Common Desktop Environment Bugs

CDE Workspace Manager Fails When Selecting dtmail Options Menu Twice in Succession (4336922)

If you select an item from the Options menu in dtmail, leave that window open, and then select any item from the dtmail Options menu, the CDE Workspace Manager fails.

Workaround: To correct the dtmail Options menu behavior, apply patch 109613-01 immediately after you install the Solaris 8 6/00 operating environment.

OpenWindows File Manager Fails to Mount Floppy Disk (4329368)

If you insert a floppy disk into a floppy disk drive on a system with SCSI removable media devices and then select Check for Floppy from the File menu in OpenWindows^TM File Manager, File Manager mounts the floppy disk in the /floppy directory, but fails to display a File Manager view listing the disk contents. The Format Floppy and Eject Floppy options do not appear in the File menu of File Manager.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.

• To view the contents of a floppy disk, follow these steps:

  1. Click on the / folder in the File Manager Iconic Path.

  2. Double-click on the floppy folder in the / display window.

  3. Double-click on the floppy0 folder in the /floppy display window.

• To format a floppy disk, follow these steps:

  1. Unmount the floppy disk.

     % volrmmount -e floppy0

     where floppy0 is the floppy disk's folder in the /floppy directory.

  2. Format the floppy disk.

     % fdformat floppy0

• To create a new file system on a floppy disk, follow these steps:

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  Note -

  If you have already unmounted the floppy disk, go to step 2 of this workaround.

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  1. Unmount the floppy disk.

     % volrmmount -e floppy0

     where floppy0 is the floppy disk's folder in the /floppy directory.

  2. Create the appropriate file system on the floppy disk.

     • To create a new UFS file system on the floppy disk, use the newfs command:

       % newfs /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0

     • To create a PCFS file system on the floppy disk, use the mkfs command:

       % mkfs -F pcfs /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0

  3. Mount the floppy disk.

     % volrmmount -i floppy0

• To eject the floppy disk, use the eject command.

  % eject floppy0

To prevent this problem, apply patch 109463-01.

Cannot Open CDE File Manager After Closing Removable Media Manager (4331909)

Problems might occur when CDE File Manager attempts to reuse a cached Removable Media Manager file view. This can happen when you close the Removable Media Manager or when you use the Open New View from the View menu in File Manager.

The problems occur under the following conditions:

• If you open a File Manager view from the CDE Front Panel after opening and closing the Removable Media Manager, File Manager fails and the following error dialog box displays:

  The request to service this action has failed for the following reason: TT_ERR_PROCID The process id passwd is not valid.

• If you open a new File Manager view by selecting Open New View from the View menu after opening and closing the Removable Media Manager, File Manager quits immediately.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds:

• If you receive the error message listed previously, follow these steps:

  1. Close the error dialog box.

  2. Click on the File Manager icon in the CDE Front Panel.

     File Manager will open.

• If File Manager fails without displaying the error dialog box, launch File Manager in standalone mode.

  % dtfile -standalone

PDASync Cannot Delete Last Entry From the Desktop (4260435)

After deleting the last item from the desktop (for example, the last appointment in your Calendar or the last address in the Address Manager) when you synchronize the handheld device, the last entry is restored from the handheld device to the desktop.

Workaround: Delete the last entry from the handheld device.

PDASync Does Not Support Data Exchange With the Multibyte Internationalized PDA Device (4263814)

If you exchange multibyte data between a PDA device and Solaris CDE, the data may be corrupted in both environments.

Workaround: Back up your data on your personal computer with the PDA backup utility before you run the PDASync application. If you accidentally exchange multibyte data and corrupt that data, restore your data from the backup.