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From: tbetz@panix.uucp (Tom Betz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: VP/IX and Multiscreens
Message-ID: <1991May15.210837.22034@panix.uucp>
Date: 15 May 91 21:08:37 GMT
References: <55@swatty.UUCP> <1991May14.152445.29084@proto.com>
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In <1991May14.152445.29084@proto.com> joe@proto.com (Joe Huffman) writes:

>root@swatty.UUCP (Larry Krone) writes:

>>Can anybody explain why when I use VP/IX from the console on SCO UNIX 3.2.2
>>and I switch screens (via alt F2 say) while VP/IX is still coming up, it will
>>occansionally lock out all of my multi screens (F1-F12) except for the
>>one it is on and I must reboot to get everything back???

>Why?  I call it a bug.	I think I remember SCO kinda documenting it and
>saying "don't do that".  You don't have to reboot though.  What I do (it
>sure is tempting to switch to another screen while waiting isn't it?) is
>log on via a serial port and kill vpix with 'kill -1 PS_ID' where PS_ID
>is obtained with 'ps -ae'.

Just don't count on this working with Xenix 2.3, cause it don't.

I ended up writing a shell script  that reminds me not to multiscreen 
out while VPIX is loading, and I always invoke VP/ix using that
script.

Saved me a lot of reboots....
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