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Title: Workbench3.9 and MUI
Post by: on March 29, 2003, 05:03:31 PM

Hi! Is MUI compatible to OS3.9? I cannot get MUI to work on my system unless I load it via WB3.1. or OS3.5. This is very annoying as I use a lot of programs that use MUI. I get an error stating that the mui.library cannot be found. Any ideas? All directories are properly assigned, that isn't causing the problem.

Title: Re: Workbench3.9 and MUI
Post by: tonyw on March 29, 2003, 10:30:47 PM

Yes, MUI works just fine under 3.9. You must have some other problem. How did you install it?

tony

Title: Re: Workbench3.9 and MUI
Post by: Castellen on March 29, 2003, 11:46:32 PM

I use MUI heavily with OS 3.9, there's no problems I know of.
For a start make sure you have something like this in your user-startup sequence:

if exists "Sys:MUI"
   assign MUI: "Sys:MUI"
   if exists MUI:Libs
      assign add LIBS: MUI:Libs
   endif
   if exists MUI:Locale
      assign add LOCALE: MUI:Locale
   endif
   version >nil: exec.library 39
   if not warn
      if exists MUI:Docs
         if exists HELP:dummy ; do not remove
         endif                ; this entry!
         assign add HELP: MUI:Docs
      endif
   endif
endif

Sorry if that looks a bit messed up, I think the line spacing will get striped when I post this.


Also it may be worth tidying/repairing/upgrading your current MUI setup with this archive:
ftp://mp3:mp3@amiga.serveftp.net/Uploads_here/FullMUIsetup.lha

Be sure to read and follow the included instructions, I might write an installer script one day!

Title: Re: Workbench3.9 and MUI
Post by: PPC on April 01, 2003, 11:13:32 PM

Mui 3.8 works fine here 2 on OS3.9 BB2 and if you are a gfx card user like me do not forget to install visual- prefs,reqattack,birdie,deptmenu,caboom and
magic menu to let your workbench look great :-D

For some good skins to use for Mui,birdie etc.. go to: http://www.grsites.com/textures/blgr001.shtml

you can even manipulate some aspects such as color and brightness trough the site.

Before i forget your user-startup should be like this:

Assign MUI: "YOUR boot partition:MUI"
Assign LIBS: "MUI:Libs" ADD
Assign LOCALE: "MUI:Locale" ADD

it is a lot shorter then what castellen posted.
And make sure you have mui version 3.8

Title: Re: Workbench3.9 and MUI
Post by: Kurt on April 02, 2003, 04:27:04 AM

just a word of warning birdie and magic menu cause all kinds off nastiness in you miggy.

Ohh no you wail you can't live with out that fancy colors in your border hell you scream my Amiga only crashes five times a day. three on a good day. Well if you removed those progs you probaly could go for at least a week before you have to hit the reset button.

for me fancy colors are not worth the stability of my machine.

just my two cents yes I know you use it and will swear up and down it does not cause you problems.
Well they do.

kurt

Title: Re: Workbench3.9 and MUI
Post by: Vincent on April 02, 2003, 05:07:16 PM

Well, I've been using Magic Menu ever since I got it a while ago (2 years?).  My Amiga very rarely crashes on me.  When it does crash, it's because I run out of memory, not because of Magic Menu.

Some people may have problems with it, but I never have.

Title: Re: Workbench3.9 and MUI
Post by: on April 13, 2003, 06:02:54 PM

Well - thanks for your help - I will try to get around the problem. Btw - I use Magic Menu - never had any trouble. My Amiga crashes less than my PeeCee anyway (and my PC is very stable!).

Title: Re: Workbench3.9 and MUI
Post by: freak on April 14, 2003, 12:49:31 AM

There is a bug in OS3.9 'Unarc' that is fixed in BB1.

Install BB1 then reinstall MUI from the archive.

I think that this should fix your problem.