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What to do if GeekTool crashes
Authored by: Pausanias on Jul 13, '04 01:21:38AM

I've had GeekTool die on me---the preference pane was still there, but all the actual info windows disappeared. It was almost as if the "driver" application behind it crashed, while the UI stayed behind.

If you experience a similar GeekTool crash, just type "open -a GeekTool" in the Terminal or xterm. It seems to get everything working again.



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What to do if GeekTool crashes
Authored by: Frederico on Jul 13, '04 03:43:06AM

I find that just choosing 'Force Refresh' kicks any missing display windows back into action.



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What to do if GeekTool crashes
Authored by: Pausanias on Jul 13, '04 05:09:10PM

Yeah, I tried that, but didn't work. My guess is that it only works if the GeekTool application running. I think in my case that application had crashed, so "open -a GeekTool" was the only thing that worked.



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What to do if GeekTool crashes
Authored by: bluehz on Jul 14, '04 12:24:32PM

FYI - I was having several system freezes requiring a hard restart with GeekTool activated. Cya later GeekTool...



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