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Re: !Boot issue with Reporter

From Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject Re: !Boot issue with Reporter
Date 2025-07-28 17:42 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <9e3d97435c.chris@mytardis> (permalink)
References <5c4304a796basura@invalid.addr.uk> <5c43116402News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> <5c43884334basura@invalid.addr.uk>

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In message <5c43884334basura@invalid.addr.uk>
          Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> wrote:

> In article <5c43116402News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>, Martin
> <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article <5c4304a796basura@invalid.addr.uk>, Richard Ashbery
>>    <basura@invalid.addr.uk> wrote:
>>> Testing the !Boot program with !Reporter on ARMX6 fails to run
>>> into the desktop at its default resolution (1920 x 1080). It
>>> reports an error: Filing system SCSI: must be given a filename
>>> 640.

>>> SSD check with !DiscKnight states disc is OK.

>>> Any thoughts as to what this means please?

>>> !Reporter, V2.74 with RISCOS 5.31

>> It means that the command issued just before the error caused the
>> error - possibly because a variable has been used which is not set
>> correctly.  What is that command? You may then have to work out
>> what issued that command wrongly, and why.

>> If no commands are Reported at all, then use Reporter Menu ->
>> Config -> Options  and select Report OS Commands executed and with
>> Source, and ensure Obey Only is NOT selected.  Then click Save, and
>> the next re-boot should list lots of commands.

> The first error I've got rid of by !RevertMode but the second one
> (might be a Pinboard2 issue) is still bugging me.


[snip]

> Check if errors occur under the dark blue heading...
> [WindowManager] Obey SCSI::SSD.$.!Boot.Choices.Boot.Tasks.Pinboard

You can just drop this file on !Edit, it is a human readable file, 
containing the list of your pins on the desktop, each line starts with an 
X  meaning to ignore any errors (often caused by the Pinned file not being 
found yet/missing)

> I get a message "Expansion too complex" and a resolution of 1280 x 800
> instead of 1920 x 1080. !Reporter displays numerous errors.

Screen resolution is not controlled by Pinboard2 that I am aware of.



-- 
Chris Hughes

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  Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2025-07-27 17:56 +0200
  Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2025-07-27 17:20 +0100
    Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2025-07-27 21:20 +0100
      Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2025-07-28 12:49 +0200
        Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2025-07-28 20:48 +0100
      Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2025-07-28 12:15 +0100
        Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2025-07-28 20:40 +0100
      Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2025-07-28 17:25 +0100
        Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2025-07-28 20:52 +0100
    Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2025-07-28 14:59 +0100
      Re: !Boot issue with Reporter Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2025-07-28 17:42 +0100
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