[Bug 9771] Steam Friends doesn't work (fails to render correctly or refresh)

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9771





--- Comment #90 from Brian Freytag <brianfreytag at gmail.com>  2008-06-02 17:58:45 ---
(In reply to comment #89)
> (In reply to comment #85)
> > A posssible work-around that works for me:
> > 
> > First off, my system specs:
> > 
> > Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit
> > Wine 1.0RC3
> > AMD Athlon XP 2.2GHz
> > 2GB DDR1 RAM (Dual Channel)
> > Nvidia Geforce 6800n
> > 120GB WD IDE HDD (100 for vista, 20 for linux for now)
> > 
> > My work-around:
> > 
> > This was a sort of response to that thread where the guy had his friend change
> > their status and it worked for him... That did not work for me, but I found the
> > idea of status changes to be interesting.
> > 
> > What I do, and it's worked 4 or 5 times without fail (at least for one open
> > chat window) is to first type something... Then go to your Friends window and
> > change your own status.  I simply went through the list, changing my status all
> > the way through offline, then back online then through again.  Once I did that,
> > chat started refreshing correctly and working great.
> > 
> > This is a hassle, but it works for me.
> > 
> > I believe this is something that the Wine devs need to take seriously.  Friends
> > IS one of the most important parts of Steam now.
> > 
> 
> yep works for me, too
> the other solution (open steam friends, closing steam friends, opening again)
> doesn't work for me.
> Thanks for that :)
> 

Not a problem :)

Josh, you need to remember that what works for you may not work for others.  I
did in fact try your open/close suggestion and that did not work and I just
built off of what others tried.  This is the only way I can get it to work.

I'm glad my suggestion was able to help another.


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