Windows freeze if i move them near the edge of the screen

pacmanVT · 2025-08-12 21:55:28

Windows freeze if i move them near the edge of the screen i have arch linux installed on VMware workstation full 17.6.1
i use xfce4
Compositing is ON turning it off doesn't fix the problem
3d acceleration is off turning it on doesn't fix the problem

i uploaded a video for the issue (expires after 2 days starting from the post date)
https://streamable.com/u84ikj

let me know if you want the more info

seth · 2025-08-13 05:59:19

There seem more graphical glitches to be going on? Likely vmware.
Try w/o 3d and post your Xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General

pacmanVT · 2025-08-13 08:32:36

xorg.0.log | grep EE

[ 15.170] Current Operating System: Linux pacman 6.15.9-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 02 Aug 2025 01:20:06 +0000 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 15.218] (EE) Failed to load module "vmware" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 15.221] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 15.221] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 16.352] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER

the whole file is so big so i uploaded it

https://limewire.com/d/Q1B8Z#NJhC34zq19

seth · 2025-08-13 12:00:45

[    16.342] (II) modeset(0): Output Virtual-1 using initial mode 1391x800 +0+0

just a wild guess but can you make that 1366x768 ?

pacmanVT · 2025-08-14 12:24:50

sudo pacman -S xorg-xrandr
xrandr --output Virtual-1 --mode 1366x768

Unfortunately, the issue still persists.

seth · 2025-08-14 12:48:01

Does this affect
1. wayland sessions
2. completely different guest systems? (and what's btw the host?)

pacmanVT · 2025-08-14 13:07:28

I'm using X11, not Wayland. As shown in the video, the host operating system is Windows 10, and the virtualization software is VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.1.
I suspect it is VMware glitch rather than arch linux issue

I haven't tried using a different guest system and the whole point of using XFCE4 with X11 is to keep it lightweight. Wayland had more issues when I previously used it.

Last edited by pacmanVT (2025-08-14 13:08:04)

pacmanVT · 2025-08-14 13:10:31

Sorry, I misunderstood earlier. I did try it with Kali Linux, and the issue was the same. I was also using KDE Plasma on Arch, and the problem persisted

seth · 2025-08-14 13:43:31

Do you have the opportunity to test a different host system?
Does any of the other guests still use https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-vmware (so we don't have to look there, don't use this, it'll break your X11 session)

pacmanVT · 2025-08-14 15:31:19

Problem solved

Go to: Edit > Preferences > Input

Disable: "Auto-grab mouse when window enters"

HAILL Chat-GPT

Last edited by pacmanVT (2025-08-15 01:45:48)

pacmanVT · 2025-08-15 01:46:15

but still that is not a solution i need that feature for drag and drop I have no idea why is it glitching

seth · 2025-08-15 06:14:05

I suppose using the shortcuts to un/grab the mouse?
I suppose it's caused by the aero-snap like feature where the window gets 50% of the screen, https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/wmtweaks#accessibility and what happens when the mouse suddenly "disappears" - unfortunately xfwm4 doesn't seem to have shortcuts for this.

Do you have the opportunity to test a different host system?

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Windows freeze if i move them near the edge of the screen

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