[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
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                CC: [e-mail]

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.

[Bug 12103] NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103

--- Comment #1 from Austin English   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?

[Bug 12103] NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103

--- Comment #2 from Steven Maglio   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.

[Bug 12103] NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103

--- Comment #3 from Austin English   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.

[Bug 12103] NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103

--- Comment #4 from Steven Maglio   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.

[Bug 12103] NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103

--- Comment #5 from Austin English   2008-10-17 15:31:32 ---
Is this still a problem in current (1.1.6 or newer) wine? Sounds invalid...

[Bug 12103] NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |ABANDONED

--- Comment #6 from Austin English   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.

[Bug 12103] NewsLeecher - Starts as a small box

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12103

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #7 from Austin English   2009-04-17 14:27:56 ---
Closing.