[12016] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.6G: xess
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alexp@MIT.EDU)
Fri May 6 16:59:05 1994
From: alexp@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 6 May 94 16:58:58 EDT
To: rdhamlin@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU
Cc: alexp@MIT.EDU
Hi, I've been looking at your problem report- are you able to reproduce
this problem on any other machine? If not, It's most likely a
problem on that particular one- possibly related to the heavy load; if
you see the problem again on milanese, I would suggest reporting it to the
Hardware Hotline. I don't think this is anything due to Xess unless you
see it on other machines or in other circumstances.
Please let me know which situation applies so I can close this out, or
pursue it further if it is reproducible.
Alex Prengel, Jr.
MIT Academic Computing Services
Software Acquisition Coordinator
>From rdhamlin@MIT.EDU Sat Apr 30 23:44:52 1994
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>Subject: decmips 7.6G: xess
>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:
>
>
>From rdhamlin@MIT.EDU Sat Apr 30 23:44:52 1994
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>To: bugs@MIT.EDU
>Subject: decmips 7.6G: xess
>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:
>
>
