"shorter, pointed questions" (Thanks jim): 1) Why does dragging an icon from a panel then accross Mozilla's title bar cause the dragged icon to freeze on the title bar and the system to become virtually unresponsive? 2) Why does the mouse pointer still respond to the movements of the mouse? 3) Why does the clock continue to tick along when everything else seems frozen? 4) Why does the mouse pointer icon no longer change appearance in accordance to the context of what it hovers over? 5) Why do mouse button clicks no longer have any effect? 6) Why does Alt-Tab, Alt-Esc, Ctrl-Alt-[->] (right arrow) no longer work? 7) It seems like the system thinks that the dragging is still taking place even tho the dragged icon is stuck on the title bar and the mouse pointer moves independently from it, tho keeping the appearance of the context of dragging. How do I tell the system to abort the drag?
----- Original Message ----- From: Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Main Discussion List for KPLUG <[email protected]> Sent: Thu May 10 14:04 Subject: Fwd: Re: X locked up - Where can I find the Mozilla email composer temp file Ralph wrote: > Neil or Gus, this is Ralph . Would you mind > forwarding this to the list? I can't get the From: field to > accept any entries so I am certain that the email I just sent > to the list isn't going to make it. Feel free to send me a > confirmation message to be sure it's me. You should have my > email address already. > > Thanks in advance. > > > 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. Gus -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list ---- Msg sent via CWNet - http://www.cwnet.com/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
