| From: | Xavier Messersmith |
| Date: | 6 Jan 2000 at 22:47:42 |
| Subject: | screen locking when making stink about screen locking :-) |
On 06-Jan-00, Alex wrote:
> you wrote on 06-Jan-00 about "[amigaOS3_5] screen locking when pressing
> mousebuttons while yam changes status icon":
>> Anyone else had this?
Yup. Hits me nearly daily. Nothing quite wakes one up compared to leaping
about howling after loosing important data to a bug as stupid as this that
should have been fixed by now.
(Did I not whine enough? I got this problem from day 1)
>> Is there a cure?
Yup. Doesn't exist though. If you ask the OS team nicely they might explain
that it MIGHT be fixed in the next boingbag release in 1-2 months. If it gets
enough betatesting in before the boingbag release of course. :]
ARRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
>> Any tips?
Avoid using icons. :-)
Second best option, avoid using the new icon.library.
Disble whatever AppIcon is causing it, if you can't disable it, bug the author
of the program responsible (don't waste your breath on the author of YAM
though, looks like hes on extended vacation to me...).
My best tip is that when throwing heavy objects in anger, throw them at
something that can take the blow, or an open window. :-)
> The problem is already known. It doesn't happen only with YAM. I had it
> when I move windows or whatever else when at the same time the Miami icon
> WB changes its state. There is no known cure for it :( ...you have to
> limit GUI events when you know an appicon will change (ain't that
> wonderful, sigh). I can avoid the problem here, it only strikes once in a
> week or so.
This guy I lucky, I usually have the AppIcon covered. And my interval is three
minutes (up from one, I want my mail semi-timely).
Ohhhhhhhhh, I know the cure, don't buy OS3.5. :-)
Drive by my place each night, if you don't hear howling then it should be
safe.
> Nevertheless, this is one of the most fncking bug in OS 3.5, and it needs
> to be fixed ASAP! (just ask Xavier :-)
Heck, I'll pretend he asked. :-)
My commentary at this point would be generally redundant, so to avoid making
the OS3.5 groups ph33r me to much I'll just add in the comment that it works
for normal icons too (say a floppy disk insert/removal).
And of course add my usual statement that I would have found this bug as a
betatester if they picked me, I applied, even gave good reasons to choose me I
think. I should have mentioned what would happen if the system froze on a
daily basis after I bought the OS if I wasn't picked. Muhhahhahhahaaaa!
Oh, wait (gets bigger, turns green), rarrarrarraaaaarrrrrrrr *SMASH*.
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