Thread: WinXP Hibernation problem
Hi, I'm not sure if this is a general problem but here's the steps I undertook: Running IBM T43 w/WinXP SP2 / current patches (+special patch for >1GB hibernation) Running PgAdmin 1.8 beta 5 connected to local pg server with sql window open Put computer into Hibernation Woke it up SQL window had results set displayed but no sql input window Closed PgAdmin, upgraded to 1.8RC1 Reopened and same problem, but then I figured out that toggling "View/Output Pane" off then on again fixed the view problem. I'm not sure if this is related to the fact that I'm a dual monitor setup (which sometimes also goes wonky on hibernation wakeup). Maybe others can see if it's a general problem or just me? Basically the sql input pane disappears when waking from hibernation on a laptop with a sql window still open. If it's not as general as that, it may be something to ignore. If I find other info or better steps to repro, I'll post again. Thanks for such an excellent product and for your time and energy in making it so. Sincerely, Steve
Steve Midgley wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure if this is a general problem but here's the steps I undertook: > > Running IBM T43 w/WinXP SP2 / current patches (+special patch for >1GB > hibernation) > > Running PgAdmin 1.8 beta 5 connected to local pg server with sql window > open > Put computer into Hibernation > Woke it up > SQL window had results set displayed but no sql input window > Closed PgAdmin, upgraded to 1.8RC1 > Reopened and same problem, but then I figured out that toggling > "View/Output Pane" off then on again fixed the view problem. > > I'm not sure if this is related to the fact that I'm a dual monitor > setup (which sometimes also goes wonky on hibernation wakeup). > > Maybe others can see if it's a general problem or just me? Basically the > sql input pane disappears when waking from hibernation on a laptop with > a sql window still open. If it's not as general as that, it may be > something to ignore. Unfortunately my laptop doesn't seem to support hibernation (I'm running XP Pro on a MacBook Pro) so I can't test this. Anyone else able to reproduce it, preferrably with a debugger to hand? > Thanks for such an excellent product and for your time and energy in > making it so. you're welcome. Regards, Dave
>-----Original Message----- >From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org >[mailto:pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Dave Page >Sent: donderdag 18 oktober 2007 9:46 >To: Steve Midgley >Cc: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org >Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] WinXP Hibernation problem > >Steve Midgley wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm not sure if this is a general problem but here's the >steps I undertook: >> >> Running IBM T43 w/WinXP SP2 / current patches (+special >patch for >1GB >> hibernation) >> >> Running PgAdmin 1.8 beta 5 connected to local pg server with sql >> window open Put computer into Hibernation Woke it up SQL window had >> results set displayed but no sql input window Closed >PgAdmin, upgraded >> to 1.8RC1 Reopened and same problem, but then I figured out that >> toggling "View/Output Pane" off then on again fixed the view problem. >> >> I'm not sure if this is related to the fact that I'm a dual monitor >> setup (which sometimes also goes wonky on hibernation wakeup). >> >> Maybe others can see if it's a general problem or just me? Basically >> the sql input pane disappears when waking from hibernation >on a laptop >> with a sql window still open. If it's not as general as that, it may >> be something to ignore. > >Unfortunately my laptop doesn't seem to support hibernation >(I'm running XP Pro on a MacBook Pro) so I can't test this. >Anyone else able to reproduce it, preferrably with a debugger to hand? You should be able to enable it in "Control Panel" -> "Power Options" -> "Hibernate" tab -> "Enable hibernation" Unfortunally I'm running pgAdmin III 1.6.3 and put my laptop (IBM T60 with ATI video card) into sleep regarly (only reboot when the thing hangs itself up after ripping out all my external hardware too fast). Steve, can you check the problem exists with standby too? That should work on your laptop (the university where I study had issued such laptops to their students some years ago and they work fine with standby). Alternatively you can try to make a system backup and try a driver update, since the wonky multi-monitor seems scary. >> Thanks for such an excellent product and for your time and energy in >> making it so. > >you're welcome. I don't have any disk space for hibernate, but with sleep this version works as perfectly. I'll try the new version tomorrow. Issue is, the current version works very well, thus I can only agree with Steve... - Joris
Thanks for the help. Now I'm even having trouble replicating on my machine after restarting cleanly a few times. I tried everything I could think of that I was doing on the machine that caused it to happen but now it's working fine - so I think this is a Windows issue that might victimize your software in some corner cases, but under normal circumstances your product is returning from hibernation correctly. Thanks for the look at the issue and I apologize for the goose chase. Steve At 12:40 PM 10/18/2007, Joris Dobbelsteen wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org > >[mailto:pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Dave Page > >Sent: donderdag 18 oktober 2007 9:46 > >To: Steve Midgley > >Cc: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org > >Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] WinXP Hibernation problem > > > >Steve Midgley wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm not sure if this is a general problem but here's the > >steps I undertook: > >> > >> Running IBM T43 w/WinXP SP2 / current patches (+special > >patch for >1GB > >> hibernation) > >> > >> Running PgAdmin 1.8 beta 5 connected to local pg server with sql > >> window open Put computer into Hibernation Woke it up SQL window > had > >> results set displayed but no sql input window Closed > >PgAdmin, upgraded > >> to 1.8RC1 Reopened and same problem, but then I figured out that > >> toggling "View/Output Pane" off then on again fixed the view > problem. > >> > >> I'm not sure if this is related to the fact that I'm a dual > monitor > >> setup (which sometimes also goes wonky on hibernation wakeup). > >> > >> Maybe others can see if it's a general problem or just me? > Basically > >> the sql input pane disappears when waking from hibernation > >on a laptop > >> with a sql window still open. If it's not as general as that, it > may > >> be something to ignore. > > > >Unfortunately my laptop doesn't seem to support hibernation > >(I'm running XP Pro on a MacBook Pro) so I can't test this. > >Anyone else able to reproduce it, preferrably with a debugger to > hand? > >You should be able to enable it in >"Control Panel" >-> "Power Options" >-> "Hibernate" tab >-> "Enable hibernation" > >Unfortunally I'm running pgAdmin III 1.6.3 and put my laptop (IBM T60 >with ATI video card) into sleep regarly (only reboot when the thing >hangs itself up after ripping out all my external hardware too fast). > >Steve, can you check the problem exists with standby too? That should >work on your laptop (the university where I study had issued such >laptops to their students some years ago and they work fine with >standby). Alternatively you can try to make a system backup and try a >driver update, since the wonky multi-monitor seems scary. > > >> Thanks for such an excellent product and for your time and energy > in > >> making it so. > > > >you're welcome. > >I don't have any disk space for hibernate, but with sleep this version >works as perfectly. I'll try the new version tomorrow. Issue is, the >current version works very well, thus I can only agree with Steve... > >- Joris