In the Event of Being "Locked-Out" From ObjecTime...

Toolset

Allow users to save their updates when the toolset "locks up"

All ObjecTime users.

ObjecTime 4.4

In certain rare conditions, you may find that ObjecTime does not respond to any user input. In this case you can try one of the following strategies in order to force a save of all your updates within the Workspace Browser as well as the ObjecTime session. Note that each of these files will be saved under a special name involving the word "crash".

Signaling the ObjecTimeVM process to save

This method will send a special signal to the running ObjecTime program instructing it to save all it's updates.

1. Find the process ID of the running ObjecTime program. The program name is ObjecTimeVM. The following command can be used to determine the process ID for Solaris-based workstations:
    
       ps -aux | grep ObjecTimeVM
    
2. Enter in the following command, where pid is the process ID determined in step 1:
    
       kill -USR1 pid

If this works, within a minute or so, ObjecTime will begin the save operation.

Using the ObjecTime Debug Mode to save

The following steps will bring up a special command window which allows you to save the work in progress:

1. Select the following keys simultaneously: Control - Shift- C
    
2. This will bring up the ObjecTime Debug Mode window. Now type save, and terminate by hitting the RETURN key.

If this works, ObjecTime will immediately begin the save operation.

WARNING: The emergency save operation described here can be time consuming depending on the number and size of the updates contained within your Workspace Browser. This operation also saves the image file and all of the updates contained in the image. These files can take up a large amount of disk space. If you do not have enough free disk space, the ObjecTime emergency save operation will not function properly and may result in some files being truncated.

Using the ObjecTime Debug Mode to refresh the screen

In rare cases, an ObjecTime session can get out of sync with the X-windows system. If your ObjecTime window stops refreshing properly, try the following steps:

1. Select the following keys simultaneously: Control - Shift- C
    
2. This will bring up the ObjecTime Debug Mode window. Now type save, and terminate by hitting the RETURN key.

If this works, the ObjecTime window will start refreshing properly again.

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