HUGE problems with gnucash and Ubuntu 7.10, just released

[Ian Lewis]

Drat, email clients and default replys <shakes fist>

Ok, that makes sense. I'm sure it has something to do with the
register being a custom widget. Though I'm not sure that double
buffering is it or not. Double buffering as I understand it just
buffers what it wants to draw until the whole draw operation is
complete making it appear faster and without the tearing/shearing
effect. I couldn't say how that affects how the register works.

2007/10/22, Fredrik Persson <fredrik.p.persson at gmail.com>:
> 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
>
> PS Don't forget to CC the list when you post.
>
>
> 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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