Hi Tom I oversee a network of G4s in a Design led environment and have had an awful lot of trouble with Quark. I have come to the conclusion that it is the worst programmed piece of software I have ever come across.
Firstly there is an upgrade from Quark 4.1 to 4.11, wether this will help or not I cannot say. It seems that Quark randomly dies for no apparent reason and in ALL instances I have had to reinstall it. ALL our G4's and Dual G4's have Mac OS X 10.2.6 and are running OS 9.2.2 in the classic environment. What you might try doing is restarting in OS 9, to do this goto the system preferences, then click Startup Disk and choose the OS 9 System as your startup volume. Depending on Which G4s you have (some of the newer machines will NOT boot in to OS 9)it should boot normally into OS 9 completely bypassing OS X and giving you a chance of seeing if the problem you are having is related to OS 9 or OS X. If it still doesn't work in OS 9 BIN Quark and do a new install in OS 9 including the update to 4.11. Are you sure its 4.1? It could be 4.01 if it is then there is a different upgrade route. You can download 2 updaters which have to be used in sequence. The first updates 4.01 to 4.1 the second aforementioned updater updates to 4.11 and both are freely available on Quarks website. If you are still having trouble with Quark make sure you didn't install Quark as the administrator of the machine and are trying to use it from a different User as this will give you a Cannot run Quark on a Locked Disk Error. Privelages are a nightmare between different users in OS X/OS 9 Crossover apps, especially Quark. If none of this helps feel free to Email me direct and I can give as much help as possible. I have experience with lots of Quarks foibles under Emulation in OS X. Although I have found the fastest way of getting it back up and running in a standard working environment is to just reinstall the thing. Hope this helps. Sean DZineGuru -----Original Message----- From: Tom W. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 September 2003 02:30 To: G-List Subject: Quark 4 on 9.2 crashes We got G4s in our office today that came with OSX and 9.2. Since our versions of Quark are old (4.1), we have been running 9.2. Yet still, Quark 4.1 seems to crash unless extensions are turned off. Does anyone know what extensions are bad or if a patch is available. Upgrading is not an immediate option. On another note, how could one wipe the drive and reload 9.1? We can't boot a 9.1 CD and we don't have a CD we can boot that will allow us to wipe the system folder or drive. Any ideas how to do this, and also will the G4 Tower run on 9.1? Thanks Tom -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
