You are hitting this unfixed KDE bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=274485 Which the developers do not seem to understand or want to fix. I can only suggest that you avoid KDE until this is resolved, sorry.
Antoine On 03/23/2012 07:12 PM, Antoine Martin wrote: > On 03/23/2012 06:33 PM, Neal Becker wrote: >> I'm using kde for desktop (4.8.1), if that matters. >> >> What I told you is not quite accurate. >> >> 1. xpra attach ssh:nbecker6:100 > Using ssh *should not* make much of a difference, certainly not a > complete failure to display like you are reporting. > > Is there anything in the xpra server log at all? > >> This attaches to 'konsole' on remote. >> The cursor changes as I mouse over the menu, but left click on a menu >> does nothing. I see in .xsession-errors (and the mod time is quite recent): >> >> QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread. >> (Parent is Soprano::Client::LocalSocketClient(0x255b998), parent's >> thread is QThread(0x23d8330), current thread is >> RankingsUpdateThread(0x2599e30) > This error comes from the Qt application itself. > Why it would encounter this sort of problems when xpra is its window > manager, I have absolutely no idea! > But there were some qt/kde theming fixes in the past few months and I am > running Fedora 16 here (which has them) whereas Fedora 15 may not have > them (yet).. > >> Now from that konosole, launch emacs. >> Cursor changes from i-beam to X, as I move from text area to the window >> frame. But click on a menu does nothing. .xsession-errors seems to >> have a new modtime, and I see the same message as above. > I am installing the full KDE on a Fedora 15 virtual machine to test. > > Cheers > Antoine > > PS: emacs 24 from source also works fine. > > > >> >> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:08 AM, Antoine Martin <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On 03/23/2012 02:26 AM, Neal Becker wrote: >> > I tried with both emacs GNU Emacs 24.0.93.1 and with konsole. >> I've just tried with the default Fedora 16 Emacs (23.3.1) which worked >> fine. I am now installing emacs 24 from source. (600MB d/l - slow DSL..) >> I've also tried konsole v2.8.1, and still no problem.. >> >> There must be something different about your environment that makes it >> fail. Maybe your desktop's environment variables are interfering. >> Can you try launching the applications from a "clean" session, ie: one >> with a sanitized environment (maybe via ssh to localhost to clear it?). >> >> Antoine >> >> > konsole is Qt, but it looks like emacs is gtk. >> >> > >> > As mouse cursor goes over the menu, the cursor does not change, >> and the >> > menu is not sensitive. Click on 'File' for example does nothing. >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Antoine Martin >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> > >> > On 03/22/2012 09:18 PM, Neal Becker wrote: >> > > Looks like xpra-0.1.0 is useless on Fedora 16. Nothing >> happens when >> > > clicking on menus - which seems to be a pretty serious problem. >> > Are you talking about xpra's own tray menu or about a specific >> > application you are running through xpra and which is having >> problems >> > displaying its own menus properly? And if the latter, which >> application >> > is it? Does it happen with other applications? >> > >> > Is it a Qt application by any chance? >> > If this is the case then this may well be a theme/style >> problem which >> > can be remedied using an environment variable I just cannot >> find right >> > now... >> > Note for those who hit this issue, you may be able to get those Qt >> > styles to work properly using an Xvfb server with the required >> > extensions, ie: >> > https://xpra.org/Xdummy.html >> > >> > Cheers >> > Antoine >> > _______________________________________________ >> > shifter-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> > <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users >> > >> > >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > shifter-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
