IRIX Base Documentation 2001 May/SGI IRIX Base Documentation 2001 May.iso/usr/relnotes/desktop_eoe/ch4.z/ch4

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       4.  _B_u_g__F_i_x_e_s


       The following ddddeeeesssskkkkttttoooopppp____eeeeooooeeee bugs have been fixed since IRIX
       6.4:



          +o With the WorldView Japanese product installed, changing
            the icon scale in an overview will no longer cause the
            file manager to crash. (Bug 593798)


          +o Searchbook has a new toggle that the user can check to
            make searches not follow symbolic links.  This can help
            searchbook to avoid crashing when it encounters self-
            referential symbolic links that would otherwise cause
            searchbook to loop infinitely. (Bug 615851)


          +o The file manager (ffffmmmm) responds properly to down NFS
            mounts without hanging.  This allows other fm windows
            to continue to update and respond to user actions when
            an fm window on a downed NFS server cannot. (Bug
            208713)


          +o If both file manager (ffffmmmm) and imdmonitor were running
            at the same time when the file alteration monitor (ffffaaaammmm)
            crashed, then imdmonitor used to go into a tight loop
            that would consume CPU resources.  This has been fixed.
            (Bug 493139)


          +o To improve default system security, SGI systems now
            ship with remote display disabled.  After upgrading to
            IRIX 6.5, desktop users who want to be able to run an
            application on a remote system but display the
            application's windows on the local screen should select
            Desktop > Customize > Desktop from the toolchest and
            check the Enable Remote Display toggle.  For more
            information, see the _d_e_s_k_t_o_p(_1) and _d_i_s_a_b_l_e_X_h_o_s_t(_1) man
            pages. (Bug 580487)


          +o To give the user more secure control over their
            display, the System > Utilities > Disable Remote
            Display option disables remote display for each and
            every host that currently has remote display enabled.
            The Desktop > Customize > Desktop panel's Enable Remote
            Display toggle will do the same when it is unchecked.











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            (Bugs 532479, 535706, 526454)


          +o The layout of icons in desktop views is more reliable
            (ex., the scroll position is now preserved, and the
            LEGEND description appears as as the last field in View
            As List).  This includes fm windows and iconcatalog
            pages.  Also the menus have been reorganized. (Bugs
            458021, 492298, 459787, 489159, 446241)


          +o In icon catalog, it was possible to have the icons
            become tiny and illegible after changing the personal
            or system language (LANG).  This has been fixed. (Bug
            428478)


          +o Holding the Ctrl key while dragging a file icon from an
            fm window to another fm window or to the desktop
            background will create a copy of the file. (Bug 487429)


          +o The /_v_a_r/_X_1_1/_x_d_m/_X_s_e_s_s_i_o_n._d_t script now displays
            messages in the language specified by LC_MESSAGES as
            returned by the _l_o_c_a_l_e(_1) command.  Also, if the user
            has their own ._x_s_e_s_s_i_o_n file, it will be executed in
            the language specified by the LANG environment
            variable. (Bugs 459669, 463495, 490851)


          +o A Desks Overview crash has been fixed.  The application
            is now also run-once, meaning that attempts to run it a
            second time while it is already running will have the
            effect of deiconifying the _o_v(_1) window and popping it
            to the top.  The ----nnnneeeewwww option can be used to create a
            new instance. (Bugs 495469, 564691)


          +o If using the Desktop > Access Files > By Remote Login
            panel and the remote system hangs, the Access Desktop
            panel now does not itself hang so its "Connecting..."
            dialog box can be cancelled. (Bug 542776)


          +o The Desktop > Customize > Utilities panel now looks for
            the Emacs text editor in /_u_s_r/_g_n_u/_b_i_n/_e_m_a_c_s instead of
            in /_u_s_r/_f_r_e_e_w_a_r_e/_b_i_n/_e_m_a_c_s. (Bug 513147)


          +o The Desktop > Customize > Iconviews panel settings no
            longer affect the iconcatalog. (Bug 523945)











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          +o Webjumper icons can be printed. (Bug 368304)


          +o The sparkly visual launcheffect will not display if the
            default visual is in the overlays and there is no
            visual on top of that (ex., when running X Windows in
            the overlay planes). (Bug 529473)


          +o The Desktop > Customize > Sounds panel would crash if
            the user double-clicked the Startup & Shutdown Tunes
            toggle.  This has been fixed. (Bug 510401)


          +o When upgrading to IRIX 6.5, spurious output from
            iconcatalog exitops will no longer appear in the
            console. (Bugs 559001, 398805)



       Note: For information about bug fixes made in previous
       releases, see the appropriate release's release notes.