bug#1124: 23.0.60; starts off-screen

bug#1124: 23.0.60; starts off-screen

[Nathan Klatt]

Upon starting Emacs, even with -Q, the window comes up off the top of
the screen.  I am able to bring it back with Alt-[SPACE] M and pulling
it down with arrow keys or mouse.

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In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.3)
 of 2008-10-08 on rome
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10501000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
M-x r e p o r <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.

bug#1124: Acknowledgement (23.0.60; starts off-screen)

[Nathan Klatt]

>> Upon starting Emacs, even with -Q, the window comes up off the top of
>> the screen.  I am able to bring it back with Alt-[SPACE] M and pulling
>> it down with arrow keys or mouse.

> Which window manager are you using?

Sorry, I was intending to include this but spaced it.

I'm running Ubuntu Intrepid using the 2.6.27-6 kernel, GNOME 2.24.0
with Compiz 1:0.7.7+git20080807-0ubuntu13, and NVIDIA 177.76 drivers.

> Also, what effect does the --geometry command line argument or
> `Emacs.geometry' entry in .Xresources have?

After much fiddling with -g, if I specify a y offset of less than 24
it stays on-screen.  Otherwise, same thing - the bottom few lines
flash briefly at the top of the screen then move right off.  The x
offset does work, whether it stays on-screen or only flashes.

Nathan

bug#1124: 23.0.60; starts off-screen

[Chong Yidong]

When did you first start seeing this problem?  Did it only appear
recently?

bug#1124: 23.0.60; starts off-screen

[Nathan Klatt]

> When did you first start seeing this problem?  Did it only appear recently?

I just started using "version 23" this week.  It happens with both
emacs-snapshot (1:20081005-1 from ppa.launchpad.net) and the version I
pulled from CVS and built on 2008-10-08 at 10:17AM.

bug#1124: 23.0.60; starts off-screen

[Nathan Klatt]

Aha!  It's an interaction with Compiz' Place Windows.  It only happens
with Placement Mode of Cascade or Smart.