Re: [dev] dwm bug fixing season

From: pancake <pancake_AT_youterm.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:31:59 +0200

The pb i have in the same situation is that i always get the same in both screens, but active screen is the one not displayed, so i get no active tags or notifications, this happens in mirror mode.
----- Original message -----
> Anselm,
>
> The resolution switching bug that Biolunar reported also occurs on my system.
>
> When I use two monitors, one larger in resolution than the other, the
> bar is drawn using the smaller x-dimension on both screens. I think
> what's happening is that there are two bars drawn, but the short bar
> is always on top of the long bar such that I can't see the information
> under the short bar. If I switch to the small screen, hide the short
> bar, and then switch to the large screen, the long bar is drawn
> correctly.
>
> A similar problem occurs when I have started dwm on a small resolution
> monitor (laptop screen) and then I switch to a large external display.
> When I do this, the bar itself is drawn for the original smaller
> resolution, but the information to be printed on the bar is
> right-aligned for a longer bar. So what I see is a bar that has the
> right hand side of it cut-off. See attached screenshot.
>
> I am using standard options for xrandr such as --output VGA1 --auto, etc.
>
> --voltaic
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 1 April 2010 22:02, Jakub Lach <jakub_lach_AT_mailplus.pl> wrote:
> > > Dnia 1 kwietnia 2010 22:44 Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com> napisał(a):
> > >
> > > > If you think I miss any bugs it's a good time now to send me a
> > > > reminder, though bare with me as I'll have limited connectivity during
> > > > Easter ;)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Anselm
> > >
> > > Feel free to ignore this message if you consider it inappropriate.
> > >
> > > I would like to mention SDL problems, however SDL is not crucial to
> > > me anymore; people that really care about it should speak up and
> > > propose dwm / SDL patch or cooperation scheme in that matter.
> >
> > Ok I add this to the list. If I have some spare time I might have a
> > quick glance at what SDL does, and possibly we can come up with some
> > patch for them. I won't change dwm into a parent'ing WM though ;)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Anselm
> >

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