Re: [GM-help] import and backing store

[Patrick W. <pr...@ca...>]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 04:21:14PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009, Patrick Welche wrote:
> 
> >On a default gnome desktop ubuntu install, with CVS-head graphicsmagick,
> >if I "gm import foo.png", and have many windows open, foo.png doesn't
> >contain what I saw in the selected rectangle, but parts of what
> >may have been there.
> >
> >e.g. in one xterm do "ls; clear"
> >then in another "gm import foo.png", and select the first.
> >
> >The first xterm just has a prompt, so that is what I would expect
> >to find in foo.png, but foo.png contains the prompt, the command
> >"ls; clear" and the directory listing in glorious linux technicolour.
> 
> This problem sounds like some sort of X11 server/driver bug.  I
> don't see that problem here.

Hmmm I can't reproduce this on NetBSD with twm either...

Any clue on where to start looking? (GraphicsMagick must ask something for
the rectangle... that something must be giving the "wrong" answer...)

Cheers,

Patrick