Re: [PATCH virt-viewer] rhbz#1111514: Fix un-shrinkable displays on windows guests

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Hey,

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 03:02:28PM -0500, Jonathon Jongsma wrote:
> Commit 6edde5786 introduced a regression wrt shrinking windows on windows
> guests. This seems to be because resizing a display often causes the notebook
> widget to switch to the status page temporarily (often so quickly that it's not
> noticeable to the eye). This causes a quick 'unmap' and 'map' event sequence on
> the display widget. Apparently the timing of these events varies enough between
> linux and windows guests that it is only noticeable on windows gueststhe timing
> of these events varies enough between linux and windows guests that it is only
> noticeable on windows guests. The exact sequence that causes the bug appears to
> be as follows:
> 
> 1 user resizes window smaller
> 2 display widget gets a new allocation, which causes it to send a display
>   reconfiguration to the guest
> 3 client receives a new show-hint for the display which causes it to switch
>   temporarily to the 'status' notebook page
> 4 display widget gets unmapped
> 5 Client receives another new show-hint, which causes the display widget to get

Is it possible to avoid showing this status notebook? I've seen this
'connecting to display' showing up on resize sometimes, and this feels
weird (if that is what is actually show in this case).

Christophe

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