xfce4-panel does not pick up xrandr 1.2 changes

[Andrew Robinson]

Yes that works, thanks. Would prefer to not have to restart it at all
since it ends up affecting applications that are minimized to the
tray, but for now it is good.

Hopefully in future versions it will pick up the change (or another
library helps to do this)

-Andrew

On 10/9/07, Jasper Huijsmans <jasper at xfce.org> wrote:
> Hey Andrew,
>
> 2007/10/9, Andrew Robinson <andrew.rw.robinson at gmail.com>:
> > I am using xrandr with 1.2 extensions to configure my multiple monitor
> > support with a laptop and an external monitor. The xfce4-panel does
> > not pick up the changes though. When I enable a monitor, then go into
> > configuring the panel, it does not show that there are two monitors.
> > Also, when I disable a monitor, the panel doesn't correctly position
> > itself on the remaining monitor. As a result I have to execute:
> >
> > if pgrep xfce4-panel > /dev/null ; then
> >   pkill xfce4-panel
> >   xfce4-panel &
> > fi
> >
> > Which is messy to say the least.
> >
> > Is there a way to tell xfce4-panel to re-configure itself (a kill
> > signal for example)?
> >
> > The man page does not show any options for the panel and it doesn't
> > seem like there is a way to tell it to re-position itself from the
> > command-line.
> >
> > Versions:
> > xfce4-panel 4.4.1-1ubuntu3
> > xrandr 1:1.2.2-0ubuntu1
> > libxrandr2 2:1.2.1-1
> >
> > Hardware:
> > Dell Latitude D630 (Intel driver)
> >
> > Example xrandr usage that is reproducing the problem:
> >
> > # disable the external monitor:
> > xrandr --output TMDS-1 --off
> > # enable the external monitor:
> > xrandr --output TMDS-1 --auto
> > # move the external monitor above the laptop display:
> > xrandr --output TMDS-1 --above LVDS
> >
>
> xfce4-panel -r
>
> Does that do the trick?
>
> I think there is a bug report already about Xrandr 1.2.  What I think
> it means is that the panel doesn't get a screen-changed notification
> from Gtk, so it doesn't know things were changed.  I have no idea if
> this is a problem with Gtk, or that the panel needs to do something
> special to support Xrandr 1.2.
>
> --
>         Jasper
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