xubuntu 19.10 maximize button does nothing on certain display orientation setups

[Chris Guiver]

Xubuntu 19.10 QA-test using daily LIVE (2019-0514)

Firstly sorry for this being a bad bug report. It's really just strange behavior.

Two displays on this box, one below the other. As booted up the maximize window button works. When I move the 'default-right' display so it's exactly below the other; it may continue to work as expected, but may not. If I have the lower (was right display on boot) somewhat left of directly-below the maximize button does not work when first moved; however as you play I find its can improve.

I've rebooted this system 4 times, verified thumb-drive [integrity] twice and had this result 4 times, however with continued play it seems to stop happening at some point, but twice I needed to execute `xsettingsd --replace` to get back control. There are no files in /var/crash/ (ie. no crash, it's a strange behavior issue)

Close, plus minimize buttons work as expected; issue is maximize button.

Significance of this will be MINOR - i only noticed on changing displays to the strange setup this machine has, ; and I don't have this issue on my installed 19.10 system (same display setup) as its running XFCE currently (has LXQt, MATE & GNOME also installed). It only appears on occasion, and in my testing (not long enough to be definitive) the `xsettingsd --replace` seemed to fix it, so is this a variable not initialized, or something causes it's value to be wrongly set?

This will be hard for anyone else to re-create (I'm unclear. and its easiest on a newly booted live system). I'm tempted to close & ignore this (instead of clicking submit). I'll opt for submit; can always mark incomplete & add to, re-open if I notice it in later 19.10 testing

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my QA-test notes from iso.qa.ubuntu.com
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hp 8200 elite sff (i5-2400, 8gb, nvidia quadro 600)
change display settings to match my setup
ctrl+alt+T to open term (that doesn't work on all boxes I've noted) and term opens, drag it to each display to maximize/unmaximize window expecting no issue, but it'll only maximize on my 'top' display. issue... i returned back to default window positions and still term would only maximize on one display, not the other.

reboot & starting again. ctrl+alt+T to open term.
yes it will maximize;unmaximize (but not to prior size, only slight shrink - but useable)
something is wrong, but I'm not sure how to word it.

change displays to match my setup, and maximize button does nothing on second (my lower) display. again maximize button no longer works on second display.

i execute `xfsettingsd --replace` and maximize works on second display (not quite as expected, but at least it's usable).

rebooting again, i know close worked, but did minimize work? start again. minimize works, but again maximize doesn't [work] after moving displays to match my setup. i played with screen position to see if position was the issue, and now it it seems to be working all the time??

reboot again, move display setup to what i'm using, and maximize does nothing on bottom (default-right display on boot). it's inconsistent which will make this useless to a dev, but logs & reports are still useful if the issue gets worse/grows or continues... need a coin to decide file or ignore.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: xfce4-settings 4.13.5-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.407
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed May 15 02:01:41 2019
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190514)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-settings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

This picture will possibly help someone see what i mean with display setup..
As i've changed setup many times in exploration of bug, the horizontal position of lower (right-display on initial boot); it was position at time I filed bug-report anyway

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1829100

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Ubuntu-Studio 19.10 qa-test; Same issue, so I'm changing to new. QA-test comments paste :-
hp 8200 elite sff (i5-2400, 8gb, nvidia quadro 600)
change display so display2 is below display1, and 2 is primary; moved main panel to bottom of display2
firefox; start streaming of local (au) news and display in window, maximized, f11 & fullscreen on each display; alas i can't maximize window on my bottom display b/c of earlier display change (same as last xfce test as i recall; bug was https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/1829100)
media keys worked (vol up, down & mute)
ctrl+alt+t works to open term

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 19.10 (eoan) reached end-of-life on July 17, 2020.

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