On 01/27/09 11:07, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: > Mark Hansen wrote: >> On 01/27/09 09:31, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: >>> Mark Hansen wrote: >>>> On 01/27/09 08:13, Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: >>>>> horst39 wrote: >>>>>> On 23.01.2009 23:44, Daniel wrote: >>>>>>> Daniel wrote: >>>>>>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: >>>>>>>>> Daniel wrote: >>>>>>>>>> This morning I've checked, and read, my mail, I've checked the new >>>>>>>>>> messages here, then I moved on to check the messages in the >>>>>>>>>> moz.general group, and, after reading a couple there, and using the >>>>>>>>>> browser for a bit of stuff, I found that I could not get new >>>>>>>>>> messages, well..... the message header info would change, but the >>>>>>>>>> old message text still displayed. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I clicked on several messages, one at a time and waited for the >>>>>>>>>> "Done" to appear in the bottom line. But the message content did >>>>>>>>>> not change, didn't matter if I checked a new message or a message >>>>>>>>>> that I had already read. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Then I switched back to my mail account and the same thing. First >>>>>>>>>> email I clicked on, the header info changed but the message pane >>>>>>>>>> was empty. Tried others....about the forth email I clicked on, the >>>>>>>>>> body did display, then that message body stuck when I clicked on >>>>>>>>>> other emails, but again the header info changed, just the body >>>>>>>>>> content stayed the same. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I've switched the View|Message Body As from Original HTML to Simply >>>>>>>>>> HTML to Plain Text....no change! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Now to read my emails or NG posts, I'm having to click on the >>>>>>>>>> message then click "Reply" to actually read the message. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> What's Happened?? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Daniel (who may or may not be able to read your replies!!) >>>>>>>>> what happens when you restart the program? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Peter, (I've got your disease where it's taking more than a couple of >>>>>>>> minutes for my message to appear on this server!!) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've restarted SM. Interestingly, this time it was the browser that >>>>>>>> started up first, then I had to start the Mail section and it seems >>>>>>>> to be working now. At least the message bodies are showing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We'll see how we go later!! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Daniel >>>>>>> Started up all o.k. this morning!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Don't know what happened....nor what happened to my first reply to >>>>>>> Peter!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Daniel >>>>>> I'm having exactly the same problem since some weeks! >>>>>> The only solution I found is to switch off SM but when I try to restart >>>>>> it nothing happens. The only way is to kill SM in the task manager. >>>>>> Then SM works again perfectly for several hours or even days! >>>>>> Next time it happens I will see if the reply button works as for Daniel. >>>>>> I'm using Windows 2000. >>>>>> Horst >>>>> if you shut it down and its still in the task manager, >>>>> then that means it hasn't shut down properly. There >>>>> are 2 possible solutions: 1 is to kill it using the >>>>> task manager, and the other is to delete the file >>>>> parent.lock [or .parentlock or whatever its called for >>>>> your OS] >>>>> >>>> If after closing the application, it is still found in the >>>> task manager, isn't the process is still running? (Yes, it is). >>>> >>>> Are you sure you want to suggest that he can delete the lock file >>>> at this point? >>>> >>>> Won't simply deleting the lock file allow a new process to start >>>> even while one process is still running - possibly resulting in >>>> corrupted profile data? >>>> >>>> It seems he should look for why the process is still running. Perhaps >>>> he has quick launch enabled (is that still available?) or there is >>>> some other problem. >>>> >>>> Now, if after killing any instances of the process in the task manager, >>>> you can't run the application (because it claims it is already running), >>>> then I think you need to look into removing the lock file. >>> there are many reasons why the program is still running >>> even after you've closed it. It could be a faulty >>> audio or video stream, it could be a bad extension, it >>> could be a screwed up java script or java applet, and >>> so forth. >>> >> >> So? >> >> Does that tell you that it is acceptable to remove the lock file while the >> application is still running (as shown in the task manager)? >> >> Do you somehow believe that removing the lock file will kill the still >> running process? >> >> > > if you've closed the program, but the task manager is > still showing it as running, then yes, kill it with the > parent.lock file. >
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