XFCE + xrandr window maximize problem

[lukash]

Hello everybody,

I've just updated to F10 and I'm experiencing problems with XFCE.
I have laptop (some dell with screen at 1440x900) and LCD monitor 22" with 1680x1050. In fedora 9 i was using this small script to switch off lcd monitor and turn on my big lcd (1680x1050) - this is how i like it when i work at home. here's the code:

#!/bin/sh

xrandr --output LVDS --off --output VGA --mode 1680x1050

xrandr is very useful, isn't it? :-)

But in F10 xfce has some problem with this. After running command mentioned above, my laptop's LCD turns off and my big lcd 22" turns on with 1680x1050, but if I try to maximize window it "maximizes" to 1440x900. It seems XFCE has some odd problem, that it doesn't recognize correct resolution after resolution change. Another thing I noted while you're moving windows in xfce, it docks moved window to edges (so its easier to put window in some corner or so). In this situation, after changing resolution as I described above, windows are docked to some "edges" which are located at 1440 and 900, so it uses edges from previous (laptop lcd's resolution).

Can someone confirm this (or similar sitation?) or its just my wrong settings? I checked my xorg.xonf after update and it has not changed. I think I don't need to provide any special settings from my system here, this must work with every settings I think.

I use Fedora 10 32bit.
2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-3.fc10.i386
xfce and tools in version 4.4.3-1.fc10.i386

Thanks in advance.

[lukash]

I decided to provide a screenshot too. Another thing is that I can freely move windows in that "remaining space" on the screenshot, everything works fine, just xfce still think I have 1440x900. The odd thing is that panel has a good size (you can see it has width 1680)..

Here's the screen: http://backstep.net/xfceprobem.jpg

[Hlingler]

I thought xrandr had an option to specify screen number? Perhaps you simply need to specify more explicitly the command. See: man xrandr. But this also looks like a possible bug. Check bugzilla. It would indeed help if someone else could confirm.

V

[lukash]

Originally Posted by Hlingler

I thought xrandr had an option to specify screen number? Perhaps you simply need to specify more explicitly the command. See: man xrandr. But this also looks like a possible bug. Check bugzilla. It would indeed help if someone else could confirm.

V

Thanks for reply. I've found something in bugzilla, it doesnt fit my situation but this happened to me also in F10: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4309

It sound odd to me because in F9 everything was working without any problems. I've tested xrandr (i've mentioned in the first post) with gnome desktop and it works perfectly, so I guess this is just XFCE problem.
XFCE developers dont like to fix 4.4 bugs as they're working on 4.6, so perhaps its better to wait or .. I don't know

[Hlingler]

That's up to you.

Have you tried toggling the Max/Restore window button? You know: not the minimize button, but the one in the middle, looks like a block(s). See if jacking it around un-freezes the max size.

V