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#1 2008-06-08 20:19:47
- qweac
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Windows behaves strange after update!
Hi!
After I updated my system today windows have behaved strange. Before the update windows always opened where I closed them last time. Now they always open in the same stupid place. E.g. nautilus opens in the upper left corner of the screen, and Sonata always opens in the centre of the screen. I don't want that. I want them to open the way they used to.
I use gnome without Compiz.
Anyone?
Thanks! 
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#2 2008-06-09 19:30:57
- ijanos
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
I think its the new gtk package. All GTK application starts in the top left corner no matter where they were.
Im using openbox.
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#3 2008-06-09 19:46:58
#4 2008-06-09 20:01:20
- qweac
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
Thanks! I'm new with arch, so I'm just curious: How long do I have to wait before it's fixed? Normally...
And how do I downgrade to the previous version of GTK?
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#5 2008-06-09 20:49:25
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
Download this: http://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/sunsite … pkg.tar.gz
Then pacman -U gtk2-2.12.9-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz
Then you should put it in /etc/pacman.conf; IgnorePkg = gtk2
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#7 2008-06-09 21:13:35
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
Considering, you have the right amount of processing power for that. GTK2 is big (well not an OO.org but definetly too big for my crappy laptop)
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#8 2008-06-09 21:18:24
- qweac
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
Thanks, but I think I'll pass the downgrade. I just enabled Compiz instead... 
A similar bug when I run Compiz actually, but there the windows just open a little further and further down the screen for each time I open the. I can live with that!
But how long do you think it will take before the GTK2 thing is fixed? I'm just curious...
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#9 2008-06-09 21:30:04
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
next release of gtk. i don't think that arch devs will patch gtk
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#10 2008-06-10 07:55:56
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
Next release of GTK can take a month or two, so we won't wait with that. Backporting important patches from SVN is what we usually do with these bugs.
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#11 2008-06-10 20:30:07
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
It just came a new version of GTK, but that didn't fix it. Was it supposed to?
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#12 2008-06-10 20:45:25
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
It just came a new version of GTK, but that didn't fix it. Was it supposed to?
did you try to restart X?
pacman roulette : pacman -S $(pacman -Slq | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
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#13 2008-06-10 21:10:49
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Re: Windows behaves strange after update!
qweac wrote:It just came a new version of GTK, but that didn't fix it. Was it supposed to?
did you try to restart X?
No, I didn't try that. I just reloaded the window manager. Restarting X solved the problem.
Thanks guys! 
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