KDE Window Manager Problem
Merton Campbell Crockett
mcc at CATO.GD-AIS.COM
Mon Mar 7 01:36:25 GMT 2005
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
>
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Jes Hall wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > This is a "per user" problem. It only occurs when using the KDE Window
> > > > Manager. If you select another window manager when you login, the problem
> > > > does not exist. If you login as another user that has not made any recent
> > > > changes to his KDE Desktop configuration, the problem doesn't exist.
> > >
> > > If this is a problem that doesn't occur for a newly created user, then I
> > > suggest moving your $KDEHOME/share/config/kwinrc and possibly also
> > > $KDEHOME/share/config/kdeglobals out of the way and seeing if your problem is
> > > alleviated. ($KDEHOME on suse is generally ~/.kde)
> > >
> > > If this helps, you may find you can salvage much of the configuration from
> > > these files by opening them up in a text editor (after backing them up
> > > elsewhere) and manually editing them. If you decide this doesn't help, simply
> > > move the original files back where you found them.
> >
> > Jess:
> >
> > Thanks for your assistance. One problem that I have is not being sure of
> > the hierarchical structure of the various config files and what will get
> > replaced by a pristine copy if it is deleted.
> >
> > I removed the following files and started a second session.
> >
> > $KDEHOME/share/config/kwinrc
> > $KDEHOME/share/config/kwinrulesrc
> >
> > This cleared the problem of each window that was opened being the same
> > size as the previous window opened.
> >
> > I logged out of that second session and then the first session. I then
> > logged in again. The problem returned. Logged in as root and removed the
> > following file from my account.
> >
> > $KDEHOME/share/config/kwinrulesrc
> >
> > Logged out of root and logged into my account. The desktop is now being
> > fully displayed and application windows open with their correct geometry.
> >
> > There is still the problem with restoring a window to its original size
> > after being maximized. I'll try removing $KDEHOME/share/config/kdeglobals
> > to fix that problem.
>
>
> I think that I now know what the problem is but not how to fix it. It
> looks like kwin has the wrong idea of the window size when restoring a
> maximized window to its original size.
>
> I have a 1600x1200 display. When the window is restored, kwin appears to
> be calculating the geometry of the window as though the height of the
> display were only 768.
>
> Anyone have an idea what file might contain a restore value that would
> cause kwin to calculate the wrong points for the bottom of the window?
One more data point: If the window is resized once before it is
maximized, it will be restored to the correct size.
Merton Campbell Crockett
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