On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 07:07:38PM -0500, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote:> On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 15:17 -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 02:34:38PM -0500, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote: > > > On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 09:17 -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > > > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > Using the default Gnome desktop on Centos-6, I keep having difficulty > > > > getting the mouse pointer to lineup exactly on the edge/corner of a > > > > window when I want to resize the window. It seems that you have to > > > > have it on a line exactly one pixel in width, and I'm finding it > > > > increasingly hard to do (who, me? getting old? nah!) > > > <snip> > > > > > Wondering if there is a gnome setting somewhere among the myriad > > > > settings that could be used to configure the accuracy with which > > > > the mouse pointer must be placed so one can grab edges of things. > > > > I've dug thru the settings in the Gnome configuration editor, but > > > > so far nothing leaps out at me. > > > > > > > > Can anyone offer advice? > > > > > > Have you gone into System->Preferences->Mouse and changed some of the > > ><snip> > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > I've got acceleration all the way to the slow end, sensitivity all the way > > to the low end, drag and drop threshold all the way to the small end, > > and I've tried them all at other settings, too, to no avail. > > > > trying to grab the edge of a window feels like the grabbable region > > is only one pixel (or maybe one "mickey") wide and it's still hard nto > > place the pointer right on it. I may be getting old, but I don't > > have any palsy/tremor problems. > > > > Well, that's the limit of my offerings. I'm still trying to find the > thing I used back in C5(?) that raised the panels when the mouse hovered > over it for X seconds. With C6 I can't find it anymore and it switches > way too fast.in C6 it's in SYSTEM | PREFERENCES | WINDOWS there's a slider titled "interval before raising".> > I recall some folks mentioning something like "gnome-config" or similar > and I figure that'll be my next attempt. I looked to see if there was > anything in the drop-downs from "System" to see if anything else jumped > out. I didn't see anything about border widths. There's a "Desktop > Effects" that I don't know if that has any effect on your problem: > System->Preferences->Desktop Effects. Has some text in it about 3D > hardware acelleration. > > You know wht? I'm thinking it's something to do with the mouse driver. > Usb mouse? ISTR some "jerkiness" in that human interface stuff in the > past. > > One other (likely?) difference that may be making my unit better > behaved. I have gpm installed so that I can C&P on text-based standard > terminals (console tty). I've noticed that when X or Gnome starts up it > seems aware. > > You might want to try installing gpm, have it start up on boot and see > if that helps. Not a true solution, but may be a work around until the > true solution is found. > > HTH, > Bill-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------
On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 19:42 -0500, Fred Smith wrote:> On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 07:07:38PM -0500, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote: > <snip>> > > Well, that's the limit of my offerings. I'm still trying to find the > > thing I used back in C5(?) that raised the panels when the mouse hovered > > over it for X seconds. With C6 I can't find it anymore and it switches > > way too fast. > > in C6 it's in SYSTEM | PREFERENCES | WINDOWS > there's a slider titled "interval before raising".LoL! I just found it while trying to find out where another distasteful C6.6 update effect was started.> > > > > <snip>In a nutshell, after I would terminate Firefox as part of my normal log off process, there would be another instance of Firefox left hanging around with a ppid of 1 (so it's daemonized", or as I prefer "demonized" ;-)) and using all the CPU it could get (97%-99% of a 6 core AMD in my desktop) while no Firefox windows were open. Figuring it might be saving stuff I checked back many minutes later on many days and cycles and it was always there. Moreover, when normally using Firefox I'd seen 103%, 104% CPU usage etc. I commented out the entries that start it in Xclients and made a patch. If I see no ill effects I'll leave it in place, otherwise back to digging as to why it's there. I'll tell ya, those folks keep going the way they are and every Windows box on the planet will be able to run circles around many of these Linux distros. Bill
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 05:12:48PM -0500, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote:> On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 19:42 -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 07:07:38PM -0500, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > > Well, that's the limit of my offerings. I'm still trying to find the > > > thing I used back in C5(?) that raised the panels when the mouse hovered > > > over it for X seconds. With C6 I can't find it anymore and it switches > > > way too fast. > > > > in C6 it's in SYSTEM | PREFERENCES | WINDOWS > > there's a slider titled "interval before raising". > LoL! I just found it while trying to find out where another distasteful > C6.6 update effect was started. > > > > > > > > <snip> > > In a nutshell, after I would terminate Firefox as part of my normal log > off process, there would be another instance of Firefox left hanging > around with a ppid of 1 (so it's daemonized", or as I prefer > "demonized" ;-)) and using all the CPU it could get (97%-99% of a 6 core > AMD in my desktop) while no Firefox windows were open. Figuring it might > be saving stuff I checked back many minutes later on many days and > cycles and it was always there. Moreover, when normally using Firefox > I'd seen 103%, 104% CPU usage etc.I commonly also find a "stray" firefox running after stopping firefox, and it isn't using a window either. it's a nuisance because, when there's a firefox update and it wants to restart the browser, it can't because there's that darn "stray" one hanging around. like you, I have no idea where it comes from or why it's there, nor what it's doing, either.> > I commented out the entries that start it in Xclients and made a patch. > If I see no ill effects I'll leave it in place, otherwise back to > digging as to why it's there.please let me know how it goes, I may want to investigate doing the same.> > I'll tell ya, those folks keep going the way they are and every Windows > box on the planet will be able to run circles around many of these Linux > distros. > > BillThanks! Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------