Annoyance KDE SUSE 9.2
Hi Folks, There is a real bothersome bug in KDE on SUSE 9.2 and some earlier releases. Often I find that the highlighted line is 'flickering' or jiggling and therefore un selectable. Example: lft click on the SUSE menu (Geeko's smiling head) and the menu top lvl pops up and instead of one and only one entry being highlighted there is a flickering highlighted line but when you try to pick a line via the mouse the highlighting jumps all over, always escaping the mouse cursor. Work-around: use the KB arrow keys (up or dn) and then one entry becomes properly highlighted. Now after that it will act correctly. I often see this beheaviour in Konqi file mgr displays. There will be a flickering or quivering highlight on a line, but you cannot move it around with the mouse; move it with the KB arrow keys just once and it will stay correct for that window. I see this on several machines and on 8.2, 9.1, and 9.2 These PCs have nvidia cards, and some have the nvidia 3D drivers running and some are not. Have any of you seen this odd bug? I have reported it via 'feedback' two times now, but as you know we rarely ever get any answer back. PeterB -- -- Proud SUSE user since 5.2 Loving SUSE 9.2 My BLOG == http://vancampen.org/blog --
On Sunday 12 December 2004 12:21, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
Hi Folks,
There is a real bothersome bug in KDE on SUSE 9.2 and some earlier releases. Often I find that the highlighted line is 'flickering' or jiggling and therefore un selectable.
Example: lft click on the SUSE menu (Geeko's smiling head) and the menu top lvl pops up and instead of one and only one entry being highlighted there is a flickering highlighted line but when you try to pick a line via the mouse the highlighting jumps all over, always escaping the mouse cursor. Work-around: use the KB arrow keys (up or dn) and then one entry becomes properly highlighted. Now after that it will act correctly.
I often see this beheaviour in Konqi file mgr displays. There will be a flickering or quivering highlight on a line, but you cannot move it around with the mouse; move it with the KB arrow keys just once and it will stay correct for that window.
I see this on several machines and on 8.2, 9.1, and 9.2 These PCs have nvidia cards, and some have the nvidia 3D drivers running and some are not.
Have any of you seen this odd bug? I have reported it via 'feedback' two times now, but as you know we rarely ever get any answer back.
I have a lot of problems with KDE on my 9.2 box. In the last week or so I had to hard restart the computer six or seven times. Kde completely froze. ( Cntr/Alt/Del) didn't work. Also at times after I start up and put in a password for Kmail the box goes full of asterix and the only way out is (hard) restart. I've seen the behavior you mentioned as well. -- Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
On Sun December 12 2004 3:38 pm, Bill Wisse wrote:
On Sunday 12 December 2004 12:21, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
Also at times after I start up and put in a password for Kmail the box goes full of asterix and the only way out is (hard) restart.
I had this problem and solved it by changing the mouse driver. Rich -- Rich Matson Reno, Nv. USA
On Sunday 12 December 2004 23:38, Bill Wisse wrote:
On Sunday 12 December 2004 12:21, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
Hi Folks,
There is a real bothersome bug in KDE on SUSE 9.2 and some earlier releases. Often I find that the highlighted line is 'flickering' or jiggling and therefore un selectable.
Example: lft click on the SUSE menu (Geeko's smiling head) and the menu top lvl pops up and instead of one and only one entry being highlighted there is a flickering highlighted line but when you try to pick a line via the mouse the highlighting jumps all over, always escaping the mouse cursor. Work-around: use the KB arrow keys (up or dn) and then one entry becomes properly highlighted. Now after that it will act correctly.
I often see this beheaviour in Konqi file mgr displays. There will be a flickering or quivering highlight on a line, but you cannot move it around with the mouse; move it with the KB arrow keys just once and it will stay correct for that window.
I see this on several machines and on 8.2, 9.1, and 9.2 These PCs have nvidia cards, and some have the nvidia 3D drivers running and some are not.
Have any of you seen this odd bug? I have reported it via 'feedback' two times now, but as you know we rarely ever get any answer back.
I have a lot of problems with KDE on my 9.2 box. In the last week or so I had to hard restart the computer six or seven times. Kde completely froze. ( Cntr/Alt/Del) didn't work. Also at times after I start up and put in a password for Kmail the box goes full of asterix and the only way out is (hard) restart.
Without wanting to be Mr Picky, Asterix is the Gaul with the horned helmet and the group of Gallic chums with names like Obelix, etc. What you get when you do Shift-8 is an asterisk. Be quite fun if your dialogue boxes really did fill up with Gauls, I suppose ... and you might get Romans in alternate ones.
I've seen the behavior you mentioned as well.
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Greetings from /bill at 169 west , 19 south. Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors."
-- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: +44 161 834 7961 Fax: +44 161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk
On Monday 13 December 2004 7:04 pm, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
Fergus Wilde wrote:
Without wanting to be Mr Picky, Asterix is the Gaul with the horned helmet and the group of Gallic chums with names like Obelix, etc. What you get when you
Quit being so damn Dogmatix
;-) Ha!!!
And as a complete co-incidence I have been watching the DVD of "Titus Andronicus" by Shakespear starring Anthony Hopkins!!! Plenty of Gauls in it, too PeterB -- -- Proud SUSE user since 5.2 Loving SUSE 9.2 My BLOG == http://vancampen.org/blog --
On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 23:21, Peter B Van Campen wrote:
Hi Folks,
There is a real bothersome bug in KDE on SUSE 9.2 and some earlier releases. Often I find that the highlighted line is 'flickering' or jiggling and therefore un selectable.
Example: lft click on the SUSE menu (Geeko's smiling head) and the menu top lvl pops up and instead of one and only one entry being highlighted there is a flickering highlighted line but when you try to pick a line via the mouse the highlighting jumps all over, always escaping the mouse cursor. Work-around: use the KB arrow keys (up or dn) and then one entry becomes properly highlighted. Now after that it will act correctly.
I often see this beheaviour in Konqi file mgr displays. There will be a flickering or quivering highlight on a line, but you cannot move it around with the mouse; move it with the KB arrow keys just once and it will stay correct for that window.
I see this on several machines and on 8.2, 9.1, and 9.2 These PCs have nvidia cards, and some have the nvidia 3D drivers running and some are not.
Have any of you seen this odd bug? I have reported it via 'feedback' two times now, but as you know we rarely ever get any answer back.
PeterB -- --
Proud SUSE user since 5.2 Loving SUSE 9.2 My BLOG == http://vancampen.org/blog
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Hummmm
KDE 3.3.2 suse 9.2 all rock solid and quick as well once you get the idea that you have to killoff powersaved ..
Pete.
It was amazing the differnce made by getting rid of powersaved which only seems to be relevant to laptops. OpenOffice.org and other apps became very speedy at opening. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
Peter B Van Campen wrote:
There is a real bothersome bug in KDE on SUSE 9.2 and some earlier releases. Often I find that the highlighted line is 'flickering' or jiggling and therefore un selectable.
Example: lft click on the SUSE menu (Geeko's smiling head) and the menu top lvl pops up and instead of one and only one entry being highlighted there is a flickering highlighted line but when you try to pick a line via the mouse the highlighting jumps all over, always escaping the mouse cursor. Work-around: use the KB arrow keys (up or dn) and then one entry becomes properly highlighted. Now after that it will act correctly. <snip>
These PCs have nvidia cards, and some have the nvidia 3D drivers running and some are not.
Have any of you seen this odd bug?
I haven't, but I do have an ATI 9200SE, so maybe it is some nvidia problem. I do have 3D working as well. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Registered Linux user 231871
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
Peter B Van Campen wrote:
There is a real bothersome bug in KDE on SUSE 9.2 and some earlier releases. Often I find that the highlighted line is 'flickering' or jiggling and therefore un selectable.
Example: lft click on the SUSE menu (Geeko's smiling head) and the menu top lvl pops up and instead of one and only one entry being highlighted there is a flickering highlighted line but when you try to pick a line via the mouse the highlighting jumps all over, always escaping the mouse cursor. Work-around: use the KB arrow keys (up or dn) and then one entry becomes properly highlighted. Now after that it will act correctly. <snip>
These PCs have nvidia cards, and some have the nvidia 3D drivers running and some are not.
Have any of you seen this odd bug?
I haven't, but I do have an ATI 9200SE, so maybe it is some nvidia problem. I do have 3D working as well.
9.2 on all 3, x86_64 XP3000+ laptop with Radeon 9600, x86 on XP3000+ with FX5200 128M and P-II/333 trident cyber 9388 laptop, never encountered it either. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
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Bill Wisse -
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Fergus Wilde -
Joe Morris (NTM) -
Peter B Van Campen -
peter Nikolic -
Sid Boyce