Re: xv and window redraw trouble

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Tue, 22 May 2001 10:55:24 -0500 ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com> spake unto
us:

> On Tue, 22 May 2001 15:26:16 +0200 Anand Buddhdev <arb anand org> spake
> unto us:
> 
> > On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 09:19:53AM -0500, ABrady wrote:
> > 
> > > I had the same problem and no longer have it. I did one of the
> > following
> > > that fixed it, but I don't remember which:
> > > 
> > > 1. Upgraded all of the eratta for RH 7.1
> > > 2. Upgraded KDE
> > > 3. Changed kernels
> > > 4. Stopped using KDE and started using icewm
> > > 5. Got more memory on the machine
> > > 6. Recompiled the srpm
> > 
> > I upgraded my KDE libraries; that didn't help. Then I fetched the SRPM
> > from
> > the RH 7.0 distribution, and recompiled - no change. I could upgrade
> my
> > KDE
> > or kernel, but I don't want to do that, as I usually stick to RPMs
> from
> > RedHat only, to avoid making a mess of my system. Incidentally, I note
> > that
> > there is no xv RPM in RH7.1. Perhaps it is a known issue? Anyone from
> > RedHat care to comment?
> 
> Well, you can still change kernels. The rawhide distro (which is a sorta
> beta of future RH release) has 2.4.3 right now. I tried an earlier 2.4.3
> from there and crashed a lot. This one seems pretty stable so far (3
> days
> now).
> 
> I downloaded an upgraded KDE using rpms. I can't recall the location
> but,
> I know I started by going to the main KDE page. I'm not really sure that
> fixed it, though. I'll try booting into KDE later and see what it does
> right now.

You won't like this. I just tried out KDE and it still exists. Not so with
xfce, icewm or sawfish or swordfish or swordswinger or kettlefish or
whatever the gnome wm is called. It appears it has to do with KDE.

You options are:

1. Report it to the KDE folk and ask them to fix it.
2. Write to the xv author and ask him to fix it.
3. Live with it.
4. Find something other than xv.
5. Use something other than KDE. (This was one of the possibilities I
thought may have fixed my problem and it did: I use icewm).

Sorry I didn't think to try KDE earlier and save you some time and grief.

-- 
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