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From: hydrovax@nmtsun.nmt.edu (M. Warner Losh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Microvax window hanging
Message-ID: <1231@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 15 Jan 88 16:59:17 GMT
References: <8801140515.AA11245@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: NMT Hydrology program
Lines: 19
Summary: Is it something stupid, like hold screen?

In article <8801140515.AA11245@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, JON@UCLASTRO.BITNET writes:
> [Jonathan Eisenhamer writes about his GPX hanging.  He is able to move
>  pointer but nothing else]
Johnathan,
   it may be that you have the hold screen on.  These are the EXACT symtoms
that I get when I forget that I was using HOLD-SCREEN.   The pointer moves,
you can get menus, but you can't blow stuff away (Ie delete it).  You can
tell if hold screen is on by looking over the HELP key on your
LK-200 keyboard.  If the leftmost light is lit, then hold screen is on,
and you need to remove it.  Simply hit the hold screen button which is
the extreme left key on the upper row of function keys.

Because of this problem, DEC added a timeout to the hold-screen bit. I think
it is 15 minutes, but I could be wrong.
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