There is a bit of a problem with reparented windows. Firefox 'upload/select file' is another one. Also, SciTE Open File is another app that reparents windows. From what I remember, there were some issues in the window logic and the only way to really find out what was going on, its cramming some printf() functions into the e_border.c code.
Toma 2008/9/18 P Purkayastha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have observed ghost windows with acroread print dialog even if I don't > have itask-ng enabled. > > mik firestone wrote: >> I have always seen this in association with itask-ng. If I stop using >> itask, I don't have ghost windows. I have seen this for several months now, >> at least two revisions of itask-ng. >> >> Another incredibly reliable way to generate them is to use thunderbird and >> compose email. It always seems to create a ghost. Firefox save dialogs >> usually work too. Based on the other applications I run, I think it is >> somehow related to transient windows but I have no proof. >> >> Restarting almost always crashes e as well, which would lead me to think we >> have a pointer not getting cleared correctly. I have followed the usual >> steps of compiling with debug and attaching gdb after the crash, but it >> never seemed to indicate any real problem. Another really good indication >> that a pointer isn't pointing where it should be. >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Wido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> i'm using itask-ng, but as far as i remember, this also happen without >>> it. i'm at work now, i'll try this at home >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:28 PM, P Purkayastha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Wido wrote: >>>> >>>>> hi folks. i've recently updated E from svn and E it's not closing >>>>> windows properly. I't happens that when i click de close butto, the >>>>> app stop running, but the windows remains there ass a dead one. Also, >>>>> it happens that when i restart e to shut them out, sometimes e doesn't >>>>> restart in a proper way and i have to restart X (losing all the open >>>>> apps :( ). is this a known bug? >>>>> BTW, running debian lenny with a fresh install >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> cheers! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Seems to be a bug. A reproducible situation is when you use acroread. If >>>> >>> you >>> >>>> happen to print the pdf file, then the print dialog never closes,- it >>>> becomes a ghost window which vanishes only after an e restart. >>>> >>>> I wonder if the following is also related: >>>> http://code.google.com/p/itask-module/issues/detail?id=43 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wido >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >>> prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> enlightenment-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
