<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think it is related to the x11 server version, as I saw the same issues with the main xorg-server port (1.20.x) but if I switch back to 1.18 gv behaves better.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As this isn’t the first time so issues with the 1.20 server have been reported since it was made the default version, I have just submitted </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/4135" class="">https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/4135</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">which adds back a ‘legacy’ xorg-server-1.18 port. I was a little reticent to do this, but if if provides a fallback solution to these issues until whatever is affecting the 1.20 build can be addressed (I don’t personally currently have a clue) then fine.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">those affected can just do</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">> sudo port uninstall xorg-server</div><div class="">> sudo port install xorg-server-1.18</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">once the above is merged into master.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chris</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 22 Apr 2019, at 11:21 am, Ryan Schmidt <<a href="mailto:ryandesign@macports.org" class="">ryandesign@macports.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><br class="">On Apr 19, 2019, at 05:01, Christoph Kukulies wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Thanks. That did the job. I can now start the „gv“ (ghostview) port. But it illbehaves.<br class="">Some problem with the event queue maybe. Looks like lots ov expose events are generated.<br class="">Textfield in the left is flickering and is counting through all papersizes there are. Then the fileselector box<br class="">is flickering slowly. Hardly to operate.<br class=""><br class="">Well, the application isn’t attractive anyway compared to what one is used of gsview64/32.<br class="">Not that the letter is the cream of GUI programs but it is usable and practical. Not more, not less.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Hmm, sorry to hear that. I'm not seeing those problems (on High Sierra), but I am using an older version of xorg-server at least:<br class=""><br class="">$ port installed xorg-server gv<br class="">The following ports are currently installed:<br class=""> gv @3.7.4_0+universal (active)<br class=""> xorg-server @1.18.4_3+universal (active)<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>