| From: | Xavier Messersmith |
| Date: | 28 Jan 2000 at 06:33:33 |
| Subject: | Re: Problems? (a new manifestation.) |
From: Xavier Messersmith <xcaliber@xav.to>
On 27-Jan-00, Leon Davidoff wrote:
> On 24-Jan-00, Xavier Messersmith wrote:
>>> I am setting up the icons to match my likes. For instance I'm
>>> hard drive Real Icons on my WorkBench screen. I pick up
>>> moved earlier and move it over tow pixels. When I
>>> disappears. The mouse pointer can still be moved.
>>
>> Curious, I can't test this since I converted all my icons over to the
>> 3.5 icon format.
>
> How did you do that? Manually?
Everything I use I washed through the new icon editor. Looks prettier, loads
faster. I don't like alot of the default icons.
Also the OS3.5 install process may have done something.
(I can't look this up, someone forgot to write decent docs!)
>>> As soon as I click the
>>> mouse on the WorkBench screen it freezes at that position nad the whole
>>> system stays frozen. I have to reboot (CNTRL-A-A).
>>
>> Does the system seem to continue everything else though? Disk/network
>> activity, music?
>
> I have cron running which activates certain scripts which talk at me
> (reminders) and I seem to remember hearing stuff like that even though the
> system was 'frozen'.
Thats the same effect I get with the GUI/Icon coincidence.
>> I'd do some cleanup with your startups, alot of stuff has changed.
>
> How do I know what stuff can cause problems?
Usually when it runs, it can cause problems. :-)
Disable everything and reenable what you need, thats how I do it.
>>> Are there any specific 3.1 commands I should watch out for? Is this
>>> disappearing icons/freezing system a known thing?
>>
>> I know that theres a bug in the icon.library that freezes the display
>> certain conditions are met. Why this outright destructiove bug
>> hasn't been fixed by now is a mystery to me, it hits me on a daily basis
>> (not quite clockwork though).
>
> What conditions exactly?
Icons being in a transitional state, some other window/menu function occuring
at the same time.
Not a very Amiga bug if you ask me.
>>> I typed up an on-line report to Amiga Tech Support over a weel ago, on
>>> webpage when I registered but I've yet to get a reply.
>>
>> Same here, I don't think they put to much importance on that form,
>
> I guess it's good to know that I'm not the only one who got no response from
> them... :-(
I got more than one non-response from them. :-)
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