At 5:47 PM +1300 8/10/01, Ian Orchard wrote: >At 1:01 PM +1000 8/10/01, Stewart Macdonald wrote: >>Ian Orchard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) recycled some electrons by writing: >> >>> A client just increased the RAM on his 266MHz beige G3 (MacOS >>>8.1) to 640MB. >>> Now the Memory Control Panel says VM is on, but the "About this >>> Computer" says it's off. >> >>Did he restart after turning VM on? > >Immediately, yes and daily since. Apple Profiler says it's off too, >but Memory is adamant that it's on. >Could it be that System 8.1 figures that anyone with 640MB has too >much friggin' memory and doesn't need VM? ;^)
Why not just dump the memory preferences, then restart and set again. If this fails, dump the memory and finder prefs and restart zapping the PRAM. Should work. Cheers Giles (c:= -- Outback Mac is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Outback Mac list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/obmac.shtml> 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/outback.mac%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
