Re: Fluxbox disimprovements on dual monitors

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Hi Johnatan,

One possible workaround would be using a keyboard shortcut to move the
maximized window to the other monitor.  Something like the following:

## ~/.fluxbox/keys
# Windows+; -> move current window's to next monitor
Mod4 semicolon :SendToNextHead

Out of curiosity, are you dragging the window by the top window handle /
titlebar, or using an alt+left-mouse drag?  It sounds like you're saying
when your mouse hits the edge between the two monitors the virtual desktop
starts switching (on one monitor or both of them?)

It's possible that there's some difference in your old vs new
configurations, either in how Fluxbox was packaged/built, or how the X
server is configured.  ie xinerama etc, it's possible to have your 2
monitors set up as a single X virtual screen, or two separate screens... or
the relative positions of the monitors might have changed when upgrading.
Any of those might affect the behavior of the bug you're describing.  The
output of `xdpyinfo` might give some clue, but you probably don't have the
old setup available to compare.

Matt

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 3:46=E2=80=AFAM Johnatan Hallman via Fluxbox-users =
<
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It took me more than +1 year after Debian 9 being EOLed to finally switch
> to Debian 11 AntiX due to so many custom apps and so many issues.
>
> Regardless the security patches in the new system, when one upgrades
> he/she expects to get a "better" product not something utterly crap with
> bloatware features nobody asked for. Anyway if I wouldn't upgrade none of
> the latest browsers firefox/chrome would support the OS soon.
>
> My new setup is:
>
> Fluxbox 1.3.7 : (c) 2001-2015 Fluxbox
>
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD
> Graphics 520] (rev 07)
>
> xorg-server 2:1.20.11-1.0nosystemd3 (https://www.debian.org/support)
> Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
>
>
> There are some extremely annoying issues compared to running Fluxbox on
> the exact same laptop but with the old system:
>
> With a 2 monitor setup moving maximized windows make it switch like crazy
> in between the virtual desktops, sometimes it ends up positioning the
> window outside the area then you have to kill the process and reopen it.
> This was not happening at all on the old system.
>
> Also this might not be related to Fluxbox but moving video players like
> VLC between the 2 screens makes the running video sluggish, this was also
> not present with the old Debian and old X.
>
>
>
> I wonder if Flux is still being developed... it would be nice to have a
> proper taskbar per monitor option. It can do taskbar on specific heads or
> on ALL but when you select ALL it just makes a huge taskbar and put the
> apps in order when you started. Having 2 taskbars on the 2 monitors would
> be better with each only displaying the corresponding apps.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Fluxbox-users mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fluxbox-users
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi Johnatan,</div><div><br></div><div>One possible wo=
rkaround would be using a keyboard shortcut to move the maximized window to=
 the other monitor.=C2=A0 Something like the following:</div><div><br></div=
><div>## ~/.fluxbox/keys</div><div># Windows+; -&gt; move current window&#3=
9;s to next monitor<br></div><div>Mod4 semicolon :SendToNextHead</div><div>=
<br></div><div>Out of curiosity, are you dragging the window by the top win=
dow handle / titlebar, or using an alt+left-mouse drag?=C2=A0 It sounds lik=
e you&#39;re saying when your mouse hits the edge between the two monitors =
the virtual desktop starts switching (on one monitor or both of them?)</div=
><div><br></div><div>It&#39;s possible that there&#39;s some difference in =
your old vs new configurations, either in how Fluxbox was packaged/built, o=
r how the X server is configured.=C2=A0 ie xinerama etc, it&#39;s possible =
to have your 2 monitors set up as a single X virtual screen, or two separat=
e screens... or the relative positions of the monitors might have changed w=
hen upgrading.=C2=A0 Any of those might affect the behavior of the bug you&=
#39;re describing.=C2=A0 The output of `xdpyinfo` might give some clue, but=
 you probably don&#39;t have the old setup available to compare.</div><div>=
<br></div><div>Matt<br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 3:46=E2=80=AFAM Johna=
tan Hallman via Fluxbox-users &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
rceforge.net">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
It took me more than +1 year after Debian 9 being EOLed to finally switch t=
o Debian 11 AntiX due to so many custom apps and so many issues.<br>
<br>
Regardless the security patches in the new system, when one upgrades he/she=
 expects to get a &quot;better&quot; product not something utterly crap wit=
h bloatware features nobody asked for. Anyway if I wouldn&#39;t upgrade non=
e of the latest browsers firefox/chrome would support the OS soon.<br>
<br>
My new setup is:<br>
<br>
Fluxbox 1.3.7 : (c) 2001-2015 Fluxbox <br>
<br>
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphi=
cs 520] (rev 07)<br>
<br>
xorg-server 2:1.20.11-1.0nosystemd3 (<a href=3D"https://www.debian.org/supp=
ort" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.debian.org/support</a=
>) <br>
Current version of pixman: 0.40.0<br>
<br>
<br>
There are some extremely annoying issues compared to running Fluxbox on the=
 exact same laptop but with the old system:<br>
<br>
With a 2 monitor setup moving maximized windows make it switch like crazy i=
n between the virtual desktops, sometimes it ends up positioning the window=
 outside the area then you have to kill the process and reopen it. This was=
 not happening at all on the old system.<br>
<br>
Also this might not be related to Fluxbox but moving video players like VLC=
 between the 2 screens makes the running video sluggish, this was also not =
present with the old Debian and old X.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I wonder if Flux is still being developed... it would be nice to have a pro=
per taskbar per monitor option. It can do taskbar on specific heads or on A=
LL but when you select ALL it just makes a huge taskbar and put the apps in=
 order when you started. Having 2 taskbars on the 2 monitors would be bette=
r with each only displaying the corresponding apps. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listi=
nfo/fluxbox-users</a><br>
</blockquote></div>

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