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Subject:    [xmonad] Problem with smartBorders, multiple screens, and fullscreen windows
From:       Hans Chen <hanswchen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-11-28 23:08:08
Message-ID: CAFfzviBhMCzmrarPGaeOgqr_9xt6zSahBEZdFR1Z-qxXOSwC_A () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,

I have a problem with fullscreen windows on my multi-monitor setup. After
reducing my xmonad.hs bit by bit, I finally tracked down the problem to
smartBorders from XMonad.Layout.NoBorders.

How to reproduce:
1. Add smartBorders to your layout(s).
1. Make a window fullscreen (e.g. mplayer, virtualbox, flash) on one
screen, say screen 1.
2. Change to an arbitrary hidden workspace on another screen, e.g. on
screen 2.

What I get:
The content of the fullscreen window (on screen 1 in the example above)
isn't updated anymore. In mplayer, for example, the video simply "freezes"
while the sound keeps going. I can fix it by restoring the window and make
it fullscreen again.

Expected results:
Nothing should happen to the fullscreen window.

More information:
I'm using xmonad 0.10 and xmonad-contrib 0.10 on Arch Linux. I can
reproduce this on two machines with different graphic cards, Nvidia and
Intel, so I don't think the problem lies with the graphic driver, which was
my first suspicion. If I remove borders from all screens except the one
with the fullscreen window (by using noBorders), I can switch workspace
without "freezing" the fullscreen window.

I was surprised that I couldn't find anyone else with a similar issue
(except maybe Issue 311<http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=311>)
- if someone else can reproduce this, please let me know and I'll submit a
bug report. Even better, if someone could help me fix or work around the
problem without losing the functionality of smartBorders, I would be
extremely happy.

Thanks,
Hans

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Hi,<br><br>I have a problem with fullscreen windows on my multi-monitor setup. After \
reducing my xmonad.hs bit by bit, I finally tracked down the problem to smartBorders \
from XMonad.Layout.NoBorders.<br><br>How to reproduce:<br>

1. Add smartBorders to your layout(s).<br>1. Make a window fullscreen (e.g. mplayer, \
virtualbox, flash) on one screen, say screen 1.<br>2. Change to an arbitrary hidden \
workspace on another screen, e.g. on screen 2.<br> <br>What I get:<br>The content of \
the fullscreen window (on screen 1 in the example above) isn&#39;t updated anymore. \
In mplayer, for example, the video simply &quot;freezes&quot; while the sound keeps \
going. I can fix it by restoring the window and make it fullscreen again.<br>


<br>Expected results:<br>Nothing should happen to the fullscreen window.<br><br>More \
information:<br>I&#39;m using xmonad 0.10 and xmonad-contrib 0.10 on Arch Linux. I \
can reproduce this on two machines with different graphic cards, Nvidia and Intel, so \
I don&#39;t think the problem lies with the graphic driver, which was my first \
suspicion. If I remove borders from all screens except the one with the fullscreen \
window (by using noBorders), I can switch workspace without &quot;freezing&quot; the \
fullscreen window.<br>

<br>I was surprised that I couldn&#39;t find anyone else with a similar issue (except \
maybe <a href="http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=311">Issue 311</a>) - \
if someone else can reproduce this, please let me know and I&#39;ll submit a bug \
report. Even better, if someone could help me fix or work around the problem without \
losing the functionality of smartBorders, I would be extremely happy.<br>

<br>Thanks,<br>Hans<br>



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