Yes, I was thinking about that as well. Ubuntu 20.04 shipped with X11 as default, and 22.04 ships with Wayland as default. Maybe I will try changing that and see what happens. I always felt more comfortable with X11, but figured I would at least try Wayland, since they were making it the default now.....
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 14:18 Martin Booth <mdj.bo...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi > I think your issue is the windowing system on Debian which can be found > under setting/about, it probably states Wayland and not X11. > > I have just checked my system and I am running X11 not Wayland which is > default on Debian distro's > > To change that: > > Log off > at the log on screen click the user or highlight the password box, at > the bottom right on the screen there is a wheel (settings) click that > and change it from Ubuntu Wayland to Ubuntu. > The windowing system will now be X11 and not Wayland > > Log back on and the window system should be back to center not upper > left each time you start and app, and the open windows in that app will > stay where you left them. > > Regards, > Martin > > On Tue, 2022-07-12 at 13:20 -0400, Tracy wrote: > > Well, I haven't gotten very far in digging, but the fact that other > > people > > are not having the problem makes it that much more likely that it is > > my > > machine. If it wasn't such a pain to set everything back up > > afterwards, I > > would just wipe the system and install fresh. > > > > Meanwhile, I will keep looking and see if I can figure out which > > setting(s) > > are causing the problem. If I figure it out, I will report back. > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 13:12 Martin Booth <mdj.bo...@yahoo.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi David, > > > No issues for me. > > > I am running GS 4.11 on Ubuntu 22.04 and the windows stay in the > > > same > > > place where I left them when I last closed GS > > > Regards, > > > Martin > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2022-07-12 at 09:48 -0500, David Carlson wrote: > > > > Tracy, > > > > > > > > I would not like a desktop that did not remember where a window > > > > was > > > > located > > > > on the desktop/display combination when last used. Any other > > > > users > > > > seeing > > > > similar issues? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:32 AM Tracy <gnul...@vbot.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi David, > > > > > > > > > > Everything I can find says that Gnome (the desktop environment > > > > > set > > > > > up by > > > > > default in Ubuntu 22.04 - which was also the desktop > > > > > environment > > > > > used in > > > > > 20.04, which worked as expected) does not save window placement > > > > > information. Instead, it is the responsibility of the > > > > > application. > > > > > Gnome > > > > > will attempt to place applications according to a scheme if the > > > > > application > > > > > does not specify a starting position, but the application gets > > > > > first call > > > > > on that (at least according to what I see - I am not an expert > > > > > on > > > > > this). > > > > > > > > > > I am starting to wonder, though, if something in Gnome hasn't > > > > > changed (or > > > > > maybe a setting got clobbered during the upgrade), because > > > > > another > > > > > application has started showing the same problem (LibreOffice > > > > > Calc > > > > > is now > > > > > doing the same thing GnuCash does - it opens correctly sized, > > > > > but > > > > > not > > > > > correctly positioned). So I am going to try to research that > > > > > aspect > > > > > and see > > > > > if there is a setting in Gnome that may be overriding the > > > > > application's > > > > > requested startup positioning. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 01:26 David Carlson > > > > > <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Wouldn't the position on the desktop be a desktop setting? > > > > > > How > > > > > > do other > > > > > > program windows position themselves when opened? In my test > > > > > > system of > > > > > > Lubuntu 22.04 GnuCash opened the first time in the center of > > > > > > the > > > > > > desktop > > > > > > and thereafter in the same place it was when I closed it, > > > > > > just as > > > > > > Libre > > > > > > Office , web browsers, games and other programs do. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 9:46 PM Tracy <gnul...@vbot.org> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gyle, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the response. The desktop icons and such work a > > > > > > > little > > > > > > > differently under Ubuntu than under Windows. But even so, > > > > > > > if I > > > > > > > go > > > > > > > directly to the exectuable and launch the application from > > > > > > > there, I get > > > > > > > the same result. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And thank you for correcting my mistake there - it is > > > > > > > indeed > > > > > > > Preferences, not Settings - and the heading immediately > > > > > > > over > > > > > > > the Save > > > > > > > Window Size And Position is Window Geometry. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/11/22 20:13, Gyle McCollam wrote: > > > > > > > > Tracy, > > > > > > > > I'm on 4.11 on Windows 11 so I may have different > > > > > > > > options. > > > > > > > > Mine is > > > > > > > under Edit/Preferences/Windows/Window Geometry and has a > > > > > > > check > > > > > > > box for > > > > > > > "save window size and position". It works fine. However, > > > > > > > if > > > > > > > the icon > > > > > to > > > > > > > start Gnucash has the properties set for anything other > > > > > > > than > > > > > > > "Normal > > > > > > > Window", they override the setting in Gnucash. If it is > > > > > > > set to > > > > > > > "Normal > > > > > > > Window" then Gnucash works the way you would like. So my > > > > > > > suggestion is > > > > > to > > > > > > > check how your Gnucash Icon is set. Hope that helps. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> > > > > > > > > email > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > From: gnucash-user > > > > > > > > <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > on behalf of Tracy <gnul...@vbot.org> > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2022 7:10 PM > > > > > > > > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > > > > > > > Subject: [GNC] Saving window position (and size) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ubuntu 22.04 > > > > > > > > Gnucash 4.8 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the Edit > Settings dialog, under "Window" there is an > > > > > > > > option to > > > > > save > > > > > > > > the current window size and position. However, this does > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > appear to > > > > > > > > be working fully - when I position GnuCash on the screen, > > > > > > > > then close > > > > > it, > > > > > > > > then reopen it, it opens with the correct size, but not > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > the correct > > > > > > > > position - instead of where I left it, it opens with the > > > > > > > > upper left > > > > > > > > corner of the GnuCash window positioned at the upper left > > > > > > > > corner of > > > > > the > > > > > > > > desktop (instead of having the GnuCash window positioned > > > > > > > > 2/3 > > > > > > > > of the > > > > > way > > > > > > > > to the right on the desktop, as it was when I closed it). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have looked into the Wiki and found that the window > > > > > > > > position and > > > > > size > > > > > > > > is stored in: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > $HOME/.local/share/gnucash/books/GnuTest.gnucash.gcm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Closing GnuCash and editing this file (specifically > > > > > > > > changing > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > WindowPosition property in the [Window 1] section) does > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > change the > > > > > > > > startup position of the GnuCash window. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there another place I should be looking for this, or > > > > > > > > am I > > > > > completely > > > > > > > > confused and there is another setting in the Settings > > > > > > > > window > > > > > > > > that I > > > > > > > > should be looking at, or....? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Note that this was an upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 and > > > > > > > > GnuCash > > > > > > > > 3.<I don't > > > > > > > > remember the point version> so it is possible that there > > > > > > > > are > > > > > > > > files or > > > > > > > > settings that were left behind by the upgrade process > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > are > > > > > > > > interfering (if so, and someone can point me to a > > > > > > > > resource > > > > > > > > for > > > > > cleaning > > > > > > > > up those settings, I would be happy to poke at it...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any information or assistance on > > > > > > > > this. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > > > > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > > > > > > To update your subscription preferences or to > > > > > > > > unsubscribe: > > > > > > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > > > > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > > > > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more > > > > > > > information. > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > > > > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > > > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > > > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > > > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > > > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > > > > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more > > > > > > > information. > > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > > > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > David Carlson > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more > > > > > information. > > > > > ----- > > > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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