Bug 272145 - KPatience Gypsy cannot move cards
Summary: KPatience Gypsy cannot move cards
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kpat
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 3.5
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Stephan Kulow
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-05-01 14:01 UTC by Stuart Kirby
Modified: 2023-01-08 05:17 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
I saved this game and this is the file that it produced but I cannot open it again. The queen is the one that I could not move. (4.70 KB, application/octet-stream)
2011-05-01 14:01 UTC, Stuart Kirby
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Description Stuart Kirby 2011-05-01 14:01:50 UTC
Created attachment 59486 [details]
I saved this game and this is the file that it produced but I cannot open it again. The queen is the one that I could not move.

Version:           3.5
OS:                Linux

KPatience Gypsy occasionally has cards that cannot be moved if you try to lift the card by pointing in certain locations.  In one example, the queen of hearts cannot be lifted if you point anywhere (horizontally) between the top of her hat and her eyes but she can be moved if you point anywhere else.  In this example, it cleared itself without having to close the game/restart.  I have never encountered this problem before in previous versions of Ubuntu (having played this game a lot) but have just upgraded to version Natty Narwhal 11.04 and I guess that KPat is upgraded also.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
Have played many games and it has happened perhaps 5 times.  Difficult to reproduce as I am not sure what causes it

Actual Results:  
Play the game - from memory is is always when a single card is being moved from one column to another rather than a pack.


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Comment 1 Parker Coates 2011-05-02 19:12:44 UTC
Interesting. I'm really not sure what could be causing such odd behaviour.

Firstly, you say that you can't open the saved game that you attached. Why? I was able to open it here without issue. Whatever the reason, could you please create a new bug report for that problem?

Second, I am unable to reproduce the issue here using the attached saved game. This isn't necessarily surprising, since the issue may have nothing to do with the state of the cards and piles, but instead the state of the programs graphics scene.

You said that the issue fixed itself. How exactly did that happen? Does changing the window size fix the issue?

You reported the issue against Gypsy. Is that because it is the only game in which the issue appears, or because Gypsy is the only game you regularly play.

I realise that this is asking a lot, but the next time it happens, would you be able to take a screenshot and then indicate (as best you can) on the screenshot the "dead" area?

Thanks for the report.
Comment 2 Stuart Kirby 2011-05-03 12:00:09 UTC
Yes it is an odd one!  The first 4 times it happened I just closed the 
program down and started again and the final time decided to report it 
as a bug so tried to investigate as far as I could.

I suspect that me not being able to open the game is to do with the 
method that I was using.  I located the file and double-clicked on it 
with the result that it opened as a text file within GEdit 20.30.4.   If 
I open using the "load" or "load recent" from within KPat then it works 
fine.  I guess this is normal.

I did not notice any action that I took that solved the problem - It was 
frozen for about 5 minutes and the next it was working OK.  I was not 
changing window size at the time but was swapping between windows and 
opening Firefox to fill out the bug report.  I will try to reproduce the 
problem and see if it fixes itself without window changes and then with 
window changes.

I have regularly played Gypsy, Spider, Freecell, Forty & Eight and 
occasionally Aces Up over the last couple of years and have only ever 
seen this problem with Gypsy and only since updating Ubuntu very recently.

No problem with taking a screen shot and reporting back.

Great program by the way!



On 02/05/11 18:12, Parker Coates wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272145
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>
> Parker Coates<parker.coates@kdemail.net>  changed:
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>             What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                   CC|                            |parker.coates@kdemail.net
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>
> --- Comment #1 from Parker Coates<parker coates kdemail net>   2011-05-02 19:12:44 ---
> Interesting. I'm really not sure what could be causing such odd behaviour.
>
> Firstly, you say that you can't open the saved game that you attached. Why? I
> was able to open it here without issue. Whatever the reason, could you please
> create a new bug report for that problem?
>
> Second, I am unable to reproduce the issue here using the attached saved game.
> This isn't necessarily surprising, since the issue may have nothing to do with
> the state of the cards and piles, but instead the state of the programs
> graphics scene.
>
> You said that the issue fixed itself. How exactly did that happen? Does
> changing the window size fix the issue?
>
> You reported the issue against Gypsy. Is that because it is the only game in
> which the issue appears, or because Gypsy is the only game you regularly play.
>
> I realise that this is asking a lot, but the next time it happens, would you be
> able to take a screenshot and then indicate (as best you can) on the screenshot
> the "dead" area?
>
> Thanks for the report.
>
Comment 3 Parker Coates 2011-05-03 15:39:22 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Yes it is an odd one!  The first 4 times it happened I just closed the 
> program down and started again and the final time decided to report it 
> as a bug so tried to investigate as far as I could.

Thanks for you efforts and answers.

> I suspect that me not being able to open the game is to do with the 
> method that I was using.  I located the file and double-clicked on it 
> with the result that it opened as a text file within GEdit 20.30.4.   If 
> I open using the "load" or "load recent" from within KPat then it works 
> fine.  I guess this is normal.

Well, in some ways it is a bug and one that I hope to fix in SC4.7 by creating a mimetype and a default .kpat extension for KPat saved games. That means that double-clicking a saved game should automatically fire up a new KPat window and load the game in it.
Comment 4 Stuart Kirby 2011-05-17 18:02:55 UTC
I have played quite a lot over the last two weeks and finally saw the 
effect again - so here is some additional information.

The first screenshot is of the Gypsy game with a line around the card 
that I could not move.  I was having problems with the 6 of clubs in the 
area shown and moved (back and forth) between it and the other cards.  I 
was able to move the others but not the 6.

Interestingly, I tried to take a screen shot accessing the "take 
screenshot" window via the new task bar on the left of the screen which 
(on my machine) includes the icon that makes the window appear.  I then 
found that I could NOT press two of the buttons to complete the task.  I 
managed to take the screenshot by pressing "Alt" and then "Prt Sc" 
keys.  I include a second screenshot of the screenshot window to show 
the two areas where I was having problems.

After swapping windows numerous times I eventually went back to Gypsy 
and the 6 of clubs had un-frozen - everything working normally.

Hope this helps.



On 02/05/11 18:12, Parker Coates wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272145
>
>
> Parker Coates<parker.coates@kdemail.net>  changed:
>
>             What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                   CC|                            |parker.coates@kdemail.net
>
>
>
>
> --- Comment #1 from Parker Coates<parker coates kdemail net>   2011-05-02 19:12:44 ---
> Interesting. I'm really not sure what could be causing such odd behaviour.
>
> Firstly, you say that you can't open the saved game that you attached. Why? I
> was able to open it here without issue. Whatever the reason, could you please
> create a new bug report for that problem?
>
> Second, I am unable to reproduce the issue here using the attached saved game.
> This isn't necessarily surprising, since the issue may have nothing to do with
> the state of the cards and piles, but instead the state of the programs
> graphics scene.
>
> You said that the issue fixed itself. How exactly did that happen? Does
> changing the window size fix the issue?
>
> You reported the issue against Gypsy. Is that because it is the only game in
> which the issue appears, or because Gypsy is the only game you regularly play.
>
> I realise that this is asking a lot, but the next time it happens, would you be
> able to take a screenshot and then indicate (as best you can) on the screenshot
> the "dead" area?
>
> Thanks for the report.
>
Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-05 03:07:03 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 6 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-16 05:25:43 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version?

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 7 Justin Zobel 2022-12-09 22:12:48 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-24 05:23:52 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
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no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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Comment 9 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-08 05:17:06 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
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