Hi, when I use Firefox 2.0.0.11, Firefox 3 beta 2, or VLC player, I often get a small grey 1x12 window in the top left of my screen. No decorations or anything, just a 1x12 strip of grey against the corner. I can't move it, and it appears on top of all other windows in all workspaces. Firefox 2.0.0.7 did not exhibit this problem.
This problem comes up with both firefox and vlc, and I have seen it in the fluxbox, xfwm, and compiz window managers. In compiz it even blocks the corner mouse-sensing, which is a big practical problem. I'm not sure what is to blame, so I don't even know where to send the bug report. Gruesome details follow: In Firefox 3 beta 2, it happens when I navigate to certain sites (http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/WindowMatching for example). In Firefox 2.0.11, it happens when going to other certain sites, such as my gmail inbox. They both have information similar to the following. xwininfo for the small window: xwininfo: Window id: 0x32055f0 "Firefox" Absolute upper-left X: 0 Absolute upper-left Y: 0 Relative upper-left X: 0 Relative upper-left Y: 0 Width: 1 Height: 12 Depth: 24 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x20 (installed) Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: yes Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: yes Corners: +0+0 -1023+0 -1023-756 +0-756 -geometry 1x12+0+0 xprop: WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS): Client accepts input or input focus: True Initial state is Normal State. window id # of group leader: 0x3200001 _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 52450802 _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL _NET_WM_USER_TIME(CARDINAL) = 317673324 _NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x32055f1 WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x3200001 _NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 28081 WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_CA.UTF-8" WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "korhal" WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS): program specified minimum size: 0 by 12 window gravity: NorthWest WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gecko", "Firefox-bin" WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "Firefox" _NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x46, 0x69, 0x72, 0x65, 0x66, 0x6f, 0x78 WM_NAME(STRING) = "Firefox" _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x46, 0x69, 0x72, 0x65, 0x66, 0x6f, 0x78 In VLC Player, it starts when I start the player with the wx GUI. It even appears above the player when I switch to full-screen mode, which is really annoying O_O. xwininfo: xwininfo: Window id: 0x3200107 "." Absolute upper-left X: 0 Absolute upper-left Y: 0 Relative upper-left X: 0 Relative upper-left Y: 0 Width: 1 Height: 12 Depth: 24 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x20 (installed) Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: yes Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: yes Corners: +0+0 -1023+0 -1023-756 +0-756 -geometry 1x12+0+0 xprop: WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS): Client accepts input or input focus: True Initial state is Normal State. window id # of group leader: 0x3200001 _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 52429065 _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL _NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x3200108 WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x3200001 _NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 14078 WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_CA.UTF-8" WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "korhal" WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS): program specified minimum size: 0 by 12 window gravity: NorthWest WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST WM_CLASS(STRING) = ".", "." WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "." _NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x2e WM_NAME(STRING) = "." _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x2e Any clues? Henk Boom -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
