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From: Alex on 14 Jul 2008 09:41
On Jun 17, 6:40 am, Ric <infobub...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14 Jun, 07:31, jami...(a)wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
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> > Tim McNamara <tim...(a)bitstream.net> wrote:
> > > In article <1iiiz0i.1l6chfl1oje70mN%jami...(a)wizardling.geek.nz>,
> > >  jami...(a)wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
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> > > > Super DX-Ball (which I just got - excellent game BTW) results in a
> > > > long standing common graphical glitch with the Dock and stacks,
> > > > making fan stacks totally useless until I restart my iMac. Killing
> > > > and relaunching the Dock doesn't fix it. Only restarting my Mac
> > > > temporarily sorts it out. This is a highly annoying bug most often
> > > > set off by games that Apple STILL hasn't fixed as of 10.5.3. So I let
> > > > every developer (who I do not blame, BTW) know whose product results
> > > > in this bug, in the hope they will apply pressure to Apple. Leopard
> > > > has been the buggiest release since 10.1 IME and Apple is taking
> > > > there sweet time about crushing such crippling bugs. Suffice to say
> > > > it's really pissing me off.
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> > > You're probably trying to pressure the wrong developers.  It's the game
> > > developers screwing this up, not Apple.  Game developers are famous for
> > > trying to find shortcuts, especially in drawing to the screen, and
> > > trying to get around the programming guidelines.  Instead of Apple not
> > > having fixed the bug, I think that it's more likely that your Super
> > > DX-Ball developer is the culprit.  Pressure them to fix what they've
> > > fucked up instead.
>
> > It happens with Blizzard's WoW, Diablo 2, Starcraft, Freeverse's Enigma
> > and Wingnuts, Ambrosia's Aperion... hell, I could just list most of my
> > games folder. It's also happened with Apple's DVD player when it goes
> > fullscreen (though that is much rarer than the games which often result
> > in a stuffed Dock). This has occured over three 24" iMacs and multiple
> > Leopard installations.
>
> > So I don't think it's a developer problem. It's Apple not fixing
> > Leopard.
>
> > *sends more angry feedback to Apple*
>
> > Regards,
> >  Jamie Kahn Genet
> > --
> > If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> I've not heard of this before: are you sure it's not something like
> your graphics card overheating, or bad system RAM?  I don't think it's
> a known bug and so is probably an issue with your mac, rather than
> Leopard as a whole...

I'm getting the exact same problem on a brand new 20" imac... On the
first day of use, I got the exact same issue as you did with the fan
view. There seem to be a few people with the same issue, but no
solution yet. In my case, it is not related to any video games, since
I don't have any installed. The only thing I installed was office 2008.
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