BackingStore problems (was: Re: FVWM: FvwmIconBox scrollbars broken since 2.4.8)

[Ben Winslow]

Dominik Vogt wrote:
[snip]

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 ^_^  ^_^

XFree86 version: 4.2.1
screen #0:
  options:    backing-store YES, save-unders YES

fvwm 2.5.4 (from cvs) compiled on Oct 21 2002 at 22:33:57


(but I think the fvwm version is irrelevant)

--
Ben

I have backing store support enabled (but only a window or two with that style forced), and since I've turned it on, I've noticed that the root window will not always be redrawn when switching from the console to X--I'm voting for the X bug theory. with support for: ReadLine, XPM, PNG, GNOME WM hints, EWMH hints, Shape, SM, Xinerama, XFT

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