152767 - screen does not update when changing tabs or entering new URL

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[cj anderson]

build 2002061108 on win98

Comment 1

[cj anderson]

Attachment: screenshot of error--problem has been happening frequently

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Can you add a better description about the problem ?
Why is the screenshot black/white ?

Comment 3

[cj anderson]

screen shot is black and white because actual image was black and white (assume
this is part of the problem?) this problem generally happens during long
browsing sessions and/or long system up-time.  it is almost as if mozilla stops
fully redrawing the window -- switching to another application and then back to
mozilla does not restore screen.  dragging an application running in a small
window (e.g. taskman) across screen does fix.  the black and white behavior
remains, however.  sometimes a full refresh (<CTRL>-<F5>) will solve <CTRL>-R or
<F5> alone does not remedy.

the host system has 384MB RAM and 2MB-AGP card

Comment 4

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Does this still occur using mozilla 1.1?  If not, please resolve this bug
WORKSFORME.

Do you have programs that change the screen bit depth?  Such might include games
or graphics applications.

One possible cause I can guess is the Windows ran out of GDI handles.  When this
happens, all sorts of drawing routines can go quirky.  I think that mozilla is
pretty good about not leaking GDI handles, but other programs may not be, and I
don't think that windows98 cleans up its handles when a program exits abnormally.

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

-> wfm