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From: "Jesús J. Guerrero Botella" <jesus.guerrero.botella@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] FVWM Desktop scrolling not working with KDE open dialog box
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 21:33:27
Message-Id: BANLkTi=Coeu8f+Pa4uBS8s-zwihQx8hbOA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] FVWM Desktop scrolling not working with KDE open dialog box by Jake Moe
1 2011/5/26 Jake Moe <jakesaddress@×××××.com>:
2 > On 05/27/11 00:22, Jesús J. Guerrero Botella wrote:
3 >> 2011/5/26 Jake Moe <jakesaddress@×××××.com>:
4 >>> I'm having a weird issue I'm hoping someone here can help with. I've
5 >>> asked on the FVWM mailing list, but they can't reproduce with my config,
6 >>> so I'm hoping someone here with experience with the KDE/QT side of
7 >>> things might be able to offer a suggestion.
8 >> I saw your question in the fvwm mailing list. If Thomas Adam couldn't
9 >> help there I don't think anyone here will be able to. But stay tuned,
10 >> just in case... I, like him, couldn't reproduce this. I've
11 >> occasionally used lots of kde applications with fvwm without this
12 >> problem.
13 >>> It seems to only be limited to QT/KDE, but I have no idea if it's a
14 >>> "bug" in FVWM, or a "feature" in KDE that needs disabling.  Hope this
15 >>> description makes sense.  Does anyone have any ideas?
16 >> Well, in my book, a kde app is an application that links against the
17 >> kde foundations (kdelibs), a qt-only app is an application that links
18 >> against any or many of the qt parts, but not against kdelibs. smplayer
19 >> seems to fall into the later category.
20 >>
21 >> It could help if you were able to reproduce this with a minimal single
22 >> config file and try some more qt and kde programs.
23 > I've tried it with SMplayer, Kdevelop,  Kate, KMyMoney, and KolourPaint
24 > and they all exhibit the same behaviour.  Gnome and other X apps don't
25 > exhibit the same behaviour, it seems limited to KDE apps.
26 >
27 > I'll try to strip down a config and see if I can't find what option does
28 > it.  I think I might also move my .kde4 folder temporarily and see if it
29 > still happens.
30
31 One quick thing you could try is to create a new user and try there,
32 if you don't want to mess up your kde config.
33
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35 Jesús Guerrero Botella