KDE Window Manager Problem

[Merton Campbell Crockett]

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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