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From: douglis@kvetching.Berkeley.EDU (Fred Douglis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: ghosts
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Date: 29 Nov 89 04:30:54 GMT
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Reply-To: douglis@sprite.Berkeley.EDU (Fred Douglis)
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In article <5479@ncar.ucar.edu>, clyne@redcloud.ucar.edu (John Clyne) writes:
> Sorry if this has already been answered but I missed it if it was. I'm
> running twm on a pmax (DECstation 3100) and every once and a while
> I'll get a portion of a window that won't die. Actually, I don't think
> its really a window but rather a ghost where one used to be (the process
> associated with the window is dead). It will obscure anything I try to 
> place on top of it. It can't be moved, resized, iconified, etc. 

I've seen this problem on a DECstation 3100 as well, 
and I don't use twm.  It must be a server bug.

Fred