xterm moves to upper left when clicking titel bar

[Axel G. Rossberg]

I can produce the problem by starting an xterm and clicking (or double clicking) the title bar. It moves one pixle to the upper left.
Same xclock, and xfontsel, but not xfig, xpdf or any software built on gnome.
Since I use a touchpad with separate mouse bottons, we can't blame a tremor for that.
New since my recent upgrade to natty.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xterm 268-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-15.59-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-15-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,winrules,mousepoll,resize,gnomecompat,wall,compiztoolbox,animation,wobbly,extrawm,workarounds,place,vpswitch,imgpng,move,session,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,ring,fade,scale]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue May 22 16:38:06 2012
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2012-05-19 00:47:37.024120
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[Thomas Dickey (dickey-his)]

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 04:05:38PM -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug:
>
> I can produce the problem by starting an xterm and clicking (or double clicking) the title bar. It moves one pixle to the upper left.
> Same xclock, and xfontsel, but not xfig, xpdf or any software built on gnome.
> Since I use a touchpad with separate mouse bottons, we can't blame a tremor for that.
> New since my recent upgrade to natty.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: xterm 268-1ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-15.59-generic 2.6.38.8
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-15-generic x86_64
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,winrules,mousepoll,resize,gnomecompat,wall,compiztoolbox,animation,wobbly,extrawm,workarounds,place,vpswitch,imgpng,move,session,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,ring,fade,scale]
> CompositorRunning: compiz

I don't see the window manager mentioned (presuming it is the gnome bundled
stuff).

It's possible that you're exposing yet another bug in compiz.

xterm patch #268 introduces a feature for toggling to full-screen mode,
which I see is triggered in some configurations by the gnome window manager(*)).
That's over a year old, by the way. #269 makes the feature configurable,
e.g., the "fullscreen" resource.

(*) this is a feature of the window manager, not xterm, and would normally
    be addressed by configuring the window manager...

You should be able to verify if it is a compiz bug by temporarily disabling
that aspect of your configuration.

--
Thomas E. Dickey <email address hidden>
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

[Axel G. Rossberg (axel-rossberg)]

>> I can produce the problem by starting an xterm and clicking (or double clicking) the title bar. It moves one pixle to the upper left.
>> Same xclock, and xfontsel, but not xfig, xpdf or any software built on gnome.
>> Since I use a touchpad with separate mouse bottons, we can't blame a tremor for that.
>> New since my recent upgrade to natty.
>>
>> ProblemType: Bug
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>> Package: xterm 268-1ubuntu1
>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-15.59-generic 2.6.38.8
>> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-15-generic x86_64
>> Architecture: amd64
>> CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,regex,winrules,mousepoll,resize,gnomecompat,wall,compiztoolbox,animation,wobbly,extrawm,workarounds,place,vpswitch,imgpng,move,session,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,ring,fade,scale]
>> CompositorRunning: compiz
>
> I don't see the window manager mentioned (presuming it is the gnome bundled
> stuff).
>
> It's possible that you're exposing yet another bug in compiz.
>
> xterm patch #268 introduces a feature for toggling to full-screen mode,
> which I see is triggered in some configurations by the gnome window manager(*)).
> That's over a year old, by the way. #269 makes the feature configurable,
> e.g., the "fullscreen" resource.
>
> (*) this is a feature of the window manager, not xterm, and would normally
> be addressed by configuring the window manager...
>
> You should be able to verify if it is a compiz bug by temporarily disabling
> that aspect of your configuration.

I think I am using compiz as my window manager (wobbly windows and
stuff). When doing "metacity --replace" xterm does not move anymore
when clicking the titel bar.

This should not be a problem with xterm, because the same happens with
other legacy X11-programs (xclock, xfontconfig). The simplest piece
of software exhibiting the problem is xmessage. The issue must be
with the interaction between one of the libraries xmessage binds and
compiz

$ ldd /usr/bin/xmessage | sort
 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f9af4443000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f9af3870000)
 libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f9af29ef000)
 libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6 (0x00007f9af2e0f000)
 libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so.6 (0x00007f9af302b000)
 libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f9af27e9000)
 libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f9af3c05000)
 libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f9af25e6000)
 libXaw.so.7 => /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7 (0x00007f9af41a6000)
 libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f9af2bf3000)
 libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f9af23e0000)
 libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f9af365e000)
 libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x00007f9af3444000)
 libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x00007f9af3233000)
 libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 (0x00007f9af3f40000)
 linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff6d3ff000)

Hope this helps.

[Thomas Dickey (dickey-his)]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 09:52:41AM +0100, Axel G. Rossberg wrote:
> > You should be able to verify if it is a compiz bug by temporarily disabling
> > that aspect of your configuration.
>
> I think I am using compiz as my window manager (wobbly windows and
> stuff). When doing "metacity --replace" xterm does not move anymore
> when clicking the titel bar.
>
> This should not be a problem with xterm, because the same happens with
> other legacy X11-programs (xclock, xfontconfig). The simplest piece
> of software exhibiting the problem is xmessage. The issue must be
> with the interaction between one of the libraries xmessage binds and
> compiz

It sounds as if the problem could be reassigned to compiz then (not an xterm
bug).

--
Thomas E. Dickey <email address hidden>
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

[Eleni Maria Stea (hikiko)]

Sorry we didn't manage to reproduce this bug and since it's too old I marked it as invalid. If you still experience the problem in one of the supported Ubuntu releases feel free to re-open it and update the description. Thank you!