#732786 bbpager often expands to off-screen when set to nest in Fluxbox slit

Package:
bbpager
Source:
bbpager
Description:
Pager for the blackbox and fluxbox window managers
Submitter:
iain
Date:
2013-12-21 17:51:05 UTC
Severity:
important
#732786#5
Date:
2013-12-21 17:32:20 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

Problem with bbpager in Fluxbox environment. Starting bbpager in withdrawn mode
places the pager in the slit, but frequently this will either expand beyond the
window borders, or randomly during regular use the expansion will occur.

This appears to be the same as bug #358864.

*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?

Each time I start Fluxbox, the bbpager instance expands the slit (situated on
the right vertical) beyond the borders of the screen so that no dockapps are
visible, just the slit background.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

The only resolution is to use the "Restart Fluxbox" option in the right-click
menu.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

Restarting the window manager sets bbpager to normal viewing modes.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

Do not expect the pager to expand in the first instance.
#732786#10
Date:
2013-12-21 17:49:10 UTC
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These symptoms are seen on different machines with similar software
configurations. All computers running updated versions of Wheezy on
i386 and amd64 platforms.