At Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:06:03 +0000 "Tom Horsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > When I use gnucash under fvwm (2.5.21 and 2.5.24), and I try to invoke > > the find dialog, I can see it start, then immediately disappear. There > > is no error message shown. If I shutdown fvwm the dialog does not > > appear (so it is not just hidden). This is the same if I use my normal > > config or an empty config. If I use metacity or twm the dialog appears > > as expected. > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion what the problem might be or how to go > > about debugging it? > > I have no idea of the problem, but I see similar things with the > redhat virt-manager app for controlling Xen virtual machines. When > I add this to my config file, I can see the window OK: > > Style virt-manager.py Unmanaged > > (but, of course, I can't interact with it very well :-). > > I also find that if I then edit the config file to comment out the > Unmanage line, and restart fvwm, the window hangs around and behaves > normally, so something is going on during window creation that upsets > the python gtk stuff for the affected windows, but I've never been > able to track down what it is. I use GnuCash (2.0.5) with FVWM (2.5.18) under CentOS 4.5 and the Find dialog works just fine. I have FVWM in MWM compatibity mode and use an FVWM IconBox. > > > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk
