From: Mike Box (mbox-l@cleopas.stat.vt.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 11 2002 - 15:49:25 EDT
During a CDE session, once a GUI application (such as Netscape, Acrobat Reader,
SAS, or StarOffice) is active, subsequent GUI applications result in the colors
of that application, as well as the colors of the CDE desktop, being
distorted / changed.
For weeks I blamed SAS 8.2 and focused my attention only on SAS. (SAS 8.0
does not produce the symptoms while SAS 8.2 does.) Just recently I realized
that it's the combination of other products that produce these symptoms. Not
only the products, but the sequence of startup is significant, for example:
1. SAS 2. AcrobatReader okay
1. Netscape 2. AcrobatReader symptoms
1. Netscape 2. SAS symptoms
1. StarOffice 2. SAS symptoms
1. AcrobatReader 2. SAS symptoms
I enabled the CDE session log file. No errors are logged here or in
/var/adm/messages. The symptoms described are the only (very blatant) signs
of this problem.
I have ~20 computers (Sun Ultra 5's, Sun Blade 100's) that produce the same
symptoms, all running Solaris 8. Also, I have a Solaris 7 system that
produces these symptoms.
I have this problem open with both Sun and SAS, but neither has offered a
resolution yet. So, meanwhile, I thought I'd if you can offer any ideas or
suggestions.
Thanks, in advance, for any help that you may offer.
Mike Box Phone: (540)231-9506
Systems Administrator Fax: (540)231-3863
Department of Statistics E-mail: Mike.Box@vt.edu
Virginia Tech
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