dissapearing windows!! (solved)

petay · Post by **petay** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:22 am

Hi

I am trying my best to be able to use linux full time for work, however there is an application that i need to use to allow remote support for our software applications.

We have a custom made application that acts as a server on your machine, the clients then connect to you for the remote support.

The application runs with wine, and while it shows an incorrect IP address it appears to work. It opens the connection and the client is able to connect. This connection is reflected in the programs log and by a beep made by the program. i should then be able to choose to view the clients desktop from the server side, however the window dissapears!! It is still running as clients are still able to connect and the log file gets updated with all the new connections, but i can not see the window.

I have tried using alt + tab to see if its minimised itself and no joy there
i have tried launching it from the terminal to see if any tell tale mesages are posted there and still no joy

so i thought i would ask the experts!!!

i am using wine version 1.0 obtained via synaptic on ubuntu 8.04.1 running kernel 2.6.24-19-generic

Thanks in advance

Pete

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:49 am

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:22 AM, petay <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi

I am trying my best to be able to use linux full time for work, however there is an application that i need to use to allow remote support for our software applications.

We have a custom made application that acts as a server on your machine, the clients then connect to you for the remote support.

The application runs with wine, and while it shows an incorrect IP address it appears to work. It opens the connection and the client is able to connect. This connection is reflected in the programs log and by a beep made by the program. i should then be able to choose to view the clients desktop from the server side, however the window dissapears!! It is still running as clients are still able to connect and the log file gets updated with all the new connections, but i can not see the window.

I have tried using alt + tab to see if its minimised itself and no joy there
i have tried launching it from the terminal to see if any tell tale mesages are posted there and still no joy

so i thought i would ask the experts!!!

i am using wine version 1.0 obtained via synaptic on ubuntu 8.04.1 running kernel 2.6.24-19-generic

Thanks in advance

Pete

Please post terminal output.

petay · Post by **petay** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:25 am

there is none!!!

i was hoping that there would be so i could get some ideas but nothing!!

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:31 am

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM, petay <[email protected]> wrote:

there is none!!!

i was hoping that there would be so i could get some ideas but nothing!!

Try a virtual desktop

jorl17 · Post by **jorl17** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:34 am

Have you allowed the WM to control the windows? if you have, disable it. Also, maybe if you trie running wine inside a virtual desktop you'd know that if the window really 'disappeared without crashing' it mus be somewhere around there. Or it could even be unresponsive and not being redrawn (though I think titlebars and such decorations would still be visible).

Jorl17

petay · Post by **petay** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:46 am

BINGO!!

i turned every option of in the graphics mentioning the window manager and it stayed put!!

even works flawlessly!! the only problem i have now is it appears on every desktop of my compiz cube

We carnt have everything

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:51 am

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:46 AM, petay <[email protected]> wrote:

BINGO!!

i turned every option of in the graphics mentioning the window manager and it stayed put!!

even works flawlessly!! the only problem i have now is it appears on every desktop of my compiz cube

We carnt have everything

Disable compiz...that could be the source of the problem.

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:52 am

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM, petay <[email protected]> wrote:

BINGO!!

i turned every option of in the graphics mentioning the window manager and it stayed put!!

even works flawlessly!! the only problem i have now is it appears on every desktop of my compiz cube

We carnt have everything

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-db2fa15 ... 768ec6ec47

John

petay · Post by **petay** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:13 am

Well it seems to be working well now. i can minimise it to the system tray as i only need it to help out customers with technical issues.

Everything else i have tried works well even with compiz and allowing compiz to draw the windows, its just this one where it manages to pull a hudini and make it all dissapear!!

Thanks everyone for the help i think this is now resolved

thats what i call service