On Thu, 03 May 2001 10:09:57 -0700, L.D. Best wrote:
> ... When is a crash not a crash? When it *looks* like a crash -- full
> blank black screen, monitor "turned off" -- but ALT-X to leave Arachne
> brings back the screen.
> HUH? I didn't say it made sense, but that's what just happened to me.
> I was visiting a website with scads of listings and links, and was
> having little success looking for what I wanted. So what better time
> could there be to use F-7 and search for the desired word/string?
> I hit F-7, the field was blank, I typed in "ethics" [without quotation
> marks] and hit ENTER.
> And that's when I got black screen, and that's when I heard my monitor
> shutting itself down ["Green" can be a royal pain ...].
> So I thought to myself, "If only the screen is turned off ... will I get
> it back when I leave Arachne?" And at that point it was ALT-X, and
> guess what -- the screen was back, with the Arachne message on use
> arachne -r etc.
> Those are my adventures of the day on Arachne v 1.70r3 ...
> I'm pretty sure this has happened before, but it wasn't until today that
> the light bulb went on and I tried ALT-X.
Yes, that was a crash. :(
One simple question:
Can it be duplicated "on demand"?
If so.....
Send the bug report (with detailed instruction for duplication).
If not....
Continue to experiment until you *can* duplicate it. :)
Ain't bug hunting fun !?!?!? <g>
BTW
Yes Terri.... I know that the word "ain't" is improperly used in the
above instance. <VBG>
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