[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55584] "There is no disk in the drive. " error message displayed after returning from sleep in Windows 8.1 x64

[Philip Nienhuis]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #55584 (project octave):

Do I understand correctly this bug report is all about post-install issues of
Octave? Any problem with running Octave "normally' (= after closing it and
restarting)?

First off, the error message you see is a system error message, not an Octave
error message. Octave doesn't have a "No disk" error message coded anywhere.

Second, you indicate that drive F: is related to the modem.

The only thing I can imagine then for your use case is that during
installation you allowed Octave to access on-line info about updates etc.
Obviously that requires an Internet connection.

My guess is that the reason the complaints refer to a missing F: drive rather
than a missing Internet connection is simply due to poor SW quality of the
modem driver and modem support SW. It looks like the modem driver/SW returns
confusing error info to Windows.
Again note that it isn't Octave complaining, it's Windows and while Windows is
smart enough to know that a request by Octave is involved it can't correct BS
info from the modem SW.

So, just close Octave and restart it. In Edit | Preferences, Network tab, be
sure to uncheck "Allow Octave to the Octave web site ....".
Please report back.

As to the advice about not installing in "C:\Program Files\", IIRC that issue
has been solved but we're just a bit conservative :-)


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