On Sep 13, 2009, at 2:28 PM, MaGioZal wrote:
> > The problem of the "spinning beach ball" doesn't occur with 10.4 > itself, but > with the applications that run over it. which are waiting for "disk i/o, paging memory, or network data." The SPOD is the Mac's way of telling you "I haven't crashed, but this process is taking a lot longer than I expected, and I can't do anything until I get what I asked for, so I'm letting you know about it." It's the equivalent of the old Mac tumbling hourglass. If it turns out it's waiting for something that will never happen, like data off of a closed network connection or you have a deadlock on a resource, and there's no timeout period on the request, then it's as good as a crash, because all you can do is force-quit the app. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
