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Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:51:34 PST7
From:	larry.tawa@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: DumpTrapScreen

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In , on 01/22/2002
at 05:25 PM, "Steven Levine" said:

>In <20020123000343.JABT3409.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@constellation>, on
>01/22/02
> at 04:03 PM, larry.tawa@worldnet.att.net said:

>>I had a couple of trap errors so I thought I would record the trap. I
>>followed the directions of "Dear Mr. Know-It-All" June 2001 - the only
>>difference was that the dump file on my formatted floppy disk was
>>'dumpdata.001' and not 'pdump.001'.

>That's because there's a typo in the article. You are the first that
>notice it. The pdump files are generated by the process dump facility.
>The dumpdata files are from the system dump facility.

>>Well, every time I get a SYS error which shuts down an application such
>>as Mozilla, the machine black screens and prompts me for the formatted

>If you are going to leave the trap dump enabled, you should consider
>using:

> TRAPDUMP=R0

>rather than the recommended:

> TRAPDUMP=ON

>This way you only get system dumps for kernel traps. Process traps will
>get popuplog entries which is often enough and saves a chkdsk.

Thanks. Changed to 'R0'.

Questions:

(1) Leaving 'TRAPDUMP=R0' in config.sys ==> does this have a minimal use
of resources if no traps occur?

(2) Will someone modify or addendum the Mr. KIA article to show this
correction?

>The trap you captured:

> GKCONTNT.DLL 0001:00129e7d

>is a known problem with Mozilla. There should be a fix for it in the
>next day or so. Keep an eye on the Mozilla newsgroup.

>Steven

Will check the Mozilla newsgroup. Thanks.

Regards.

Larry
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