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From: eam@soleil.UUCP (Ed A. Mills)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Decwindows crash
Keywords: VAXStation, DECWindows, VMS, Crash, Burn
Message-ID: <761@soleil.UUCP>
Date: 2 Aug 89 03:07:54 GMT
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Somerville, NJ
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My VAXStation 3100 frequently crashes under DECWindows.  No warning or
error messages are given, and it seems to result from a wide assortment of
conditions.  Today, I pressed Shift-Printscreen accidentally, and it bombed.
Sometimes when I open a window it crashes, although I had opened the same
window only moments before.   It crashes from time to time in other common
situations.

When it crashes the screen goes B&W, I get a >>> prompt and the system 
locks up, after which I reboot.

Has anyone else found the DECWindows application to be this fragile?  Or
has anyone else experienced sporadic crashes?  

Ed Mills
Harris Semiconductor
Melbourne, Fl