Bug#462692: xorg: after rotation kde panel stuck in place

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

db001@sanevision.com wrote:
> Package: xorg
> Version: 1:7.2-5
> Severity: normal
>
> Not sure which package the bug belongs to, sorry.
>
> "xrandr -o left" used to work just fine, but now has developed some
> annoying problems. My regular screen size is 1280x1024. After rotation
> the KDE panel (which I keep on the bottom edge and autohide) now gets
> stuck at the same distance from top edge as before rotation (its
> bottom seems to be at 1024 from screen top). It does not autohide,
> cannot be moved, and cannot be hidden even using its hide button
> (unless it was specifically hidden using this button before rotation;
> then just the button stays where it used to be).
>
> Furthermore, I've noticed that for any window, it is not possible to
> get its bottom edge to go below this line (1024 from the top) by
> resizing (dragging the bottom edge), and it is not possible to get the
> window's top edge to go below this line by moving the window. It is,
> however, possible to first move the window such that it straddles the
> line and then resize it by dragging its top edge to the screen top.
> Thus, full size windows are possible after all, but require this weird
> workaround.
>   

If the mouse can go below this 1024 line, and windows appear fine when
you successfully move them there, this looks like a KDE bug to me. Can
you try with another window manager?

Brice