Bug#813374: general: Menus and window popup does not work after recent upgrade
On 02/01/2016 09:01 PM, Vincent Danjean wrote:
> It worked well. I was able to move window between the two monitors.
>
> But, after the last upgrade (see below the upgraded packages), I suffer
> several problems after I enabled the external monitor:
> - window from iceweasel and icedove opened with a very small size (unless
> before where they opened at their last size) [but correctly on the primary
> external monitor]
> - popup windows from iceweasel and icedove (to ask for password or passphrase
> or to ask to restore or not the session) all opened on the laptop monitor in
> a small size (wheras the mouse was on the primary monitor)
> - more problematic (hence this bug report), menus in iceweasel and icedove do
> not draw themselves. The heading is selected but nothing appears below. It is
> also true for menus from their toolbar (ie 'Tags' selector in icedove for
> example)
> - for emacs, if the window is at a high where the secondary monitor have
> pixels, the menu is opened on the left of the secondary monitor! Else, the
> menu do not open at all.
> - other programs work correctly (at least the 'Applications' menu of XFCE that
> I use as VM, menus from Thunar, menus and windows from GIMP, ...)
> - for problematic applications (at least Iceweasel, Icedove and Emacs), moving
> the window onto the other monitor (without closing it) allows menus to be
> correctlt drawn (on the other monitor). When the window is moved again onto
> the primary external monitor, the problematic behavior occurs again.
>
> So, if someone have an idea of what happens, of where (in which softare) is
> the bug, or just want additionnal inputs, just say so. For now, this is really
> annoying.
>
> Regards,
> Vincent
Vincent,
This sounds like issues with your window manager, since you mostly
complain about issues with window placements and dispositions. Just to
be sure, you're using XFCE, right?
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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