fvwm and casting from chrome
Hi Everyone: i have a frustrating issue with fvwm and casting from google's chrome, that maybe somebody has a workaround for. Normally, under any other WM i've tried (and also on windows), in the chrome browser, choosing "Cast", will pop up a small window that asks the user what device to cast to. Unfortunately in fvwm that little window with those options does not show up. I've tried both with my config, but also with a very fvwm config such as: key c A CM FvwmConsole key r A CM Restart Key u A CM Exec xterm If anyone has a work around, that would be much appreciated, as casting, for better or worse, is very useful to me. thanks!
Re: fvwm and casting from chrome
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 04:41:08PM -0500, peter g wrote: > Hi Everyone: Hello! > i have a frustrating issue with fvwm and casting from google's chrome, that > maybe somebody has a workaround for. > > Normally, under any other WM i've tried (and also on windows), in the chrome > browser, choosing "Cast", will pop up a small window that asks the user what > device to cast to. Unfortunately in fvwm that little window with those > options does not show up. > > I've tried both with my config, but also with a very fvwm config such as: > key c A CM FvwmConsole > key r A CM Restart > Key u A CM Exec xterm > > If anyone has a work around, that would be much appreciated, as casting, for > better or worse, is very useful to me. Well, if it's a transient window, it will (by default) popup along side the parent window. That said, you can try: BugOpts ExplainWindowPlacement On in your ~/.fvwm2rc file, and monitor stderr to see what FVMM thinks of your missing window. Kindly, Thomas
Re: fvwm and casting from chrome
peter g writes: > Hi Everyone: > > i have a frustrating issue with fvwm and casting from google's chrome, > that maybe somebody has a workaround for. > > Normally, under any other WM i've tried (and also on windows), in the > chrome browser, choosing "Cast", will pop up a small window that asks > the user what device to cast to. Unfortunately in fvwm that little > window with those options does not show up. > > I've tried both with my config, but also with a very fvwm config such as: > key c A CM FvwmConsole > key r A CM Restart > Key u A CM Exec xterm > > If anyone has a work around, that would be much appreciated, as > casting, for better or worse, is very useful to me. I've got chromium, not google-chrome. I click on the 3 dots on the second line, a menu pops up, I select "cast". A dialog box pops up labeled "cast tab". It searches for devices and finds none. That dialog box is internal to the browser, it's not a window manager window. -- Dan Espen
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On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 07:25:06PM +0200, Viktor Griph wrote: Hi Viktor, > Hi all, it's been a long time since I did anything fvwm related. I don't > use Linux at work, and have not been that interested in coding on my spare > time when I code during daytime. Goodness me. What a weak excuse about not lobbying management at work to use Linux. :P It's a shame, actually. I'm one of the lucky ones who do still get to use Linux at work. If I didn't I'd probably be less active than yourself when it comes to working on FVWM. ;) It's interesting what you say about not being interested in coding in your spare time. I used to think that, but since I've moved more in to leadership / management, for the time I can spend working on programming projects, I tend to enjoy it more. I always vowed never to turn my hobby of programming in to a career -- alas, I did just that. I should have been a geochemist by right... > Maybe things will change, I don't really know for sure. At least I'm well > and wotking partly from home and partly in the office. Well, FVWM always needs more developers... you and everyone else are always welcome. > Regarding some kind of video conference I think it could be cool to join. Okey dokey. I'm off work next week, so I'll try and organise something mid-week in as time-zone friendly manner as I can. Watch this space, I'll put an announcement out. Cheers, Thomas
Re: fvwm and casting from chrome
On 5/27/20 4:58 PM, Thomas Adam wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 04:41:08PM -0500, peter g wrote: Hi Everyone: Hello! i have a frustrating issue with fvwm and casting from google's chrome, that maybe somebody has a workaround for. Normally, under any other WM i've tried (and also on windows), in the chrome browser, choosing "Cast", will pop up a small window that asks the user what device to cast to. Unfortunately in fvwm that little window with those options does not show up. I've tried both with my config, but also with a very fvwm config such as: key c A CM FvwmConsole key r A CM Restart Key u A CM Exec xterm If anyone has a work around, that would be much appreciated, as casting, for better or worse, is very useful to me. Well, if it's a transient window, it will (by default) popup along side the parent window. That said, you can try: BugOpts ExplainWindowPlacement On in your ~/.fvwm2rc file, and monitor stderr to see what FVMM thinks of your missing window. Thanks, I've tried that. Doesn't show anything (I know that option is working, as I get the debug info for other windows). As pointed out in another email, that "cast" window might indeed be a chrome internal window... what bothers me though, is why it shows up in other window managers. Kindly, Thomas
Re: fvwm and casting from chrome
On 5/27/20 9:37 PM, Jim Diamond wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 21:32 (-0500), Peter G wrote: On 5/27/20 4:58 PM, Thomas Adam wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 04:41:08PM -0500, peter g wrote: Hi Everyone: Hello! i have a frustrating issue with fvwm and casting from google's chrome, that maybe somebody has a workaround for. Normally, under any other WM i've tried (and also on windows), in the chrome browser, choosing "Cast", will pop up a small window that asks the user what device to cast to. Unfortunately in fvwm that little window with those options does not show up. I've tried both with my config, but also with a very fvwm config such as: key c A CM FvwmConsole key r A CM Restart Key u A CM Exec xterm If anyone has a work around, that would be much appreciated, as casting, for better or worse, is very useful to me. Well, if it's a transient window, it will (by default) popup along side the parent window. That said, you can try: BugOpts ExplainWindowPlacement On in your ~/.fvwm2rc file, and monitor stderr to see what FVMM thinks of your missing window. Thanks, I've tried that. Doesn't show anything (I know that option is working, as I get the debug info for other windows). As pointed out in another email, that "cast" window might indeed be a chrome internal window... what bothers me though, is why it shows up in other window managers. I haven't tried another window manager, but for what it's worth, the cast window does not show up for me in google-chrome. Thank you for checking! By the way, are you running these different window managers on the same Linux distro? Or is it possible you are using fvwm on one Linux, and other window managers on a different Linux distro? I have done these check on the same machine, with the same installation of chrome (i.e just long into a different WM). A few window managers i checked: icewm, lxde, gnome (ubuntu's 18.04 default desktop), ubuntu's winland desktop thing. All work as expected. BTW, I'm running the latest github version 2 master branch of fvwm. Which are you running? I'm wondering this because Dan Espen mentioned in another email that he does see the cast window pop up in chromium (which for me is also not visible). thanks Cheers. Jim
