Timberwolf: os4depot vs aminet Grim Reaper DSI (Data Storage Interrupt)

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Hello,

 I was attempting to get Timberwolf to run on my X5000 also, but it doesn't function too well outside of a partition formatted with FFS from Amiga OS 4.x's FFS.  Yes, it DOES function that way.  I've done a lot of testing.  However, Odyssey is a very good replacement but I still (even at the start of 2018) would love to use Timblerwolf.  I'm a huge fan of Firefox (except the new Quantum edition....very ugly).

 If you wish to persist with Timberwolf, make a small partition formatted with FFS Standard or it will crash often OS 4.x.


Spectre660: Appreciate the files archive, I shall check that.  I didn't know about that until I saw your post.

I was trying to get Timberwolf so I downloaded it from os4depot.  I performed all the tasks in the timberwolf doc but everytime I would start Timberwolf, it would grim reaper.  So I gave up on it.

I was looking at what exactly a Grim Reaper "Type of crash: DSI (Data Storage Interrupt) exception" is.  Since I wrote another post about how my XE kept freezing until I installed a new Barracuda Hard Drive, I was wanting to know if it was related.  I came across this post.

http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3031&p=33923&hilit=timberwolf+grim+reaper#p33923

This is from 2015 where a user found that the os4depot Timberwolf archive is the current version of 4.0.1.0252 but all the folders are missing.  The Aminet Timberwolf archive is complete but version 4.0.1.182.  So I did as the user of this post did and downloaded the Aminet version and it worked.  I also followed his lead and copied all the folders from the Aminet version into the OS4depot version and now that one works.

Can somebody fix the os4depot Timberwolf archive so it is complete and works?  Aminet needs to be updated with the current version as well.

Also can anybody tell me what a Grim Reaper "Type of crash: DSI (Data Storage Interrupt) is?  When the man with the sickle appears it is always of this type.

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Update: I was using Timberwolf with an older archive.  I  also noticed that making a couple changes improved performance.  I got  the ~newer~ version of Timberwolf and added the files from the LZX  archive (read above).  From Tools/Options changing "When Timberwolf starts:" to "Show  my windows and tabs from last time" helps a lot.  This also makes  "about:config"'s "browser.showQuitWarning" not needed, so keeping it at  false.  If this is made to true then Timberwolf causes or crashes when  you exit it after you're prompted to Save tabs.  I've now been able to  run it from whatever partition and filesystem.

 However, it does have a  memory leak (2MB...??).  If you exit and start it often you'll notice  it.  It also becomes slower and causes X5000 to hang a bit if you use  more than 5 to 7+ tabs, as I do with Firefox...I have more than 10  usually.  Same with WinUAE 3.6.0, of course.
 So, it's a cool browser with this understanding but it's  not as powerful as Odyssey...but has great potential if it were to be  developed.  It loads a little faster than Odyssey (not a problem to me,  just observation).  But a big point...it won't play YouTube videos or  videos from other sites like Odyssey does.  Anyone getting into  or wanting to use Timberwolf, it's still a very good general browser.   I'm glad to know that it does indeed function on SFS02 as I previously  thought it does not; and only on FFS.
 A side note, from  "about:config" ...if you filter with "Firefox" and change  "general.useragent.compatMode.firefox" to true then you won't get  warnings about the browser being outdated as much, or sites informing  you your browser isn't supported.  :-)  I'm sure there are other tips I haven't discovered..and maybe there's a Flash/Shockwave plugin or Library I haven't discovered yet..anyway, cool Browser.  I hope this is helpful to others.