The option Style "*" BackingStore cause the bug! I have tried some differenent configurations, its always the same behaviour! I use SuSE Linux 7.0 with suse kernel 2.2 and XFree4.1.0
Maybe I can check it with XFree 4.2 in a couple of weeks. On Wednesday 13 November 2002 14:54, you wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:48:16PM +0100, Harald van Pee wrote: > > On Wednesday 13 November 2002 12:43, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:25:33PM +0100, Harald van Pee wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I use FvwmIconBox. With 2.2.x everything is o.k., > > > > with 2.4.3 also, > > > > > > > > but at least since 2.4.8 and still with 2.4.13 > > > > the scrollbars are not redrawn if an other windows covers it. > > > > > > > > I have made no changes at the configuration, only installed a new > > > > fvwm2 version! I use XFree86 Version 4.1. > > > > > > > > Whats wrong? > > > > > > Can you provide a minimal config that shows the problem for you? > > > > Thats a good idea, and I have found the problem, > > > > its the line: > > > > Style "*" BackingStore > > Does this line cause the problem or fix it? > > > In general I don't need this Option because I use it in the > > X-Configuration (its necessary for some programs which I use [paw and > > root]). But for some graphics drivers its not enough and I need the > > option also in the .fvwm2rc file. > > I'm sure that it makes no differences for fvwm 2.2.4 w.r.t. FvwmIconBox, > > but I can't say if the problem is not seen in 2.4.3 because I'm start > > using this option a short while ago. > > > > Any idea whats going on? Or a general solution? > > I am aware that there are some problems with backing store, but we > were never able to pin them down (and I still can't reproduce your > problem). We had numerous reports of window parts not getting > drawn, in various applications, but I could not pin down a single > one. It seems that under certain circumstances *some* X servers > do not always generate an Expose event when necessary. Thus, > applications do not redraw themselves when they should. I am > still missing a way to see that myself and to find out what fvwm > might be doing to expose this bug (I think it's an X bug). > > Bye > > Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Harald van Pee Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik der Universitaet Bonn Nussallee 14-16 - 53115 Bonn - Tel +49-228-732213 - Fax +49-228-732505 mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
