FVWM: a HUGE window ... a bug?

From: <jaakko.puurunen_at_cimcorp.fi>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 16:50:46 +0200

Hi everybody!

I have a problem with FVWM2 that I don't have with other window
managers such as FVWM, Afterstep, twm, Exceed and HP X-Terminals.

I run a commercial application (HP Design and Drafting System for
Cabling, DDS-C) remotely and display it on my Linux-box. At some
point in the application a have a list from which I can choose
different components. If I click with the right mouse button a
component name, a window opens which displays some technical info
about the component and the graphical symbols associated with the
component. The problem is that with FVMW2 this windows is really huge
(1596x6384 pixels) when it is supposed to be something like 533x399
pixels (533*3=1599, 399*16=6384).

I have really no clue what the problem is ;< I have read the FAQ, TODO,
BUGS, searched the www-site and also looked at the man-page but found
no indication of a similar behaviour. This is why I'm writing to this
mailing list.

I can guarantee the reproduction of this bug. Unfortunately not too
many people have access to DDS-C so I don't know how anybody else
could repeat it. But I'll be happy to dig up more information if
someone tells me how.

Here's what I came up with:
- Fvwm Version 2.0.45 compiled on May 8 1997 (from debian-release 1.3
  precompiled binary)
- personal configurationfiles make no difference
- some library info:
  /lib/ld-linux.so.1, libXpm.so.4, libXext.so.6, libX11.so.6, libc.so.5
- I'm running Linux 2.0.30 with AcceleratedX v.3.1

I guess that's all... I can always go back to FVWM1 but I already have
started to enjoy the more advanced features of FVWM2 :)

Thanks in advance,

Jaakko Puurunen

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Here's somewhat lenghty command output on FVWM2:
Script started on Wed Nov 12 14:13:03 1997
$ xwininfo 
xwininfo: Please select the window about which you
          would like information by clicking the
          mouse in that window.
xwininfo: Window id: 0x2400043 "M601074"
  Absolute upper-left X:  6
  Absolute upper-left Y:  792
  Relative upper-left X:  0
  Relative upper-left Y:  0
  Width: 1596
  Height: 6384
  Depth: 8
  Visual Class: PseudoColor
  Border width: 0
  Class: InputOutput
  Colormap: 0x26 (installed)
  Bit Gravity State: ForgetGravity
  Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
  Backing Store State: Always
  Save Under State: yes
  Map State: IsViewable
  Override Redirect State: no
  Corners:  +6+792  --2+792  --2--5976  +6--5976
  -geometry 1596x6384+0+768
$ xprop 
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
                window state: Normal
                icon window: 0x0
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "", "Cade"
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
                user specified location: 0, 768
!!!						 !!!
                user specified size: 533 by 399
!!! perhaps something goes wrong here? --------- !!!
                program specified minimum size: 355 by 266
                program specified minimum aspect ratio: 4/1
                program specified maximum aspect ratio: 1/4
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "M601074"
WM_NAME(STRING) = "M601074"
$ xdpyinfo 
name of display:    :0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    Xi Graphics
vendor release number:    3100
maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    7
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 167
focus:  window 0x280000d, revert to Parent
number of extensions:    15
    BIG-REQUESTS
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RECORD
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    X3D-PEX
    XC-MISC
    XIE
    XIdle
    XTEST
    XTestExtension1
    XsightExtension
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1
screen #0:
  dimensions:    1600x1200 pixels (542x406 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
  depths (2):    1, 8
  root window id:    0x28
  depth of root window:    8 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x26
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 1
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
  largest cursor:    64x64
  current input event mask:    0x58003d
    KeyPressMask             ButtonPressMask          ButtonReleaseMask        
    EnterWindowMask          LeaveWindowMask          SubstructureNotifyMask   
    SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask       
  number of visuals:    6
  default visual id:  0x20
  visual:
    visual id:    0x20
    class:    PseudoColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x21
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xe0, 0x1c, 0x3
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x22
    class:    StaticGray
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x23
    class:    GrayScale
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x24
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    8 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xe0, 0x1c, 0x3
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x25
    class:    StaticColor
    depth:    8 planes
    available colormap entries:    256
    red, green, blue masks:    0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
$ exit
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Received on Fri Nov 14 1997 - 08:48:13 GMT