I think I have been experiencing the same problem as Mark Carroll, using ctwm on Fedora 22
Mark Carroll wrote: > >> I'm seeing some clear weirdness when I start up the chromium web > >> browser and try to move its window around. Does anybody else want a > >> go? > > > > Mmm. If I fire up Chromium and move it around, it just looks like a > > Chromium window moving around. What sort of weirdness? > > Chromium's an undecorated window for some reason. Likewise google-chrome. I did not give it permission to be undecorated. Is google turning into some sort of dictatorship??? > If I try to drag from > near the top of the window then it doesn't seem to move. But, then I > have difficulty focusing on anything else, and eventually I get a window > outline for Chromium where I can click to place it and then I can focus > on other windows again. If I tried a few times to drag then these seem > to queue up and I then have to place it a few times before all is well > again. It also seems to have a mode where I can click it once near the > top, see an outline, and then place it with another click. But, say, the > first time I do that it works, then the second time I try to move it I > can't focus anywhere again and have to click a couple of times in the > background before things start to work. I have not investigated in such detail. I have found that it sometimes gets into a state in which I have to use my keyboard to switch to another virtual desktop and then back again to regain control of my mouse pointer. I have the impression this problem started a few days ago with the last version of ctwm that I downloaded. So I've just tried going back to 3.8.2-4.1 available as a fedora package, and the problems go away. In particular when I start up google-chrome I now have the title bar again, and the mouse behaves normally. Apologies for not reporting this sooner. I don't normally use google-chrome, except for viewing family videos on google-plus (which for some reason it handles better than firefox). But now I have confirmed this behaviour on both my desktop PC and laptop, both running Fedora22. Anyhow, for now, I've gone back to the older ctwm. Apart from this I had not noticed any problems with the new version (untarred files dated 19th July). > Back on Debian's 3.7-3.3+b2 the window is decorated and there is no > weirdness related to moving or focus. However, I don't know if the > difference could be in compilation options rather than code changes. I don't know enough to have a view on that! But the fact that there's no title bar or ctwm frame could be the main clue. Aaron
