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[Bert Freudenberg <bert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05.06.2012, at 20:08, Amos Blanton wrote:

> On ubuntu 12.04 64 bit, any change in size of Scratch's window causes it to turn black and slowly shrink down to a thin strip. Quite an interesting bug!
> 
> Here's a video:
> http://youtu.be/bpTX7O3NDy4

I've heard a report of that behavior before, but it was years ago. Found it: 2009, on Xubuntu 8.10.

What was the Squeak display size before resizing? (print Display)

> Fullscreen (via the window button - not Scratch's presentation mode) makes the window fullscreen, but there is no repaint - the window remains black until it is changed back into window mode (by clicking the rectangle). This issue also happens on my 32 bit test OS. 

That sounds exactly like an unresolved problem we sometimes see in Etoys, too:

	http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-987

> Here's the command I used to launch, in case it's helpful:
> /usr/lib/squeak/4.4.7-2357/squeakvm -encoding UTF-8 -vm-display-x11 -xshm -plugins /usr/lib/scratch/plugins/:/usr/lib/squeak/4.4.7-2357/ -vm-sound-pulse /usr/share/scratch/Scratch.image 
> 
> Any idea what might have changed in the VM that could cause these issues? Could this be related to changes made for compiz compatibility?
> 
> -Amos

What's your screen resolution, graphics card, and window manager?

- Bert -