[17040] in Athena Bugs
Re: Case 148622: 8.3 doesn't like guru
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Mon Aug 9 18:56:44 1999
Message-Id: <199908092256.SAA03356@speaker-for-the-dead.mit.edu>
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Ted McCabe <ted@MIT.EDU>, hotline@MIT.EDU, ops@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Aug 1999 15:46:10 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 18:56:41 -0400
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
> This problem is probably related to the 24-bit changes in 8.3.
>
> Any more information I could get about the problem report would be
> appreciated; the mail Ted forwarded from Christine Moulen is very
> sketchy.
Here are some comments Christine made that were in other casetracker
logs.
148358> My private workstation is acting strange. The resolution seems
148358> to have been reduced. The machine was unplugged and moved out
148358> of my office for about 2 weeks during renovations. It was not
148358> turned on in the storage location. I moved it back here last
148358> Thursday and everything seemed normal. Thursday night it took
148358> the 8.3 Athena update automatically. Friday morning I
148358> unplugged and moved the workstation a few feet down to the
148358> next desk in the office. I hadn't logged on yet. When I
148358> plugged it back in and logged on to Athena, all my windows are
148358> larger on the screen than normal, as if the resolution is
148358> lower. Any idea what happened and how to fix it?
148358> Sun Ultra 5
148358> 19" color monitor
148358> guru.mit.edu
148376> I just talked to Barry about the problem I reported earlier
148376> with guru. I lost track of his phone #. halt, set-defaults,
148376> and reset did not fix the problem.
If you need any more information, your best bet is probably to send
mail to Christine <orbitee@mit.edu>
Jonathon
