Re: Curious Bug

Thierry Mella <thierry.mella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> config : iMac G5 17'' + 10.3.9 + 1GB RAM + 160GB HD
>
> I have a curious bug that happend sometimes on my iMac :
>
> The icons on my desktop moves from their initials position to a ramdom
> position, after that I leave Mozilla 1.7 or Acrobat Reader 7.0, after
> a long utilisation ...
>
> I have to add that I don't play games and then it's not a problem
> of screen resolution changes after leaving a game.
>
> Any idea / suggestion ?

Don't keep stuff on the desktop. It's got some really terrible bugs.
Remember, the desktop is merely a "projection" of the contents of your
Desktop folder. This projection, putting the icons onto your screen
directly rather than showing them in a window as with every other
folder, involves some rather skanky behavior by the windowserver that
can really mess things up, including loss of data and a massive
windowserver.log file. Get out of the habit of using the desktop to
store stuff, and your whole computer will behave better. m.

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