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From: asente@decwrl.dec.com (Paul Asente)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: ghosts
Message-ID: <2179@bacchus.dec.com>
Date: 29 Nov 89 06:36:33 GMT
References: <5479@ncar.ucar.edu>
Organization: DEC Western Software Lab
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In article <5479@ncar.ucar.edu> clyne@ncar.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. But, 
<most importantly I can't get it to go away
<without restarting the session manager. I've tried killing twm and restarting
<it but that doesn't work. Does anybody know what causes this and how
<it can be fixed. Or at least how do I clear the thing after it happens. 

There was a bug in early versions of the pmax server that caused this; it's
probably not twm.  Are you using the latest server (UWS 2.1)?  If so, and if
the bug still exists, please submit a DEC bug report.  (Yes, I know it's
painful; people are working on making it easier...)

	-paul asente
	    asente@decwrl.dec.com	decwrl!asente