[GRASS5] [bug #1809] (grass) NVIZ top2 window doesnt resize

[Helena Mitasova]

Bob,

here is the snapshot
http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/grasswork/grassprobl/nviztop2kde.jpg

I am pretty sure that I have a subtle problem with graphics card drive,
Xfree
or whatever else controls windows
- I got a new processor and graphics card for my PC and a RedHat8 update
and there were problems with the driver for my new graphics card
(Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti4200). So I still think that this is my
problem and not GRASS problem - Pedro did you find a solution?
(e.g. by using gnome? or finding other possible fix?)

You can see that the top2 window is opened but it has the wrong size -
I can open the pulldown menus and it even expands and shrinks depending
on what I select but it does not get the vertical size right.
And this does not happen all the time - few times it actually opened
correctly and I was able to use it. However - this is not a problem for
me
because I use gnome anyway, but I was surprised to see that somebody
else got it too. So you are right that the problem is somewhere else
than
in re-sizeability of the top2 window 

Helena

> 
> Helena,
> 
> The top2 panel is created so that it is not re-sizable. The window
> manager options for this are set in nviz2.2_script found in
> NVIZ2.2/scripts. The lines are:
> 
> proc Nv_makeGUI {{BASE .top}} {
>      global Nv_ ScriptState src_boot env
> 
>      set Nv_(First) 1
>      wm geometry . 585x720
>      wm minsize . 300 200
>      pack [frame $BASE] -side top -fill both -expand y
>      toplevel .top2
>      wm geometry .top2 "+400+300"
>      wm resizable .top2 false false
>      set Nv_(height) 720
> 
> The line "wm resizable .top2 false false" sets the top2 window to not
> allow re-sizing. If this is changed to "true true" it can be re-sized.
> 
> However, there is probably more to this problem than just re-sizing. The
> window manager in KDE is failing to set the window size correctly. A
> screen shot would be helpful (could you forward to Pedro as well).
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> > Request Tracker wrote:
> > I can just confirm that I had this problem too with RedHat8 and KDE.
> > It was rather random, sometimes it would open top2 but it would get
> > stuck
> > with other pannels. I thought that is a problem with my installation.
> > So I switched to gnome and it works OK there. I used nviz from command
> > line.
> > I can try it again - the top2 pannel should be re-sizeable, but for some
> > reason
> > it is not.
> >
> > Helena
> >
> >
> >> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=1809
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Subject: NVIZ  top2 window doesnt resize
> >>
> >> Platform: GNU/Linux/i386
> >> grass obtained from: Trento Italy site
> >> grass binary for platform: Downloaded precompiled Binaries
> >> GRASS Version: 5.0.2
> >>
> >> System Gnu-Linux Redhat 8.0
> >>
> >> Trying to use NVIZ, for instance with Spearfish el=elevation.dem from within
> >> Tcltk-gui.
> >>
> >> NVIZ starts normally, it opens all windows i.e. nviz I/O, NVIZ (with the
> >> grided raster file) and top2. But top2 is closed and I can either resize not
> >> rescale, so that I have no access to the panel. I would like to send you a
> >> snapshot.
> >> Any idea?
> >> Pedro Martinez
> 
> --
> Bob Covill
> 
> Tekmap Consulting
> P.O. Box 2016
> Fall River, N.S.
> B2T 1K6
> Canada
> 
> E-Mail: bcovill at tekmap.ns.ca
> Phone: 902-860-1496
> Fax: 902-860-1498