On 06/14/2011 09:52 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:18:29 +0200 > Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 06/14/2011 07:57 AM, suvayu ali wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Joachim Backes >>> <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> After choosing xfce or LXDE as my favorite desktop and logging in >>>> and then starting gnome-terminal, I see a weird effect: >>>> gnome-terminal is popped up in a normal size, but then the width >>>> shrinks automatically and slowly to about the half width. How to >>>> get rid of this behaviour? This happens even width freshly created >>>> users. >>>> >>>> All comments are welcome. >>>> >>> >>> gnome-terminal is a Gnome3 app. I would expect it to be GTK3. >> >> Yes (ldd!) >> >>> Whereas >>> XFCE is not GTK3. In fact AFAIK the XFCE spin actively tries to stay >>> away from GTK3 apps. Maybe this has something to do with your >>> problem? >> >> Maybe. >> >> But are such important apps restricted to some desktop type? >> > > Valid argument. > >>> >>> I find the terminal emulator included with XFCE (terminal) equally >>> functional. Actually I even find the defaults more sensible to my >>> tastes. Is there any reason you prefer gnome-terminal? >> >> My standard session type is gnome3, where I'm using gnome-terminal as >> my standard terminal. The reason for the usage of xfce or lxde were >> test purposes only. >> > > XFCE has its own session manager (xfce4-session). But I think XFCE also > allows you to use Gnome's session manager (in Gnome 2, not sure if that > is the case now). In any case, it seems you have everything under > control. In my case, it seems *not*. I found no method to get rid from that gnome-terminal's behaviour. But /usr/bin/terminal (from the Terminal package) seems to be a tolerable alternative. Kind regards -- Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes
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