On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:18:57 -0500
Owen Taylor <otaylor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 12:08 -0300, Joao Victor wrote:
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > I'm trying to draw on the root window using the gtk API, but with no
> > success. Basically this is what i'm trying to do:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > But it doesn't happen anything. Could somebody please help me?
>
> If you are running a file manager like Nautilus or Konqueror, it will
> use a big window that covers the real root window.
>
> Regards,
> Owen
>
>
Hi,
latest root-tail [1] version includes a workaround to the problem, but it is a hack.
>From its ChangeLog:
1.2 Fri Jul 30 21:31:42 CEST 2004
- [...]
- add hack to support nautilus (not very stable, nautilus should
either use extended window manager hints or __SWM_VROOT, as everybody
else does).
[1] http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html
--
Luca
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