[Xquartz-dev] 1.4.2-apple20 -- ghosts!

[Jeremy Huddleston]

Well that would not be the problem on my end...

--Jeremy

On Oct 25, 2008, at 14:33, William Davis wrote:

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> On Oct 25, 2008, at 4:15 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>
>> I wonder if this is related to the "strange white rectangles"  
>> issue... somehow we're mapping windows in quartz, but the  
>> corresponding X11 window isn't mapped in X11, so the window  
>> contents we're dumping is empty...
>>
>> hmm... I have a feeling this one's going to be a pain =/
>>
>
> Maybe not a much of a pain as you think. I too had this problem but  
> only after I inadvertently used the first command in the section  
> xorg-server of page http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/Releases#xorg-server 
>  (pertaining to installing Xquartz) when I should have used the  
> second command (pertaining to installing X11) thus getting the  
> Xquartz and X-org-server of  sync.  I had the ghost problem in  
> profusion.  I reverted to  the last stable X11 package 2.3.1 of  
> 2008.09.15 and then reinstalled the latest beta Xquartz followed by  
> the latest beta xorg-server 1.4.2-apple20.  Since doing that, I have  
> had no "ghost menu" problem at all.
>
> Hope this is all it is.....
>
> WD
>
> (and thank you again for getting full screen mode back for us!)
>
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>> On Oct 25, 2008, at 13:06, Viv Kendon wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1.4.2-apple20 brings in the following changes over 1.4.2-apple19:
>>>>
>>>> Fullscreen (same as Tiger)
>>>
>>> Cool -- thanks!!!!!
>>>
>>> I gave it a try, using fvwm2 as my window manager (as I used to  
>>> run X under Tiger).  I got some strange blank bits of screen  
>>> persisting between X11 and Aqua related to transient menu  
>>> windows.  I launched an X verson of FireFox (from fink) (among  
>>> other things) and some of the blank bits correspond to where the  
>>> drop-down menus had been when I used them. The fvwm root menus  
>>> also produced them.  I couldn't quite figure out what was making  
>>> them appear and disappear, it wasn't that I was switching back to  
>>> Aqua while the menu was dropped down, it was one I'd used earlier  
>>> that left a "ghost" (I supose it _is_ nearly Hallowe'en...).  The  
>>> ghost windows appeared on every one of my fvwm virtual "spaces" as  
>>> well as in Aqua.  Clicking in one of these white blanks while in  
>>> Aqua would switch back to full screen X.  They all vanished when I  
>>> quit X.  The mouse position was a bit inconsistent around these  
>>> ghosts too when I had just switched back from Aqua, as though X  
>>> hadn't caught up with where the mouse was.
>>>
>>> This is on a MacBook Air, using a fairly vanilla account that  
>>> hasn't run X before (or at least, not for a long time). Obviously  
>>> I had to drop in a .xinitrc, in which I tried to put almost  
>>> everything from the system one (which makes it seem long, I've  
>>> appended it below).  I also have focus follows mouse selected  
>>> (this shouldn't make any difference without quartz-wm running  
>>> though, right?)  And I wasn't running Spaces.
>>>
>>> I actually ran fink's xorg rather than Tiger's X11 under Tiger.   
>>> One of the things it had which this doesn't is that when you moved  
>>> a window you got an outline showing you where it was about to be  
>>> placed (as well as the little counter giving the coordinates --  
>>> that counter also leaves a ghost BTW).  I'd really like that back  
>>> if it isn't too hard to do.
>>>
>>> A thought...have there been changes that mean I should recompile  
>>> fvwm and related dependencies against this latest X11???
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, I'm a bit mission critical on a bunch of stuff for the  
>>> next week, so I'm sticking to rootless+Spaces for my regular  
>>> work.  It seems to be working well (thanks and kudos to all  
>>> involved) but I'll be glad to leave the swooshing between spaces  
>>> behind and go back to fvwm's simpler interface...
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> -- Viv
>>> ________________________________________________
>>> Dr Viv Kendon    http://quantum.leeds.ac.uk/~viv
>>> tel: +44 113 343 4864      Physics and Astronomy
>>> Quantum Information Group    University of Leeds
>>>
>>> my .xinitrc:
>>> ------------
>>>
>>> #Make sure to get a fink path:
>>> . /sw/bin/init.sh
>>>
>>> #Want an xterm early in case of problems:
>>> xterm -n Local -T Local -bg lemonchiffon -sb -rightbar -sl 10000 - 
>>> fn 9x15 -geometry 80x40+10+42 -ls &
>>>
>>> #Record how we just started up:
>>> echo $0 &
>>> echo display=$DISPLAY &
>>>
>>> # From /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc:
>>> userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
>>> usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
>>> sysresources=/usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
>>> sysmodmap=/usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
>>>
>>> # merge in defaults and keymaps
>>>
>>> if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
>>>
>>>  if [ -x /usr/bin/cpp ] ; then
>>>      xrdb -merge $sysresources
>>>  else
>>>      xrdb -nocpp -merge $sysresources
>>>  fi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> fi
>>>
>>> if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
>>>  xmodmap $sysmodmap
>>> fi
>>>
>>> if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
>>>
>>>  if [ -x /usr/bin/cpp ] ; then
>>>      xrdb -merge "$userresources"
>>>  else
>>>      xrdb -nocpp -merge "$userresources"
>>>  fi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> fi
>>>
>>> if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
>>>  xmodmap "$usermodmap"
>>> fi
>>>
>>> # start some nice programs
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> # run the xinit.d stuff by hand to avoid doing the one for quartz- 
>>> wm:
>>> if [ -d /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/10-fontdir.sh ] ; then
>>>      . /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/10-fontdir.sh
>>> fi
>>> if [ -d /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/99-pbproxy.sh ] ; then
>>>      . /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/99-pbproxy.sh
>>> fi
>>>
>>> # Note sure how many of these we need/want:
>>> # quartz-wm --only-proxy &              # to proxy cut'n'paste
>>> # /sw/bin/autocutsel &                  # fix mozilla paste from  
>>> aqua
>>> xsetroot -solid SeaGreen &              # in case Xbackphoto is  
>>> missing
>>> /sw/bin/qiv --root_s /Users/vmk/.fvwm/Xbackphoto.jpg &
>>> #Another xterm just to have a spare...
>>> xterm -n Local -T Local -bg lemonchiffon -sb -rightbar -sl 10000 - 
>>> fn 9x15 -geometry 80x40+0+0 -ls &
>>> xclock -digital -geometry -10+0 &
>>> exec /sw/bin/fvwm2 2>>/Users/vmk/.fvwm/.fvwm2-errors
>>> exit
>>>
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> William Davis
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