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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.apps |
| Subject | Re: pointer can't penetrate link area |
| Date | 2014-03-08 22:32 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <bo1k3kFk59bU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (11 earlier) <1lhl7q4.1uoj5za1jgm0rsN%dushanm@nnips.net> <1lhs1au.1o96fd0eoynmkN%dushanm@nnips.net> <1li3g17.3fgmo91khc0m2N%dushanm@nnips.net> <bnsk2fFigrjU1@mid.individual.net> <1li71oa.1vdoqw1e7k1tgN%dushanm@nnips.net> |
On 2014-03-08, DushanM <dushanm@nnips.net> wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On 2014-03-06, DushanM <dushanm@nnips.net> wrote: >> > DushanM <dushanm@nnips.net> wrote: >> > >> >> DushanM <dushanm@nnips.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> <snip> >> >> > >> >> > Oops - I spoke too soon: this weekend the problem was back. Now I'll >> >> > have to see whether it was just the restarting that made it go away >> >> > temporarily, or whether clearing out the cache was involved. And if the >> >> > cache, maybe deleting the System cache will fix the problem for good. >> >> > Also, after the problem disappears I'll be on the lookout for what was >> >> > just done before it re-appeared. It'll be Thursday before I can check >> >> > that, and will report back. >> >> > >> >> > - Dushan >> >> >> >> I did a bit more experimentation and observed this: >> >> >> >> # a restart is all that's needed to make the pointer-freeze problem >> >> disappear in my wife's account; no cache deleting is necessary >> >> >> >> # the problem seems to stay gone so long as I stay on my wife's account, >> >> tho statistics are still sparse, >> >> >> >> # but when I switch to my account and then back to my wife's, the prob- >> >> lem reappears >> >> >> >> # meanwhile, I've done nothing in either account except invoke Firefox >> >> >> >> I'll experiment more this w.e. >> >> >> >> - Dushan >> > >> > I've little to add to the above, except that I don't have to do anything >> > at all to re-introduce the pointer problem in my wife's account except >> > switch to my account, then immediately back: the problem's there. So >> > apparently the switching itself was responsible, probably when account >> > data was being re-assembled. So what is done in that process that is >> > not done during restart (the restart is directly to my wife's account)? >> >> Something must get cached. You previously said that deleting cache files >> temporarily fixed the issue, right? >> >> I believe you can find out which cache files are being deleted by >> examining the system log after deleting them. That may be a place to >> start. You could try manually (selectively) deleting certain ones or >> groups of them to see which one(s) are at fault. > > Oh, maybe I see what you're driving at: when accounts get switched, data > in the 'from' account gets cached, then re-introduced when that account > is re-entered. And this does not happen - or at least not identically - > during a restart. Is that the general idea? My theory is because deleting caches fixes the problem, that's what is happening. > I can certainly try inventorying the cache files before and after a > restart and an account switch, and comparing. But then it would seem as > if the switching operation itself somehow carries the infection, or at > least activates it, since it wasn't active before the switch after a > restart. The mechanism for this is more and more puzzling to me. > > I try the cache inspection approach and see what I learn. > > Thanks for bearing with me on this problem. I think if you can figure out which specific cache file(s) are involved, that will lead you to the root caused (and the solution). -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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pointer can't penetrate link area Dushan Mitrovich <dushanm@nnips.net> - 2014-02-10 17:15 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-02-10 18:21 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-11 12:18 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-02-11 16:20 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-13 19:29 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-17 17:24 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 00:59 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-18 00:10 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 16:44 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-02-18 12:31 -0500
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 19:25 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-22 00:48 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 16:00 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-24 19:45 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-28 12:21 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-06 16:01 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-07 01:01 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-08 14:50 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-08 22:32 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-10 18:45 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-11 01:19 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-18 14:12 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-18 14:12 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - SOLVED dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-21 21:58 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - SOLVED Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-22 18:28 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - UNSOLVED dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-24 20:35 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - RE-SOLVED dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-04-03 13:37 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - RE-SOLVED Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-03 21:10 +0000
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - RE-SOLVED dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-04-09 16:09 -0600
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-22 00:47 -0700
Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 11:29 +1100
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