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Re: DIALOG_PICKFILE Problem Behavior in IDL 7 on Linux [message #58512 is a reply to message #58374]

Wed, 30 January 2008 03:07

Norbert Hahn
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Registered: May 2003

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David Fanning <news@dfanning.com> wrote:

> Sean writes:
>
>> I'm running IDL 7 on linux (ubuntu gutsty), and for the most part its
>> been a breath of fresh air. However, when I run the command
>>
>> file= dialog_pickfile()
>>
>> I get a box that just shows the title bar. I've posted a screenshot
>> here
>>
>> http://atoc.colorado.edu/~seand/pics/badidl.png
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas on how I could remedy this so that it opens up
>> normally?
>
> I think this has to be an X-Windows problem, since the dialog
> clearly opens up an X Window. At least on SUSE 10.3 it is not
> a problem and I see the entire dialog.

If I'm not mistaken Suse Linux installs KDE by default while Ubuntu
has Gnome by default. So I think the problem depends on the desktop
manager - whatever this is and how it works.

Norbert

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		Re: DIALOG_PICKFILE Problem Behavior in IDL 7 on Linux By: David Fanning on Tue, 29 January 2008 10:18
		Re: DIALOG_PICKFILE Problem Behavior in IDL 7 on Linux By: Norbert Hahn on Wed, 30 January 2008 03:07
		Re: DIALOG_PICKFILE Problem Behavior in IDL 7 on Linux By: R.Bauer on Tue, 05 February 2008 07:55

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