detert@lognet2.arpa (CMS David K. Detert) (07/14/88)
<Line eaters sure have a big appetite> I recently got my A1000 out of the shop (after 4 months or so) and immediately downloaded DMouse, version 1.07. It's a great utility and everything I use it for works great, with one minor exception. I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this problem. My startup-sequence is rather standard (copy a few files to RAM:, set date, conman, dmouse, etc) and the last thing it does is close the CLI. Normally, one would do something with the mouse before reopening a CLI, but every once in awhile, the FIRST thing I do is hit ALT-ESC. Voila! Nothing happens. I have traced it to not moving the mouse at least once before trying to open a new CLI. I have tested it several times and every time I move the mouse (no matter how slightly), the CLI comes up. This is really only a minor inconvenience, but it has aroused my curiosity. Any comments? Thanks in advance. CMSgt Dave Detert ARPANet: detert<at>LOGNET2.ARPA Amiga SIG Leader, MACKS (Montgomery Area Commodore Komputer Society) [No .signature file yet, but standard, 'I see no evil, I hear no evil, I speak no evil,' applies]
dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (07/14/88)
>a CLI, but every once in awhile, the FIRST thing I do is hit ALT-ESC. >Voila! Nothing happens. I have traced it to not moving the mouse at >least once before trying to open a new CLI. I have tested it several >times and every time I move the mouse (no matter how slightly), the >CLI comes up. This is really only a minor inconvenience, but it has >aroused my curiosity. Any comments? Thanks in advance. Comment: Yup, it's a well-known bug in DMouse ... either that or a bug in the OS, because looking at DMouse, I couldn't find a thing wrong. (However, I'll admit to not looking extremely closely). I'll be dammed if I know what the problem is Fortunetly, it is in no way harmful. P.S. I brought up Manx's DB (not SDB) on the 4'th and guess what it said! "Happy Fourth!".... It made my day. -Matt