[postgis-users] Windows Crash

[Obe, Regina]

Slightly off topic.  Has anyone seen this Linux Haters Blog.  All Linux
users should read it to understand how the mind of a windows user works
so that we can interoperate.
 
http://linuxhaters.blogspot.com/
 
Similarly I would like to see a windows haters blog so I can form a
fully unbiased opinion of the various factions.  Is there such a thing?

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[mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of
Bruce Rindahl
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:53 PM
To: PostGIS Users Discussion
Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Windows Crash


Also on a long shot - do you have any hardware conflicts?
Start->Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager 
Are there any little yellow info symbols?
Bruce

Paul Ramsey wrote: 

	This is in no way a PostGIS problem, certainly nothing we can
ever
	fix, just something that the particular combination of PgAdmin,
the
	geometry we are feeding it, and the way the Windows rendering
system
	are interacting.
	
	My experience has been that these days the thing that causes a
modern
	operating system (Windows, Linux, whatever) to crash is bad
hardware,
	usually bad memory, but sometimes other things. Basically, the
	operating system itself is usually rock solid until you shake
the
	foundations it sits on, the hardware.
	
	So basically, all I can offer is the doctor's advice to the
patient
	who said "doctor, doctor, it hurts when I raise my arm over my
	head!"... "don't raise your arm over your head".
	
	In the meantime, if you want to fiddle with things, swapping the
order
	of your memory in the sockets, changing out the video card, even
	changing your screen resolution, might change the interaction
such
	that you can exercise this particular use case without dropping
your
	OS to the floor.
	
	P.
	
	On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Obe, Regina
<robe.dnd at cityofboston.gov> <mailto:robe.dnd at cityofboston.gov>  wrote:
	  

		I second Bruce's comment about unhelpful comments.
		
		It may actually have nothing to do with Windows in fact.
		
		Now getting back to the crash issue.  Bob if you are
still having the same
		issue with that file, maybe you can post that (or
provide a link to the
		shape file you loaded).  It could be something to do
with the shapefile.
		
		I recall having this same issue with one particular
geometry file way back
		in PgAdmin 1.6 and it was when I scrolled to a specific
record it would
		crash, but then later additions (I either maybe never
selected the geometry
		field again) or it was fixed in later versions.  Doing
an AsText
		always seemed to work where as displaying the raw binary
was where I ran
		into issues.
		
		The other possibility is that it could be a defective
graphics card. I
		forget which video cards I had bad runs with, but I
remember having this
		same exact issue with my favorite programming editor
JEdit.  I had 2
		identical computers with same drivers etc and for some
reason I would get
		intermittent crashes on one of them.  I finally just got
fed up and replaced
		the graphics card and then it worked fine.
		
		Just some thoughts.
		
		Thanks,
		Regina
		
		
		
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