On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 05:47:03PM -0600, Jonathan Kotta wrote: > I realize that xcompmgr is not supposed to be stable, but it's so > close, and so nice. I don't use the shadows, just transparency. It's > useful to look through a window I'm typing in to see information in > the window beneath it. I've been using it for a couple of weeks, and > I've found these problems: > > - Text display in Motif apps is buggy (OK, I only have one that I really use)
> - Shading with multiple steps is buggy (OK, just use steps = 0) I don't think I'm going to fix this one. It's been very tedious to do it right without the new features :-/ > - Edges stop working after xcompmgr is started/stopped (OK, just restart FVWM) > - icons (Not OK, read on) > Symptoms: > Xorg and fvwm use a lot of CPU. Sometimes X uses more, sometimes > fvwm. xcompmgr sometimes starts leaking memory at around 1 MB/sec. This can happen if an application receives messages from the X server faster than it can process them. > Steps to reproduce: > Run FVWM with a null config. Open an app, iconify it, and somehow > remove the icon from view. The apps I was able to reproduce the > problem with were the GIMP, GQView, gnome-terminal, Firefox, and > FrostWire. I think the common trait is that all of them supply an > icon pixmap. It doesn't matter if a window is moved over the icon or > if the window is already over where the icon appears (icons are > automatically lowered). It seems that the icon has to be completely > covered. It happens even if you move to a different page. I've tried > using twm to reproduce the error, no go. > > Fixes: > Kill xcompmgr, the iconified app, or uncover the icon. > > If anyone has encountered this icon problem too, let me know so I know > it's not just my system. I'm using FVWM 2.5.14, Xorg 6.8.2, xcompmgr > from cvs, Ubuntu Breezy, and nVidia drivers 1.0-8178. I'd love to debug this problem, but I'm still stuck with XFree. Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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