Search Again: Re: coincidence? From: Nick Quinn Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 Time: 6:46:42 pm On Saturday, 17 June 2000, Men & Mice Support <cbuxton@menandmice.com> = wrote: >>>>- every two weeks or so MacCoach restarts the system due to a >>>>nothing happening for 5 minutes (ie a long freeze) >>> >>>I don't have any experience with MacCoach. How does it work? >> >>bit like Powerkey's Rebound with (duck:) ?better? software > >Yes, I understood that much. What does the software look for to=20 >determine that a crash has occurred? quote their spiel: " Through its tight integration with the OS, MacCoach is capable to = detect under what situation an application terminates and will try to = restart the system through a call to the MacOS.=20 MacCoach eliminates the need for active support from the applications = being monitored. It directs the MacOS to signal upon termination of = applications, leans back and waits for things to come." the log [see below did not indicate an applications failure] >When QuickDNS clears cache, the system may seem to pause for a few=20 >seconds, especially on slower machines like the 5400. Might that=20 >trigger MacCoach? > >>>What type of Mac is this? >> >>5400 (maybe not released in the US), a weak version of the >5500. > ><reminiscing>I remember that beast. It had the same number (5400) as=20 >the infamous self-igniting PowerBook 5400. I remember an ex-Apple guy=20 >telling me those all-in-ones were sub-Performa in performance and=20 >production values.</reminiscing> > >The reason I asked was, it may be the relative lack of speed,=20 >combined with a cache-clearing event, causing MacCoach to do its=20 >thing. the delay is set for 5 minutes, the log shows little: 15/6/008:22:28 PMSIMS launched15/6/008:22:28 PMMacRADIUS=99 launched 15/6/008:22:22 PMQuickDNS Pro Server launched 15/6/008:22:01 PMTime Synchronizer stopped 15/6/008:21:50 PMFinder launched 15/6/008:21:50 PMTime Synchronizer launched 15/6/008:21:50 PMTimbuktu Extension launched 15/6/008:21:50 PMOpen Transport SNMP launched 15/6/008:21:50 PMiDo Script Scheduler Extension launched 15/6/008:21:50 PMFolder Actions launched 15/6/008:21:50 PMControl Strip Extension launched 15/6/008:21:41 PMMacCoach device found 15/6/008:21:41 PMStartup 15/6/008:21:41 PMRestarted by MacCoach which [I assume] means a hardware restart by the ADB device (like = Rebound) Nick Quinn Sunshine Beach Software Pty. Ltd. (A.C.N. 010 694 434) Telephone: +61 7 5474 1555 or +61 411 547 127 Facsimile: +61 7 5440 4088 Post: PO Box 524, Noosa, QLD 4567, Australia

Messages In This Thread: coincidence? by Nick Quinn on Jun 15, 2000 at 4:05:25 pm Re: coincidence? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 16, 2000 at 12:24:07 pm Re: coincidence? by Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) on Jun 16, 2000 at 12:38:09 pm Re: coincidence? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 16, 2000 at 1:07:55 pm Re: coincidence? by Peter Lalor on Jun 16, 2000 at 1:14:37 pm Re: coincidence? by Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) on Jun 16, 2000 at 1:57:10 pm Re: coincidence? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 16, 2000 at 2:14:52 pm Re: coincidence? by Jona Tallieu (T & T n.v.) on Jun 16, 2000 at 2:42:22 pm Re: coincidence? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 16, 2000 at 3:05:42 pm Re: coincidence? by Nick Quinn on Jun 16, 2000 at 5:41:51 pm Re: coincidence? by Nick Quinn on Jun 16, 2000 at 5:43:41 pm Re: coincidence? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 16, 2000 at 5:58:54 pm Re: coincidence? by Nick Quinn on Jun 16, 2000 at 6:46:42 pm Re: coincidence? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 16, 2000 at 6:56:39 pm Re: coincidence? by Nick Quinn on Jun 16, 2000 at 7:10:03 pm Re: coincidence? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 16, 2000 at 8:11:55 pm Re: coincidence? by Nick Quinn on Jun 16, 2000 at 9:23:26 pm Re: coincidence? by Peter Lalor on Jun 18, 2000 at 9:43:37 am Re: coincidence? by Webmaster on Jun 19, 2000 at 8:16:57 am Re: coincidence? by Global Homes Webmaster on Jun 19, 2000 at 12:27:46 pm Re: coincidence? by Nick Quinn on Jul 3, 2000 at 4:23:30 am