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#1 2020-10-14 21:39:21

jsbbnl
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emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

When I ssh into Arch and run emacs, the window that appears has a very small height (5 lines including the minibuffer). The remote system is Windows running VcXsrv. No .emacs file (I run with -q) and the resource database is empty. Various permutations on setting the height with initial-frame-alist, default-frame-alist, and X resources can cause the initial frame to be right, but subsequently created frames (C-x 5 f, etc.) will either have the small height, or will be the correct height but with only a couple lines for the main buffer and the minibuffer taking up the rest of the height.

I run emacs remotely from other Linux OS's and it works fine. If I run emacs on the Arch system itself in a KDE desktop, everything is fine.

Does anyone know what is going on, have any workarounds, etc.? Thanks.

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#2 2020-10-15 07:13:38

seth
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Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

Different emacs versions?
My guess is that emacs  tries to detect the output size, fails and picks a minimum size to be safe.
Can you "emacs -g 80x24"?

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#3 2020-10-15 12:29:43

jsbbnl
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Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

Same thing happens when specifying the geometry on the command line. The weird thing is that it is only the vertical, the horizontal is fine.

The problem appears to be related to the gtk3 toolkit and the VcXsrv X server. Building with the gtk2 toolkit eliminates the problem, and emacs works fine on a KDE desktop in Arch.

I'm not sure about older emacs versions, Arch is up to date with the latest release.

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#4 2020-10-15 13:21:16

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Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

Can you "xrandr -q" on the VcXsrv server?

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#5 2020-10-15 19:51:04

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Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 0 x 0, current 3840 x 2160, maximum 32767 x 32767
default connected primary 3840x2160+0+0 508mm x 285mm
   3840x2160      0.00*

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#6 2020-10-15 20:28:46

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Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

While an emulation, there's an active output and it doesn't have a stupid geometry.

Can you at least resize the window?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1313902

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#7 2020-10-15 21:02:47

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Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

The windows resize, and behave normally. The only problem seems to be when a new frame is created (either at startup or opening a new frame with C-x 5 something).

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#8 2020-10-16 13:59:17

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Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

Can you post the "xwininfo -all"/xprop outputs of the gtk2 and gtk3 windows?
(I wonder whether fails on the base increment value, which is typically not 1x1 for terminals and I believe emacs as well)

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#9 2020-10-16 15:57:03

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Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

What follows is xwininfo followed by xprop, the first set for gtk3, the second set for gtk2. They appear to have the same size increment.

$ xwininfo

xwininfo: Please select the window about which you
          would like information by clicking the
          mouse in that window.

xwininfo: Window id: 0x48013f "emacs@LAD-158343"

  Absolute upper-left X:  356
  Absolute upper-left Y:  401
  Relative upper-left X:  356
  Relative upper-left Y:  401
  Width: 1312
  Height: 238
  Depth: 24
  Visual: 0x8d
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x48013e (not installed)
  Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners:  +356+401  -2172+401  -2172-1521  +356-1521
  -geometry 79x4+356+401

$ xprop
_MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO(_MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO) = 0x6c, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
_WINDOWSWM_NATIVE_HWND(INTEGER) = 1510342, 0
WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
                Client accepts input or input focus: True
                Initial state is Normal State.
                bitmap id # to use for icon: 0x480154
                bitmap id # of mask for icon: 0x48015a
                window id # of group leader: 0x480001
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
                window state: Normal
                icon window: 0x0
_GTK_THEME_VARIANT(UTF8_STRING) =
_NET_WM_ICON(CARDINAL) =        Icon (48 x 48):

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XdndAware(ATOM) = BITMAP
_NET_WM_OPAQUE_REGION(CARDINAL) = 0, 0, 1312, 238
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL
_NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 4718913, 4718914
_NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x480140
WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x480001
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 13963
WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_US.UTF-8"
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "LAD-158343"
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
                program specified minimum size: 48 by 102
                program specified resize increment: 16 by 34
                program specified base size: 48 by 102
                window gravity: NorthWest
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "emacs", "Emacs"
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "emacs@LAD-158343"
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "emacs@LAD-158343"
WM_NAME(STRING) = "emacs@LAD-158343"
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "emacs@LAD-158343"
$ xwininfo

xwininfo: Please select the window about which you
          would like information by clicking the
          mouse in that window.

xwininfo: Window id: 0x48013f "emacs@LAD-158343"

  Absolute upper-left X:  405
  Absolute upper-left Y:  450
  Relative upper-left X:  405
  Relative upper-left Y:  450
  Width: 1312
  Height: 1320
  Depth: 24
  Visual: 0x21
  Visual Class: TrueColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x20 (installed)
  Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: NotUseful
  Save Under State: no
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners:  +405+450  -2123+450  -2123-390  +405-390
  -geometry 79x35+405+450

$ xprop
_MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO(_MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO) = 0x6c, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
XdndAware(ATOM) = BITMAP
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
                window state: Normal
                icon window: 0x0
_WINDOWSWM_NATIVE_HWND(INTEGER) = 6097344, 0
WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
                Client accepts input or input focus: True
                Initial state is Normal State.
                bitmap id # to use for icon: 0x48016a
                bitmap id # of mask for icon: 0x48016b
                window id # of group leader: 0x480001
_NET_WM_ICON(CARDINAL) =        Icon (48 x 48):

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_NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 4718913
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL
_NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x480140
WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x480001
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 13973
WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "en_US.UTF-8"
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "LAD-158343"
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
                program specified minimum size: 48 by 130
                program specified resize increment: 16 by 34
                program specified base size: 48 by 130
                window gravity: NorthWest
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "emacs", "Emacs"
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "emacs@LAD-158343"
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "emacs@LAD-158343"
WM_NAME(STRING) = "emacs@LAD-158343"
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "emacs@LAD-158343"

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#10 2020-10-16 23:36:04

jsbbnl
Member
Registered: 2020-10-14
Posts: 9

Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

It appears to be an emacs bug, 44002 if anyone is interested.

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#11 2020-11-29 18:27:04

Stefan Husmann
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From: Germany
Registered: 2007-08-07
Posts: 1,391

Re: emacs executed from Arch has small window height on remote display

Should be fixed in master.

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