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Article #1185Re: Desktop: now you see it. Now you don't. Why???
From: Meir I Green
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 04:18
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 04:18
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In article <1992Aug28.035047.12917@unixg.ubc.ca> ochealth@unixg.ubc.ca (ochealth) writes: > >Something odd and irritating happened to my OS/2 desktop. > >When I restart my computer, it boots etc. I get a startup.cmd window. >The desktop flashes grey as usual, then returns to the desktop color. > >So far so good. > >Now the system does one of two things: >1. finishes the startup, and puts all my icons and stuff on screen >2. sits there and does nothing. No icons etc. Moving the startup.cmd >window or ctrl-esc hangs PM until a "Desktop not responding" window comes up, >and I can kill it. > >So where does my desktop go? Bad day? Doesn't feel like coming out to play? > >Fortunately, I have the startup.cmd window up, and I'm getting used to typeing >"kill 5" to kill the desktop, and recycle it. It then comes out to play :^) > >(If I didn't have a startup.cmd window, and kill, I'd be more than irritated! >at least now I can recover) > >-I always shutdown properly, even "refresh" before shutting down. No help >-I rebooted from the install disks etc. and tried chkdsk /f:3 and >that didn't find any weirdness > >Any helpful suggestions? Did you have these problems before installing the new kernel, or are you on the old kernel, still? Did you install the black icon fix? I already had the black icon fix, but I just installed the new kernel, and I have just started having these WPS lockups! Please tell me I did something else wrong :-) * * * * * =================== Internet address is mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * == Meir I. Green == Amateur Packet Radio N2JPG@W2XO.PA.USA.NOAM * * * * * = mig@columbia.edu= Amateur Packet Radio N2JPG@K2KJC.NY.USA.NOAM * * * * * * =================== Amateur TCP/IP N2JPG@uhm.ampr.org
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!mig From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) Subject: Re: Desktop: now you see it. Now you don't. Why??? Message-ID: <1992Aug28.041804.7627@news.columbia.edu> Sender: usenet@news.columbia.edu (The Network News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Reply-To: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir I Green) Organization: Columbia University, New York References: <19920826.074333.779@almaden.ibm.com> <1166PB1w164w@uuisis.isis.org> <1992Aug28.035047.12917@unixg.ubc.ca> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 04:18:04 GMT Lines: 42