[kde-linux] blank e-mail pane in KMail for 4.2

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 17 February 2009 01:50:03 Jim Philips wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2009 09:41:01 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Monday 16 February 2009 13:26:56 Jim Philips wrote:
> > > On Monday 16 February 2009 08:00:00 Jim Philips wrote:
> > > > This is probably just a setting, but I have no idea where it is. I
> > > > have KMail set up for the standard three-pane e-mail viewing. But
> > > > when I click on an e- mail, the viewing pane is just blank, except
> > > > for a side-bar that says "No HTML Message". If I double-click on the
> > > > e-mail, a new window opens up and I can then see everything. How can
> > > > I get back to viewing my e-mail in the normal pane?
> > >
> > > Never mind. I fixed it. Under Settings-->Appearance-->Message Window, I
> > > unchecked "Show HTML Status Bar" and everything came back. Seems like a
> > > bug, though. Why would that status bar make all of my text disappear?
> >
> > Hmm - just checked it here, and there is no problem.  Maybe a distro bug?
> > Which distro/version?
>
> This is Kubunt/Intrepid. The funny thing is that the behavior came back
> after awhile. Once again, I twiddled the settings for KMail and my reading
> pain showed content again. This may have more to do with the video card
> than the distro. There is some known flakiness with nVidia cards and KDE
> 4.X. I had to modify some settings to stop video rendering from eating up
> all CPU here. 

I seem to be seeing a lot of problems reported on kubuntu systems, resulting 
in losing parts of windows.  There are too many for coincidence, I think.  I 
really think that you have to try the *buntu lists or forums for help, but 
please do report back here if you solve it, so that it helps others.

Anne


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