On Thu May 10 14:04 , Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Ralph wrote: [snip] >> >> I was composing an email when X locked up on me. The clock >> continues to function, and the mouse pointer still moves, but >> the pointer doesn't change according to hover context and >> nothing responds, not even Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Fortunately >> Ctrl-Alt-F6 worked and I managed to figure out how to get a >> second X running on :1 . :0 still displays, but I have a >> navigator window on top and can't get to the email I was >> composing underneath. >> >> The email is not saved, but has got to be in memory somewhere. >> How do I find the temp file? I would really like to keep the >> text of that email. >> >> I'm on FC4. Mozilla version I *think* is 1.7.13 IIRC. >> >> >> ---- Msg sent via CWNet - >> http://www.cwnet.com/ > >Mozilla and Thunderbird both use mbox format files. As part of the >process of creating an e-mail they use a file called Drafts, located >somewhere under the ~/.mozilla directory. I no longer have the Mozilla >suite so I don't know where it is exactly. For Thunderbird it's under >~/.thunderbird/.default/Mail/Local Folders/ > >Try to see if you can find that file. If you are lucky it might contain >your message. There might also be a file that ends in a tilde ~, common >for some temporary files. Check those out also.
The locked up X session may be the mouse locked up (even though the pointer moves). The only things that work on the frozen X session are the clock and the motion of the mouse pointer. The mouse pointer icon does not change regardless of what it hovers over. The X session locked up specifically when I was trying to drag an icon from the launch bar to an open drawer (also on the launch bar). During the drag, the icon (represented by an approximation of a piece of paper with shadowed text on it) being dragged got stuck halfway between the two drag points. The drag path was diagonal in direction and took it over the Mozilla browser window (which happened to be on top because of something I was trying to look up). The mouse pointer continues to look like the top and left edges of a picture frame with a big plus where a picture would be framed by it. It still moves freely. The "piece of paper" icon got stuck on the Mozilla browser titlebar. Ctrl-Alt-Delete does *not* give me the logout dialog. Ctrl-Alt-RightArrow does *not* move to the next workspace. Ctrl-Alt-F1 (and the like) *do* work. This is *not* the first time this has happened, but it is so rare and inconsistent (as far as I can tell) that I keep forgetting about it. Perhaps I can restart some service without disturbing Mozilla? ---- Msg sent via CWNet - http://www.cwnet.com/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
