Metacity + Compositor + Intel + Maximize Vertical

[Thomas J. Baker]

Not a big problem but I wonder if other have windows maximized
vertically going under their bottom panel (assuming a two panel top and
bottom setup). I'm using intel graphics which seems a bit less stable
than on F8.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438528

Thanks,

tjb
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[Pádraig Brady]

Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>  Not a big problem but I wonder if other have windows maximized
>  vertically going under their bottom panel (assuming a two panel top and
>  bottom setup). I'm using intel graphics which seems a bit less stable
>  than on F8.
>  
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438528 
That's specific to just metacity. Same thing happens on ubuntu gutsy:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/151604

Another regression I noticed wrt metacity resizing on Fedora 8 is
if you toggle gnome-terminal fullscreen (AltF11) and back,
then subsequently when trying to maximise the window,
a fullscreen is done instead.
Moving or resizing the window gets it out of this errorneous state.

Pádraig.

[Jesse Barnes]

On Friday, March 21, 2008 7:07 am Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>  Not a big problem but I wonder if other have windows maximized
>  vertically going under their bottom panel (assuming a two panel top and
>  bottom setup). I'm using intel graphics which seems a bit less stable
>  than on F8.
>
>  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438528 
I don't think the panel problem is specific to Intel, but you mentioned some 
instability; can you be more specific?  What's unstable & when?

Thanks,
Jesse

[Thomas J. Baker]

On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 10:02 -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
>  On Friday, March 21, 2008 7:07 am Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>  > Not a big problem but I wonder if other have windows maximized
>  > vertically going under their bottom panel (assuming a two panel top and
>  > bottom setup). I'm using intel graphics which seems a bit less stable
>  > than on F8.
>  >
>  > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438528
>  
>  I don't think the panel problem is specific to Intel, but you mentioned some 
>  instability; can you be more specific?  What's unstable & when?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Jesse
>   
In my stock F8 setup, I had desktop-effects set to off and then started
compiz with compiz-manager since I use ccsm. After installing F9B, this
setup would result in my laptop locking up with screen corruption when I
logged in. After trying some different things, all of which didn't help
find the problem, I put it back to that original setup and it then
wouldn't lock up but just log me out when I tried to login. I can't seem
to run compiz at all now. 

I was waiting for the big round of updates after the unfreeze to see if
anything helped.

Thanks,

tjb
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[Jesse Keating]

On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 14:12 -0400, Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>  In my stock F8 setup, I had desktop-effects set to off and then
> started
>  compiz with compiz-manager since I use ccsm. After installing F9B, this
>  setup would result in my laptop locking up with screen corruption when I
>  logged in. After trying some different things, all of which didn't help
>  find the problem, I put it back to that original setup and it then
>  wouldn't lock up but just log me out when I tried to login. I can't seem
>  to run compiz at all now. 
>  
>  I was waiting for the big round of updates after the unfreeze to see if
>  anything helped. 
Since I think this is what I'm seeing, have you tried turning on the
compositer for Metacity?

/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager

I can enable this and be rock solid stable and have some nice effects,
but if I enable compiz my X locks up pretty quickly.


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[Clyde E. Kunkel]

Jesse Keating wrote:
>  <snip>
>  
>  
>  /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager
>  
>  <snip>
>   
Uhhh....where is this?  I can't seem to find it.

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[Rahul Sundaram]

Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
>  Jesse Keating wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> > /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager
> >
> > <snip>
> >
>  
>  Uhhh....where is this?  I can't seem to find it. 
It is a gconf setting. You can either use the gconftool or gconf-editor 
to change it.

Rahul

[Clyde E. Kunkel]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  <snip>
>  
>  It is a gconf setting. You can either use the gconftool or gconf-editor 
>  to change it.
>  
>  Rahul
>   
Thanks....wasn't installed.  It is now.  No wonder I couldn't find 
configuration editor in the menus.
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[Thomas J. Baker]

On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 14:18 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
>  On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 14:12 -0400, Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>  > In my stock F8 setup, I had desktop-effects set to off and then started
>  > compiz with compiz-manager since I use ccsm. After installing F9B, this
>  > setup would result in my laptop locking up with screen corruption when I
>  > logged in. After trying some different things, all of which didn't help
>  > find the problem, I put it back to that original setup and it then
>  > wouldn't lock up but just log me out when I tried to login. I can't seem
>  > to run compiz at all now. 
>  > 
>  > I was waiting for the big round of updates after the unfreeze to see if
>  > anything helped.
>  
>  Since I think this is what I'm seeing, have you tried turning on the
>  compositer for Metacity?
>  
>  /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager
>  
>  I can enable this and be rock solid stable and have some nice effects,
>  but if I enable compiz my X locks up pretty quickly. 
That's what I am using for now. The original reason I posted was that
with the compositor enabled, I got the max vert problem and when I
turned it off, it seemed to work as expected. More testing is needed on
my part though as it seems this is a known older problem.

Thanks,

tjb
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[Thomas J. Baker]

On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 22:39 -0400, Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>  On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 14:18 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
>  > On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 14:12 -0400, Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>  > > In my stock F8 setup, I had desktop-effects set to off and then started
>  > > compiz with compiz-manager since I use ccsm. After installing F9B, this
>  > > setup would result in my laptop locking up with screen corruption when I
>  > > logged in. After trying some different things, all of which didn't help
>  > > find the problem, I put it back to that original setup and it then
>  > > wouldn't lock up but just log me out when I tried to login. I can't
> seem
>  > > to run compiz at all now. 
>  > > 
>  > > I was waiting for the big round of updates after the unfreeze to see if
>  > > anything helped.
>  > 
>  > Since I think this is what I'm seeing, have you tried turning on the
>  > compositer for Metacity?
>  > 
>  > /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager
>  > 
>  > I can enable this and be rock solid stable and have some nice effects,
>  > but if I enable compiz my X locks up pretty quickly.
>  
>  That's what I am using for now. The original reason I posted was that
>  with the compositor enabled, I got the max vert problem and when I
>  turned it off, it seemed to work as expected. More testing is needed on
>  my part though as it seems this is a known older problem.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  tjb
>  -- 
I am able to verify that this is not a compositor problem. Though it did
work correctly at first, it does happen with it off.

Thanks,

tjb
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[Jesse Barnes]

On Friday, March 21, 2008 11:12 am Thomas J. Baker wrote:
>  In my stock F8 setup, I had desktop-effects set to off and then
> started
>  compiz with compiz-manager since I use ccsm. After installing F9B, this
>  setup would result in my laptop locking up with screen corruption when I
>  logged in. After trying some different things, all of which didn't help
>  find the problem, I put it back to that original setup and it then
>  wouldn't lock up but just log me out when I tried to login. I can't seem
>  to run compiz at all now. 
Ah ok, so F8 was ok but F9 is failing?  I'm not sure which bits the F9 beta 
has, but I think airlied, ajax & krh have been putting all kinds of fun stuff 
into rawhide, so more recent bits may fix things for you, but are also likely 
to introduce fun new problems...

Jesse