Re: X server window size

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Corneliu,

Yes, I have seen a similar problem before.  I have not yet had a chance 
to look into it and not that many people are complaining about it :)

Harold

Corneliu Rudeanu wrote:
> With the current version of XFree86 (XFree86-bin-4.2.0-2; 
> XFree86-xserv-4.2.0-16) I am getting the following:
>
> I start a (xdm based) session on another (linux) X server, using a bat
> which does: 
> start /B XWin -indirect linux 
> This creates a window as large as if being maximized. Ok. If either I
> click on "Quit" button (from the xdm window) or choose a host, login and
> then logout from it, the Cygwin/XFree86 window is closed and opened again
> but shrinked by some 4-5 pixels in width and about the height of the
> taskbar in height. Repeating the procedure (clicking Quit or along 
> several sessions on the linux machine) the Cygwin/XFree86 window gets 
> smaller and smaller.
>
> This behaviour dissapears when I specify 
> -screen 0 1152 844
> to XWin command. Is this a known issue? I unsuccessfuly searched in the 
> archives for it. Am I missing something?
>
> Another problem (which I did not noticed in *some* previous version) was 
> redraw not being performed properly for eg when moving windows. I work 
> only on another computer (linux) with DISPLAY set to Cygwin machine. Sorry 
> I can't be more specific.
>
> Best regards,
> Corneliu Rudeanu