[Bug 1761873] Re: App title bar says "as superuser", but that's not the case

2018-04-07 Thread Thomas Thurman
We add "(as superuser)" if the process which owns the window claims to be owned by user 0, i.e. root. Please reproduce the problem, then do $ xprop|grep _NET_WM_PID and click on the window with the problem. xprop will say something like _NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 1586 And then do

[Bug 874093] Re: Print Screen broken with 3D accelerated desktops (Unity 3D)

2011-10-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
Looking into this. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Thomas Thurman (marnanel) ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned

[Bug 874093] Re: Print Screen broken with 3D accelerated desktops (Unity 3D)

2011-10-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
I'm running current oneiric. gnome-screenshot appears to work fine for me: see the attached output. Am I missing something? ** Attachment added: Result of running gnome-screenshot under current oneiric

[Bug 871931] Re: ALT + circumflex can be set in the keybinding settings and conflict with unity

2011-10-13 Thread Thomas Thurman
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Thomas Thurman (marnanel) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/871931 Title: ALT + circumflex

[Bug 579688] Re: Wobbling title bars leave a see-through gap

2010-05-12 Thread Thomas Thurman
This certainly isn't a Metacity issue. Sending it over to the Compiz folks. ** Description changed: Binary package hint: metacity I can see behind the current window through a gap between the titlebar and the menubar in a wobbling window. Screenshot attached. ProblemType: Bug

[Bug 560066] Re: Application Bar bug when Exiting / Terminating Application

2010-05-04 Thread Thomas Thurman
Thank you for this bug report. It appears to be a problem with compiz, not metacity. Reassigning. ** Package changed: metacity (Ubuntu) = compiz (Ubuntu) -- Application Bar bug when Exiting / Terminating Application https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/560066 You received this bug notification

[Bug 537002] Re: Metacity should have a hide button (for MessagingMenu apps)

2010-03-10 Thread Thomas Thurman
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 124326 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124326 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 124326 Shrinking to applet/notification area should have its own title bar button -- Metacity should have a hide button (for MessagingMenu apps)

[Bug 408831] Re: killing windows in metacity

2009-08-04 Thread Thomas Thurman
Metacity does actually kill applications if they don't respond when the user asks to close them. -- killing windows in metacity https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu.

[Bug 124315] Re: remember window position of applications

2009-07-19 Thread Thomas Thurman
Robert Ancell asked me to look into fixing this in Metacity. I've started to work on it: http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/07/10/matches/ -- remember window position of applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124315 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 328961] Re: don't steal focus, ever

2009-03-04 Thread Thomas Thurman
What would you like to see happen when you type this into a terminal? zenity --error According to your suggestion, the dialogue will appear but remain hidden behind the terminal. -- don't steal focus, ever https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328961 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 336805] Re: Metacity segfaults since 02 March, LPIA

2009-03-02 Thread Thomas Thurman
Do you have a backtrace you could post? -- Metacity segfaults since 02 March, LPIA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 336805] Re: Metacity segfaults since 02 March, LPIA

2009-03-02 Thread Thomas Thurman
Could you do this and post the result? http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/07/29/how-to-get-backtraces-from-a -window-manager/ -- Metacity segfaults since 02 March, LPIA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 249958] Re: touching a fullscreen application with the mousepointer puts it in front

2009-02-20 Thread Thomas Thurman
(The upstream maintainer says: I do actually read all comments on all metacity bugs on launchpad too) -- touching a fullscreen application with the mousepointer puts it in front https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/249958 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 315119] Re: Doesn't implement the metacity shade button

2009-02-13 Thread Thomas Thurman
I am entirely capable and willing to provide a patch if the maintainers would accept one from me. (I mean, obviously they shouldn't accept my patch if they don't like it, but if they want to do the work themselves I won't do it, or if they've decided they don't want the button it would be rather

[Bug 162313] Re: Cannot change the resize button

2009-01-24 Thread Thomas Thurman
Patch provided upstream. -- Cannot change the resize button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/162313 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 311615] Re: New chat windows unconditionally spawn in top left

2009-01-11 Thread Thomas Thurman
Metacity as it stands expects applications to remember their own window positions. We could change that policy, of course, but that's the policy as it is at present. -- New chat windows unconditionally spawn in top left https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311615 You received this bug notification

[Bug 305695] Re: Jaunty doesnt allow screenshots getting No command 33 has been defined error with printscreen

2009-01-07 Thread Thomas Thurman
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #565343 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565343 ** Also affects: metacity via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565343 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Jaunty doesnt allow screenshots getting No command 33 has been

[Bug 124326] Re: Shrinking to applet/notification area should have its own title bar button

2008-12-25 Thread Thomas Thurman
@DeadZedz: I am a developer. I have given it some consideration. Did you read the blog post I linked above? You should. -- Shrinking to applet/notification area should have its own title bar button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124326 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 298463] Re: gnome-screenshot ignores the screenshot hotkey

2008-12-24 Thread Thomas Thurman
Fixed upstream in trunk. New release probably coming out tomorrow. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #565343 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565343 ** Also affects: metacity via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565343 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown

[Bug 124326] Re: Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button

2008-12-22 Thread Thomas Thurman
Some discussion on the Metacity blog: http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/12/23/notifisation/ -- Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which

[Bug 160311] Re: Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

2008-12-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
Kenneth: The patch I have attached upstream allows a minimum width to be set for the border size. Setting this to 0 causes no difference from the status quo. Setting it to, say, 20 causes 20px borders throughout. -- Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

[Bug 160311] Re: Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

2008-12-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
Kenneth: I'm the upstream maintainer :) I can't speak for the control-center UI, though. -- Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 160311] Re: Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

2008-12-17 Thread Thomas Thurman
Dan: Okay, you convinced me. I've attached a patch upstream. Here's a screenshot. ** Attachment added: Screenshot http://launchpadlibrarian.net/20529371/100.png -- Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311 You received this bug notification

[Bug 305695] Re: No command 33 has been defined trying to grab a screenshot

2008-12-06 Thread Thomas Thurman
Thank you for reporting this bug. Can you paste the output of typing dpkg -L metacity-common into a terminal, please? -- No command 33 has been defined trying to grab a screenshot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305695 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 305695] Re: Jaunty doesnt allow screenshots getting No command 33 has been defined error with printscreen

2008-12-06 Thread Thomas Thurman
Thank you. What does gconftool -g /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_screenshot show you? -- Jaunty doesnt allow screenshots getting No command 33 has been defined error with printscreen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305695 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 305695] Re: Jaunty doesnt allow screenshots getting No command 33 has been defined error with printscreen

2008-12-06 Thread Thomas Thurman
Can you look in the file /usr/share/gconf/schemas/metacity.schemas and tell me the default value for that key? I just built the jaunty package from source and I have schema key/schemas/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_screenshot/key

[Bug 236767] Re: Cannot set alt + alt-r as window switcher

2008-12-05 Thread Thomas Thurman
When you say alt+alt-r, you mean that you used to press both alt keys down at once? In order to move to the next window, did you let go and then re-press one of them, and to make the switcher disappear, did you let go of both? -- Cannot set alt + alt-r as window switcher

[Bug 213432] Re: Open a folder doesn't switch desktop in spatial mode

2008-11-25 Thread Thomas Thurman
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #482354 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482354 ** Also affects: metacity via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482354 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Open a folder doesn't switch desktop in spatial mode

[Bug 294144] Re: metacity coredump if executed from root account

2008-11-05 Thread Thomas Thurman
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 258074 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258074 Thank you for reporting this bug. This happened because your root account did not have GConf set up correctly; the bug has recently been fixed. What were you expecting sudo metacity /mnt/ to do? --

[Bug 294144] Re: metacity coredump if executed from root account

2008-11-05 Thread Thomas Thurman
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 258074 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258074 I think you may be confusing metacity with nautilus. Metacity can't take a filename; it operates on the display as a whole. -- metacity coredump if executed from root account

[Bug 290492] Re: incorrect keybinding displayed: /apps/metacity/window_keybindings/activate_window_menu

2008-10-28 Thread Thomas Thurman
activate_window_menu is unrelated to the window menu coming up with alt+right click. The text is not incorrect. On my system, disabling activate_window_menu makes no difference to alt+right click. If it does on your system, that is a bug. I suggest you change

[Bug 266929] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2008-10-26 Thread Thomas Thurman
Is this actually a dupe of #258074? -- metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 258074] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in mouse_button_mods_handler()

2008-10-26 Thread Thomas Thurman
This happens because: 1. When a GConf key does not exist, its value is null. 2. mouse_button_mods_handler(), which is the handler for the key /apps/metacity/general/mouse_button_modifier, calls meta_ui_accelerator_parse() with the value of that key. 3. meta_ui_accelerator_parse() immediately

[Bug 269670] Re: Metaciy Compositing Panel Shadow (intrepid)

2008-10-25 Thread Thomas Thurman
Can you reproduce the problem and then tell me what gconftool -g /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager prints? Thanks. -- Metaciy Compositing Panel Shadow (intrepid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269670 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 266929] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2008-10-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
®om: sorry, I'm missing the relevance of your comment. -- metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 266929] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2008-10-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
I'm still bewildered. Someone reports a crash in Metacity. Someone else says he doesn't use Metacity (so what?). And now you point to a crash in consolekit. I can only see the relevance of the first one. Sorry if I'm being stupid. -- metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

[Bug 266929] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2008-10-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
Then this can't be a Metacity problem. Metacity doesn't use ConsoleKit or DBus. -- metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in

[Bug 266929] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2008-10-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
Please, please, please, tell me what this has to do with Metacity. I didn't see a mention of Metacity anywhere in your reply. -- metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 266929] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2008-10-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
Metacity never does any authentication with anyone, never has, never will. I'm closing this bug; I think you may wish to raise another bug against the session manager, rather than a window manager. -- metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266929

[Bug 266929] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

2008-10-18 Thread Thomas Thurman
(Okay, I won't close it, because the apport trace appears to contain a genuine Metacity crash. The comments here don't make much sense to me, though.) -- metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/266929 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 281403] Re: Sessions not saved in Sessions Preferences

2008-10-10 Thread Thomas Thurman
This is a matter for gnome-session, not metacity. ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: metacity = gnome-session -- Sessions not saved in Sessions Preferences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281403 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop

[Bug 275344] Re: Gnome shows title of window of KDE applications as %c

2008-10-08 Thread Thomas Thurman
Thanks for doing that. This is quite interesting. The xprop file you attach contains the line: WM_NAME(STRING) = %c This indicates that Kopete itself is claiming that its title is %c, rather than that any window manager is misinterpreting it. Furthermore, if all of metacity, kwin, and

[Bug 275344] Re: Gnome shows title of window of KDE applications as %c

2008-09-29 Thread Thomas Thurman
Thanks for your report. I have just run KSig under GNOME on Hardy and it shows KSig as the title. So since I can't see it, please could you test some things? 1. Go through these commands and tell us whether you still see %c as the title: compiz --replace metacity --replace kwin --replace (I

[Bug 181350] Re: Maximized windows should still move if you drag title bar

2008-08-28 Thread Thomas Thurman
This is a feature called shaken loose. -- Maximized windows should still move if you drag title bar https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181350 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 45706] Re: Resizing improvement request

2008-08-25 Thread Thomas Thurman
The thing is, it's not just a Metacity thing that a window can ask for an aspect ratio, it's an X thing. Is it important to be able to resize ANY window with its aspect ratio locked, or just these two applications? Because it sounds as though these applications ought to be asking for it already,

[Bug 45706] Re: Resizing improvement request

2008-08-25 Thread Thomas Thurman
Removing from metacity tracker, since it's assigned to an irrelevant bug. ** Changed in: metacity Importance: Unknown = Undecided Bugwatch: GNOME Bug Tracker #155458 = None -- Resizing improvement request https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/45706 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 72732] Re: alt-f6 doesn't reliably switch between windows within an application

2008-08-24 Thread Thomas Thurman
Group name is slightly incorrect: if a window's in a group, it has a field pointing to a(nother) window's ID, and all the windows which have that ID are in the group. The window which is pointed to is called the group leader and doesn't even have to be mapped. xwininfo doesn't know about groups,

[Bug 72732] Re: alt-f6 doesn't reliably switch between windows within an application

2008-08-24 Thread Thomas Thurman
Oh: yes, there are other ways to tell whether the windows are from the same application. The most immediately obvious ones are the optional WM_CLIENT_MACHINE and _NET_WM_PID properties, which would give you the process ID of the owning application:

[Bug 231034] Re: desktop freeze when moving emacs in workspace switcher

2008-08-23 Thread Thomas Thurman
It is quite possibly an infelicity in the way Metacity and Emacs interact. There are not a few of these. GTK-Emacs is not your ordinary GTK application, since it has the Emacs event loop and GTK's event loop and possibly a few other things running at once. I don't know whether it happens in

[Bug 124326] Re: Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button

2008-08-19 Thread Thomas Thurman
Endolith: 1) I get a permissions error going to that page. Can you attach the mockup here? 2) Yes, exactly: gtk.gdk.WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG ends up as an EWMH hint. If we were to do what you want here, we would need to add a new EWMH hint. wm-spec-list is the mailing list to propose new EWMH

[Bug 124326] Re: Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button

2008-08-19 Thread Thomas Thurman
(And my discomfort with the idea is fairly irrelevant. If the wm-spec- list agrees on this and updates the EWMH, I'll certainly add it. If the human interface folks say to add it, that'll be persuasive for the wm- spec-list folks. We could even strike out boldly and make up some hokey new

[Bug 124326] Re: Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button

2008-08-19 Thread Thomas Thurman
Oh, and another problem that hasn't been much discussed: adding a new button means updating every theme in existence. -- Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 124326] Re: Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button

2008-08-19 Thread Thomas Thurman
(FWIW, the word iconify is going to cause problems very soon, since it's what the official X documentation calls what everyone these days calls minimisation. The name wasn't as widely known in 1984. I don't have any better suggestions at present, though.) I still don't see what the difference

[Bug 124326] Re: Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button

2008-08-19 Thread Thomas Thurman
Well, there's a problem with the way apps currently behave, regardless of the idealized way they should theoretically behave. This is true. I brought this up on IRC just now, and people came up with a large set of applications which broke the rules given in the HIG. Either the HIG is wrong or

[Bug 160311] Re: Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

2008-08-17 Thread Thomas Thurman
Vikram: I don't think he has a problem with the resolution. I think he wants that resolution, but with thicker borders on all themes for the sake of accessibility, which is a perfectly reasonable request. I am bouncing ideas around in my head about how to fix this one. -- Window Resize

[Bug 160311] Re: Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

2008-08-17 Thread Thomas Thurman
We could do that, although it would mean you'd need the shape extension; does anyone not have that these days? Alternatively, we could have an accessibility option that meant Make all frame borders at least five pixels wide or something. -- Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

[Bug 160311] Re: Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

2008-08-17 Thread Thomas Thurman
I foresee a post about this on the Metacity blog. -- Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing

[Bug 258977] Re: Vertical maximisation causes windows to swap heads

2008-08-17 Thread Thomas Thurman
Interesting. Someone found a memory problem in just this exact piece of code just this evening, so I wonder whether now there's a patch in trunk this will be fixed. It will be in the next 2.23.* upstream release tomorrow. -- Vertical maximisation causes windows to swap heads

[Bug 124326] Re: Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button

2008-08-14 Thread Thomas Thurman
DeadZedz, Endolith: Did anyone raise a discussion on wm-spec-list? That really is the next step to getting this fixed. -- Shrinking to notification area should have its own title bar button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 253676] Re: KDE window decoration applied in gnome

2008-08-11 Thread Thomas Thurman
I am confused because these two statements: 1. I would expect that metacity is only used for Gnome, and kwin is only used for KDE (ie. each environment has its own WM setting). 2. I think it's confusing for a user that installs kubuntu-desktop on their Ubuntu system to have their Gnome desktop

[Bug 232128] Re: disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer

2008-08-03 Thread Thomas Thurman
So it's the actual presence of METACITY_DEBUG that seems to be causing your problem. I suspect, though, that your computer was slowed down enough by METACITY_DEBUG that the problem didn't show up. Let's hope the latest log you posted has enough information to solve the problem... -- disabling

[Bug 232128] Re: disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer

2008-08-02 Thread Thomas Thurman
Okay, so let's find out what's different when you did and didn't run the log command. If you just run metacity --replace does the problem stop happening then? -- disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/232128 You received this bug notification

[Bug 232128] Re: disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer

2008-08-02 Thread Thomas Thurman
How about METACITY_SYNC=1 metacity --replace ? -- disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/232128 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing

[Bug 232128] Re: disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer

2008-08-02 Thread Thomas Thurman
How about METACITY_VERBOSE=1 METACITY_SYNC=1 metacity --replace 2metacity.log ? -- disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/232128 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in

[Bug 232128] Re: disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer

2008-08-01 Thread Thomas Thurman
Could you please do: METACITY_VERBOSE=1 METACITY_DEBUG=1 METACITY_SYNC=1 metacity --replace 2metacity.log and then post the log here after it's failed and you've rebooted? (Be warned that this will slow Metacity down a lot.) -- disabling compositing-manager freezers the computer

[Bug 120723] Re: windows should raise on click-release not on click

2008-07-26 Thread Thomas Thurman
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 29560 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29560 frederik.nnaji: This bug is a duplicate of bug 29560. Commenting there is likely to have much more effect. -- windows should raise on click-release not on click https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120723 You

[Bug 29560] Re: drag drop improvement: delay bringing window to front until mouse released

2008-07-26 Thread Thomas Thurman
frederik.nnaji: I covered this in the article: What isn’t a solution * Always raising the lower window only on release, not on click (suggested by many people). This would solve the problem at the cost of weirding everyone out, not just breaking the expectations of existing Metacity users

[Bug 29560] Re: drag drop improvement: delay bringing window to front until mouse released

2008-07-26 Thread Thomas Thurman
Do you know for sure that fluxbox handles this? If so, I could read their code or ask their developers to find out how. (It's not that we don't know how to do this-- we know lots of ways to do this, none of them very good. What's needed is a standard way.) -- drag drop improvement: delay

[Bug 251761] Re: Cant change number of workspaces

2008-07-25 Thread Thomas Thurman
How are you attempting to change the number of workspaces? What happens when you try? -- Cant change number of workspaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251761 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. --

[Bug 251761] Re: Cant change number of workspaces

2008-07-25 Thread Thomas Thurman
Thanks. I'm moving this from Metacity to Compiz, then. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: metacity = compiz -- Cant change number of workspaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251761 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 250329] Re: alt-tab does not work while dragging

2008-07-20 Thread Thomas Thurman
SoloTurn: Are you reporting this bug against Metacity, or Compiz? You say you have Compiz turned on, yet the bug is filed against Metacity. For Metacity, this is known in the upstream bug tracker: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135056 -- alt-tab does not work while dragging

[Bug 69121] Re: Shows unnecessary scrollbars

2008-07-20 Thread Thomas Thurman
Not a problem with the window manager. Moving to xvncviewer. ** Changed in: vnc (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: metacity = vnc -- Shows unnecessary scrollbars https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69121 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is

[Bug 129396] Re: new windows are put in the background

2008-07-14 Thread Thomas Thurman
So can I take Metacity off the list for now? -- new windows are put in the background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 129396] Re: new windows are put in the background

2008-07-14 Thread Thomas Thurman
** Changed in: metacity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- new windows are put in the background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs

[Bug 76388] Re: move to workspace keystroke doesn't work while dragging a window

2008-07-14 Thread Thomas Thurman
** Summary changed: - windows don't move across workspaces + move to workspace keystroke doesn't work while dragging a window -- move to workspace keystroke doesn't work while dragging a window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/76388 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 129396] Re: new windows are put in the background

2008-07-13 Thread Thomas Thurman
Does this happen in metacity? -- new windows are put in the background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 145282] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_length()

2008-07-13 Thread Thomas Thurman
I did actually add a check for verbose mode yesterday, so that the log message's size and content are not calculated unless it'll be used, and hence g_list_length won't be called. This closes the presenting problem. But we still have the difficulty that the presenting problem can only have been

[Bug 129396] Re: new windows are put in the background

2008-07-13 Thread Thomas Thurman
Travis: are you sure comment 5 is the same thing? I don't think you can have multiple Totem windows open at once. I took it to mean 1. open Nautilus (in window N1) and launch a video file 2. Totem (in a new window T1) gains focus 3. Go back to N1 and launch another video file 4. Video opens in

[Bug 145282] Re: metacity crashed with SIGSEGV in g_list_length()

2008-07-12 Thread Thomas Thurman
[Sorry, I asked this upstream and the reporter clearly didn't get the message.] This is going to be a tough one to track down if we can't reproduce it. Can you reproduce this bug? What were you actually doing, not moving windows around or switching between windows or anything? Were you just

[Bug 70951] Re: double click in file from my desktop folder open the application, but focus is not in new application.

2008-07-10 Thread Thomas Thurman
Jurgis: Was the application, or any document in the application, already open? -- double click in file from my desktop folder open the application, but focus is not in new application. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70951 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 70951] Re: double click in file from my desktop folder open the application, but focus is not in new application.

2008-07-10 Thread Thomas Thurman
I have opened Nautilus, double-clicked files of two types (text and SVG) and the relevant program (gedit and eog) appeared on top with focus both times. Please let us know whether this happens with files of every type, or whether it just happens with specific types, and whether it always happens.

[Bug 202456] Re: Gnome wine runs all programs without window's minimize button

2008-07-03 Thread Thomas Thurman
André: Hi. Could you run xprop, and click on the window which doesn't have a minimise button, and then paste the output here? -- Gnome wine runs all programs without window's minimize button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 202456] Re: Gnome wine runs all programs without window's minimize button

2008-07-03 Thread Thomas Thurman
(Attaching it would probably be better; it can get lengthy.) -- Gnome wine runs all programs without window's minimize button https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in ubuntu. --

[Bug 124315] Re: remember window position of applications

2008-06-29 Thread Thomas Thurman
Metacity won't fix this because: 1) it's not a window manager issue; applications ought to be responsible enough to create their windows where they want them; 2) it violates separation of concerns; there can be a separate process (such as devilspie) which moves a user's windows around to their

[Bug 64009] Re: Metacity crashed

2008-06-29 Thread Thomas Thurman
** Tags added: need-i386-retrace ** Tags added: crash -- Metacity crashed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/64009 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 102787] Re: Metacity button_layout ignored

2008-06-29 Thread Thomas Thurman
Neil: Are you still seeing this problem in Hardy? It's working fine here. -- Metacity button_layout ignored https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list

[Bug 29560] Re: drag drop improvement: delay bringing window to front until mouse released

2008-06-11 Thread Thomas Thurman
Here we go: http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2008/06/11/drag-and-drop/ I learned quite a lot myself writing that! -- drag drop improvement: delay bringing window to front until mouse released https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29560 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 238049] Re: The close, max and min buttons have vanished from the right side of all windows. How do I restore them please.

2008-06-10 Thread Thomas Thurman
The effect is activ in the compiz-desktop only Then this bug does not belong under metacity. I'm moving it to compiz in case they have any ideas. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: metacity = compiz -- The close, max and min buttons have vanished from the right side of all

[Bug 206870] Re: Gnome Do has visual problems when run with Metacity's compositing manager

2008-06-08 Thread Thomas Thurman
@Murat: phenest was asking for help with installing Metacity from source, which doesn't use Launchpad answers. -- Gnome Do has visual problems when run with Metacity's compositing manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 29560] Re: drag drop improvement: delay bringing window to front until mouse released

2008-06-07 Thread Thomas Thurman
@perfran: I'll write a page on blogs.gnome.org later explaining the rather complicated current state of play. -- drag drop improvement: delay bringing window to front until mouse released https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/29560 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 178953] Re: compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled

2008-06-06 Thread Thomas Thurman
Compiz fails to check return code of XSetSelectionOwner which is returning it a low-level X error. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = New -- compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178953 You received this bug notification

[Bug 178953] Re: compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled

2008-06-06 Thread Thomas Thurman
(Sorry, that wasn't a reply to crdlb; I only just got the notification email.) @crdlb: Your first paragraph sounds like a good solution. I'll try it out this evening and see what I find. Your second para is entirely correct, of course, but a failure there doesn't necessarily mean that it's the

[Bug 178953] Re: compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled

2008-06-05 Thread Thomas Thurman
Here are my thoughts. Part one, the background reading: It seems to me after a while of digging through the ICCCM that Travis Watkins was incorrect back in December when he said that Metacity was not giving up control of the compositor selection. Section 2.8 of the ICCCM says that anyone who

[Bug 178953] Re: compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled

2008-06-04 Thread Thomas Thurman
With trunk it causes Metacity to crash (it may well have done in earlier situations too, since the session manager sees Metacity going down and brings up another one, so crashes can be invisible). This is not a happy situation. I'm escalating. Expect some kind of patch by tonight, I hope. --

[Bug 178953] Re: compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled

2008-06-04 Thread Thomas Thurman
Patch to fix the segfault is committed to upstream trunk, but it still doesn't let Compiz accept the CM selection! I shall continue to investigate, and hope to get more information to you tomorrow. -- compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178953

[Bug 178953] Re: compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled

2008-06-03 Thread Thomas Thurman
@qinjuehang: Please don't say the compositor to mean Compiz, in a Metacity bug about Metacity's compositor. (I assume that's what you mean from context.) It does muddy the waters rather. -- compiz doesn't start if metacity compositor is enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178953 You

[Bug 160311] Re: Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness)

2008-05-30 Thread Thomas Thurman
Josef: If you use compiz, you should raise another bug against compiz. This is a metacity bug. -- Window Resize Difficult (Window Border Thickness) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 206870] Re: Gnome Do has visual problems when run with Metacity's compositing manager

2008-05-27 Thread Thomas Thurman
@phenest: A number of odd compositing bugs were fixed in trunk upstream recently. If you can reproduce the problem reliably with the version in Hardy, is it possible you can install the most recent upstream version (2.23.21) and see whether that fixes the problem? -- Gnome Do has visual

[Bug 206870] Re: Gnome Do has visual problems when run with Metacity's compositing manager

2008-05-27 Thread Thomas Thurman
(If you need any help in doing that, please let me know.) -- Gnome Do has visual problems when run with Metacity's compositing manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in

[Bug 234154] Re: Better animations

2008-05-25 Thread Thomas Thurman
You can turn it on with gconftool -s /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager true --type=bool or by running gconf-editor, navigating to /apps/metacity/general, and turning on compositing_manager. As to why it's not on by default, I don't know: that's a question for the packagers. --

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