Matthias Schmidt said: >the problem with this bug is anyway, that it doesn't occur always. >And I'm not sure, if Chris' "workaround" with opening a blanc window >really works. >It never came to my mind that the problem might be related to open a window. I forgot to ask, are there any messages in the Console app when you this problem occurs? Please chime in you others that have had the same problem, with your observations.
I wish I could help out more, but as I don't know a way to reproduce it on my system, I can only speculate. >Anyway, I'd update to 10.4.11, else you miss all the security updates >and that is a security issue. Well, I would but I'm using legacy software that can't be used in a production system after 10.4.8 without risking unwelcome halts in my work, so that's why. I can live without the security updates for now. Mikael Technoids: PM 5.6.3 build 4504 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.6 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook G4/400 | 1GB / 80GB