On Sunday 01 February 2009 16:36:08 Cameron Stone wrote: > This sounds like bug 5501: > http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5501 > > That seems to be caused by X getting confused. (perhaps it's related to > a qt bug?) lyx seems to operate normally (no cpu thrashing), but as you > say there is nothing being written to the window. > > Cameron. >
It may be related (Qt?) but I don''t think it's the same bug. I actually contributed a description to bugzilla for 5501, and it was a different behavior. In that case, one of the tabs became unresposive, but the other tabs functioned normally. In this case, instead, the whole GUI (except Command keys) becomes unresponsive. S. > Stefano Franchi wrote: > > On Sunday 01 February 2009 14:49:30 rgheck wrote: > >> Stefano Franchi wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I have been experiencing some serious problems with LyX lately, after > >>> my upgrade to 1.6.x. This is what happens: > >>> > >>> 1. I am happily typing away when suddenly there is no ouptu on the > >>> screen any longer. > >>> 2. However, LyX is not completely crashed. I can still issue control > >>> commands. In particular, I can save my work with Ctrl-S, and quit with > >>> Ctrl-Q. 3. The interface, however, is completely unresponsive: the > >>> various panes are not updated, scrolling does not work, etc. As > >>> expected, if I change to a different workspace and come back, Lyx's > >>> windows is not refreshed and becomes blank. > >>> > >>> > >>> As I said, the behavior is not *that* annoying, since no work gets > >>> lost. However, it seems rather serious and happens repeatedly. I have > >>> experienced it intermittently for several weeks now---a few times a > >>> week on average. But I cannot reproduce it consistently. Is this a > >>> known bug? If not, anby suggestion on what I could do in order to pin > >>> it down? > >>> > >>> I am on Linux/Kubuntu (Kde 4.2), running LyX 1.6.1 > >> > >> I have not seen or heard of this bug. You should probably bugzilla it so > >> it will get people's attention. > >> > >> One thing you might do is check `top' when this happens. Is LyX eating > >> CPU? > >> > >> Do you have the TOC open? Other panes? If so, see if you still get this > >> with them closed. Otherwise, no very good ideas. > >> > >> rh > > > > Hi Richard, > > > > I hadn't thought of checking top---'i'll do it next time it happens. All > > I can say it's not stuck on the disk- and the rest of the system does not > > seem to be affected. > > > > And yes, I do have the TOC list open---I always keep it open when I > > write. No other panes are open. > > > > I'll file a provisional bug report on bugzilla in the meanwhile. > > > > Cheers, > > > > s. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Stefano Franchi > > Department of Philosophy Ph: (979) 862-2211 > > Texas A&M University Fax: (979) 845-0458 > > 305B Bolton Hall fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu > > College Station, TX 77843-4237 ______________________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Department of Philosophy Ph: (979) 862-2211 Texas A&M University Fax: (979) 845-0458 305B Bolton Hall fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-4237
