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From: JON@UCLASTRO.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Microvax window hanging
Message-ID: <8801140515.AA11245@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 13 Jan 88 20:47:00 GMT
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To All,

        We have a VAXstation II/GPX that is having problems.  When running
the windows, they will hang for no apparent reason.  The cursor stops
flashing and, though the pointer can move, windows cannot be created,
deleted, etc.  Remote logins are still operable except that control-y
and control-t become disabled.  The only known recovery is reboot.
All system parameters are generously allocated.  The hanging is independent
of the number of windows active (even if only a 220 window is up).
Sometimes we will make it a month before hanging; sometimes 3-4 times a day.
This has occured from VMS 4.4/VWS 3.0 through to VMS 4.6/VWS 3.2, though
4.6/3.2 seems to produce more frequent hangings.  Has anyone else seen
this behavior before?  If so, what are some possible solutions, etc.?

                                        Thanks!!
                                        Jonathan Eisenhamer
                                        UCLA Astronomy
                                        jon@uclastro.bitnet
                                        bonnie::jon (span 5828)