[plt-scheme] Re: new bug test results for the intermittent file explorer hanging problem previously reported

Sorry for the double-posting.
Apparently the "undo send" feature of gmail does not work as well as I hoped
;)
I mainly wanted to change "exactly" to "similar".

If I have news about this, I will post it here, ok.

Laurent


On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 15:13, Benjamin L.Russell <DekuDekuplex at yahoo.com>wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:00:07 +0100, Laurent
> <laurent.orseau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >You are not alone ;)
>
> Thank goodness!  For many, many months, it was unclear whether my
> computers were the only computers in the world with this problem, or
> whether they were common to other computers running non-English
> versions of Windows XP Professional.  (The discussion gradually turned
> into a controversy, which eventually turned in a mini flame war on
> another newsgroup a few months ago, with one prominent member of this
> mailing list and I exchanging various critical messages.  Whew!  I'm
> glad to learn, finally, that my computers were not the only ones with
> this problem.)
>
> >I have exactly the same problem on a HP laptop with Vista SP1 (french) and
> >whatever version of DrScheme.
> >On my XP SP2 or SP3 though, there is no problem.
>
> I see.  Unfortunately, the problem continues with the Japanese version
> of XP Pro with SP2 and SP3, on at least three different computers that
> I have tried.  If you come up with a solution to the Vista SP1
> (French) bug, could you please post it in this thread (or in a private
> e-mail message if this thread eventually gets deleted)?  Perhaps a
> solution to the Vista (French) problem will work for the XP SP3
> (Japanese) problem as well.  Then I can use all the features of
> DrScheme without worrying about losing my flow of concentration every
> time I need to load or save a different file.
>
> -- Benjamin L. Russell
>
> >
> >Laurent
> >
> >On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 05:01, Benjamin L.Russell <DekuDekuplex at yahoo.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> This is just a polite, but detailed, bug report reporting the results
> >> of trying out DrScheme v4.2.3 on a different computer than before (a
> >> laptop this time), with a different set of drivers installed, running
> >> the same version of the same OS on which the intermittent file
> >> explorer hanging problem had appeared before.
> >>
> >> (For those new to this issue, the "intermittent file explorer hanging
> >> problem" mentioned above (first reported in the thread "annoying
> >> hanging behavior when saving files on DrScheme version
> >> 3.99.0.13-svn26feb2008, english" [1] (see
> >> http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2008-March/023922.html),
> >> and subsequently reported in the threads "Any tips for avoiding
> >> intermittent freezing when navigating file system directories with
> >> mounted network volumes in DrScheme?" [2] (see
> >> http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2008-August/026608.html),
> >> "hint for debugging file navigator freezing bug in DrScheme 4.1.1,
> >> english, on Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2" [3] (see
> >> http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2008-October/027717.html
> ),
> >> and "a possibility for the intermittent file explorer hanging problem
> >> in DrScheme" [4] (see
> >> http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2009-March/031373.html))
> >> refers to a bug that had previously appeared when running DrScheme
> >> v372 and later on my desktop Wintel computer (at work) running the
> >> Japanese version of Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 3, in which
> >> the "Select a file" dialog box would periodically freeze for a few
> >> seconds every eight to fourteen seconds or so while navigating through
> >> folders in a hierarchical directory.  It had also previously appeared
> >> in the same dialog box when running DrScheme on another Wintel
> >> computer at a previous job, also running the Japanese version of the
> >> same OS (with Service Pack 2 then).  This bug cannot be replicated on
> >> the English version of the same OS, and there had been some
> >> controversy on this mailing list and on the comp.lang.scheme newsgroup
> >> about whether this bug only occurred on my computer (the opinion of
> >> one member of this mailing list), or whether it only occurred when
> >> running the Japanese version of Windows XP Professional, Service Pack
> >> 2 or later (my opinion).)
> >>
> >> This time, I borrowed a laptop (a different computer from my desktop
> >> last time) set up by my employer (the same employer as last time) for
> >> work use at home, but running the same OS (the Japanese version of
> >> Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 (which I immediately upgraded
> >> to Service Pack 3)), which, according to the "System" control panel
> >> applet, has the following software and hardware specifications:
> >>
> >> System:
> >>  Microsoft Windows XP
> >>  Professional
> >>  Version 2002
> >>  Service Pack 3
> >>
> >> (Hardware:)
> >>  Lenovo Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU
> >>    T5500 @ 1.66 GHz
> >>  980 MHz, 504 MB RAM
> >>
> >> This computer had no mapped network drives and no shared network
> >> folders, and only had a cable Internet connection.
> >>
> >> Then I downloaded and installed DrScheme, version 4.2.3, english.
> >>
> >> However, the same bug appeared after navigating through several layers
> >> of folders in the "Select a file" dialog box that appears when
> >> clicking on the "File -> Open..." menu item.
> >>
> >> As an aside, the only other software added to all three computers that
> >> I can remember was Adobe Reader, Microsoft Office (Japanese version)
> >> (Office 2003 in the case of this laptop), Cygwin, Tweak UI (a Windows
> >> tweaking utility) (available among the "Powertoys for Windows XP"),
> >> and PLT Scheme (at least one of the versions from among v371 or later)
> >> itself.
> >>
> >> Therefore, it seems likely that this bug occurs on a given Wintel PC
> >> with this set of applications installed, running the Japanese version
> >> of Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2 or above, when running
> >> DrScheme, English, version 371 or above, but not when running the
> >> English version of the same OS (and not just on "my computer" as has
> >> been claimed before).
> >>
> >> That's the only additional information that I have to offer right now,
> >> only because I had the occasion to borrow a company laptop.  If I have
> >> the occasion to use a different computer, then I could try out
> >> DrScheme on that computer at that time as well.
> >>
> >> Has anybody else tried out the file explorer in DrScheme on a
> >> different computer also running the Japanese version of Windows XP
> >> Professional, Service Pack 2 or above?  I'm the only person who uses
> >> DrScheme in my company, and my home computer is a Macintosh G4
> >> PowerBook (currently inoperative due to defective RAM), not a Wintel
> >> machine, so I am unable to diagnose this bug on any additional
> >> computers at the present time.  This bug is significant because the
> >> intermittent difficulty in navigating through directories on all three
> >> machines interrupts the flow of concentration when trying to program
> >> in Scheme in DrScheme.
> >>
> >> -- Benjamin L. Russell
> >>
> >> [1] Russell, Benjamin L. "annoying hanging behavior when saving files
> >> on DrScheme version 3.99.0.13-svn26feb2008, english." Online posting.
> >> 28 Mar. 2008. 9 Dec. 2009.
> >> <http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2008-March/023922.html>.
> >>
> >> [2] Russell, Benjamin L. "Any tips for avoiding intermittent freezing
> >> when navigating file system directories with mounted network volumes
> >> in DrScheme?" Online posting.  18 Aug. 2008. 9 Dec. 2009.
> >> <http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2008-August/026608.html
> >.
> >>
> >> [3] Russell, Benjamin L. "hint for debugging file navigator freezing
> >> bug in DrScheme 4.1.1, english, on Windows XP Professional, Service
> >> Pack 2." Online posting.  9 Oct. 2008. 9 Dec. 2009.
> >> <http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2008-October/027717.html
> >.
> >>
> >> [4] Russell, Benjamin L. "a possibility for the intermittent file
> >> explorer hanging problem in DrScheme." Online posting.  17 Mar. 2009.
> >> 9 Dec. 2009.
> >> <http://list.cs.brown.edu/pipermail/plt-scheme/2009-March/031373.html>.
> >>
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