Bug#689798: fvwm: inaccessible windows outside the desktop bounds

[Jaimos Skriletz]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:40:02 +0400 "Vladimir B. Savkin"
 wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 08:32:19PM -0800, Vincent W. Chen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Some things for you to try:
> >
> > - The latest version of Fvwm in unstable (2.6.5)
>
> It has the same behaviour.
>
> > - "Style [your browser here] NoUsePPosition, NoUseUSPosition" in your config
>
> I tried:
> Style "Iceape"  NoUsePPosition, NoUseUSPosition
> it didn't seem to change anything. It looks like iceape first appears
> in visible part of the screen and then restores session and moves itself
> out of virtual desktop.
>

If the app is moving itself after it has been mapped this doesn't
sound like a bug in fvwm but in the app. Browsers have a long history
of misbehaving.

The newest version of fvwm in unstable is now 2.6.7, maybe see if this helps.

If this still happens you can recover the browser (lets say it is
firefox) by doing something like

Next (firefox) Move 0 0

to move the window back to the current page.

jaimos

Bug#689798: fvwm: inaccessible windows outside the desktop bounds

[Steve Cotton]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 05:40:02PM +0400, Vladimir B. Savkin wrote:
 Suppose this is southeast corner, and the browser moves itself to 
 the saved position of (-5120,-2880) relative to currently visible part,
 and the result is that browser window is outside of the virtual
 desktop and inaccessible.

The WarpToWindow command will fix windows that are outside the
virtual desktop, moving them to the currently visible area.
I'm not sure if this is documented, I found it by setting up an
Alt+Tab like keybinding.

Key Tab A   4   Next [!Sticky] Focus-And-Warp
Key Tab A   S4  Prev [!Sticky] Focus-And-Warp

AddToFunc Focus-And-WarpI WarpToWindow 50 50
+   I Focus

Regards,
Steve


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Bug#689798: fvwm: inaccessible windows outside the desktop bounds

[Vladimir B. Savkin]

Package: fvwm
Version: 1:2.5.30.ds-1
Severity: important

Some programs, such as browsers, save size and position of their windows on
exit. After restarting the program and restoring its session, a window may be
placed outside of the (virtual) desktop. My relevant settings are:
DeskTopSize 3 3
Style * SmartPlacement
Style * RandomPlacement

If browser crashes when one part of the virtual desktop is displayed and then I
restart the browser and restore its session when viewing another part, all the
windows may appear outside of the desktop. Such windows are present in the
WindowList but cannot receive focus, even for quitting the browser.

I have to kill the process and either try to select another part of the virtual
desktop, or manually edit config file where sessions were saved. So, the window
manager does not perform its core function, this is why I am marking this bug
as Important. I think at the very least, windows should receive focus via
WindowList even when they are way outside of the desktop, and may be some
function to bring them into accessible place should be added.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.4.11 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R (charmap=KOI8-R)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages fvwm depends on:
ii  libc6 2.11.3-3   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2 1.8.10-6   The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig12.8.0-2.1  generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6  2.4.2-2.1+squeeze4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfribidi0   0.19.2-1   Free Implementation of the Unicode
ii  libglib2.0-0  2.24.2-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0   2.20.1-2   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6   2:1.0.6-2  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5   5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libpng12-01.2.44-1+squeeze4  PNG library - runtime
ii  libreadline6  6.1-3  GNU readline and history libraries
ii  librplay3 3.3.2-12   rplay network audio system - share
ii  librsvg2-22.26.3-1   SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libsm62:1.1.1-1  X11 Session Management library
ii  libstroke00.5.1-6mouse strokes library -- runtime f
ii  libx11-6  2:1.3.3-4  X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1   1:1.1.10-2 X cursor management library
ii  libxext6  2:1.1.2-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxft2   2.1.14-2   FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxinerama1  2:1.1-3X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxpm4   1:3.5.8-1  X11 pixmap library
ii  libxrender1   1:0.9.6-1  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  zlib1g1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3   compression library - runtime

Versions of packages fvwm recommends:
ii  fvwm-icons20070101-1 icon *.xpm files from fvwm develop
pn  libx11-protocol-perl  none (no description available)
ii  perl-tk   1:804.029-1+b1 Perl module providing the Tk graph

Versions of packages fvwm suggests:
ii  cpp   4:4.4.5-1  The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
pn  fvwm-themes   none (no description available)
ii  m41.4.14-3   a macro processing language
ii  menu  2.1.44 generates programs menu for all me
ii  wm-icons  0.4.0-5Themed icon set that is Window Man

-- debconf information:
* fvwm/upgrade/pre_2.5.8: true


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