[98561] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Netscape bug (was StarOffice Personal Edition)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Matthews)
Mon Nov 9 18:06:22 1998
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 17:32:55 -0500
From: Jim Matthews <jimmatt@ki.com>
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This bug is driving me crazy! I couldn't figure out what was going on.
I'd be filling out forms and after I selected something from a pulldown
list, I am no longer able to type anything in any of the fields. I've
had this problem with 4.05 for Linux and 4.06. I've gotten around this
by opening a text window and typing in the answers to the questions and
then cutting and pasting. I just started doing this and the last time,
after filling in a couple of blanks with the cut and paste method, I was
able to enter info into a box the normal way. Very screwy.
Kevin Myer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After doing battle with this annoyance for some time, I think I'm about to
> submit a bug report to Netscape. The following post not too long ago to
> this list at least confirms that its not just me that is having this
> problem:
> ------------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 10:30:43 +0100
> From: Anthony E. Greene <agreene@pobox.com>
> To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: StarOffice Personal Edition: Where?
>
> I tried using the form at StarDivision, but I keep having some kind of
> problem where the form tells me I omitted my Last Name. I suspect it's
> java-related because I can't input anything into a text field after
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> selecting a country. I run Netscape Communicator 4.05 on Red Hat 5.1
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> (kernel 2.0.34).
> ------------------------------------
>
> The problem, as I see it, is every time I select an item from a popup
> list, I can no longer enter text into a form without either a) holding
> down a mouse button, or b) restarting Netscape.
>
> I'd appreciate hearing from list members if they've experienced similar
> problems, their systems setups, etc. so I can perhaps rule out it being
> some bug in the mouse driver where it still thinks the mouse button is
> depressed or something.
>
> I've noticed this problem in pretty much every version of Netscape with
> sorts of kernels, and with both libc and glibc versions of Netscape so
> whatever the bug is, its pretty ubiquitious. And if no one else has seen
> this problem, please let me know also so I don't waste Netscape's time
> (although I sometimes wonder if they even read bug reports) and so that I
> start looking for other causes of the problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
> --
> Kevin M. Myer
> Technical Services Specialist
> ELANCO School District
>
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