Michael wrote: > Since I upgraded to KDE Frameworks 6 I have observed some rather unwanted > window behaviours. > > 1. Window Interaction with Gkrellm > > DESIRED BEHAVIOUR: > ================== > I have Gkrellm started up by Plasma at login and placed at the top left of > the > screen. I can't remember where/how I set this up, but at least it is still > respected by KDE 6. I've always set Gkrellm via its Configuration > General > > > Properties with: > > + Set sticky state > > + Set window type to be a dock or panel > > This allowed the following interaction with other application windows: > > - Other windows would launch without overlapping the Gkrellm window. On an > otherwise empty desktop they would be placed on the right of it. > - When a window was maximised it did not extend sideways to cover the whole > screen beyond the position of the the Grkellm. > - When I dragged a window to force it to infringe the boundary of the Gkrellm > window, the Gkrellm would overlap the dragged window.
I'm having issues with gkrellm as well. I tend to put gkrellm on desktop 10 on the left side. I'd like it to be on screen 1 as well. When I first login, gkrellm is on desktop 1 and on screen 2. I have to move it every time. Usually I right click on the top bar of a window, select More Actions and either Window Settings or Application Settings, depending on which I want. I can then add Properties and set it like I want. It is best to have it like you want it before you start. It already has the settings that way. I do this for Seamonkey, both browser and email, QB and a few other apps. Thing is, gkrellm doesn't have a title bar to right click on. It works fine on my old rig but not on the new rig. When I had to use the old rig to watch TV, I checked, I couldn't find anything that tells gkrellm to be where it is but it comes up where I want it each time, apparently without me doing anything at all. New rig, it goes to the wrong place every single time. It's wrong but it is consistent. I have KDE set to remember what was open and where at logout. I don't know if KDE just isn't remembering where to put gkrellm because it isn't really a window or what. I might add tho, even tho screen 1 is set as primary, it still acts like screen 2 is primary for some things. I wonder if that is why gkrellm parks itself on screen 2 instead. Some apps I use open to screen 2 until I set up a rule forcing it to open on screen 1. It should open there by default but it doesn't. I might add, when I plug in a USB stick, the notification thingy pops up on screen 2, not screen 1 where it should be. I mention all this because it might give you a clue on where or how KDE is working now. Clearly gkrellm is unique because I can get everything else to work right, even if I have to force it with window/application rules. Oh, when looking at window rules in System Settings, it has a export and import feature. I never saw that before. Might be new. It's at the top I think. If you use that tool, may want to back up your settings when you get everything done. Hope that gives you some clue to a fix. Maybe. Dale :-) :-)
