On Sunday 19 January 2003 09:39 pm, Francois Gouget wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Dan Kegel wrote: > > Aha! .wine/config had managed=Y. Switching it to managed=N > > made the dialog box show up properly!
hmm, so I get the impression it still doesn't work for you? > > OK, this has to be a bug in wine, doesn't it? > > Not really. I believe this is a typical case of 'unmanaged windows go > on top'. Let me explain. > > That big blue window is most probably handled by Wine as an unmanaged > X window because it should not have the regular window decorations or > something like that. The problem is that some window managers (e.g. > the KDE WM) systematically put such windows on top of regular managed > windows. So when Wine then creates the installer dialog, a regular > managed X window, it is hidden by that big blue window. Furthermore > these window managers often make it hard to bring the managed windows > on top. > > So the 'fix' is to get Wine to treat all windows as managed > windows... and tell the window manager not to give them decorations. > This has been discussed before and I believe it is in Alexandre's > todo-list. But this stuff is pretty complex so it may take some > time... > > So in the meantime the solution is to either use Managed=N or > Desktop="800x600". Desktop="800x600" is pretty nice for installers, > especially if you put it in an executable-specific section, typically > one with the name of the installer. But desktop mode does not work > very well either (new processes get out of the desktop). Oh, well... I'm not sure that doesn't qualify as a bug in my book... I think you are right to point out that it may not be easy to fix properly. But even if its a feature, it's a confusing one. Presumably, your install is still failing, Dan? Now that you have the blue screen usurper taken care of, does winedbg speak to you? -- gmt "Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." --Albert Einstein
