Re: fvwm and casting from chrome

On 5/27/20 9:37 PM, Jim Diamond wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 21:32 (-0500), Peter G wrote:
>
>> On 5/27/20 4:58 PM, Thomas Adam wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 04:41:08PM -0500, peter g wrote:
>>>> Hi Everyone:
>>> Hello!
>>>> i have a frustrating issue with fvwm and casting from google's chrome, that
>>>> maybe somebody has a workaround for.
>>>> Normally, under any other WM i've tried (and also on windows), in the chrome
>>>> browser, choosing "Cast", will pop up a small window that asks the user what
>>>> device to cast to. Unfortunately in fvwm that little window with those
>>>> options does not show up.
>>>> I've tried both with my config, but also with a very fvwm config such as:
>>>> key c  A CM FvwmConsole
>>>> key r  A CM Restart
>>>> Key u  A CM Exec xterm
>>>> If anyone has a work around, that would be much appreciated, as casting, for
>>>> better or worse, is very useful to me.
>>> Well, if it's a transient window, it will (by default) popup along side the
>>> parent window.  That said, you can try:
>>> BugOpts ExplainWindowPlacement On
>>> in your ~/.fvwm2rc file, and monitor stderr to see what FVMM thinks of your
>>> missing window.
>> Thanks, I've tried that.
>> Doesn't show anything (I know that option is working, as I get the debug
>> info for other windows). As pointed out in another email, that "cast" window
>> might indeed be a chrome internal window... what bothers me though, is why
>> it shows up in other window managers.
> I haven't tried another window manager, but for what it's worth, the
> cast window does not show up for me in google-chrome.

Thank you for checking!

> By the way, are you running these different window managers on the
> same Linux distro?  Or is it possible you are using fvwm on one Linux,
> and other window managers on a different Linux distro?

I have done these check on the same machine, with the same installation 
of chrome (i.e just long into a different WM).

A few window managers i checked: icewm, lxde, gnome (ubuntu's 18.04 
default desktop), ubuntu's winland desktop thing. All work as expected.

BTW, I'm running the latest github version 2 master branch of fvwm. 
Which are you running?

I'm wondering this because Dan Espen mentioned in another email that he 
does see the cast window pop up in chromium (which for me is also not 
visible).

thanks



>
> Cheers.
>                                  Jim