possible linux bug

[k8jb]

I'm fairly new to Linux but I think there might be a bug in PI for linux.  I'm using Linux Mint 15-Mate and in general PixInsight works perfectly if I have X11 compositing disabled (and I get the warning message in the command window).  If I enable compositing, no warning message, but I can't bring up any of the tools.  Am I doing something wrong or is this normal?

[papaf]

That seems an old bug to me. Are you using the latest version? What kind of compositor does mint use?

[Juan Conejero]

Hi,

This problem should not happen with any well configured Linux or UNIX distribution. In fact, running PixInsight on X11 without a working compositing manager is currently deprecated, and will be disabled during the 1.8 cycle.

If you are new to Linux and have no special reason to use a particular distribution, I strongly recommend you install a recent version of Fedora or Ubuntu, with a recent version of KDE 4, GNOME 2 or GNOME 3, at your option. PixInsight works perfectly with these distributions and desktop managers.