"Event.c, Line 200, Event queue full"

[Syno]

Hi all!!

Hoping someone can help. I am getting the following error when I go to power off my Palm m515 (i.e.- every time I press the power button).....

"Event.c, Line 200, Event queue full"

It tells me this and then I get an automatic SOFT RESET. This is an obvious problem (every time I try to power off my Palm, it reset's).

Any words of wisdom out there ???????????

Cheers!

- Mike


P.S.- For the time being, I am able to use the "swipe" to TURN OFF AND LOCK my Palm. For some reason this seems to work. I just can't simply power off using the power button ???

- M

[JohnKes]

Sounds like a bad app programming error. Normally a Soft Reset would turn off all apps. What apps do you normally use?

[Syno]

I use MANY (too many to even list here). The most recent that I added was "Battery Log" I uninstalled it once I recieved this error but I still get the error now so I suppose that wasn't the culprit. Is this an error that could creep up over time (I haven't had any problems in the past). Do you have any suggestions (short of deleting everything and starting from scratch ........ there is too much on my Palm and it would take forever). Hope you could provide any sort of advice that may help.

Cheers! Thanks for your response!!!

- M

[JohnKes]

This is a complex problem. The only solution I have will take a few hours but it works well:
1) HotSync then Hard Reset. Check if ok.
2) Move all files from the Backup directory on the PC to another directory, e.g. Backup2
3) HotSync. Your Datebook and AddressBook data will be back. Check if ok. If not, use dbScan to clean up: http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/dbscan.shtml Check if ok.
4) Move a few files from Backup2 to Backup, then HotSync. Check if ok.
5) Repeat (4) until problems re-appear. Then you will know approx. which files are bad. Delete them from the unit. Load in the remaining files.

If you have done programming, a binary search is faster - in (4), move in half of the files. If problems re-appear, keep working with this group ... So if you had 64 files to look through, you would need <6 cycles to find the bad file.

[Syno]

Ouch! More than a few hours for me I'm afraid. Since I am able to function (for now) by locking my Palm (with the swipe) each time I power off, I think I'll wait and see if any other suggestions crop up. I DO see your point but I simply don't have the time on my hands right now.......bummer. Seems weird however that this could just "pop up" all of a sudden. This Palm is gonna be the death of me!!!!!!

Cheers!

- M

[JohnKes]

I had to do this myself, some time ago. A game crashed and messed up the whole unit. I grouped files alphabetically. I got to R-S-T before I found the problem game(s). It has worked fine ever since I deleted them.

A Warm Reset would stop the errors, but will also deactivate IR and other extended PalmOS functions. Maybe the "swipe off" is the best solution right now.

[Syno]

Thanks for your insight John. Much appreciated. I'll stick with the Swipe Lock until further notice.

Thanks Again. I appreciate your time.

- M