Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!tybalt.caltech.edu!walton From: walton@tybalt.caltech.edu (Steve Walton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: New? Workbench 1.2 bug Message-ID: <3361@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 03:04:36 EDT Article-I.D.: cit-vax.3361 Posted: Tue Jul 28 03:04:36 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 04:27:47 EDT Sender: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu Reply-To: walton@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Steve Walton) Organization: Calfornia Institute of Technology Lines: 16 History: a while back, I posted complaining of memory loss and mysterious crashes with my Amiga. The former was explained a short time later as the result of starting programs from Workbench icons which don't ReplyMsg() to their WBStartup message. Thanks to Bryce Nesbitt, the crashes are now explained as well. If you are holding down the left mouse button while the mouse pointer is over an icon and another window on the Workbench screen does WindowToFront(), the system locks up. No response to any keyboard or mouse activity except C-A-A. I've been running a clock program which does WindowToFront() every 15 seconds, hence my crashes. The fix, according to Bryce, is to set the offending task's priority to -1. Steve Walton, guest as walton@tybalt.caltech.edu AMETEK Computer Research Division, ametek!walton@csvax.caltech.edu "Long signatures are definitely frowned upon"--USENET posting rules