transmission doesn't restore to the same location when using notification area icon

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On May 11, 2009 7:30 PM, "Krzysztof Klimonda" <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

** Changed in: transmission (Ubuntu)
      Status: New => Confirmed

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transmission doesn't restore to the same location when using notification
area icon
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343436
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transmission in ubuntu.

Status in “transmission” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: transmission

I've enabled Show icon in the desktop Notification Area and when i minimize
it using that icon and restore it once again, most of the times transmission
doesn't show up in the previous location. It goes down and right a little
bit. So if i minimize and restore it for a couple of times, it will slowly
go to the bottom right of the screen.

Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Transmission version: 1.51-0ubuntu1

Hey Krzysztof, seeing as you're working on the merge, it would be good if you can test if this is still an issue in 1.60? If it is, then this should be forwarded to the upstream bug tracker.

Thanks

Yes, I've confirmed it with 1.60 and I'm writing a bug report to the upstream bts.

@Chris: Thanks for helping in triaging this bug. It is indeed a problem with compiz as I get following result when running transmission with it enabled:

[kklimonda@lilith result]$ transmission
** Message: saving window location as x 449, y 25
** Message: setting window location to x 449, y 25
** Message: saving window location as x 449, y 25
** Message: setting window location to x 449, y 25
** Message: saving window location as x 449, y 25
** Message: setting window location to x 449, y 25
** Message: saving window location as x 450, y 54
** Message: setting window location to x 450, y 54
** Message: saving window location as x 450, y 54
** Message: setting window location to x 450, y 54
** Message: saving window location as x 451, y 83
** Message: setting window location to x 451, y 83
** Message: saving window location as x 451, y 83
** Message: setting window location to x 451, y 83
** Message: saving window location as x 452, y 112
** Message: setting window location to x 452, y 112
** Message: saving window location as x 452, y 112
** Message: setting window location to x 452, y 112
** Message: saving window location as x 453, y 141
** Message: setting window location to x 453, y 141
** Message: saving window location as x 453, y 141
** Message: setting window location to x 453, y 141
** Message: saving window location as x 454, y 170
** Message: setting window location to x 454, y 170
** Message: saving window location as x 454, y 170
** Message: setting window location to x 454, y 170
** Message: saving window location as x 455, y 189
** Message: setting window location to x 455, y 189

What's weird is that I can't reproduce it with neither Banshee nor Rhythmbox so Transmission must do something in a different way..
What would be the best way to proceed with this bug? I'm afraid that when I submit it to compiz they will tell me that it is transmission bug and you will point to metacity and deny it..
Choices.. choices.. :)

I've written a small test program that has the relevant bits in Transmission. It tries to show/hide a "hello world" window twenty times so that you can see if it stairsteps down the window or not.

If the test program stairsteps for you, probably it should be passed along to the compiz developers for testing.

The program: http://transmission.pastebin.com/f3d9e1ff3

Raw download: http://transmission.pastebin.com/pastebin.php?dl=f3d9e1ff3

How to compile: cc `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0` hello.c -o hello

Chris and/or Krzysztof, could you please the test program above to see if it stairsteps in compiz too?

I went ahead and did it myself.

Attached above are videos of the "hello.c" program stairstepping in compiz, and the same program not stairstepping without compiz. It seems like this is a compiz bug, not a transmission one.

One of the launchpad masters should reassign this ticket to compiz.