Xref: utzoo comp.unix.aux:3257 comp.sys.mac.system:2239 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!umich!fog!brian From: brian@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us (Brian S. Schang) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Desktop Manager and A/UX 2.0 Message-ID: <1990Nov16.052604.243@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us> Date: 16 Nov 90 05:26:04 GMT References: Organization: Fog, Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 14 From article , by urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs): > The problem is that the Desktop Manager doesn't tolerate crashes very well. > It seems that the A/UX Startup program doesn't close the Desktop manager > files (there's a HFSDispatch selector for this), so you tend to lose some > icons and/or file type to application mappings. Does this happen only during crashes? And if it does happen, can the Desktop be rebuilt in the usual manner? Thanks for the info! -- Brian S. Schang N8FOG brian@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us 46131 Academy Drive schang@caen.engin.umich.edu Plymouth, MI 48170-3519