Felix Miata composed on 2015-07-02 04:17 (UTC-0400): > I've been using the suite too long to remember, back in the rv0.x days, when > bugzilla numbers were still only 5 digits. At least a decade ago I started > doing so in KDE3 on Linux in addition to using it in OS/2. About 6 years ago > I stopped using it on OS/2 except for IRC. When I first started using it on > Linux I was only using pre-releases, in order to participate in development > QA. I would still be including pre-release among running instances but for > that no such thing exists any more. Current Linux is openSUSE 13.1, which > gets updates manually at whim. Last updates were this AM. Prior were likely > about 2 weeks ago.
> So, what I've been running 24/7 lately, all mozilla.org binaries rather than > rpms, are the following: > 1-devel release profile: 1 browser window with gobs of tabs, 1 CZ window, 2 > servers, 12 channels > 2-latest release profile: 1 browser window with gobs of tabs, 1 mailnews > window > 3-FF latest > 4-FF 3.6.28 > 5-FF 10ESR > When I want to use Domi, most often I open FF 17ESR, in order to prevent > interruption of activity in other browser sessions when restarts are needed > (due to unfixed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208641 ). Its > red outlining of selections stopped working in my latest release SM profile > years ago. Each Mozilla instance is run on a different virtual desktop. > I have multiple email accounts, used in large part for many mailing lists > (too many to count, most likely more than 70). The two most used are set to > auto-fetch messages at different several minute intervals. POP only. > The email profile gets restarted 6 nights a week after emptying trash and > compacting. Others get restarts ad hoc, often staying open for weeks at a > time. > I often want to work in fullscreen text sessions, so I switch to the vttys, > framebuffers rather than Xorg/KDE3. This never used to be any problem. > Several months ago, February likely, maybe before, switching to any vtty > somehow disconnects SM from the internet. This may in fact have begun on > upgrading from openSUSE 11.4 to 13.1 in early January. > The SM/CZ profile delays reaction until returning from vtty to KDE by losing > and auto-reconnecting to the IRC servers. The SM/mailnews profile reacts > immediately by ceasing to auto-fetch mail, initializing an auto-fetch within > seconds of returning from vtty to KDE. > Switching to vtty from KDE does not break networking itself. I keep an IRC > session open in a different chat client that only looses connection to server > when the network is down, typically no more than once or twice a week. > I searched the term disconnect in BZ's networking components without finding > anything apparently on point. I searched 2.31, 2.32 & 2.33 relnotes without > seeing anything on point. > How can I get SM to stop playing possum when X/KDE isn't lighting up my > display, stop littering IRC panes with reconnect messages, keep mail fetching > at configured? This apparently stopped when I upgraded to: UA ID: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:39.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.36; -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
