
> partition it locked up part way through, and I had to reboot.
> - I tried to enter the control panel (ctrl-AO-Esc) and I got a 40 col crash
> with some random chars on the screen. again I had to re-boot.
>
> Now it looks like I'm down to the Motherboard or less likely the Power
> Supply. I am also suspicious of the RAM on the motherboard, but don't know
> how to test that.
> Anyone seen this before, or know what's going on. Why would I just lose the
> Quickdraw text on the desktop and not the icons. ? ? ?
>
> confused,
>
> Mark
> remove NOT to e-mail me.