[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#473347: Bug#473347: Bug#473347: xfwm4: Redraw bugs when switching workspaces with overlapping sticky windows

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 01:50:14PM +0000, Dylan Thurston wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:43:36PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > Do you use compositing? ...
> 
> No.  I need to disable 3d X acceleration for my dual-head setup, so
> compositing is a non-starter.

xfwm4 doesn't use 3D accel for compositing. Can you check, both in xorg.conf
and in wm tweaks, please?
> 
> > Does this happen only with xfce4-terminal or with other apps too? Could
> > you try with gnome-terminal? (with both compositing enabled and
> > disabled).
> 
> It happens with several other apps, including unison-gtk.  I will see
> if I can reproduce it with gnome-terminal.  I did just observe the bug
> in an interaction between gnome-terminal and xfterm4; I sent a
> gnome-terminal window to another workspace, where it covered a xfterm
> window, and when I switched workspaces the xfterm window redrew on top
> of the gnome-terminal window.

xfterm4 is just a wrapper. Can you precise which term you are using?

I can't reproduce this, but as I use compositing, it may be why.

Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis