Can anyone explain this to me?

[hbdragon88]

I've been noticing some weird stuff going on with my computer. Whenver I click to drop a menu, this happens:

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I have to roll over each option with my mouse for them to show up each time:

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The only thing that has changed is that I've been hibranating my computer rather than turning it off. Is that the reason why my menus have been screwed up?

 

[bobgote]

bleargh!
is this straight after you de-hibernate, or some time after?

try shutting down if that means you don't get the problem. it might just take time to re-load the program (as hibernate puts all the memory onto the hard drive, rather than the ram if memory serves correctly).

 

[hbdragon88]

I've been hibernating for the past week or so, and this is the first time it's happened. But now it's gone The menus show up fine now.

Does hibernating do anything bad?

 

[ainwood]

Bizarre.

Its not hardware related, I wouldn't think. I'd say its a screwy OS. But I could be wrong.

 

[funxus]

I don't know about other OS:s than windows, but in my experience, not restarting the computer regularly, usually means it will act weird after a while... From the little I know, Linux (Unix?) on the other hand is constructed so you won't have to restart as often.

 

[bobgote]

Originally posted by hbdragon88
Does hibernating do anything bad?

nah. From what i recall, it puts all of the stuff stored on RAM into the hard drive, as secondary memory (perfectly normal). Just on de-hibernation it might take a while to recall all the stuff from memory. From the sounds of your problem it has nothing to do with this. Sometimes things just stuff up. If it only happens once, then don't worry about it. If it is a recurring problem, come back and tell us more.

 

[Sodapop]

Originally posted by funxus
I don't know about other OS:s than windows, but in my experience, not restarting the computer regularly, usually means it will act weird after a while... From the little I know, Linux (Unix?) on the other hand is constructed so you won't have to restart as often.

Replace UNIX/Linux by "any other OS" and you're absolutely right.

 

[funxus]

Originally posted by Sodapop
Replace UNIX/Linux by "any other OS" and you're absolutely right.

I guess you're right. I really should go through all the hassle of installing linux on one of our good computers sometime. As long as Opera and internet work, I'd probably get used to it quick.