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List:       openbox
Subject:    [openbox] Openbox and Xrandr - does not detect resolution automatically when maximizing
From:       pedrib () gmail ! com (Pedro Ribeiro)
Date:       2010-05-15 23:32:00
Message-ID: AANLkTikg9JNPsWFjhhK6chvNMxzk5vIf7pAMEn_TeQSx () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 15 May 2010 19:16, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:
> On 14/05/10 06:13 PM, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
>> That may obfuscate the issue, but the original commands are correct
>> anyways, and openbox still needs to work in that case.
>
> Please don't top post, makes a convo hard to follow.
>
>> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 16:10, Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib at gmail.com
>> <mailto:pedrib at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> ? ? On 12 May 2010 22:14, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net
>> ? ? <mailto:dana at orodu.net>> wrote:
>> ? ? >
>> ? ? > On 2010-05-12, at 3:04 PM, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
>> ? ? >
>> ? ? >> On 12 May 2010 19:48, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net
>> ? ? <mailto:dana at orodu.net>> wrote:
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> On 2010-05-12, at 2:11 PM, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>>> Hi all,
>> ? ? >>>>
>> ? ? >>>> this may or may not be a solvable however I think I've hit a
>> ? ? bug using
>> ? ? >>>> openbox and xrandr.
>> ? ? >>>>
>> ? ? >>>> I have an external monitor connected to my laptop. When I set the
>> ? ? >>>> monitor like this:
>> ? ? >>>>
>> ? ? >>>> xrandr --output LVDS1 --off --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1080
>> ? ? >>>>
>> ? ? >>>> everything works correctly.
>> ? ? >>>>
>> ? ? >>>> However when I do
>> ? ? >>>>
>> ? ? >>>> xrandr --output LVDS1 --off --output VGA1 --auto
>> ? ? >>>>
>> ? ? >>>> which sets exactly the same 1920x1080 resolution, openbox does not
>> ? ? >>>> seem to understand the full screen resolution.
>> ? ? >>>> By this I mean that when I maximize a window, it will only
>> ? ? cover the
>> ? ? >>>> 1280x800 (which is the size of my laptop monitor) and not the whole
>> ? ? >>>> external screen. If I click and drag on the titlebar, the
>> ? ? window then
>> ? ? >>>> grows to 1920x1080, but I have to do this on every window I try to
>> ? ? >>>> maximize.
>> ? ? >>>> Restarting or reconfiguring openbox appears to solve it.
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> It sounds like a bug but I don't think I really get what is
>> ? ? going on clearly. ?Let me see if I have this right.
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> At the start, you have one monitor disabled, and one enabled,
>> ? ? set at 1920x1080 with the command:
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> xrandr --output LVDS1 --off --output VGA1 --mode 1920x1080
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> Openbox is functioning correctly at this time. ?You have
>> ? ? maximized windows filling the screen.
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >> Correct.
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> Then, you run the command:
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> xrandr --output LVDS1 --off --output VGA1 --auto
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> which does not change the screen resolution, but maximized
>> ? ? windows are shrunk immediately to 1280x800 (the size of the disabled
>> ? ? screen).
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> Then, reconfiguring Openbox returns the maximized windows to
>> ? ? their original size of 1920x1080.
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>> Is this what you are experiencing, or is it slightly different?
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >> Actually I explained incorrectly. The first command works
>> ? ? correctly as
>> ? ? >> I noted. Lets assume that then I go back to using only LVDS1 (my
>> ? ? >> internal LCD screen) and disable the external output.
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >> If I do
>> ? ? >> xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --output VGA1 --auto
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >> The screen gets mirrored on both monitors, although maximized windows
>> ? ? >> will only cover 1280x800 of the external monitor. I guess this is
>> ? ? >> expected, since its being mirrored although at different resolutions,
>> ? ? >> so definitely not a bug in this case.
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >> However, if after the command above I do
>> ? ? >> xrandr --output LVDS1 --off --output VGA1 --auto
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >> Openbox still thinks that my internal monitor is on, and maximized
>> ? ? >> windows will only cover 1280x800 of the external screen. If I click
>> ? ? >> and drag the window title, it suddenly grows to fill the whole
>> ? ? screen.
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >>> And have you compiled Openbox yourself? ?What version is it? ?Etc..
>> ? ? >>>
>> ? ? >>
>> ? ? >> Its 3.4.11.1 from Debian testing.
>> ? ? >
>> ? ? >
>> ? ? > Ok, yes, please bug tracker this, with all the above. ?When I have
>> ? ? access to two monitors again I will fix it.
>> ? ? >
>> ? ? > Thanks!
>> ? ? >
>> ? ? > Dana
>> ? ? > _______________________________________________
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>> ? ? > http://icculus.org/mailman/listinfo/openbox
>> ? ? >
>>
>> ? ? Thanks for the help, but apparently it was all my stupidity. When
>> ? ? using any of those commands that cause trouble, I should specify a
>> ? ? primary monitor using --primary.
>
> It may be that RandR is just sending wrong information to Openbox (this
> would not shock me), but I'd like to look into it regardless. ?So if you
> can stick it in the bug tracker still I'd appreciate it.
>
>
> Dana
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Done at http://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4640

Thanks for the help,
Pedro

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