Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:26:45 -0600 From: Anthony ''Ishpeck'' Tedjamulia <ishpeck@ishpeck.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GTK and black window content Message-ID: <20120829162645.GA27144@suki.ishpeck.net> In-Reply-To: <1631524.1NBtPO5guz@freebsd> References: <1631524.1NBtPO5guz@freebsd>
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On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:43:45AM +0200, Stephan Schindel wrote: > I have sometimes a problem with GTK applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird > and some others too: The whole application window gets almost black and the > only fix is to reboot the system. I am using KDE (disabled composite) as my > Desktop and I have got a Nvidia card (propr. driver). > > Does this happen to you as well? Sometimes pidgin stops drawing for me. The program still runs. I noticed that even tho' I can't see it, I can send IM's to my contacts. They get the text but the window stays blank (just the widget background color). Sometimes I've had to restart X. I've never had to reboot the computer to get this fixed. I'm using naked openbox (no desktop environment).
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