Hi,
One more thing to this:
After I replaced the 4.0.1 X driver (XFree86) by the 3.3.6 driver (XF86_SVGA), the
problem of screen blanking with right-mouse-click -> sensitive-menu-popup has gone.
My videocard is ATI Rage 128.
I realize this is a very specific problem:
1) it only occurs with XFree 4.0.1 ; which may still contain sufficient bugs
2) it does not occur with all types of window managers (Xfce yes, KDE no)
3) it does not occur with all LT versions (0.92.19 yes, 0.91.4 no).
Rob.
"R. Lahaye" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The problem arises with:
>
> Linux Mandrake 7.2
> XFree 4.0.1
> Xfce 3.6.3 (my default Window Manager)
> Grace 5.1.2
> LessTif: 0.92.19
> Xbae: 40804
>
> Problem:
> Start Grace
> Create a dataset
> Do "Plot->Set appearance", which will popup the Set Appearance dialog.
> Click on dataset "(+) G0S0", which will highlight this line.
> Put your pointer on the highlighted area and right-mouse click; this
> should popup a sensitive-menu, but it BLANKS OUT MY DISPLAY!
>
> This is only an example, but actually all right-mouse clicks that should
> popup a sensitive-menu, will blank out my display.
>
> ----------------------
>
> Some peculiar details:
>
> - The blanking occurs within the Xfce window manager, not in, for example, KDE.
> - When I use an older version of LessTif (e.g. 0.91.4), the blanking disappears
> and the right-mouse clicking works correct.
>
> My layman conclusion:
>
> - Between 0.91.4 and 0.92.19 the behaviour of right-mouse click menu popup has
>changed.
> - This change only affects certain window managers.
>
> Hopefully this helps.
>
> Rob.
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