Plasma does not show all windows in expose or grid

[J.R. Mauro]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org> wrote:

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>

Sorry. Unintentional. Gmail sucks.


>
> On Friday 11 July 2008 17:19:28 J.R. Mauro wrote:
> > > This looks a lot like an issue Lubos has just fixed recently. To
> confirm
> > > that:
> > >
> > > - Does it work when you uncheck "desktop effects" | General | Advanced
> > > Options
> > >
> > >  | [ ] Keep thumbnails of hidden windows up to date ?
> >
> > If I uncheck this and use grid to switch desktops, I don't see the
> windows
> > on that desktop, just
> > the shadow around them. I want to specify that I can't see the windows in
> > the grid preview
> > *before* I select a desktop either way. Same goes for exposé: I can't see
> > the windows in the preview
> > and only see the shadows on the desktop with thumbnail update off, and
> > can't see the windows
> > in the preview but can see the on the desktop with it on.
>
> You need to walk through the desktop first once so the offscreen pixmaps
> get
> updated (this is what you unchecked with the above option).
>

I'm not sure if this made it work.


>
> > > - Do you see all windows when you "kquitapp plasma" (you can start it
> > > again with alt+f2 "plasma"),
> >
> > I can see the windows on the desktop fine. I can't see them in the
> preview
> > mode of exposé or
> > grid before choosing a window/desktop.
>
> I understood that.
>

Thankfully. I have a hard time explaining myself, so I always worry :)


>
> > > If so, it looks a lot like the ordering bug that's fixed already, it'll
> > > be in
> > > 4.1-rc1 packages once they're out.
> >
> > I'm not up to speed on all this, but I don't think this is the same bug.
> Is
> > the fixed
> > bug a problem with windows not showing up on the desktop itself?
>
> No, it's a bug with previews and animations ending up "under" the plasma
> "window". That's why I asked to quit plasma and see if that changes
> anything.


Now that I understand what you're saying, I would agree that this is
probably the previously
reported bug. I'll include the steps I took just to be safe:

Quitting plasma didn't help. I did the following:

Unset thumb updates, walk through desktops. This left me with just the
window shadows
and no dice on the grid and exposé. Then I ran kquitapp plasma. After plasma
came back I
still was left with shadows and no preview windows. Minimizing and
maximizing windows
did not fix this. Using kopete's option to 'minimize' to the tray and
dispose the main window,
then bringing it back fixed kopete itself, but obviously no other windows.
Disabling/reenabling
effects did not bring back the windows.

Hopefully those symptoms match exactly. I read the bug report Lucas
referenced (got the mail
while writing this), and it was not as detailed.


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