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placebo1969 · May 19, 2003, 04:38 PM

I'm running 10.2.6 on a relatively new 867 DP. It seems that after a while of use, the menus will only remain highlighted when I hold the mouse button down. It's like the old pre-OS 8 days.

It seems like the problem has shown itself since the last .6 update, but may have happened a few times before that. To fix it, I log out and back in. It seems to happen after using Safari for a while. Is anyone else having this problem? It happens in the Finder and all other programs.

Busemann · May 19, 2003, 05:00 PM

I had that on my MDD 1.25 as well but now it has been gone for some weeks *knocks wood*. I was under the impression that 10.2.6 fixed it but since you're having it means i'm just lucky

Webscreamer · May 19, 2003, 05:37 PM

Restart if you havn't for a while... or repair your permissions. This is always good stuff to do once in a while!

placebo1969 · May 19, 2003, 06:52 PM

Originally posted by Webscreamer:
Restart if you havn't for a while... or repair your permissions. This is always good stuff to do once in a while!

Yeah, I restart about once a week. I'm sure there's a program on versiontracker.com to repair permissions. Any suggestions? I've never done that.

Drizzt · May 19, 2003, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by Karl Snyder:
Yeah, I restart about once a week. I'm sure there's a program on versiontracker.com to repair permissions. Any suggestions? I've never done that.

DiskUtility will do it for a good 'thanks'

placebo1969 · May 19, 2003, 07:32 PM

Originally posted by Drizzt:
DiskUtility will do it for a good 'thanks'

Thanks.

exa · May 19, 2003, 11:07 PM

Meh, I'm having that sticky menu problem right now. I thought it was a problem with microsoft mouse drivers, or is it... what mouse are you using?

SMacTech · May 20, 2003, 08:05 AM

I have had the menus not stick down either, but it doesn't happen with all apps, it would happen with a cocoa app, but then work fine with a carbon one. Logging out and back in would fix it for me.

monkeybrain · May 20, 2003, 11:20 AM

I used to have this in 10.2.5. It seems really random, but a restart or logout fixes stuff normally. I use the logitech drivers. Maybe this is a mouse issue?

placebo1969 · May 20, 2003, 04:27 PM

Originally posted by exa:
Meh, I'm having that sticky menu problem right now. I thought it was a problem with microsoft mouse drivers, or is it... what mouse are you using?

Hmm, I have the Microsoft mouse (optical). But I've had it since before that computer. I wonder if something broke after the last couple of updates? Has anyone used Aquisition when this happened? It seems like I'm using that and Safari when the problem happens. I repaired my privileges and haven't had a problem yet (1 day). Kind of getting annoying.

smeger · May 20, 2003, 05:12 PM

My boss's wife has this problem on her 17" iMac. It's totally stock - no new mice, no new drivers, zip.

derekn · May 20, 2003, 11:46 PM

I think this is something related to OS X itself and seems to happen to me when I put my dual 867 to sleep. Typically after waking it up, I'll log out and that will fix the problem. Sometimes though (since 10.2.5 I believe) even when I put it to sleep, the menus will stay sticky.

Doesn't matter what mouse I"ve used, either my current Logitech dual optical or Kensington. Same thing with the software too I believe, currently I'm using USB overdrive and used the Kensington software awhile back to see if that fixed it. No go.

So, quick fix should be just a logout each morning or so.