desktop-packages team mailing list archive
-
desktop-packages team
-
Mailing list archive
-
Message #34409
[Bug 727928] Re: Upon starting a program full screen, the window is immediately moved to the wrong monitor
[Expired for metacity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]
** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/727928
Title:
Upon starting a program full screen, the window is immediately moved
to the wrong monitor
Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
Binary package hint: metacity
On a multi-monitor system, when starting a program which starts full
screen (such as Firefox or Thunderbird, if you closed them while being
full screen), the window is immediately whisked away and moved to the
wrong monitor. This is extremely irritating. I am forever having to
drag windows back to the monitor I want them to be displayed on, and
on which they initially opened.
I'm guessing that it's metacity which is doing this (I'm not using
desktop effects), but if that is wrong please let me know which
package it should be!
More details: I have two NVidia Geforce 8800 GTX cards, and three
monitors. My middle monitor is connected to the first card, the other
two to the second card. I'm using the proprietary NVidia driver with
Xinerama enabled in order to be able to use all three screens as one
desktop. I shall attach my xorg.conf file for the exact configuration.
It doesn't happen for every program. For instance, gedit also
remembers when you closed it while it was full screen, and opens full
screen again, but it stays on the monitor it opens op. It happens
consistently for Firefox and Thunderbird at least.
Initially, the window opens on the monitor the mouse is on, as
expected, but within a fraction of a second, it is moved to the left
monitor. It always moves to the left monitor, never another one. It
also only seems to happen the first time the window gets the focus.
Usually that is right away, but occasionally the window will open
behind another window, stay where it is, and then jump to the left
monitor when I first move my mouse over it.
Please let me know how I can help debug this problem!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: metacity 1:2.30.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 2 18:35:56 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: metacity
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/727928/+subscriptions