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topher
Asked: 2013-12-25 13:54:29 +0800 CST

Can't resize Scratch window

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Whenever I try to resize the Scratch window, it turns black as below and slowly reduces in width until it's a line on the screen.

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If I try to maximise the window, it also turns black but the width doesn't reduce. However, when I minimize/unmaximize it, it behaves as when I try to resize it.

I cannot close the window once this happens and have to do it from system monitor.

Anyone know the cause of this problem and how to fix it?

12.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I found this which suggested to me the following work around. In the file /usr/bin/scratch I modified the line

    VMOPTIONS="-encoding UTF-8 -vm-display-x11 -xshm -plugins /usr/lib/scratch/plugins/:$SQ_DIR/"

    to look like this (i.e. I removed the -xshm flag)

    VMOPTIONS="-encoding UTF-8 -vm-display-x11 -plugins /usr/lib/scratch/plugins/:$SQ_DIR/"

    This doesn't fix the bug but let's you forget about it. Hope it helps.

    Kind regards,

    /Adam

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