Gordon Keith wrote in message news:...
> I have to maintain an xview app on linux.
>
> It works fine on an older linux system (SuSE 7), on a new system (SuSE 8)
> the same app (recompiled) has the following problems:
>
> Clicking on a menu item from a drop down menu doesn't select the item.
> Tearing the menu off and then clicking on it does.
>
> Torn off menus no longer stay on top of the application window. On the old
> system the torn off menus stay on top, on the new system the torn off menu
> appears on top, but clicking on the main app window brings it forward on
> top of the menu.
>
>
> There are a reasonable number of changes between the two system (clib
> version, compiler version, X version, window manager (KDE) version), so I'm
> not sure where to start looking.

I'd bet my coins on the window manager. Try to run the same application using
fvwm2 instead of KWM to see the results.

--- Casantos

Carlos A M dos Santos wrote:

> Gordon Keith wrote in message
> news:...
>> I have to maintain an xview app on linux.
>>
>> It works fine on an older linux system (SuSE 7), on a new system (SuSE 8)
>> the same app (recompiled) has the following problems:
>>
>> Clicking on a menu item from a drop down menu doesn't select the item.
>> Tearing the menu off and then clicking on it does.
>>
>> Torn off menus no longer stay on top of the application window. On the
>> old system the torn off menus stay on top, on the new system the torn off
>> menu appears on top, but clicking on the main app window brings it
>> forward on top of the menu.
>>
>>
>> There are a reasonable number of changes between the two system (clib
>> version, compiler version, X version, window manager (KDE) version), so
>> I'm not sure where to start looking.
>
> I'd bet my coins on the window manager. Try to run the same application
> using fvwm2 instead of KWM to see the results.

I forgot to mention that I've tried it under a number of window managers and
they all have the problem.

For what it's worth the app originally ran on solaris and was ported to
linux a while ago. No problems on solaris 2.5? either.

Regards
Gordon