David The Dock appears to be behaving correctly now. Thank you very much for the tip.
Adam > From: David Choy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:09:18 +0800 > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Re: Dock problem > > I came across this one with a friend a while back. drove me absolutely > nuts. While this may not be the cause, I suggest you check >system > preferences>deskop and turn off "change picture every xxx" ie. Just > select one picture to remain as your desktop. Then restart. > > What I found was that if you set desktop pictures to change, but the > folder which you asked it to change pictures from was empty/only and > other folders in it, it went spac, resulting in multiple unexpected > quits of the dock and eventually the dock just disappears. So if you > make sure the folder has only pictures in it it should also be ok, > though I recommend just setting it to one picture to check first. > > Check it out. After I did the above, problem disappeared completely! > > Hope this helps. If you are still having problems/don't understand what > I just described, email me back! > > Dave > > On Sunday, October 26, 2003, at 05:03 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: > >> >> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:16:33 +0800 >> Subject: Problem with the Dock >> From: Adam Lippiatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Hello all >> >> The last couple of days the dock has started to play up. It will >> suddenly >> disappear and then reappear (like it is quitting and starting itself up >> again). After it has done this quite a few times, it will disappear >> and no= >> t >> come back. >> >> I don=B9t have auto show/hide on. >> >> I just upgraded to Panther and it is still happening. I searched the >> archives and saw another reference to a similar problem. It suggested >> removing the file: >> >> com.apple.dockfixup.plist >> >> from the preference list. I tried this but the problem persists. >> >> There appears to be another dock preference: >> >> com.apple.dock.plist >> >> in the preferences folder. >> >> I just noticed, when I undertook a search, that there is now a file >> called: >> >> Dock.crash.log >> >> that has been modified today. I suppose this is because the dock is >> crashing :) >> >> Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> Regards >> >> >> Adam Lippiatt >> >> > ------------------------------------------ > "if in doubt, cut it out" - Old surgeon's adage > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >