Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Beavercreek, OH 45434
Posts: 29

Here is a good question. How many times have you had to reboot your visor? I am having to reset the Visor regularly with this error:

Preferences.c, Line 166,
PrefDBOpenError

I've noticed that it seems to happen when I press the address button.

Apps in memory (beyond what come normally with the Visor):
FireEscape
Giraffe

HackMaster and the following hacks:
Daylight Savings Hack (2.1.1)
GreenLightHack
BatteryMeterHack

HandyShop
HardBall
Matrix
Niggle



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Registered: Sep 1999
Location:
Posts: 54

I had a problem with one of the available battery hacks that required me to soft reboot. I don't recall which one it was, I've since deleted it. That might be your problem...

Also, isn't DaylightSavingsHack a moot point, now that we have CityTime built in?

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posts: 56

I think I've heard that Daylight Savings Hack causes problems.

I've had mine about a week, and have been using it a lot, with 0 soft resets.

(knock on particle board)

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: NY, NY, USA
Posts: 155

Hart:

If you haven't already, upgrade DSHack with the new version (2.1.1). The version you're using will bounce you with regularity.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 74

I had problems with DS hack 2.1.1. I only had to reboot a couple of times, before I removed it. All I know is I haven't had to reboot since then.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: New York, New York, USA
Posts: 27

I was receiving the same error message as above. After reading this string I uninstalled the daylight savings hack 2.1.1 and have had no problems since. That seems to be what's causing the problem.
Thanks for helping me out

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Dayton, TN, USA
Posts: 66

I've only had to reboot once, and it was a hard-reset at that. An errant hack, but I don't remember which one. I promptly deleted it from my PC and didn't reload it onto the Visor. I've decided to avoid unnecessary OS hacks until I have a backup option working.

I will say, that I about had a cow when the Visor started giving me "Fatal Errors". Even after I thought I had done a hard reset. (So I didn't know the hard-reset procedure very well...) Once I got the hard reset figured out, it came back to the happy welcome screen just like it was fresh from the shrinkwrap.