Possible X11 server bug
Jon TURNEY
jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Wed Sep 17 13:35:00 GMT 2014
On 05/09/2014 17:55, mathog wrote:
> I have run into an issue which _may_ indicate a bug in the cygwin X11
> server. The issue is documented here:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1365153
>
> In brief, for certain test files viewed in Inkscape (current trunk at
> least) over a putty ssh tunnel from an Ubuntu 12.04lts system to the
> cygwin 1.14.1.0 X11 server there are glitches in the image when it is
> zoomed in and out. This does not occur if the same program is run
> locally on the console of the test machine.
Thanks for reporting this problem.
It's not quite clear, but I think you are saying that it renders
correctly when run locally on the Ubuntu 12.04 system?
There are a couple of possible variables, which might affect things
The version of the X server may not be the same. It would be useful to
compare the same version, and also be helpful if you could test with the
most recent X server (1.16.0)
FWIW, the .svgs attached to that bug seem to render identically
(although I'm not sure what correctly looks like) using a Cygwin
Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939 (from cygwinports) and X server 1.16.0-1
> It also does not happen if
> I run a native Windows version (not cygwin, not X11) of Inkscape on the
> same PC which hosts that X11 server on the same test files. The glitch
> does not occur with a huge number of other test files I have looked at
> over the years. It seems there is something specific to the clipping
> code in Inkscape and this particular X11 transport path/server
> combination. Moreover, it looks like the problem is only manifested (or
> only manifested frequently) when the clipping path consists of two (or
> more?) disjoint sections.
>
> When the glitches occur nothing is added to XWin.0.log.
>
> Also this X11 server is not running in the full cygwin environment, but
> rather in one edited down to just the minimum needed to run the X11
> server. I distribute this version here:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/minimalcygwinx/
>
> I don't think this is a factor though, since all of the action is going
> on inside the X11 server process(es).
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Jon TURNEY
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