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Subject: Re: FVWM: fvwm vs gnucash
From: Robert Heller <heller () deepsoft ! com>
Date: 2007-11-28 15:18:18
Message-ID: 200711281518.lASFIIAZ032047 () sharky ! deepsoft ! com
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At Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:06:03 +0000 "Tom Horsley" <tom.horsley@att.net> wrote:
>
> > When I use gnucash under fvwm (2.5.21 and 2.5.24), and I try to invoke
> > the find dialog, I can see it start, then immediately disappear. There
> > is no error message shown. If I shutdown fvwm the dialog does not
> > appear (so it is not just hidden). This is the same if I use my normal
> > config or an empty config. If I use metacity or twm the dialog appears
> > as expected.
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion what the problem might be or how to go
> > about debugging it?
>
> I have no idea of the problem, but I see similar things with the
> redhat virt-manager app for controlling Xen virtual machines. When
> I add this to my config file, I can see the window OK:
>
> Style virt-manager.py Unmanaged
>
> (but, of course, I can't interact with it very well :-).
>
> I also find that if I then edit the config file to comment out the
> Unmanage line, and restart fvwm, the window hangs around and behaves
> normally, so something is going on during window creation that upsets
> the python gtk stuff for the affected windows, but I've never been
> able to track down what it is.
I use GnuCash (2.0.5) with FVWM (2.5.18) under CentOS 4.5 and the Find
dialog works just fine. I have FVWM in MWM compatibity mode and use an
FVWM IconBox.
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