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jollyrogr

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Registered: 2008-08-25

Posts: 12

feh fullscreen doesn't work

OK, so I upgraded my linux machine from ancient hardware to brand new hardware   I couldn't get the old Arch install to boot anymore, so I started with a fresh install of Arch 64.

Anyway, I use FEH for my image viewer, and fullscreen always used to be truely fullscreen.  On my new install "fullscreen" is only like a maximized window.  Anyone know how to fix this so its truely fullscreen again?

Is this an issue with FEH, or Metacity, or something else?

Thanks

peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

Posts: 936

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Re: feh fullscreen doesn't work

feh's fullscreen mode works here with stumpwm, xmonad and pekwm. Might be a metacity issue. Is there a way to tell the wm to remove borders around specific windows? That could be a workaround. You should also check with the metacity folks to find out what's going on.

jollyrogr

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Registered: 2008-08-25

Posts: 12

Re: feh fullscreen doesn't work

yeah I am thinking it is a metacity issue.  May have to dump metacity and use something else.  Thinking I might try fluxbox.

jollyrogr

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Registered: 2008-08-25

Posts: 12

Re: feh fullscreen doesn't work

update: definitely an issue with Metacity WM.  I'm in a GNOME/Openbox session right now and the FEH fullscreen mode works like it should