Compiz fullscreen problems for Evolution and Epiphany

[Runar Ingebrigtsen]

Binary package hint: compiz

In Gutsy, with Desktop effects enabled:
- Evolution doesn't enter fullscreen when pushing F11
- Epiphany hides the address bar and shows the bottom panel (the bottom panel kind of pushes the browser window over the top edge)

[Basilio Kublik (sourcercito)]

Hi Runar
I'm using Gutsy with all packages up to date and couldn't reproduce the epiphany behaviour you mention, about evolution, i couldn't find a menu option to go to full screen, and without "desktop effects" activated don't go to fullscreen either, so i guess this feature doen's exist in Evolution.
which version of compiz, ubuntu, evolution, epiphany, etcs are you using?

[Runar Ingebrigtsen (ringe)]

Thanks for the response. You're right about the missing option in the menus. Why wouldn't Evolution have a fullscreen mode?

Versions:
 - Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
 - compiz 1:0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5
 - evolution 2.12.0-0ubuntu1
 - epiphany 0.5.1-4

[Basilio Kublik (sourcercito)]

Could you please attach a screenshot to demonstrate the issue, since i couldn't reproduce it, just for epiphany. it would be of great help if you could try to reproduce this bug with a newly created user, on your machine, just to check this isn't fault of some leftover from a previous version/configuration.

About the evolution ability to go into Full Screen mode, personally don't see much gain on that, but if you think it would be a nice and/or useful feature, you are welcome to request it, preferably upstream, but if you don't have a bugzilla account, you can post the request here, and someone with a bugzilla account can forward it upstream.

by the way, my packages versions are:
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compiz 1:0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5
compiz-core 1:0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.5.2+git20070917-0ubuntu1
compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.5.2+git20070917-0ubuntu3
compiz-gnome 1:0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5
compiz-plugins 1:0.5.2+git20070918-0ubuntu5
gnome-compiz-manager 0.10.3-0ubuntu2
epiphany-browser 2.20.0-0ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.7.193-1ubuntu1

[Runar Ingebrigtsen (ringe)]

I filed the Evolution bug upstream, they considered it a wontfix - since they don't bother coding it. Pathces were welcome, though. ;)

Package versions:
compiz 1:0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu1
compiz-core 1:0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu1
compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu1
compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu1
compiz-gnome 1:0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu1
compiz-plugins 1:0.5.2+git20070928-0ubuntu1
gnome-compiz-manager 0.10.3-0ubuntu2
epiphany-browser 2.20.0-0ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.1.1-0ubuntu4

[Runar Ingebrigtsen (ringe)]

This problem disappeared with a later compiz update.