HUGE problems with gnucash and Ubuntu 7.10, just released

[Fredrik Persson]

It's the "account register", such as it described here:

http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/guide/txns-registers1.html

... that suffers from problems. Not the account window that displays the
tree structure of accounts.

As I understand it, opengl window managers use something called "double
buffering", which in essence means that each window should believe that it
is always visible, even though it may not be. This makes it possible to
switch between windows without any ugly redraws at all. Therefore, gnucash
may not be receiving refresh signals as in a usual WM. I don't know any
details, this is just an idea I got when discussing this problem with a
friend.

/Fredrik Persson

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On 10/22/07, Ian Lewis <ianmlewis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I took a look at the bug and it looks most of the the problems
> mentioned are with the account window. Are there specific issues with
> the register itself? Is the "account window" that they are talking
> about really the register? If this is a problem with the account
> window would the register rewrite even fix it?
>
> 2007/10/22, Fredrik Persson <fredrik.p.persson at gmail.com>:
> > Did you try and open account tabs long enough to cover the whole screen
> and
> > more? That's when the bugs show themselves, in my experience.
> >
> > Please check to see if you've experienced any of the problems mentioned
> > here:
> >
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnucash/+bug/129867
> >
> > /Fredrik Persson
> >
> > On 10/22/07, Kim_Wood <kim.wood at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Just my two cents worth...
> > >
> > > I am relatively new to the Ubuntu world - so I may be getting the
> > > following
> > > comments wrong.  I built a clean Ubuntu 7.10 system over the weekend
> and
> > > installed GNUcash 2.2.1 from the Ubuntu repositories.  Further, I
> turned
> > > on
> > > the full Compiz bells and whistles.  I don't seem to have the problems
> > > others are seeing.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else tried a clean install?  Might this mean that GNUcash
> is
> > > being clobbered by something else?  Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Kim Wood
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron Morse-2 wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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