drag & drop failure?!?

[cornelio]

All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
800mhz - any clue how o fix???

Sorry for the cross post, I didnt know where esle to ask! If someone can
help me troubleshoot this, please drop me a line, Thanks!

[foo]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:56:20 GMT, cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com>
wrote:

>All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
>800mhz - any clue how o fix???
>
>Sorry for the cross post, I didnt know where esle to ask! If someone can
>help me troubleshoot this, please drop me a line, Thanks!

Pretty common - when I get it, a reboot seems to fix it.

[flip]

In article <cornelio-209473.10524821072003@orngca-news04.socal.rr.com>,
cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com> wrote:

> All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
> 800mhz - any clue how o fix???
>

Well, one clue would be that you're using an imaginary version of Mac OS
X.

[Steve Carroll]

In article <0v7phvo64gs8ognsmmt01broksm4jgmoar@4ax.com>,
foo <foo@bar.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:56:20 GMT, cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com>
> wrote:
>

> >All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
> >800mhz - any clue how o fix???
> >
> >Sorry for the cross post, I didnt know where esle to ask! If someone can
> >help me troubleshoot this, please drop me a line, Thanks!

>
> Pretty common - when I get it, a reboot seems to fix it.

Never had it happen myself. Maybe cuz' you guys are using a fantasy OS...

Steve

[Sandman]

In article <cornelio-209473.10524821072003@orngca-news04.socal.rr.com>,
cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com> wrote:

> All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
> 800mhz - any clue how o fix???
>
> Sorry for the cross post, I didnt know where esle to ask! If someone can
> help me troubleshoot this, please drop me a line, Thanks!

Download a utility called 'Dragster':

[url]http://www.ifthensoft.com/[/url]

"A simple utility that helps fix the issue of not being able to drag and drop
any icons in the finder or to and from the dock under Jaguar. It also helps the
missing icon issue that will go along with the above problem."

--
Sandman[.net]

[Sandman]

In article <flippo-FE5835.21412021072003@news.central.cox.net>,
flip <flippo@mac.com> wrote:

> In article <cornelio-209473.10524821072003@orngca-news04.socal.rr.com>,
> cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com> wrote:
>

> > All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
> > 800mhz - any clue how o fix???
> >

>
> Well, one clue would be that you're using an imaginary version of Mac OS
> X.

Why? It's a common enough problem in Jaguar.

[url]http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107247&sessionID=anonymous%7C5 289[/url]
575&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com%3a80%2f

Symptom
You cannot use the drag-and-drop feature of the Finder or another
application; you cannot drag items within Finder windows or the desktop.

Products affected
Mac OS X 10.2 or later

Solution
1. Restart the computer.
2. Update to Mac OS X 10.2.2 or later for improved reliability.

I have seen the problem with 10.2.6, though. There is a utility called
'Dragster' that remedies the problem. It's apparently due to some corrupted
DS_Store files.

--
Sandman[.net]

[foo]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:18:23 GMT, Steve Carroll <fretwizz@attbi.com>
wrote:

>In article <0v7phvo64gs8ognsmmt01broksm4jgmoar@4ax.com>,
> foo <foo@bar.com> wrote:
>

>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:56:20 GMT, cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>

>> >All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
>> >800mhz - any clue how o fix???
>> >
>> >Sorry for the cross post, I didnt know where esle to ask! If someone can
>> >help me troubleshoot this, please drop me a line, Thanks!

>>
>> Pretty common - when I get it, a reboot seems to fix it.

>
>Never had it happen myself. Maybe cuz' you guys are using a fantasy OS...

Read. Learn:

[url]http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=3E787572.4000300%40swcp.com&rnum=2&pre v=/groups%3Fq%3Ddrag%2Bdrop%2B10.2%2Bgroup:comp.sys.m ac.system%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26as_drrb%3Db%26as_mind%3D12%26as_minm%3D5%26as_ miny%3D2002%26as_maxd%3D22%26as_maxm%3D7%26as_maxy %3D2003%26selm%3D3E787572.4000300%2540swcp.com%26r num%3D2[/url]

Or Google on this:
drag drop 10.2 group:comp.sys.mac.system
(constrain the date to the last 12 months or so)

Here's another one, talking about the WM bugs and D&D:

[url]http://groups.google.com/groups?q=drag+drop+10.2+group:comp.sys.mac.system& hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=2002&as_m axd=22&as_maxm=7&as_maxy=2003&selm=213e647b.021006 1416.504a2412%40posting.google.com&rnum=6[/url]

(Also found via that Google search...)

[Tom Harrington]

In article <0v7phvo64gs8ognsmmt01broksm4jgmoar@4ax.com>,
foo <foo@bar.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:56:20 GMT, cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com>
> wrote:
>

> >All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
> >800mhz - any clue how o fix???
> >
> >Sorry for the cross post, I didnt know where esle to ask! If someone can
> >help me troubleshoot this, please drop me a line, Thanks!

>
> Pretty common - when I get it, a reboot seems to fix it.

It's a symptom that the Mac OS X core services daemon has crashed. I
would wonder about the condition of a system where it's common; I've
seen it once in the two years since I finally switched to Mac OS X.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X.
Version 1.4: Best cleanup yet, gets files other tools miss.
See [url]http://www.atomicbird.com/[/url]

[Steve Mackay]

foo wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:18:23 GMT, Steve Carroll <fretwizz@attbi.com>
> wrote:
>

>> In article <0v7phvo64gs8ognsmmt01broksm4jgmoar@4ax.com>,
>> foo <foo@bar.com> wrote:
>>

>>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:56:20 GMT, cornelio <cornelio@san.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All of a sudden drag & drop has stopped workin on my machine 10.2.8
>>>> 800mhz - any clue how o fix???
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the cross post, I didnt know where esle to ask! If
>>>> someone can
>>>> help me troubleshoot this, please drop me a line, Thanks!
>>>
>>> Pretty common - when I get it, a reboot seems to fix it.

>>
>> Never had it happen myself. Maybe cuz' you guys are using a fantasy
>> OS...

>
> Read. Learn:
>
>

[url]http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=3E787572.4000300%[/url]
40swcp.com&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Ddrag%2Bdrop%2B10.2%2Bgroup:comp.sys.m ac
..system%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26as_drrb%3Db%26as_mind%3D12%26as_min
m%3D5%26as_miny%3D2002%26as_maxd%3D22%26as_maxm%3D 7%26as_maxy%3D2003%26selm%
3D3E787572.4000300%2540swcp.com%26rnum%3D2

I've had this exact problem when i first got my 1st G4 on Jaguar.
Unplugging and replugging the mouse always fixed the issue for me. I was
also using the logitech wireless keyboard/mouse. Maybe this has something to
do with? I haven't experienced this issue on my 'frankenmac', and haven't
experienced it on my 1st G4 in months now.

>
> Or Google on this:
> drag drop 10.2 group:comp.sys.mac.system
> (constrain the date to the last 12 months or so)
>
> Here's another one, talking about the WM bugs and D&D:
>
>

[url]http://groups.google.com/groups?q=drag+drop+10.2+group:comp.sys.mac.system& h[/url]
l=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=2002&as_m axd=22&as_
maxm=7&as_maxy=2003&selm=213e647b.0210061416.504a2 412%40posting.google.com&r
num=6

>
> (Also found via that Google search...)