hagen@modular.UUCP (Jeffrey R. Hagen) (08/27/88)
In NeWS on a Sun color 3/60, if you forget to open up a console window
and you write something to the console, the black and white console
message scribbles over the NeWS screen. Repair doesn't clear it.
psh
PaintRoot
^D
doesn't clear it. The only resort I know is to restart the news_server.
I notice repair works in this case on the black and white 3/50.
Does anybody out there know how to beat this one?
...
You know that mail notifier thats been floating around?
Is there any reason for it to use 'c' at all?
Here is the crucial procedure:
/anymail { - => literal
(/usr/spool/mail/) (USER) getenv
{ append (r) file } stopped { pop pop /nomail } { closefile /mail } ifelse
} def
Jeff Hagen
Modular Mining Systems
Tucson,Az (602) 746-9127
arizona!modular!hagenpvo3366@neptune.uucp (Paul O'Neill) (09/03/88)
In article <610@modular.UUCP> hagen@modular.UUCP (Jeffrey R. Hagen) writes: >In NeWS on a Sun color 3/60, if you forget to open up a console window >and you write something to the console, the black and white console >message scribbles over the NeWS screen. Repair doesn't clear it. > >psh >PaintRoot >^D > > doesn't clear it. The only resort I know is to restart the news_server. > ............ You need to get the overlay plane back to specifying the 8-bit frame buffer in those areas where it is now specifying the monochrome frame buffer. Execute the following from any terminal: switcher -e 0 Paul O'Neill pvo@oce.orst.edu Coastal Imaging Lab OSU--Oceanography Corvallis, OR 97331 503-754-3251
tomlin@hc.DSPO.GOV (Bob Tomlinson) (09/03/88)
in article <610@modular.UUCP>, hagen@modular.UUCP (Jeffrey R. Hagen) says: > > In NeWS on a Sun color 3/60, if you forget to open up a console window > and you write something to the console, the black and white console > message scribbles over the NeWS screen. Repair doesn't clear it. Yeah, you need to do run the "switcher -n" command to switch your framebuffer back to the color framebuffer for that part of the screen which got written on. Simply change the repaint menu selection (from user.ps): 0 (Repaint All) { PaintRoot {/paint self send} AllWin (switcher -n) forkunix } /changeitem repairmenu send -- Bob Tomlinson -- tomlin@hc.dspo.gov -- (505) 667-8495 Los Alamos National Laboratory -- MEE-10/Data Systems
david@sun.uucp (David DiGiacomo) (09/03/88)
In article <610@modular.UUCP> hagen@modular.UUCP (Jeffrey R. Hagen) writes: >In NeWS on a Sun color 3/60, if you forget to open up a console window >and you write something to the console, the black and white console >message scribbles over the NeWS screen. Repair doesn't clear it. > >psh >PaintRoot >^D > > doesn't clear it. The only resort I know is to restart the news_server. > >I notice repair works in this case on the black and white 3/50. > >Does anybody out there know how to beat this one? switcher -e 0 -- David DiGiacomo, Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, CA sun!david david@sun.com