On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:00:54AM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 08:51:28AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron > collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Keith Williamson wrote: > > > > > Hello to the list! I'm new to xastir but am loving what I see so far (or > > > can > > > see). I've searched back through the list archives, READMEs, FAQ, etc but > > > don't know if I missed a workaround for this or not. I started by just > > > installing xastir 1.90 binary from the Ubuntu repos but immediately ran > > > into > > > a problem with some of the menu dialogs. The dialog opens as a tiny > > > bullet-shaped window with no handles to enlarge and right-click only > > > allows > > > me to close, move, etc but not resize or maximize. > > > > Do a Google search through the Xastir list archives looking for > > "cigar" or "cigar-shaped". > > > > As I recall this was a window manager setting having to do with > > special effects or something (compiz perhaps?) that had to be > > switched off. I don't run those window managers so don't run into > > that problem. I believe other Motif-based programs have similar > > problems with that window manager setting. > > This *really* needs to be in the FAQ and README. > > The issue is the interaction between Motif and compiz, which in some versions > of Ubuntu is turned on and off with a "Desktop Effects" menu item. They made > the default "on" several releases ago. Compiz is what enables eye-candy > effects like animated window opening/closing, 3-d effects, and so forth. I > don't know if there is any solution other than turning off those effects.
Here's an interesting tidbit about another application with this problem. A workaround is posted in the second message of the thread: http://markmail.org/message/uj6ldlmj3hzu265j#query:compiz motif+page:1+mid:uj6ldlmj3hzu265j+state:results Obviously, "nedit*" would have to be replaced with Xastir's X resource name. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM In some cultures what I do would be considered normal. -- Ineffective daily affirmation _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
