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In freenx-0.4.4-1.fdr.0 only a part of the display is used
Status:
RESOLVED: FIXED
Severity:
blocker
Product:
Xfce-mcs
Component:
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Description Hans Kristian Nordengen 2005-11-30 19:07:53 CET
On fedora core 4 with the latest patches and rh 9 with old patches   
xfce4-mcs-manager "changes" the display so that it's only using about 50% of   
the real display.   
   
*    
*  
* Choose "xterm -ls" or startxfce4 as custom desktop   
* When using "xterm -ls", kde and gnome the display looks ok (eg 1152x864)   
* When using startxfce4 or starting xfce-mcs-manager in the xterm window we   
only use a part of the display (eg 800x600 as reported by xdpyinfo)   

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Freenx server is installed on fedora core 4 og rh 9    
2. Freenx client is installed on w2k pro   
3. Install freenx server and client as described in    
http://fedoranews.org/contributors/rick_stout/freenx/    
4. Choose "xterm -ls" or startxfce4 as custom desktop    
5. When using "xterm -ls", kde and gnome the display looks ok (eg 1152x864)    
6. When using startxfce4 or starting xfce-mcs-manager in the xterm window we    
only use a part of the display (eg 800x600 as reported by xdpyinfo)    
Actual Results:  
Xfce is only using part of the available screen. 800x600 pixels instead of 
1152x864 pixels. There is a black border around the active screen. 

Expected Results:  
The Xfce session should use the whole screen and not only a part of it.
Comment 1 Benedikt Meurer editbugs 2005-11-30 20:20:48 CET
Try deleting ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/display.xml.
Comment 2 Hans Kristian Nordengen 2005-11-30 21:12:25 CET
Deleting ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/display.xml didn't make any difference.
Tried the solution on both rh9 and fc4. Also tested freenx/Xfce with a newly
created user with the same result.(In reply to comment #1)
Comment 3 Benedikt Meurer editbugs 2005-12-01 08:22:47 CET
Uhm, no idea then. Olivier, Jasper, any clue what could cause this problem?
Comment 4 Hans Kristian Nordengen 2005-12-01 16:01:20 CET
If you look at 
http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/freenx-knx/2005-October/002384.html you will see 
that other persons also have this problem. There is no solution to the problem 
in this thread. 
Comment 5 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2005-12-02 06:29:31 CET
Well, remove the display plugin and you'll be fine.
Comment 6 Hans Kristian Nordengen 2005-12-03 11:33:25 CET
I renamed the file /usr/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/display_plugin.so as suggested 
and everything works fine.

It would be very nice if this problem could be solved in the next release of 
xfce.

Thank you for your excellent support.
Comment 7 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2005-12-03 13:43:07 CET
You're welcome. And I agree, it would be good to get it fixed for good (even if
the bug may not be in xfce), so I reopen the bug.
Comment 8 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2005-12-03 14:14:54 CET
Small request, from your freenx session can you open a terminal, run "xrandr -q"
and cut'n paste the resul here?
Comment 9 Benedikt Meurer editbugs 2005-12-03 14:17:11 CET
That's what I thought as well. Looks like FreeNX reports wrong sizes, and the
display plugin applies them.
Comment 10 Jasper Huijsmans editbugs 2005-12-05 07:54:38 CET
I already made this comment in another bug, but wouldn't it be a good idea to
have a 'Default' option that would simply do nothing? 

This would also solve the problem of having different resolutions for remote and
local X and for virtual desktops larger than the screen resolution, wouldn't it?
Comment 11 Olivier Fourdan editbugs 2005-12-05 19:37:33 CET
(In reply to comment #10)
> I already made this comment in another bug, but wouldn't it be a good idea to
> have a 'Default' option that would simply do nothing? 

That sounds like a very sensible suggestion.
Comment 12 Hans Kristian Nordengen 2005-12-07 19:32:16 CET
(In reply to comment #8)
> Small request, from your freenx session can you open a terminal, run "xrandr -
q"
> and cut'n paste the resul here?

xrandr -q:
 SZ:    Pixels          Physical       Refresh
 0    800 x 600    ( 270mm x 203mm )
 1    160 x 120    (  54mm x  40mm )
 2    320 x 240    ( 108mm x  81mm )
 3    640 x 480    ( 216mm x 162mm )
 4   1024 x 768    ( 346mm x 260mm )
*5   1152 x 864    ( 390mm x 293mm )
Current rotation - normal
Current reflection - none
Rotations possible - normal
Reflections possible - none

xdpyinfo:
..
screen #0:
  dimensions:    1152x864 pixels (390x293 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
..
Comment 13 Benedikt Meurer editbugs 2006-08-12 17:21:01 CEST
Should be fixed in 4.3.x.

Bug #1250

Reported by:
Hans Kristian Nordengen
Reported on: 2005-11-30
Last modified on: 2009-07-14

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