| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
Has anyone seen this one?
The customer sometimes goes into pseudo-mouse mode with the WAIT light
on. They hit CTRL/F3 to get out of this mode, the WAIT light goes out.
(So far pretty normal, right?)
Now the customer goes into EDT and finds that the Left and Right arrow
keys do not move the cursor. The Up and Down arrow keys work.
This is VMS 5.3, DECwindows V2. I do hardware support and was asked
about this problem, I'm hoping there is a S/W fix.
Linda
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| 2537.1 | DECWIN::FISHER | Prune Juice: A Warrior's Drink! | Thu Mar 29 1990 17:51 | 6 | |
I've never seen nor heard of it! Do the left/right arrows still move the mouse? Does going into and out of mouse mode do anything? How do they get back to normal working mode? Burns | |||||
| 2537.2 | have to reboot to get back to normal | CSCOA3::BAUER_L | Fri Mar 30 1990 10:24 | 16 | |
The left/right arrows move the mouse while the WAIT light is on, not
when its off.
Going into and out of mouse mode the first time after boot triggers the
problem.
After the left/right keys die, toggling in and out of mouse
mode doesn't get rid of the problem.
They get back to normal working mode by rebooting.
If this isn't any sort of 'known' bug, should they just try
re-installing DECwindows? That's what VWS people usually
tell me to do when VWS starts acting weird.
Linda
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| 2537.3 | It happened to me once... | ATLV5::DIAL_B | Fri Mar 30 1990 11:04 | 11 | |
I'm running on a 13mb mvII GPX. A few weeks ago, someone 'borrowed' my
mouse and I had to work for a few days without one. Consequently, I
was toggling between modes a lot. I do remember one occasion where I
lost control over the (Decterm) cursor with the arrow keys, similar to
what .0 describes. Further toggling between modes didn't change
anything. As I recall, I solved the problem by rebooting, and it
didn't happen anymore, soon thereafter I got my replacement mouse. I
understand that this isn't a whole lot of help, but I didn't pay much
attention to it at the time.
Barry
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| 2537.4 | DECWIN::FISHER | Prune Juice: A Warrior's Drink! | Mon Apr 02 1990 17:21 | 6 | |
You could try instead of rebooting doing @SYS$MANAGER:DECW$STARTUP RESTART That is a bit less painful. Beyond that, it sounds like QAR time. Burns | |||||