Package: metacity Version: 1:2.28.0-2 Severity: normal I wanted to give an update on this bug, since the problem has changed somewhat with the current version of Metacity and GNOME, but hasn't gone away completely.
The good news is that Metacity now correctly positions xterms at startup once I log in, including using saved session information. The remaining problem is that whenever something touches the font configuration, Metacity repositions and resizes all of those xterms into a stack on the top left corner and a default size. (The xterms get exactly the same window position; there's no tiling at all.) As before, killing and restarting Metacity restores the correct window position. The problem happens during any upgrade as soon as dpkg says: Processing triggers for fontconfig ... That's the last thing I'll see before all of my windows are spontaneously moved and resized. I suspect this problem is specific to xterm (the stock version from the xterm package), which probably doesn't provide some glue that GNOME is expecting. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages metacity depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 1.28.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.10.1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.8.8-2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libcanberra-gtk0 0.22-1 Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve ii libcanberra0 0.22-1 a simple abstract interface for pl ii libgconf2-4 2.28.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.2-2 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.18.3-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libgtop2-7 2.28.0-2 gtop system monitoring library (sh ii libice6 2:1.0.5-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libmetacity-private0 1:2.28.0-2 library for the Metacity window ma ii libpango1.0-0 1.26.0-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libsm6 2:1.1.1-1 X11 Session Management library ii libstartup-notification0 0.10-1 library for program launch feedbac ii libx11-6 2:1.2.2-1 X11 client-side library ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.0-4 X11 Composite extension library ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.1-4 X11 damaged region extension libra ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.0-2 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii metacity-common 1:2.28.0-2 shared files for the Metacity wind ii zenity 2.28.0-1 Display graphical dialog boxes fro Versions of packages metacity recommends: ii gnome-session [x-session-mana 2.28.0-4 The GNOME Session Manager Versions of packages metacity suggests: ii gnome-control-center 1:2.28.1-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d ii gnome-themes 2.28.1-1 official themes for the GNOME desk pn xdg-user-dirs <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org