HUGE problems with gnucash and Ubuntu 7.10, just released

[Ron Morse]

On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 21:51 +0200, Fredrik Persson wrote:
> The new Ubuntu release, 7.10, that's been out for a couple of days now,
> includes the so called "visual effects" by default. This is, as I
> understand it, Compiz Fusion desktop effects.
> 
> Gnucash does not work very well under Compiz Fusion, I just noticed. For
> example, it is impossible to enter a date in a register by hand. This
> may very well be a redraw issue, I'm not sure. There are a lot of other
> graphic anomalies too. I'd post a screenshot, but I can't expose by
> personal fincances to the list. I urge the gnucash developers to try and
> run gnucash on a Ubuntu 7.10 box with visual effects turned on to see
> for themselves. It is very easy to find bugs, they're all over the
> place.

Until a permanent fix is found, you can mitigate the problem by:

system > preferences > appearance > visual effects

then select "none" followed by "close"  This allows Gnucash, and other
applications similarly afflicted, to operate normally.  Once you are
finished with Gnucash you can re-enable Compiz in the same way.  Your
custom settings, if any, should be preserved. 

Ron Morse