[Bug 12103] New: NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103 Summary: NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box Product: Wine Version: 0.9.57. Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org ReportedBy: smaglio81(a)gmail.com CC: smaglio81(a)gmail.com I used the Ctrl+C trick to improve startup times. But, after the third or fourth time I used the trick the program started up as a small box. The box is the icon from the upper left hand corner of the normal window. If you click on the box the "window menu" opens up, but the minimize and maximize options are greyed out. Also, the box cannot be resized, rendering NL unusable. Closing NL and restarting the application will not fix the problem. Neither will uninstalling and reinstalling the application through wine. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103 --- Comment #1 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2008-03-19 01:29:31 --- (In reply to comment #0)
I used the Ctrl+C trick to improve startup times. But, after the third or fourth time I used the trick the program started up as a small box. The box is the icon from the upper left hand corner of the normal window. If you click on the box the "window menu" opens up, but the minimize and maximize options are greyed out. Also, the box cannot be resized, rendering NL unusable.
Closing NL and restarting the application will not fix the problem. Neither will uninstalling and reinstalling the application through wine.
What Ctrl+C trick? Does: $ rm -rf ~/.wine $ wine newsleecher_setup.exe $ wine newsleecher.exe Fix the problem? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103 --- Comment #2 from Steven Maglio <smaglio81(a)gmail.com> 2008-03-19 02:52:10 --- Thank you for the quick reply!
What Ctrl+C trick?
In the "Get Newsleecher Running in Ubuntu/Linux" thread on NewsLeecher forums (http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13822), there is a post by Sasquatch which reads: "If you use a terminal to run NL, you can use CTRL+C a few times to speed up the startup. Don't press it too often, sometimes it starts after 3 hits, sometimes it takes up to 7-8 hits."
Does: $ rm -rf ~/.wine $ wine newsleecher_setup.exe $ wine newsleecher.exe
Fix the problem?
Yeah, that would probably do it. But, wouldn't that be like throwing out the baby with the bath water? I had this happen once before with NL 3.8 final release. But, at that time, I had the opportunity to upgrade to a beta release, NL 3.9 Beta 9, which solved the problem. This is just a theory, but it seems like a window manager might be loading the last "screen position" (upper left x,y coordinate and the windows width and height) when re-initializing NL's main display. Perhaps, when I was pressing Ctrl+C, it caused the main display to load before those values could be properly read into the window manager. So, the window popped up with both width and height values equal to zero. Then, when I closed the program, it stored the zero values back to disk. And it is now trying to load them every time. I don't know if any of that is true. But, it is a theory. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103 --- Comment #3 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2008-03-19 03:44:28 --- (In reply to comment #2)
Thank you for the quick reply!
What Ctrl+C trick?
In the "Get Newsleecher Running in Ubuntu/Linux" thread on NewsLeecher forums (http://www.newsleecher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13822), there is a post by Sasquatch which reads:
"If you use a terminal to run NL, you can use CTRL+C a few times to speed up the startup. Don't press it too often, sometimes it starts after 3 hits, sometimes it takes up to 7-8 hits."
Does: $ rm -rf ~/.wine $ wine newsleecher_setup.exe $ wine newsleecher.exe
Fix the problem?
Yeah, that would probably do it. But, wouldn't that be like throwing out the baby with the bath water?
Somewhat, but it allows to see if misconfiguration is the problem, or if it is a wine bug. You could do: $ mv ~/.wine ~/.wine.bak $ wine newsleecher_setup.exe $ wine newsleecher.exe To keep it safe
I had this happen once before with NL 3.8 final release. But, at that time, I had the opportunity to upgrade to a beta release, NL 3.9 Beta 9, which solved the problem.
This is just a theory, but it seems like a window manager might be loading the last "screen position" (upper left x,y coordinate and the windows width and height) when re-initializing NL's main display. Perhaps, when I was pressing Ctrl+C, it caused the main display to load before those values could be properly read into the window manager. So, the window popped up with both width and height values equal to zero. Then, when I closed the program, it stored the zero values back to disk. And it is now trying to load them every time.
I don't know if any of that is true. But, it is a theory.
Using Ctrl+C will have very strange effects, since you are stopping the currently running job. Let the program run as it intends, then file bugs based on that behavior. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103 --- Comment #4 from Steven Maglio <smaglio81(a)gmail.com> 2008-03-19 21:24:03 ---
Somewhat, but it allows to see if misconfiguration is the problem, or if it is a wine bug. You could do: $ mv ~/.wine ~/.wine.bak $ wine newsleecher_setup.exe $ wine newsleecher.exe
To keep it safe
Oh yeah, thanks for pointing that out. So, I backed up wine and then reinstalled NL. Then I added in the license information to the registry and started the application. It came up after a few minutes, which was great news! I then moved the data folder from the backup into the new working copy. This time, after NL initialized, it was back to the small box. So, whatever is doing it lies with the data folder of NL. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103 --- Comment #5 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2008-10-17 15:31:32 --- Is this still a problem in current (1.1.6 or newer) wine? Sounds invalid... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103 Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |ABANDONED --- Comment #6 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2009-04-17 14:19:35 --- No response in 6 months => abandoned. If you still have problems in current (1.1.19 or newer) wine and can provide the requested information, feel free to reopen. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103 Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #7 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> 2009-04-17 14:27:56 --- Closing. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.
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