Mail Archives: opendos/2001/07/04/12:53:38
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From: "flox" <florianx AT drdos DOT org>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 5:12 AM
Subject: Re: multitasking gives blank screen
> Hi!
>
> >I wonder how this works, but if it does, we should try to
> >find out *why* TASKMGR´s menu system works after _TASKMGR
> >has been run. Sounds like an uninitialized variable or some-
> >thing similar to me...
> >
> >I have never encountered exactly the same problem as described
by
> >Richard, but sometimes I am having similar problems with black
> >screens or strange fonts when starting TASKMGR or creating
> >new tasks. And it seems others have similar problems as well.
> >
> >So, I would like to ask all the others also experiencing these
> >problems to try locate Chris Wilson´s OpenDOS utilities (or ask
> >me via private mail for the _TASKMGR.EXE utility) and check out
> >Richard´s proposed workaround. I would like to know if this
works
> >for you or not. If it does, this may help to track down a
spurious
> >though nasty bug in TASKMGR.
>
> I had two problems with TASKMGR:
> 1) If switching to the menu, it sometimes (not often)
> 2) Problems with the mouse in the menu. But not only CTMOUSE,
also logitech mouse driver. But this seems to be
> a problem with VESA, I think. If only 80x25 it works ok.
> (I cannot use drmouse, it doesn't find my mouse).
It is best not to load the mouse in the autoexec. Load it in eacg
task you need it in. Do Not allow the mouse to load high.
Use DRMOUSE /? for switches, you can force it to find your mouse.
Read the DOSBOOK on MOUSE.
Get a copy of the Novell DOS 7 TIDs and TIPs, get the NWSLICE
utilitity, it allows you to change ticks and other things while
using Taskmgr. You can get these files at my Yahoo Group.
Pat
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>
> Bye, flox
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> Cold cold black night
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> All alone out in the storm
> Lots of whiskey, wine and gin
> To forget the mess you're in
>
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