Re: Update Display Problem

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi all,

> we have discovered a very ugly Sun Ray Software related problem which 
> causes the display not to be updated correctly, e.g. when popping up a 
> combobox and scrolling through the items, or when scrolling through a 
> text view or when clicking on items in a container view (actually 
> NSView sublcasses on some other NSView subclass). "Display is not 
> updated correctly" means that some stuff simply is not drawn.
>
> This problem can't be Solaris related since it does not occur when we 
> access the machine via Secure Global Desktop or directly on the 
> console. It occurs only when using Sun Rays.
>
> We haven't been able to reproduce this with GNOME apps, it occurs only 
> with GNUstep apps. But I can't blame GNUstep alone, since it works 
> flawless on all flavors of Unix and even on Solaris when working on 
> the console or via a SGD connection. The problem only occurs in 
> combination with Sun Rays.
>
> Any hints are greatly appreciated!

Richard Frith-Macdonald  recommended the following:

> Is the problem with both the art and xlib backends?
> Is it with both GSX11HandlesWindowDecorations user default set to 1 
> and 0 ?
> Is it with both XWindowBufferUseXShm user default set to 1 and 0?
>
> Checking those variations could localise the problem.

and

        defaults write NSGlobalDomain XWindowBufferUseXShm 0

indeed solved this problem. Live is great!!!

Regards,

  Andreas