On February 05 (09:52 EST), Art Haas wrote: > > I use gkrellm, with a medium handful of applications. > > Whenever I switch workspaces, I see that the whole gkrellm > > interface flashes gray, and is completely redrawn. When my > > CPU is heavily loaded (e.g. VMWare reboot), it takes a > > little while (seconds?) for the full gkrellm app to come > > back: I'm left with just a gray strip. > > > > It doesn't seem like the whole gkrellm application needs to > > be redrawn every time I switch workspaces, especially since > > it lives on all of them. > > > > Is this a gkrellm issue, or a blackbox issue? Does blackbox > > not "know" that gkrellm lives on all of the workspaces? > > > > Hi. > > I too use gkrellm, and I've found that the best way to run this > wonderful little program is to invoke it like 'gkrellm -w'. Executing > the program with the '-w' flag will place gkrellm into the slit. On my > slow machine the redraw when switching between workspaces is basically > instantaneous. > > When running gkrellm without the '-w' flag, it was very likely that > gkrellm would not run correctly, and I'd get this grey window where > there should be a gkrellm interface. It was like gkrellm never got to > the point it started drawing its stuff on the screen. Running gkrellm in > the slit with the '-w' flag has solved this problem for me - no more > mysterious grey windows, and normal display and updating of gkrellm.
Thanks.. I have been using the "-w" flag, with the problem described above. If I don't use this flag, gkrellm won't live in all workspaces. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
