Grey windows under wine

[tulkas]

I seem to be having an issue with font rendering under wine. Whenever I open a window that relies on "standard" Windows layouts (fonts, dropdown boxes, scrollbars, confirmation buttons) I just a grey window (screenshot). Anyone know how to fix this? Am I missing a library?

screenshot:


edit: graphics card is nvidia, but I get the same issue on my laptop with a radeon. Both are running Ubuntu Gutsy, using Gnome.

[Dan Kegel]

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:14 AM, tulkas <[email protected]> wrote:

I seem to be having an issue with font rendering under wine. Whenever I open a window that relies on "standard" Windows layouts (fonts, dropdown boxes, scrollbars, confirmation buttons) I just a grey window (screenshot). Anyone know how to fix this? Am I missing a library?

screenshot:
[Image: http://www.johannesklug.de/bildschirmfoto.png ]

Bleah. Does the problem persist if you start a fresh new .wine directory?

[loyeyoung]

I get the same behavior.

The program I'm running is old: a 16-bit program that was written circa 1999, running vb3run and based on Superbase. It seems to do well when working with database forms, but popup windows show the same solid grey as in the above post.

I don't know if it's related, but printing doesn't work either. The program doesn't seem to know that a default printer has been set, and the print options button is completely inop. As with other 16 bit programs, if the default printer isn't set, the printing doesn't work. I have set the default printer, both in win.ini and the registry.

This leads me to suspect that I'm missing some libraries. I've tried installing mfc40 and dcom908, both to no avail. Reinstalling with clean .wine directory doesn't make a difference.

Of course, the software vendor won't tell me how the windows are generated or what calls it makes to the printing system. (The programmer's words "Absolutely not").

Happy Trails,

Loye Young

[billstei]

I've been seeing the itty bitty font thing in some of my programs for a couple of Wine revs or so, and 0.9.59 still has it. Haven't really looked into it (yet).

Bill

[davidp]

I get something similar, I've installed Bentley's Microstation V8 CAD program on my laptop (its the only application so far). The microstation icons appear and work correctly but the standard icons (new file, open, cut, copy, paste ect) appear as just a grey box.
Is this the same problem?

Any help greatfully accepted.

David.

[Dan Kegel]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 12:27 PM, loyeyoung <[email protected]> wrote:

I get the same behavior.

The program I'm running is old: a 16-bit program that was written circa 1999, running vb3run and based on Superbase. It seems to do well when working with database forms, but popup windows show the same solid grey as in the above post.

What happens if you move the window offscreen and then back on?

Y'all should probably file bugs at http://bugs.winehq.org for these problems.

[Dan Kegel]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 3:14 AM, davidp <[email protected]> wrote:

I get something similar, I've installed Bentley's Microstation V8 CAD program on my laptop (its the only application so far). The microstation icons appear and work correctly but the standard icons (new file, open, cut, copy, paste ect) appear as just a grey box.
Is this the same problem?

No, this is a different problem. I've seen it before, but I can't find the
bug report at the moment.
Please file a bug report at http://bugs.winehq.org

[winspool]

I get the same behavior.
The program I'm running is old: a 16-bit program that was written circa 1999,

Some 16Bit programs can't handle a 32Bit Screen,
but 'wine winecfg' must always work.
(For me, the gray parts in Adobe Acobat Reader 3 are ok, when I switch my Desktop to 8-Bit)


Please try a virtual Desktop:

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wine explorer.exe /desktop=xxx,800x600 winecfg

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