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wkatastrof

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Registered: 2013-08-03

Posts: 15

windows jump unexpectedly to the right on 2nd display (openbox xrandr)

Greetings,

I have an Acer 0751h with the dreaded Intel GMA500/Poulsbo graphics. It's running whatever open driver is recommended by the gma500 archwiki page.

I have it driving a second display to my left using the following command:
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768 --output LVDS-0 --mode 1366x768 --right-of VGA-0

There are a few quirks here and there but the most annoying is that windows in the second display will "jump" about 20% to the right when actions are performed in them. For instance, every time I select a different folder in Thunderbird, the window jumps. The same is true when I open a new tab by double clicking a bookmarked entry in Firefox. I haven't noticed it happen in any other software, yet.

The windows are not maximized, just resized to fit the screen. I don't maximize them because they maximize only on the laptop display (LVDS-0).

Here is the output of xrandr:
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2390 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096
LVDS-0 connected 1366x768+1024+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 256mm x 144mm
   1366x768       60.0*+
   1024x768       60.0     60.0 
   960x720        60.0 
   928x696        60.1 
   896x672        60.0 
   800x600        60.0     60.3     56.2 
   700x525        60.0 
   640x512        60.0 
   640x480        60.0     59.9 
   512x384        60.0 
   400x300        60.3     56.3 
   320x240        60.1 
S-video-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
S-video-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm
   1280x1024      60.0 +   75.0 
   1152x864       75.0 
   1024x768       75.1*    60.0 
   800x600        75.0     60.3 
   640x480        75.0     60.0 
   720x400        70.1 

Any ideas as to what may be causing this and how to resolve it?
Thanks!

ondoho

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Registered: 2013-04-30

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Re: windows jump unexpectedly to the right on 2nd display (openbox xrandr)

i'm sorry but the only help i can offer is this:
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=31617
i'm posting this because it looks very related. but no solution there either.

wkatastrof

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Registered: 2013-08-03

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Re: windows jump unexpectedly to the right on 2nd display (openbox xrandr)

Very very related problem. It reads like the same exact problem.

I will look into their options and more into openbox, but like you said no solution there.

Thanks for sharing; how did you find that thread? Just an internet search?

ondoho

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Re: windows jump unexpectedly to the right on 2nd display (openbox xrandr)

i've been a crunchbang user before arch linux, and still rather active on their forums.