[intrepid] firefox 3 starts in full screen mode

[Daniel Stoyanov]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Firefox starts in full screen mode, without reporting itself as in full screen mode ( View->Full Screen isn't checked ). To fix it I press twice F11 (full screen shortcut).

Firefox : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2) Gecko/2008090211 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.2
System : Intrepid up to date

[Daniel Stoyanov (dankh)]

Firefox also goes full screen when url is open from other desktop application. I have noticed this when I open url from pidgin or tomboy Firefox gets focus and then goes full screen. How to reproduce :

1. Open Firefox
2. Click on link in pidgin for example

Don't hesitate to request more information.

[Daniel Patriche (m4st3rth0r)]

I can confirm this. It is really really annoying, as it displays over the top and bottom bar (so i can't access the other applications via the task bar). When you start it seems it only sometimes get displayed as fullscreen.

If you need a screenshot I'll be happy to provide it.

Thanks!

[Giorgio Stefanoni (giorgio-stefanoni-deactivatedaccount)]

Same here! Problem confirmed.

giorgio@callisto:~$ firefox
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x970820: NP_GetMIMEDescription
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x970820: NP_GetMIMEDescription return
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x970820: NP_GetValue
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x970820: NP_GetValue: returning plugin name.
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x970820: NP_GetValue return
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x970820: NP_GetValue
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x970820: NP_GetValue: returning plugin description.
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x970820: NP_GetValue return

[Massimo (massimo-sabbadin)]

Same for me. It seems not properly a full screen window in F11 style, but clicking F11 twice restore the window. Perhaps have you Compiz enabled, like me?
On an Asus eeepc 901 with Ubuntu Hardy Installed I have the same behaviour on every window, but reloading Compiz solve the problem.

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; it; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092515 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.3

[Giorgio Stefanoni (giorgio-stefanoni-deactivatedaccount)]

Btw, it seems to be a compiz related problem. By disabling compiz the problem is completely solved.

[Dev (scotty-amnet)]

Same here, with compiz on Intrepid.

Worked until yesterday. No idea which package update blew it up. I can only recall some KDE4 updates and a new kernel.

[Ian Higginson (xeriouxi)]

I got this fixed last night without disabling Compiz or anything. I think what I did was do the F11 trick to get it as it should be, then I unmaximised the window and found that it had no border, so I closed it in it's unminimixed state, opened it again and maximised it. The problem hasn't come back since. I'm not 100% sure if that was the correct way I did things but I know I had to unminimize the window and move it down also as the top bar was behind the Gnome top panel.

Obviously this isn't a fix per se but I hope it's of some use to a developer! =)

[Pico (picog)]

Ian, your window trick worked for me too.
And once it's fixed, I can't reproduce the bug any more.
I'm not sure how a developer is going to catch this bug.

[Giorgio Stefanoni (giorgio-stefanoni-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks man, it worked here too. Hopefully they will find soon what's the problem inside the code.
Cheers,

Giorgio

[mabovo (mabovo)]

It's working sing package xulrunner was updated.

Thanks.

[fooman (fooman)]

this has been bugging me since i installed intrepid last week.

Ian's trick is working for me (so far)

thanks

[Karl_Carpenter (kcarpenter9503)]

Thank god a solution that fixes this pest of a problem!! Ian is the man.

[vickynike23 (vickynike23)]

thanx a ton!
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:58 AM, jackel <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 276640 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276640
>
> this has been bugging me since i installed intrepid last week.
>
> Ian's trick is working for me (so far)
>
> thanks
>
> --
> [intrepid] firefox 3 starts in full screen mode
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270400
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 276640).
>
> Status in "firefox-3.0" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Firefox starts in full screen mode, without reporting itself as in full
> screen mode ( View->Full Screen isn't checked ). To fix it I press twice F11
> (full screen shortcut).
>
> Firefox : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2)
> Gecko/2008090211 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.2
> System : Intrepid up to date
>

[Scub (maxime-47)]

Worked fine for me, too. Thank you very much, Ian.

[Cluber22 (cluber22)]

Yes, ians trick worked for me, thanks dude. It was annoying the hell out of me.

[Jonathan Lumb (jonolumb)]

Ian's fix worked for me too although it wasn't very clear what he meant at first.

Basically, when you have this problem, hit F11 twice - this should bring firefox back to a normal state.
Now double-click twice on the title bar (this should resize firefox - and may well make it look a little strange due to the nature of this bug).
Now close firefox (Ctrl + Q).
Open Firefox again and double click on the title bar to maximise the window.
Problem solved!

[Giorgio (vaccarogiorgio)]

Thanks very much!

Giorgio Vaccaro

2008/12/11 Jonathan Lumb <email address hidden>

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 276640 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276640
>
> Ian's fix worked for me too although it wasn't very clear what he meant
> at first.
>
> Basically, when you have this problem, hit F11 twice - this should bring
> firefox back to a normal state.
> Now double-click twice on the title bar (this should resize firefox - and
> may well make it look a little strange due to the nature of this bug).
> Now close firefox (Ctrl + Q).
> Open Firefox again and double click on the title bar to maximise the
> window.
> Problem solved!
>
> --
> [intrepid] firefox 3 starts in full screen mode
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270400
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 276640).
>
> Status in "firefox-3.0" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Firefox starts in full screen mode, without reporting itself as in full
> screen mode ( View->Full Screen isn't checked ). To fix it I press twice F11
> (full screen shortcut).
>
> Firefox : Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.2)
> Gecko/2008090211 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.2
> System : Intrepid up to date
>

[mabawsa (mabawsa)]

cheers!

[teamfresh (sexy-day100)]

nice one ian!!!!

[korvins (katarata)]

Come on, this isn't fixed... This is a workaround but this has been bothering me for a long time. And I have everything updated in Intrepid and it still occurs. Please fix this.

[rick0713 (kayak113)]

This bug is still active as of 2-13-2009.

[Andrew Abogado (andrewabogado)]

@Ian I did what you said and surprisingly, I also experienced exactly the same. It did solved my issue on automatic fullscreen mode. Running Intrepid also.

Thanks...

[vickynike23 (vickynike23)]

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