Bug 230371

Summary:	net-im/pidgin-2.4.2: main window appears only at top left corner if Metacity "disable_workarounds" option is enabled
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Otávio Cipriani <otavio.n.cipriani>
Component:	[OLD] GNOME	Assignee:	Gentoo Net-im project <net-im>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	trivial	CC:	gnome
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Otávio Cipriani 2008-07-01 17:30:55 UTC

If "/apps/metacity/general/disable_workarounds" is checked/enabled Pidgin main window is always displayed at the top left corner of the screen.

If "disable_workarounds" is disabled, Pidgin main window is shown at the same place it was the last time it was closed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Disable Metacity workarounds for buggy applications (gconftool-2 --set --type bool /apps/metacity/general/disable_workarounds true);
2. Start Pidgin;
3. Move Pidgin's main window away from the top left corner and close the window;
3. Click on Pidgin's tray icon to display its main window again;
Actual Results:  
Pidgin's main window is shown at the top left corner of the screen.

Expected Results:  
Pidgin's main window should have appeared at the same position it was when it was closed.

If "/apps/metacity/general/disable_workarounds" is False (the default), Pidgin behaves as expected (it's main window is appears where it was when it was closed).

Comment 1 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-01 18:19:59 UTC

Maybe because Pidgin does stupid stuff wrt window management that requires workarounds?

Either way, hardly a Gnome issue. Reassigning. Please read metadata.xml before assigning bugs.

Thanks

Comment 2 Olivier Crete (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-01 18:40:52 UTC

Maybe you shouldn't disable it?

Comment 3 Otávio Cipriani 2008-07-01 21:08:21 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Maybe because Pidgin does stupid stuff wrt window management that requires
> workarounds?

That is exactly what I thought. I will report this bug to Pidgin developers.

> Either way, hardly a Gnome issue. Reassigning. Please read metadata.xml before
> assigning bugs.

Sorry. I knew it wasn't a GNOME bug, but reading the description of the available categories "GNOME" seemed like the most correct one. My mistake.

> Thanks

Comment 4 Otávio Cipriani 2008-07-01 21:12:05 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> Maybe you shouldn't disable it?

I disabled it assuming that only legacy applications would need it and I would benefit from a "more consistent user interface" (as noted by the key description). Aparently I was wrong.