Thanks for checking, Chris. It now appears that I somehow wound up with a configuration error: deleting the '~/.config/vlc' folder and reopening VLC seems to have cured my issue. I'll close this bug; again thank you for your time. Glenn
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 10:55 PM Chris Guiver <guiv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make > Ubuntu better. > > I've experienced it before (but not recently excluding unrelated LXQt > issues), and in my case as I recall it was because of a change like > changing monitors (to lower resolution, or change in orientation, or > after disconnecting external monitor) that I saw as the cause; reversed > change briefly (ie. move window position) so issue was fixed (closed; > re-opened program so it & ignored it (it didn't occur again). > > I've tried briefly to re-create it (Lubuntu 18.04), but was unable to. > > I was able to drag `vlc` to a position where it was partially off- > screen, closed it, then when it was re-opened, the window opened in the > exact same position it was last time (ie. partially off-screen). It's > possible something like this that @Glenn has done (maybe with screen > orientation, whilst extra external display was connected, or a bad > mouse-movement, then the program was just closed with Alt-F4 or close > from panel etc. and it's re-opening to its last position). > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849909 > > Title: > VLC window left edge off of screen, cannot move > > Status in vlc package in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Lubuntu 18.04 64-bit & current updates, VLC version > 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1 > > Has consistently occurred for quite a while now; I was waiting to see > if a fix was coming out. > > Upon opening VLC whether from command-line or menu, the window opens > at the upper-left edge of my screen with the left 1/4-inch of the > window off the left side of the screen. This does not occur with other > applications, or the 32-bit version of VLC in Lubuntu 18.04 on a > different computer. > > VLC window that is partiallt off the screen cannot be moved to the > right or down, but can be maximized & minimized. > > This may be an issue on Lubuntu only. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 > Package: vlc 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-66.75-generic 4.15.18 > Uname: Linux 4.15.0-66-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia > ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 > Architecture: amd64 > CurrentDesktop: LXDE > Date: Fri Oct 25 19:19:02 2019 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-22 (398 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 > (20180725) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_US > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: vlc > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1849909/+subscriptions > ** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849909 Title: VLC window left edge off of screen, cannot move To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1849909/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
