Hi, I installed 12.04 some days ago and replaced Unity with Unity 2D. I even removed compiz. Everything works fine except the window placement. Every window opens in the upper left corner at +0+0. After moving a window its new place will not be remembered on reopening.
First of all: Is this a problem of Metacity or Unity 2D? I did some research and tried to use Devil's Pie to force all windows to be centered in the middle of the screen. Although Devil's Pie performs some of my commands (e.g. (focus), (geometry "400x300")) centering does not work. I tried to move a Nautilus window some pixels towards the center by appling the command (geometry "400x300+100+100") but only the size of the window changed. The x and y offsets are not recognized by Devil's Pie. Can this be an indicator for the window placement problem? Any ideas for a workaround? ------------------------------------------------------------ My settings under /apps/metacity/general are: auto_maximize_windows = true action_middle_click_titlebar = lower button_layout = close,minimize,maximize: auto_raise_delay = 1000 compositing_manager = true workspace_switcher_keyboard_cycle = false raise_on_click = true compositor_effects = true theme = Ambiance num_workspaces = 4 focus_new_windows = smart resize_with_right_button = false capture_before_unmap = true visual_bell_type = frame_flash action_right_click_titlebar = menu action_double_click_titlebar = toggle_maximize focus_mode = click reduced_resources = false application_based = true visual_bell = false titlebar_uses_system_font = false disable_workarounds = true titlebar_font = Ubuntu Bold 11 audible_bell = true auto_raise = true mouse_button_modifier = <Alt> show_maximized_titlebars = false -- 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/971322 Title: Unity-2D/metacity window placement/move problems in precise Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've upgraded oneiric to precise (32 bit). One annoying problem is the window placement/moving policy now. In oneiric this worked (I am using Unity-2D, so metacity, composing manager/effects are enabled) very well. If I open a new window, it will be placed "stacked" on existing window (eg if I open a new terminal (usually I have to open more of them), even if there is lots of "free" space on the workspace. So, I think metacity in oneiric tries to use available 'free' screen space, which is not true for oneiric. Another annoying thing is the window border "resistance". In oneiric, if I move a window, there is need for a little "push more" action to be able to move window when border is at another window's border. It's a great help to align windows in a nice way. In precise, this does not work, or at least it behaves oddly: if I move a window towards another horizontally this _is_ this effect, however not at the border but _before_ it! There is a huge space, probably the same size as the Unity launcher bar, is it possible, that positions are miscalculated? I am using "auto hide" for Unity. There is similar problem vertically however the "gap" is smaller, and I have no idea if there is some relation of the size of the gap and any other thing. It's about half of the height of the top panel, for example. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: metacity 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic-pae 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Apr 2 09:05:42 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.2) SourcePackage: metacity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-01 (31 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/971322/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
