| Subject | : | Problem when working in a MDOS session |
| Author | : | HerwigB |
| Date | : | 16 Jan, 2005 on 17:42 |
| It looks as if your screensaver is not able to detect activity in a MDOS session, right? best regards, |
| Subject | : | Re:Problem when working in a MDOS session |
| Author | : | Doodle |
| Date | : | 16 Jan, 2005 on 19:46 |
Yes, it only detects mouse and keyboard activity in PM. I couldn't find a way to detect mouse and keyboard activity system-wide. The only other way I've found would require to start an application in every OS/2 and DOS session, because keyboard and mouse activity can only be checked per fullscreen session. Btw, if anybody knows a way to detect it system-wide, tell me! Doodle |
| Subject | : | Re:Problem when working in a MDOS session |
| Author | : | HerwigB |
| Date | : | 18 Jan, 2005 on 09:52 |
| > But it does not start the screen saving in the background, only if the PM is in the foreground. I see. Here is what I experience here: I run a fullscreen session DOS program (i.e. Framework VI) on OS/2, which runs in graphics mode at 800x600. Screensaver is configrured for 5 min of inactivity time. Now if I work for more than 5 min in this DOS box it suddenly appears that the mouse an keyboard focus get "stolen" from this session i.e. I cannot input in the session anymore. The screen stays as before i.e I still can see the program in the DOS box. If I press ALT-ESC (the only key that still seems to react), I get back to PM. Switching back to my DOS app makes everything normal in it again. After another 5 min, the same happens as described before. Does this tell you anything? Should I try something different? best regards, |
| Subject | : | Re:Problem when working in a MDOS session |
| Author | : | Doodle |
| Date | : | 18 Jan, 2005 on 09:56 |
| Yes, it seems to be a dssaver problem. I'll try it at home as soon as I can, and we'll see. Does it do the same with fullscreen OS/2 sessions? Doodle |
| Subject | : | Re:Problem when working in a MDOS session |
| Author | : | HerwigB |
| Date | : | 19 Jan, 2005 on 16:51 |
| Does not occur in OS/2 fullscreen sessions (I think). Will try for DOS-windows (have no DOS windowed app anymore that is used on a regular basis). Thanks for listening, |