[mythtv-users] Suddenly Myth jumps to upper left corner

[Mark Knecht]

On Dec 17, 2007 2:41 PM, John Veness <John.Veness.myth at pelago.org.uk> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >    Today mythfrontend changed it's operation on my Gentoo AMD64
> > machine. I run the frontend as a free floating 800x600 window.
> > Normally I move Myth to the top right corner of the screen and go
> > through the previous evening's recordings while I work here at home.
> > For as many years as I can remember Myth has always stayed where I put
> > it. When I exit the program and choose another to watch the window
> > remainsin the top right where I have placed it.
> >
> >    Today the operation changed. When I exit out of a recording the
> > window remains where it was but as soon as I start watching a new
> > program the window resets to the top left of the screen.
>
> I wonder, is the window maximised? Depending on your WM, I've seen some
> funny things when fixed sized windows are 'maximised', where they stick
> to a particular corner.
>
> John
>

John,
   Interesting idea so I went to look but found that maximizing the
window is not a valid option. It's grayed out and there are only two
symbols in the upper right corner - '_' and 'x'. Looking at the window
options menu I see that maximize is grayed out there also.

   I only have Gnome on the system. I'll try setting up a minimal WM
like fluxbox and see what it does.

   I've searched through the setup options for something to fix this
but there doesn't seem to be anything about it. I'm not clear who has
the responsibility to remember window position. Seems like that would
reside in the app but I don't program so I certainly don't know.

   Anyway, thanks for the idea. I appreciate the response.

Cheers,
Mark