Entire client display flashes white with exotically-shaped window in Autodesk Maya

[dhou-memverge]

Hi,

I'm trying to use Xpra with Autodesk Maya, a graphics and animation software. Autodesk Maya has a feature where a rather exotically-shaped window appears when the user right clicks and holds on the main viewport.

When I launch Maya in Xpra and open this menu, the entire client display becomes white while the menu is up.

I am on Centos 7.8 and am using the xpra from the official xpra repos. You can get a free trial of Autodesk Maya from their website if you want to try it out yourself.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[totaam]

This reminds me of a bug we had with eclipse:
#2900 (comment)

Maybe this solution (using ibus) will work for you here?
Otherwise, please capture xpra info exactly when the problem is showing.
Is your client also on CentOS 7.8?

I am afraid that going through hoops to install proprietary applications (registration, licensing, etc) is not a high priority.

[dhou-memverge]

Thanks for the suggestions!

I tried xpra start --input-method=ibus --start-env=QT_IM_MODULE=ibus --start=maya :25 which did not affect the bug. (I'm not sure if this is enough to switch to ibus though) (I also tried GTK_IM_MODULE)
I also tried XPRA_USE_PIL=0 and XPRA_ALPHA=0, no effect.

xpra info:
xpra_info.txt

My client is also on CentOS 7.8.

The info on the relevant window from the log:

windows.11.XShm=True
windows.11.above=False
windows.11.allowed-actions=('_NET_WM_ACTION_CLOSE', '_NET_WM_ACTION_MOVE', '_NET_WM_ACTION_RESIZE', '_NET_WM_ACTION_FULLSCREEN', '_NET_WM_ACTION_MINIMIZE', '_NET_WM_ACTION_SHADE', '_NET_WM_ACTION_STICK', '_NET_WM_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_HORZ', '_NET_WM_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_VERT', '_NET_WM_ACTION_CHANGE_DESKTOP', '_NET_WM_ACTION_ABOVE', '_NET_WM_ACTION_BELOW')
windows.11.below=False
windows.11.bypass-compositor=0
windows.11.class-instance=('maya.bin', 'Maya-2020')
windows.11.client-machine=m
windows.11.command=
windows.11.content-type=
windows.11.depth=32
windows.11.focused=False
windows.11.fullscreen=False
windows.11.geometry=(0, 0, 1920, 1080)
windows.11.grabbed=0
windows.11.has-alpha=True
windows.11.maximized=False
windows.11.opacity=-1
windows.11.override-redirect=True
windows.11.pid=50195
windows.11.shaded=False
windows.11.shown=True
windows.11.size=(1920, 1080)
windows.11.skip-pager=False
windows.11.skip-taskbar=False
windows.11.state=('_NET_WM_STATE_STAYS_ON_TOP',)
windows.11.sticky=False
windows.11.title=Marking Menu
windows.11.tray=False
windows.11.window-type=('_KDEOVERRIDE', 'NORMAL')
windows.11.workspace=65535
windows.11.xid=0x800e6e

The menu in question seems to be producing a full-screen window with alpha. It seems that the result is a full-screen window with nothing drawn (or rather, all grayish-white drawn).

I found this issue from a very long time ago: #500 . Seems superficially similar.

I am afraid that going through hoops to install proprietary applications (registration, licensing, etc) is not a high priority.

No problem, fully understand. Let me know if there's any more information I can provide!

[totaam]

It would be worth trying this application with more recent server and client versions.

Is there anything in your server log?
Can you attach the output of the command xpra screenshot screenshot.png when this window is shown?