On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 15:42 -0600, Phil Meyer wrote: > On 07/08/2010 03:32 PM, William Case wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 14:06 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:53:54 -0400 > >> William Case<billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > > > >>> xev | grep -m 1 ReparentNotify; firefox& xchat-gnome& > >>> > >> Lets step back a bit. What is your high level goal here? > >> > > Looking for a more elegant solution than just writing a 'sleep' script > > to use in session-mangaer > > > >> gnome should remember and restart your firefox and xchat-gnome on > >> login. Does it not do so? > >> > > Yes. > > > > > >> Or can you elaborate on what you are trying to do further? > >> > > I am using compiz to place and position certain applications'windows. > > Firefox and xchat-gnome start before compiz, and so aren't placed or > > positioned properly at startup. > > > > > snip > > You can load the compiz fusion icon in your session startup before > anything else. > > For me, compiz starts just after gnome-terminal, and gets all my windows > in the right places, including firefox, about 75% of the time. When it > does not work just right are times when application pop ups get obscured. > > I am also interested in getting it to be a bit more accurate ... > > Good luck, and I will be looking for answers as well. > In Fedora 12 I found that positioning and placing worked (or didn't work) depending on whether I was relogging in or re-starting. Determined that I should fix it in Fedora 13. Just to keep the eye candy nice. It is no longer eye candy if you have to futz with it. -- Regards Bill Fedora 13, Gnome 2.30.2 Evo.2.20.2, Emacs 23.2.1 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines