Re: [e-users] Chrome not restarting on same monitors

Yup ... but , it depends on your exact X conf. Also, details may not 
work for a few months when some code got broken. I am using 6 monitors 
since 20 years. The first CRITICAL detail is that you MUST be using 
xinerama: all monitors must be using independant desktops. This will 
break big chinks of 3D accemeration.

Then, right clik on decoration of window (or ALT + right click if no 
decoration at all), Windows submenu, and, play with Remebers and Locks. 
It may take hours/days to find the details you want.

I usually start by locking position, size, and REMEMBER THESE LOCKS 
against system; then, lock MAXIMISED state against user.

Then in remember, identifier is usually good for most apps (I said 
MOST), and now in properties you are looking for VIRTUAL DSKTOP and 
CURRENT SCREEN (+ position, size, locks).

E17 was historically the first DM that handeled win pref and remember 
correctly (17y ago).

I have 8 desktops per monitor. The systray is about identical on all 3 
monitors; Gkerllm sticks to one monitor over all desktops; and 
restarting windows works just fine. Note that if apps are started via 
.xinitrc before E, then E will catch windows and replace them correctly. 
You can also launch apps via the E app manager, and tick "start app at 
startup", or tick "restart app with E" in the remember  properties. 
Sometimes, doing an e hotrestart may restart them, ending in double 
cessions. But ... you WILL break remembers if monitors are hotplugs. I 
am having the issue on my laptop: if the monitor is detected by X after 
E has started, then, app at startup are relocated on may monitor. There 
are two ways to fix this:
- in .xinitrc , add a delay between start of X and start of E, so that X 
has time to detect all your monitors before launching E
- in .xinitrc let E start, NOT ask E to start these apps, and, in 
.xinitrc , before starting E, do something like { sleep 60 ; StartMyApp 
; } & , so that E is allowed to start immediately, and app opens only 
when E has detected all monitors.

My E (build 2y ago) does not support delaying apps after launch, or 
conditionnal launch. It could be a nice feature, but they will probably 
never implement this, as in most case it can be easily WA via .xinitrc .

So, yes, your simple question has a quiet complex answer ... and this is 
not 1% of my knowledge about Xinerama.

<3 E

On 13/07/2023 14:59, Jon Craig wrote:
> So, I have a 3-monitor setup, and I keep a Chrome window on the right side
> monitor with certain tabs open and another Chrome window on the left side
> monitor with certain other tabs.  The center monitor is for
> terminal/Intellj IDEA/etc.  When I close Chrome or log out and back in, and
> restart Chrome, the correct 2 Chrome windows open with the correct tabs,
> but they both end up on the center monitor instead of where they were when
> they closed.
>
> This behavior doesn't occur under other WMs/DE's.
>
> Any ideas here?
>
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