The option
Style "*" BackingStore
cause the bug!
I have tried some differenent configurations, its always the same behaviour!
I use SuSE Linux 7.0 with suse kernel 2.2 and XFree4.1.0
Maybe I can check it with XFree 4.2 in a couple of weeks.
On Wednesday 13 November 2002 14:54, you wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:48:16PM +0100, Harald van Pee wrote:
> > On Wednesday 13 November 2002 12:43, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:25:33PM +0100, Harald van Pee wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I use FvwmIconBox. With 2.2.x everything is o.k.,
> > > > with 2.4.3 also,
> > > >
> > > > but at least since 2.4.8 and still with 2.4.13
> > > > the scrollbars are not redrawn if an other windows covers it.
> > > >
> > > > I have made no changes at the configuration, only installed a new
> > > > fvwm2 version! I use XFree86 Version 4.1.
> > > >
> > > > Whats wrong?
> > >
> > > Can you provide a minimal config that shows the problem for you?
> >
> > Thats a good idea, and I have found the problem,
> >
> > its the line:
> >
> > Style "*" BackingStore
>
> Does this line cause the problem or fix it?
>
> > In general I don't need this Option because I use it in the
> > X-Configuration (its necessary for some programs which I use [paw and
> > root]). But for some graphics drivers its not enough and I need the
> > option also in the .fvwm2rc file.
> > I'm sure that it makes no differences for fvwm 2.2.4 w.r.t. FvwmIconBox,
> > but I can't say if the problem is not seen in 2.4.3 because I'm start
> > using this option a short while ago.
> >
> > Any idea whats going on? Or a general solution?
>
> I am aware that there are some problems with backing store, but we
> were never able to pin them down (and I still can't reproduce your
> problem). We had numerous reports of window parts not getting
> drawn, in various applications, but I could not pin down a single
> one. It seems that under certain circumstances *some* X servers
> do not always generate an Expose event when necessary. Thus,
> applications do not redraw themselves when they should. I am
> still missing a way to see that myself and to find out what fvwm
> might be doing to expose this bug (I think it's an X bug).
>
> Bye
>
> Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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