Hi, I have also had this problem since 10.11. No sleep required, just locking the screen can create the behavior. I can also reproduce. There is a fix however, at least for me.
The problem occurs when I invoke xterm with geometry, however if I use xterm and then move the window it will not occur even though the end state geometry is identical. e.g.: xterm -geometry 121x103+1708+0 # lock screen, its hidden or moved after logging back in. IIRC from my testing it may be the +0 y coord as part of the problem or that the right edge is beyond or on max X. If I do this: xterm -geometry 121x103 & PID=$! sleep 1 WID=$(xdotool search --all --pid $PID 2>/dev/null) xdotool windowmove --sync $WID 1708 0 2>/dev/null xdotool windowmove --sync $WID 1708 0 2>/dev/null Then it does not move or hide automatically after lock screen or sleep. And yes, for some reason I have to call xdotool twice when moving the window (I cannot recall why). Manual move with mouse also appears to fix the mystery problem. Facts: OSX 10.11.6, Xquartz 2.7.9, 15" MBP 2016, 27" apple display, MBP lid closed, only using external display. Also using multiple virtual desktops. Cheers, Egan On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 9:52 AM, William Ray Wing <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Oct 4, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Michael Jinks <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> BTW, I was mildly astonished to find out that this problem seems gone >>> after updating to Sierra. There might be corner cases where it's still >>> problematic, but at least for my use-cases it's enormously better. >>> (Still on XQuartz 2.7.9 btw.) >> >> Well, crumbs: I knew this day would come, but drat anyway, sez here my >> MacBook Pro was born "Mid 2009", and it sez over there that Sierra >> only goes back to 2010. >> > > You might want to take a look here: > > http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macos-10-12-sierra-unsupported-macs-thread.1977128/ > > Where a patching application and script are allowing folks to install Sierra > (very successfully) on quite a number of Macs that Apple has chosen to stop > supporting. Speculation is that in at least some cases, the drop is because > some models didn’t sell well enough to make it worth Apple’s time and > resources to vet all possible configurations with all possible combinations > of installed software in their testing lab. > > -Bill > > > >> So, if anybody has insight that might brighten my day... Otherwise, >> been shopping for Linux-happy laptops already so maybe that project >> just picked up some speed, if Apple no longer supports the hardware >> I'm on currently. >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/wrw%40mac.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/egan%40sense.net > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. X11-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/x11-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
