[compiz] Re: Window title in bar doesn't change when application requests it

[Toby Smithe]

On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 09:31 +0100, Toby Smithe wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-10-21 at 09:28 +0100, Toby Smithe wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 15:39 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> > > Toby Smithe wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 06:22 -0700, Wil Reichert wrote:
> > > >> Edgy + xcfe + compiz (gandolfn) works fine for me.  None of the issues
> > > >> you described above.  Using OSS R300 driver.
> > > >>
> > > > 
> > > > Looks like it's a problem with Compiz+i810, then. I wouldn't know how to
> > > > start to debug this kind of thing though!
> > > 
> > > While it's not my area, I can't see how this could be a driver problem.
> > > 
> > > I'd suspect libwnck or something is more likely to blame.
> > > 
> > > Col.
> > 
> > Well, another (related?) problem with Compiz 0.3.2 is that sometimes
> > maximised windows (even when active) have inactive-style title bars. The
> > way to fix this, and the static Firefox issue, is to un- then
> > re-maximise the window.
> > 
> > Also, I seem to have the minimise button problem only with Human-style
> > Metacity themes. If the buttons are square, this doesn't happen.
> > 
> > Finally, GTK dialogues often have their contents missing. It is still
> > active, but not displayed. I have attached an error dialogue from
> > Evolution, telling me I cannot connect to my mail server. As you can
> > see, there is nothing there. Also notable is the fact that the main
> > Evolution window title bar stayed "active", even though it obviously
> > wasn't.
> > 
> > I have none of these issues with Beryl, or Metacity. It is obviously a
> > gtk-window-decorator error, but not to do with Metacity theme support,
> > as I just tested without that turned on.
> 
> Hold everything! The title bar contents does change in Firefox when
> Metacity theme support is off. I cannot recall, either, having these
> issues before Metacity support was included...

Finally, when running gtk-window-decorator with Beryl as the core,
everything is dandy. The problem is somewhere in Compiz.