[11998] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.6G: xess
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rdhamlin@MIT.EDU)
Sat Apr 30 23:44:51 1994
From: rdhamlin@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 94 23:44:47 EDT
System name: milanese
Type and version: KN02ca 7.6G (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type:
What were you trying to do?
use xess---just entering data/formulas
What's wrong:
xess abruptly quit on me without warning. This happened twice to me on this
machine today. (Actually, it happened a third time, but the know bug in
AUTOLOGOUT was responsible that time.)
I get a line on my xterm that looks as though xess quit peacefully:
[1] + Done xess steam_tbl.xs
The xess window with its background and cursor remain on my display (until
I logged out), but the foreground does not refresh.
This problem seems to be specific to milanese, as I logged into an athena
workstation remotely and used xess for quite some time with no problems.
I think that the first time it crashed, there were about 10 users on milanese,
and the second about 30. I have seen the load much worse though.
What should have happened:
Of course, it should keep on running. But if it has to crash, it ought to
at least state the reason.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
