Guake multi-monitor placement / alignment issues in Ubuntu with Unity

[hotice]

In Ubuntu 14.10 (and since there are only a few bug fixes in Ubuntu 14.10 compared to Ubuntu 14.04, I assume the same occurs in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) with Unity, Guake 0.5.0 gets stuck on the second monitor if using anything other than the "always on primary" option and Guake shows up at least once on the second monitor.

For instance, after enabling "Appear on mouse display", if Guake shows up once on the second display, it then always shows up on the second display, no matter where the mouse is. Or if I set it to appear on the second display and then set it back to the first display, it continues to show up on the second display.

Also, when Guake (with center horizontal alignment and a 70 width value) shows up on the second monitor, it's aligned on the left and not in the center.

Let me know if you need further details.

[gsemet]

Bug report looks great. Unfortunately it is really messy for me to test this feature I don't have two monitors... :( anyone can help?

[ocean1]

I think it is a unity bug, since to me it happens mostly when the panel is hidden.
I did a little debugging and everything seems fine in guake.
A temporary workaround is modifying th get_final_window_rect function as follows:

window_rect = screen.get_monitor_geometry(monitor)                                     
if monitor > 0:                                                   
    window_rect[0] +=1
if os.environ.get('DESKTOP_SESSION') == "ubuntu":

though it will only fix the problem with the full width i didn't find a to fix also the centered window when width is less than 100%.

[hotice]

Hmmm the behavior I mentioned above occurs with the Unity Launcher set to always be visible.

Also, from the guake.py comments (https://github.com/Guake/guake/blob/master/src/guake.py - lines 1218-1226), I see that Guake tries to get the Unity Launcher state / size via gconf, when Unity now uses Dconf. Maybe porting that bit to dconf will fix this, at least partially?

[ocean1]

@hotice I don't think it would fix anything, since I did start playing around with the size of the windowrect and the unity dconf thing just contains a size which gets added to the windowrect, I tried adding an arbitrary size also and still not working, or commenting out all the code but still won't change a thing.
Neverthless the resulting window rects are correct, that's why I'm saying it's probably just a unity bug, since also under other window managers it works without any tweak [and it wouldn't surprise me as there's also plenty of fullscreen/dual monitor bugs under unity which affects a number of application like virtualbox and others.

[gsemet]

That can be linked to a bug I have fixed recently about font

[hotice]

@ocean1 On the other hand, the Xfce Terminal works just fine under Unity with multiple monitors.

If you launch "xfce4-terminal --drop-down", it basically behaves like Guake and it has an option to "Move to monitor with pointer" - using this option, the terminal is always displayed on the correct monitor (and it's also correctly aligned). So whatever it is, it looks like it can be done properly in Unity too...

[hotice]

With the latest git, Guake shows up on the correct monitor. However, with a width smaller than 100%, Guake is not centered horizontally on the second (non-primary) monitor.

[devanes]

I also have a similar problem (guake switching to other displays) in the guake version present in the repositories for Ubuntu 14.0.1. And I am using Xubuntu, so no Unity present. This is guake 0.4.4. On startup of Guake it starts at the display I have manually set in the script, which is my left display (#1) (of 3). Pressing F12 twice (hide and show again) moves it back to the middle display (#0). When I move to the right display (#2) with my mouse and open guake again it moves to that display. Then it stays there, whatever I do with my mouse... unless I open the prefences or about window. If I open one of these windows Guake again shows up (on F12) on the whatever screen my mouse happens to be, unless this is screen #2, where it stays stuck again.

Would you perhaps be willing to create a PPA for your latest Guake version? As (like I mentioned) Ubuntu 14.04 still uses Guake 0.4.4. Having an up-to-date Guake available for Ubuntu without the need for building a package would make testing your fixes a lot easier.

[gsemet]

Can someone reproduce on latest HEAD?

[hotice]

Tested using:

• Ubuntu 15.04 64bit with Unity, left Launcher set to always be visible
• latest Guake from Git with ~70% window width set in Guake Preferences
• 2 monitors

Results: the app works properly on the primary monitor but is always aligned to the left instead of being centered on the second monitor. I tested this with the "Appear on mouse display" enabled as well as with the option which allows setting Guake on one of the monitors only.

Also, in Guake's Preferences, on General, under "Main Window Horizontal Alignment", all the radio buttons seem enabled - is this normal? Maybe this has something to do with the app not being aligned correctly on the second monitor? Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/9lT9E53.png

[gsemet]

combobox issue fixed by c6c9099

[hotice]

Unfortunately the combobox fix didn't solve the alignment issue.

[gsemet]

indeed, that's why the ticket is still opened. I cannot easily work on it since I only have one screen :(

[ftonello]

I can still verify that the bug exists on Ubuntu 15.04 with guake 0.5.0-2.

[luccamendonca]

I can still verify that the bug exists on Ubuntu 15.10 with guake 0.8.4 (latest to the day, freshly compiled)

[gnuton]

This bug is still present in ubuntu 16.04 which ships guake 0.8.3.

[Phiwa]

Any news on this? Running guake on Ubuntu 14.04 with two 24" displays.

[hotice]

This bug was fixed for me with Guake 0.8.6/0.8.7.

[gsemet]

great news !

[vizzard]

Unfortunately issue still present in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Guake 0.8.7 (full height, full width).

Guake works correctly if Unity Launcher is set to auto-hide.
If Launcher is visible all the time Guake gets stuck on second monitor after opening it there for the first time. It's full width then. If I grab Guake window at the bottom and pull it up a little, then Guake is not full width but it follows mouse between monitors then (gap like in #565, only on second, right screen, main screen is always full width).

[qazip]

I'm also having this issue on Xubuntu 16.04. Guake is either aligned on one screen OR the other.

The "Main window height" is not scalling properly on my laptop's screen. If I set it all the way to the maximum allowed value, I won't be able to see the tabs (which I've set at the bottom). This behaviour does not happen on my external monitor.

[elmerehbi]

In my case I have a laptop and external monitor. Guake stays on the laptop monitor though I switch the primary monitor occasionally.

System: Ubuntu Gnome 16.04

Setup/Preferences

• orientation: Vertical (half screen width)
• Screen size: 77 x 118 (~ half screen width and full screen height)

Behavior

• If the cursor is on the primary monitor guake opens on the left side of the secondary (i.e. laptop monitor).
• If the mouse is on the secondary (i.e. laptop) monitor guake opens on the right side.