Selection margin (gutter) missing

Randomly, the selection margin or gutter reverts to the standard selection margin (blue bar) even though the option to show checkmarks is selected. It was previously reported that this was fixed in 8.5.1, however, I am using 8.5.1 now and it just happened to me. When this happens it impacts deletes, moves, printing, etc.

The client must be restarted in order for it to resolve itself. I have seen other reports on the forums of this behavior as well with no resolution.

Ideas?

Thanks

Subject: Would you mind posting the logs as soon as you see this issue from your workspace/.metadata dir

Subject: Logs and some additional insight

I’ve now been able to reproduce this after a shut down of the PC. Starting back up and launching Notes before the hour glass goes away. Cannot reproduce on a restart or log off. Seems to be a hook or something that isn’t ready.

922-05:00 WARNING The workspace exited with unsaved changes in the previous session; refreshing workspace to recover changes. org.eclipse.core.resources

2010-01-04T08:33:18.144-05:00 SEVERE CWPUI1201E: Could not create shelf view: com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.primarybuddies.ExtPrimaryBuddiesShelf com.ibm.rcp.ui.shelf

2010-01-04T08:33:18.160-05:00 SEVERE CWPUI1203E: Error initializing part: CWPUI1201E: Could not create shelf view: com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.primarybuddies.ExtPrimaryBuddiesShelf com.ibm.rcp.ui.shelf

2010-01-04T08:33:19.032-05:00 SEVERE CWPUI1201E: Could not create shelf view: com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.primarybuddies.ExtPrimaryBuddiesShelf com.ibm.rcp.ui.shelf

2010-01-04T08:33:19.048-05:00 SEVERE CWPUI1203E: Error initializing part: CWPUI1201E: Could not create shelf view: com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.primarybuddies.ExtPrimaryBuddiesShelf com.ibm.rcp.ui.shelf

2010-01-04T08:33:19.048-05:00 SEVERE CWPUI1201E: Could not create shelf view: com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.primarybuddies.ExtPrimaryBuddiesShelf com.ibm.rcp.ui.shelf

2010-01-04T08:33:19.065-05:00 SEVERE CWPUI1203E: Error initializing part: CWPUI1201E: Could not create shelf view: com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.primarybuddies.ExtPrimaryBuddiesShelf com.ibm.rcp.ui.shelf

2010-01-04T08:33:32.944-05:00 SEVERE CWPUI1201E: Could not create shelf view: com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.primarybuddies.ExtPrimaryBuddiesShelf com.ibm.rcp.ui.shelf

2010-01-04T08:33:32.960-05:00 SEVERE CWPUI1203E: Error initializing part: CWPUI1201E: Could not create shelf view: com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.primarybuddies.ExtPrimaryBuddiesShelf com.ibm.rcp.ui.shelf

Subject: Please provide the entire log files.

Also it doesnt reproduce if you wait for the busy cursor go away?

Subject: Please add some debugging lines to obtain more info

We haven’t reproduced this SJCN7ZDSJN according to the SPR’s description and we can’t obtain enough information from the Forum db.

Therefore, We need more detailed log information.

  1. Add the next two lines to notes.ini (also under notes install directory).

DEBUGGINGWCTENABLED=4

DEBUG_OUTFILE=c:\debug.out

Now, some C++ logs are stored in debug.out (also include debug_XX.out) when using notes.

  1. Add lines in the file (Notes\Data\workspace.config\rcpinstall.properties) to enable corresponding java log:

com.ibm.rcp.csiviews.viewpart.level=FINEST

com.ibm.rcp.csiviews.level=FINEST
com.ibm.csi.notes.level=FINEST

The Java log is written to : Notes\Data\workspace\logs\

We suspect that parameters in Notes.ini do affect this behavior. So could you also attach the Notes.ini(…\notes) file for analysis?

Subject: Thanks will open PMR

Thanks for the additional debugging tools. At this level, we’ll go ahead and open a PMR so we have some better tracking other than the forum. Will do that next week.

Again, appreciate the help and hopefully will return to thread soon to post solution for others.

Subject: Gutter issues and mis-selected documents

When the gutter disappears do you still have the issue with the incorrect document being selected?? We are upgrading to 8.5.1 and are seeing strange behavior in some clients when selecting documents… Meaning, if we select a document in the inbox to delete and press the delete key, a totally different document gets deleted. The same happens with printing, forwarding, ect… Have you seem similar issues with 8.5.1?

Subject: Need More Detail Info

Dev team still could not reproduce your problem. Could you please provide more info. - What was your activities before shut down.

-You mentioned that it was reproducible after Cold boot , then Start Notes when hour glass is still showing. Is it still true?

  • Were you using Standard Notes Standard or iNotes

  • Single user or multi user install?

Subject: In touch with Development.

Looks like many people are having the same issue… IBM is providing us a Fix Pack to correct the issue. From what the development team said, The problem happens at startup where, notes tries to read the Notes.ini setting for the gutter and the client starts up before the preference is read. For anyone using the gutter: This issue happens at startup, you will NOT see the gutter even is you have it selected for use in your preferences. From there you will see very erratic behavior when acting on documents in the inbox/any view(forwarding, putting in folders, deleting, replying.

Subject: FP3

This is being addressed in both 8.5.2 and FP3. Thanks to all for help.