[X2Go-User] KMail composer window doesn't appear with NX

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Fri, 2013-03-08 at 12:00 +0100, x2go-user-request at lists.berlios.de
wrote:
> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:53:38 +0100
> From: Tristan Miller <psychonaut at nothingisreal.com>
> To: x2go-user at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: [X2Go-User] KMail composer window doesn't appear with NX
> Message-ID: <201303071153.43213.psychonaut at nothingisreal.com>
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> 
> Dear all,
> 
> This message concerns a longtanding bug bothering KDE users.  Most
> likely 
> the bug is with KDE and not NX, but perhaps someone here can help us
> find 
> out exactly what's causing the problem.
> 
> First, a description of how things normally work with KDE's e-mail
> client, 
> KMail:  If one invokes the "New Message", "Forward", or "Reply"
> command on 
> a message, a composer window opens.  You can then type your message
> and 
> send it, at which point the composer window closes.  If you close
> KMail 
> while one or more composer windows are still open, then the next time
> you 
> launch KMail, those composer windows are restored so you can resume
> writing 
> the messages where you left off.
> 
> The problem is that if you launch KMail from an NX session, the
> composer 
> window usually doesn't appear when you invoke the "Forward" or
> "Reply" 
> commands.  I think the composer windows must be created, but for some 
> reason they are not immediately visible, because if you quit and
> relaunch 
> KMail (still over NX), the composer windows you created last time
> suddenly 
> appear.
> 
> The problem happens usually but not always.  (That is, sometimes when
> you 
> launch KMail, the Forward and Reply commands will work for a time, but
> then 
> they'll stop working, and will never work again for that session.)
> The 
> problem also never happens with the "New message" command, even though
> to 
> all outward appearances the same sort of composer window is being
> launched.
> 
> So far I've reproduced the problem with both NoMachine NX and x2go.
> 
> Anyone have any idea where the problem might lie?  Is there some sort
> of 
> fine-grained debug logging I can enable in x2go which prints a
> message 
> every time it tries to display a new window?
> 
> Regards,
> Tristan 

Silly question on my part but is there any chance the composer window is
appearing under another window, perhaps the mail KMail window? - John