[Jalview-discuss] rendering problems

[James Procter]

Hello Albert.

Albert Vilella wrote:
> I've installed the latest Jalview for linux, and I seem to have
> rendering problems on it. It looks like the windows
> are not refreshing the image, and it's only when I move the mouse over
> them or shake the windows a bit that the content of the window is
> partially displayed.
> 
> Here are three examples:
> 
> http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~avilella/jalview1.png   # The menu shows up only
> when I resize the window
> http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~avilella/jalview2.png   # The window frame for the
> tree doesn't show
> http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~avilella/jalview3.png   # Moving the threshold on
> the tree makes the aligment look garbled
> 
> Any ideas?
Just of the top of my head, are you using Compiz or Beryl as a window
manager ?  There are (still) some issues with Swing applications using
these managers.

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6429775

I've noticed some occasional redraw issues with older linuxen - but
nothing like what you've shown in those snapshots.

Jim

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