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Subject: Re: [Quanta] quanta won't start
From: Ian Smith <iansamit () gmail ! com>
Date: 2009-08-27 10:43:53
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Michael,
This may be an even more drastic solution, and how useful it is to you would
depend on a) how much you need to use quanta, and probably b) how much you
*just need* to solve this mystery :-)
I keep a couple of spare user accounts for such cases (and no, I haven't had
a similar problem with quanta, but have with other apps). In fact setting up
a spare user account only takes a few minutes and a MB or so of disk-space.
Once you've done that, log out, log into your new account, and see if you
can start quanta from there. If that works, at least you know the problem is
something to do with your personal settings; if not, your OS must have
somehow got corrupted.
If it's your settings, then you have a temporary fix and a way forward.
While you sort out the problem, you can run two sessions simultaneously
(changing between them with Ctrl+Alt+F7 and Ctrl+Alt+F8) using the first
session with your normal account for other applications, and the second
session just for quanta - not ideal but not as much of a hassle as you might
think.
Then, you can either start poking around with your original account to see
what's different to your new clean one, or just give up on it, and work to
get the new account to your liking.
If it's not your settings, then you probably need to bite the bullent and
re-install your OS. That's a drastic step indeed, but at least you would
know by then that you had pretty much exhausted other options.
Cheers
Ian
2009/8/26 Werner Joss <werner@hoernerfranzracing.de>
> Am Tuesday 25 August 2009 20:31:05 schrieb Michael Friendly:
> > That was a drastic solution -- I would lose all the information about my
> > projects. Nevertheless, I tried it, knowing I could rename back.
>
> that is exactly the reason why i proposed to rename, rather than delete :)
>
> > Unfortunately, I get the same behavior as before.
>
> then i'm out of ideas, ATM, sorry.
> btw., if this would have revived quanta, you would have had the chance to
> just
> copy the relevant project settings over into the new quantarc...
>
> werner
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Michael,<br><br>This may be an even more drastic solution, and how useful it is to \
you would depend on a) how much you need to use quanta, and probably b) how much you \
*just need* to solve this mystery :-)<br><br>I keep a couple of spare user accounts \
for such cases (and no, I haven't had a similar problem with quanta, but have \
with other apps). In fact setting up a spare user account only takes a few minutes \
and a MB or so of disk-space.<br> <br>Once you've done that, log out, log into \
your new account, and see if you can start quanta from there. If that works, at least \
you know the problem is something to do with your personal settings; if not, your OS \
must have somehow got corrupted.<br> <br>If it's your settings, then you have a \
temporary fix and a way forward. While you sort out the problem, you can run two \
sessions simultaneously (changing between them with Ctrl+Alt+F7 and Ctrl+Alt+F8) \
using the first session with your normal account for other applications, and the \
second session just for quanta - not ideal but not as much of a hassle as you might \
think.<br> <br>Then, you can either start poking around with your original account to \
see what's different to your new clean one, or just give up on it, and work to \
get the new account to your liking.<br><br>If it's not your settings, then you \
probably need to bite the bullent and re-install your OS. That's a drastic step \
indeed, but at least you would know by then that you had pretty much exhausted other \
options.<br> <br>Cheers<br>Ian<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/26 \
Werner Joss <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:werner@hoernerfranzracing.de">werner@hoernerfranzracing.de</a>></span><br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Am Tuesday 25 August 2009 20:31:05 schrieb Michael \
Friendly:<br> <div class="im">> That was a drastic solution -- I would lose all \
the information about my<br> > projects. Nevertheless, I tried it, knowing I \
could rename back.<br> <br>
</div>that is exactly the reason why i proposed to rename, rather than delete :)<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Unfortunately, I get the same behavior as before.<br>
<br>
</div>then i'm out of ideas, ATM, sorry.<br>
btw., if this would have revived quanta, you would have had the chance to just<br>
copy the relevant project settings over into the new quantarc...<br>
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werner<br>
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