I forgot to mention, all the windows instantiated were correctedly(?) decorated...
On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 3:26 PM, Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have another experiment, where > 1. I've started compiz redirecting both stdout and stderr to a file, > that you can find in attachment; > 2. after starting compiz, I've opened a number of terminal windows and > finally I've closed the session. > > The log file contains some message concerning incorrect placement of windows > > > $ grep placement .compiz.log > compiz (decor) - Warn: No default decoration found, placement will not > be correct > compiz (decor) - Warn: No default decoration found, placement will not > be correct > $ > > Hope this helps ፨ g > > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Giacomo Boffi <giacomo.bo...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Dear Alex, >> I've checked and my settings are exactly >> - Placement Mode: Smart >> - Multi Output Mode: Use active output device >> >> To have a trace of the window placement, I have started my system with >> the following ~/.xsession file >> >> #!/bin/bash >> xset m 5 3 >> # fbsetroot -gradient vertical -fg red4 -bg orangered3 >> xterm & sleep 0.2 >> xmodmap .compose >> compiz & >> # cairo-dock -w 3 -o > /dev/null 2>&1 & >> exec my_sleep 365d >> >> and, from the xterm that was started from .xsession I started a number >> of xterminals of different background color, then I made a screen dump >> of the current situation --- please find in attachment a compressed >> version of the screen dump. >> >> As you can see, the problem is (mostly?) the pre-existing window, >> i.e., the original xterm that covers part of some of the new windows >> (e.g., the black one is completely under the 1st xterm) >> >> Thank you for your intervention ፨ g >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:33 AM, Alex ARNAUD <alexarn...@hypra.fr> wrote: >>> Hello boffi, >>> >>> Thank you for helping us to make Compiz better. >>> >>> I'm using Debian Stretch with the latest Compiz version and my configuration >>> of the place window module is as follow: >>> - Placement Mode: Smart >>> - Multi Output Mode: Use active output device >>> >>> On my system, the first one is opened on the top-left and the second-one on >>> the bottom-left. >>> >>> Could you try with this configuration and restart your computer after that? >>> >>> Could you please tell me what applications are you trying to launch ? Maybe >>> the behavior could be different between software. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Alex. >>> >>> >>> Le 21/05/2018 à 00:30, boffi a écrit : >>>> >>>> Package: compiz-plugins >>>> Version: 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-1 >>>> Severity: normal >>>> >>>> Dear Maintainer, >>>> >>>> * What led up to the situation? >>>> >>>> I activated the "Place Windows" plugin >>>> >>>> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or >>>> ineffective)? >>>> >>>> n/a >>>> >>>> * What was the outcome of this action? >>>> >>>> irrispective of the algorithm chosen, the plugin insists on placing >>>> new >>>> windows BELOW existing windows (not always but most of the times) >>>> >>>> * What outcome did you expect instead? >>>> >>>> every WM I used (and that comprised compiz+place_windows, until >>>> recently) >>>> placed new windows above existing windows, because when a user >>>> instantiates a new window, either using a shortcut and the "Commands" >>>> plugin, a desktop launcher or a system menu, said user 99.3% wants to >>>> use the new window immediately >>>> >>>> That said, I'm trying to use compiz standalone (no DE) with the support of >>>> a dock/panel (either tint2 or cairo-dock). >>>> >>>> I'd like to help fixing this problem giving you any further additional >>>> info. >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance, gb >>>> -- System Information: >>>> Debian Release: buster/sid >>>> APT prefers unstable >>>> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') >>>> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) >>>> >>>> Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) >>>> Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 >>>> (charmap=UTF-8) >>>> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash >>>> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) >>>> LSM: AppArmor: enabled >>>> >>>> Versions of packages compiz-plugins depends on: >>>> ii compiz-core 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-1 >>>> ii compiz-plugins-default 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-1 >>>> ii libc6 2.27-3 >>>> ii libcairo2 1.15.10-3 >>>> ii libdbus-1-3 1.12.8-2 >>>> ii libdecoration0 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-1 >>>> ii libfribidi0 0.19.7-2 >>>> ii libgcc1 1:8.1.0-3 >>>> ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.11-2 >>>> ii libgl1 1.0.0+git20180308-2 >>>> ii libglib2.0-0 2.56.1-2 >>>> ii libglibmm-2.4-1v5 2.56.0-2 >>>> ii libglu1-mesa [libglu1] 9.0.0-2.1 >>>> ii libice6 2:1.0.9-2 >>>> ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:1.5.2-2+b1 >>>> ii libnotify4 0.7.7-3 >>>> ii libpango-1.0-0 1.42.1-1 >>>> ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.42.1-1 >>>> ii librsvg2-2 2.40.20-2 >>>> ii libsigc++-2.0-0v5 2.10.0-2 >>>> ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b3 >>>> ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-5 >>>> ii libstdc++6 8.1.0-3 >>>> ii libx11-6 2:1.6.5-1 >>>> ii libx11-xcb1 2:1.6.5-1 >>>> ii libxcb1 1.13-1 >>>> ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.4-2 >>>> ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.15-1 >>>> ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.4-3 >>>> ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2 >>>> ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.3-1 >>>> ii libxi6 2:1.7.9-1 >>>> ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b3 >>>> ii libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1+b1 >>>> ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.1-1 >>>> ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1 >>>> ii libxslt1.1 1.1.29-5 >>>> >>>> compiz-plugins recommends no packages. >>>> >>>> compiz-plugins suggests no packages. >>>> >>>> -- no debconf information >>>> >>>
