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Hello,

Any one else having this problem? I am using Solaris 2.5.1 (on
ultra sparc 1), and this problem seems to be occuring more
frequent now (it used to also happen with 2.5, but not as frequent).

I am using the Common Desktop Environment, CDE.

What basically happens is this. I'll be having a number of windows
open, I highlight some text in one terminal by douple clicking
the left most botton on the mouse, then go to the other window
where I want to copy it to, click the middle botton on the mouse,
and this is when it would happens! All my open windows go away!

It seems to happen (when it does)  only when I am doing this
cut/paste between windows.

I had 2.5.1 now for about a week, and this happened about 4-5 times
now!  It is starting to get annoying really. I have to go create new
windows/terminals all over, and set up everything the way it was.

The machines does not crash, only open windows go away.
I noticed also that applications windows do not go away, for
example, I had an emacs session open, and that one stayed there
(also I think one time I also lost my emacs session). Netscape
also stayed there. It seems only empty open windows go away.

I dont have that many open, I usually creat 5-6 terminals using the
workspace menu, click on programs, click on Terminal...

I am sure I am not the only one suffering from this
"the sudden dissapering windows syndrom".

thanks,
Nasser
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I'm having a similar problem on paste on Solaris x86 2.5.  My dtterms
don't die, but the window that was the source of the pasted text
partially disappears.

Lewis Barnett -- Dept. of Math & CS, U. of Richmond, VA 23173

              -- http://www.mathcs.urich.edu/~barnett/

Quote:>I'm having a similar problem on paste on Solaris x86 2.5.  My dtterms
>don't die, but the window that was the source of the pasted text
>partially disappears.

Lewis Barnett -- Dept. of Math & CS, U. of Richmond, VA 23173

              -- http://www.mathcs.urich.edu/~barnett/

I also saw this happening to a user who has Ultra 1 and who is runnig
Solaris 2.5. I ran the dmesg command on the workstation and saw the
following:

panic[cpu0]/thread=0x3002fec0: zero
syncing file systems... 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 done
 2048 static and sysmap kernel pages
   43 dynamic kernel data pages
  179 kernel-pageable pages
    0 segkmap kernel pages
    0 segvn kernel pages
    0 current user process pages
 2270 total pages (2270 chunks)

dumping to vp 501c4aa4, offset 226592
2270 total pages, dump succeeded
cpu0: SUNW,UltraSPARC (upaid 0 impl 0x10 ver 0x22 clock 143 MHz)

I am not sure when this message was created. But I asked my system
administrator to follow up with Sun service.

: Hello,

: Any one else having this problem? I am using Solaris 2.5.1 (on
: ultra sparc 1), and this problem seems to be occuring more
: frequent now (it used to also happen with 2.5, but not as frequent).

: I am using the Common Desktop Environment, CDE.

: What basically happens is this. I'll be having a number of windows
: open, I highlight some text in one terminal by douple clicking
: the left most botton on the mouse, then go to the other window
: where I want to copy it to, click the middle botton on the mouse,
: and this is when it would happens! All my open windows go away!

: It seems to happen (when it does)  only when I am doing this
: cut/paste between windows.

: I had 2.5.1 now for about a week, and this happened about 4-5 times
: now!  It is starting to get annoying really. I have to go create new
: windows/terminals all over, and set up everything the way it was.

: The machines does not crash, only open windows go away.
: I noticed also that applications windows do not go away, for
: example, I had an emacs session open, and that one stayed there
: (also I think one time I also lost my emacs session). Netscape
: also stayed there. It seems only empty open windows go away.

: I dont have that many open, I usually creat 5-6 terminals using the
: workspace menu, click on programs, click on Terminal...

: I am sure I am not the only one suffering from this
: "the sudden dissapering windows syndrom".

: thanks,
: Nasser
: --
: Nasser Abbasi. C/C++/Ada Solaris. Perkin Elmer - Applied BioSystem division.

: "640K ought to be enough for anybody."   Bill Gates, 1981

: "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
: Thomas Watson,  chairman of IBM, 1943

: "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
: Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

: "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered
: as a means of communication."   Western Union internal memo, 1876.

: "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
: Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.

: "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
: Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

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