[ltp] OSD with tpb not working with T30, xorg, gentoo & KDE

Joe LaPenna linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:34:37 -0600


You've verified that this does not occur after you've loaded a non KDE
but QT application, and that the problem does not occur when you load
a non QT non KDE application?

-Joe


On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:34:37 -0800, Shaw <shawv@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> I recently switched over to Gentoo from Mandrake on my Thinkpad.
> Ever since the switch, I haven't been able to get tpb to function properly.
> It hangs while trying to update the onscreen volume display- but only after a
> kde app has been loaded. To reproduce, all I have to do  is start tpb,
> then start konq. or konsole, and then press the volume thinkpad key.
> The volume is raised, but the onscreen display never appears, and tpb
> no longer responds to keypresses.  I've filed a bug-report on the tpb
> page of savannah.org @
> http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=11342.
> However, I'm fairly convinced that the bug isn't with tpb itself,
> perhaps something with xosd or xorg or my setup. (see the bug report
> for more information)  I have heard of plenty of people with similar
> installations without this problem which confuses me further.  Has
> anyone else had similar problems?  Any ideas?
> 
> I'm cross-posting this- sorry to all of you (myself included:) who
> get this posting more than once.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shaw
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