[2322] in SIPB bug reports
xscreensaver
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (I'd like MY data-base JULIENNED an)
Wed Dec 4 18:34:34 1991
To: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 91 18:33:56 EST
From: I'd like MY data-base JULIENNED and stir-fried! <cyrus@Athena.MIT.EDU>
Two pieces of software I use are interacting incorrectly. One is sipb,
and one is my own (snarfed from the net). PS: I'm on a vax3100.
These are the symptoms. If there is no xscreensaver process running, my
program, xmartin, runs fine. When I run xscreensaver, I can create new
background screens. The first time I click on the screensaver, my
float-icon is on the right screen. When I unlock the screen, all is
fine. Now comes the weird part.
If, at this point, I generate a new fractal with xmartin, it does not
appear on my root screen. YET when I lock my screen NOW, the icon floats
around the screen I just generated. It is as if xscreensaver is
stealing the image before it is drawn on my root window. If I now run
xsetroot, xloadimage, etc.... they all behave normally. Xmartin is the
only program that has problems with xscreensaver.
Now I kill the xscreensaver process, and xmartin works correctly.
The source for xmartin is in /mit/bitbucket/xmartin.
Thanks,
- Cyrus Shaoul
cyrus@athena
I/S CSS Consultant
