Thanks to all those who replied telling me the kinds of Mac Minis they have. However, that the idea of "Mac Mini" (Intel or not) is at the root of my problem was only a hypothesis on my part, and it seems that it is probably not the cause.

I am using Mac OSX 10.4.9 on an Intel Core Duo 1.83 GHz Mac Mini and the "full" version of Rev/Mac Studio 2.8.1. Everything is brand new. Apart from Rev, the only thing I had installed before trying out the example revBrowser stack for the first time was a trial version of Microsoft Office, which I have since removed and replaced with Open Office. I had to install X11 to do that. That must be the cause of the problem! Even when I try to get as far away from Microsoft as I can, Bill Gates pursues me and persecutes me!

But Scott Rossi for example tells me that he is using an Intel Mac Mini with OSX 10.4.9 and that the example revBrowser stack works OK.

All I know at this point is that so far I am the only one in the world that has fallen victim to this crash in the revBrowser, apart from Ken Ray who experienced it for a fleeting moment. I also know that if a bug cannot be reproduced, there is no point in even thinking of reporting it! Instead of focusing on the equipment being used, let's focus on the stack itself. So:

1. EVERYBODY USING REVOLUTION 2.8.1, PLEASE TRY RUNNING THE EXAMPLE STACK "Browser Sampler.rev".

Using Rev/Mac 2.8.1, it can be found at:
2.8.1-gm-1/Resources/Examples within the Revolution folder.

Using Windows, I can't tell you where it is because I don't have #2.8.1.

2. IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE AT ALL RUNNING THIS STACK, PLEASE TELL US:
(a) Exactly what platform you are using
(b) The details of the machine in use.

Beyond that, I don't know what more I can do at the moment. However, if anybody has any suggestions (apart from funny ones related to suicide on account of my persecution), I'd be pleased to hear them. The irony of this situation is the fact that I have been struggling for 2 years now to get altBrowser introduced into Rev/Linux, as Chipp Walters, Mark Waddingham, Kevin and others will confirm. In anticipation of the browser finally being introduced in the next version of Rev/Linux, I splashed out on a Mac Mini specifically so that I could familiarize myself with it. Running the "Browser Sampler.rev" stack was the very first thing I tried to do in Rev/Mac 2.8.1, and it crashed! And nobody else has the same problem (or so it would seem)! Something seems to be telling me that I should not have paused in my Linux/Ubuntu crusade, even for 10 minutes. There are forces at work here that can only be explained in terms of some kind of divine (or diabolic) intervention.

Seriously, what I need to do now is to knock up my own versions using the revBrowser functions so that I can discover what works and what doesn't work, and how I can (or cannot) get around problems if or when they arise. If I have anything to report, I'll let you know later.

Bob

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