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From: judd@blake.acs.washington.edu (Randall Judd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: su gnu-c WorkSpace bugs
Summary: cube lockup during initialization of (new) Optical Disk
Message-ID: <6626@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 13 Apr 90 04:49:28 GMT
References: <10102@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Organization: Univ of Washington, Seattle
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In article <10102@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, rogerj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Roger Jagoda) writes:
> 
> WorkSpace Manager bug --
>  
> There is a problem with the way WindowManager deals with disk
> mount-dismount events. When an Optical is mounted or unmounted from
> WorkSpace Manager, a DPS window comes up from the console (even echos su
> events too!) asking to insert the OD or press 'n' if it's not available.
> Well, sometimes this works, and other times it doesn't. When it doesn't
> though, EVERYTHING is frozen, you can't even move the mouse to click
>  

This sounds similar to a problem I just had with an optical disk.  The scenario
goes something like this.

Remove new optical from shrink wrap
start initialize
name disk and press ok
when directed insert disk
cube locks up, gray window does not go away, mouse does not move

I get out of this with the (right) command tilde key and power off (it
take three tries with various messages for each try).  I did this three
times on my cube, and once on another cube.  I have since bought another
optical and initialized it on my cube with no problem, so it appears the
problem is with the disk and not with the cube, except for what must
be some kind of bug with the initialize.  Has anybody else seen this
or is there a fix out there?  

To email to me please use judd@sunspot.nosc.mil.  Thanks,

                                            Randy Judd