On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:48:39 -0400 tech at atlantictechsolutions.com wrote:
> >> > > On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:41:51 +0200 > >> > > Franz Schmid <Franz.Schmid at altmuehlnet.de> wrote: > >> > (snip) > >> > > > One Question: did you install RH 9.0 from Scratch or did you an > >> > > > Update from an older Version with an already installed > >> > > > Scribus-0.9.10 ? > >> > > > >> > > I installed the whole system from scratch and installed as well > >> > > gnome as kde, because I wanted to use gnome but I knew I'd need > >> > > kde-devel for scribus. So I really can't see why it wouldn't work > >> > > under gnome. I don't think it's really a redhat 9 issue, but a > >gnome> > > version issue > >> > > > >> > > Franky > >> > > > >> > ========================= > >> > > >> > Have you recently updated Gnome with Ximian Desktop 2 as well, > >Franky?> > > >> > From what I have seen of late and I don't know if either you or > >Peter> > are running RH 9 Gnome2 out of the box, but the new XD2 > >> > installation/update seems to be breaking some KDE > >programs/functions.> > > >> > That might be the difference or not, I am not sure, just mentioning > >> > it. > >> > >> Hi Patrick, > >> > >> I didn't update gnome with the Ximian Desktop 2, just the standard > >> redhat 9 updates (and I don't think they even have any updates for > >> gnome, but I do the updates automatically, so I don't really know) > > > >ok, I tested it in kde and it works, but it seems that the window > >boundings there aren't perfect as well: the boundings seem to become > >slightly overwritten by the content of the window, just like if the > >inner window is moved up just a bit too much (not quite correctly > >positioned) so the result is that for example the "X" for closing the > >window is not completely visible (only 98%) but you have to look > >closely to it to see it(I was really observing the boudings so I > >discovered this, and when comparing to the main scribus window I really > >saw the difference) This might result that under gnome the boundings > >completely don't show ... > > > Franky, This is a metacity bug. Metacity is the window manager which is > included in RH 8 and 9 with Gnome. The replaced sawfish which was in RH > 7.x. > > Franz sent me a possible workaround and I have tested and confirmed the > solution on a brand new yesterday RH 9 install. > > When I am home this evening, I will write up a howto to fix this. > > Hope that helps to solve the mystery. > > Peter Hi Peter, did you get the chance to write this howto you're speaking of here? greetz, Franky
