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- From: grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com (Jeff Markel)
- Subject: Re: OS!2 2.0 DESKTOP does not reply...
- Reply-To: grumpy@jpradley.UUCP (Jeff Markel)
- Organization: Unix in NYC
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 11:48:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.114809.5490@jpradley.jpr.com>
- Keywords: DESKTOP
- References: <1992Jul21.131837.11062@softserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de>
- Lines: 51
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- In article <1992Jul21.131837.11062@softserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de> affie@earley.sns.neuphilologie.uni-tuebingen.de (Ralf Affie Hauser) writes:
- >Hi freaks,
- >
- >Since the last week I have a(nother) strange bug on my system (486/33, AMI, 16MB
- >ADAPTEC 1542B, WINTARGA (ET4000)):
- >
- >Sometimes, only sometimes, my boot sequence does not finish! After displaying my
- >desktop background bitmap and before displaying all desktop objects (folders,
- >printers, shredder etc) the system halts, waits about 30 seconds and displays a
- >message box called: "OS!2 2.0 Desktop does not respond, <OK> <Abort>".
- >
- >If I press <OK> the display clears, bitmap-earth disappears, a few more seconds
- >pass by and bitmap re-appears, desktop objects appear but neither the folders do
- >open, nor programs contained in the startup folder do run.
- >
- >If I press <abort> nothing happens.
- >
- >Since I have changed my whole configuration during the last days (patches
- >installed, desktop rearrangement etc) I cannot fix the change responsible for
- >this ugly bug.
- >
- >Does anybody know a reason (and a solution ) for it???
- >
- > affie.
- >
- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >
- > Ralf "Affie" Hauser
- > Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft
- > Kleine Wilhelmstrasse 113
- > 7400 Tuebingen - WestGermany
- > e-mail: affie@frege.sns.neuphilologie.uni-tuebingen.de
- >
- > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity
- > -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
- >
- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- I can't explain your problem, but I can certainly verify that it does not
- happen only to you; it happens to me as well. If anyone knows the answer,
- PLEASE post!
- Thanks...
-
- Jeff Markel
- Jeffrey Markel | uucp: jpradley!argos!markel | Argos Computer Systems Inc
- KD2HN | internet: grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com | 110 W. 32nd Street
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