[Xastir] Unuseable tiny dialog boxes on Aspire One under Ubuntu 8.04

[Lee Bengston]

On 8/12/09, Curt, WE7U <archer at eskimo.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Tom Russo wrote:
>
>> This *really* needs to be in the FAQ and README.
>
> Perhaps also a Wiki page.  I see the FAQ under "Older Docs", which
> is probably not a good sign.  It'd be great to link that directly to
> the "CVS Browse" link for the _current_ version of the FAQ, do the
> same for the others in that category which apply, then rename that
> category.
>
> This bit about compiz could probably go in the Xastir Manual wiki
> page under a new "Problems" chapter or some-such too.
>
> Tom:  If you don't mind I'll add some of your words below to a few
> docs using the Johnny Appleseed approach (sprinkling it liberally
> everywhere).
>
>
>> The issue is the interaction between Motif and compiz, which in some
>> versions
>> of Ubuntu is turned on and off with a "Desktop Effects" menu item.  They
>> made
>> the default "on" several releases ago.  Compiz is what enables eye-candy
>> effects like animated window opening/closing, 3-d effects, and so forth.
>> I
>> don't know if there is any solution other than turning off those effects.
>
> Does anyone know if this is a Gnome window manager specific problem?
> Can it happen in KDE or in other window managers as well?  I know it
> doesn't happen in FVWM2...

In "reasonably recent" experiences with Compiz effects enabled in
Kubuntu, Mandriva, and Mepis, I did not see this problem in KDE.  I
have only seen it in Gnome.

Lee - K5DAT
Murphy, TX