[X2Go-User] Resizing remote desktop behavior

[Kees Bakker]

It looks like the problem is present when using x2goclient on
the default Ubuntu 18.04 window manager. It is independent
of having two monitors, and independent of Xinerama.

Should I create a bug report?

On 01-04-2020 11:19, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
> I am not aware of such issues and I am using it daily this way. So I
> suspect your local window manager doing some "intelligent" sizing. I
> suggest you test with another window manager (e.g. call openbox
> --replace) or disable any window sizing improvements in your window
> manager. If the problem persists we can debug further.
>
> In the server side logfile ~/.x2go/.../session.log you can see what
> resizes are done. So maybe this gives a hint what's going on.
>
>
> Uli
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:18 AM Kees Bakker <keesb at ghs.com> wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> My setup is with a Ubuntu client and a Linux server and two monitors local.
>> The session is MATE. Xinerama extension enabled.
>>
>> After connection the desktop is created and I have a window (not full screen)
>> on one monitor.
>>
>> Then I stretch the remote desktop horizontally, by grabbing the right side (not
>> the corner). I want it to stretch it occupying my two monitors, while leaving
>> a little bit on space on all sides. The Xinerama extension works quite well. The
>> panels stay on one (local) monitor. Cool feature!
>>
>> What troubles me is that the height is expanded at the same time while doing
>> the horizontal stretch. Sometimes the bottom edge even disappears off-screen.
>> There really is something funny with resizing that it keeps moving the bottom.
>> Even when I move the desktop window as a whole by dragging the top bar, as
>> you would normally move windows in Ubuntu Gnome. It seems to have a strong
>> preference to make the remote height the same as the height of my local monitor.
>>
>> What is extra annoying is that working remotely (thanks to X2GO!) the feedback
>> from the remote is not immediate. So it jumps to where you don't want it to be,
>> before you have time to react.
>>
>> So, the question is, how do I stop it from snapping to the local monitor screen
>> edges?
>> --
>> Kees
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