Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Maximus

[David Whyte]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Simon Ives <simon at simonives.info> wrote:
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> Thanks for the suggestions.
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> There is one other application, added by default, under "exclude_class" in "gconf-editor /apps/maximus" which is Totem media player - listed as "Totem".
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> I added "VLC" to "exclude_class" and it still starts up maximised with Maximus.
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> I ran:
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> $ xprop | grep WM_CLASS
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> and clicked the VLC window and it seems VLC is one of those apps that doesn't set this property as the result was:
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> WM_CLASS(STRING) = "", ""
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> It's not such a big deal, at least I now know how to adjust the settings for other apps.
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> Thanks again.
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This sounds a lot like a bug that should be raised against the VLC
package in Ubuntu