[SOLVED] Fedora 35+konsole: what replaces "-geometry" arguments?

kaza · 05-05-2022, 06:55 PM

Hello!

Today I installed fedora 35 after long time of using Fedora 32.

I noticed that "konsole" no longer recognizes the "-geometry" arguments
which I used to make some "konsole" windows auto-start at specific
screen location. What replaces the "-geometry" arguments?
In the profile I saw only window size settings but not position.

TIA!

boughtonp · 05-06-2022, 06:41 AM

The -geometry option is an X11 feature - have you switched to Wayland?

kaza · 05-06-2022, 08:15 AM

Hi boughtonp, thanks for the reply.

Before you question I didn't know what "wayland" was.
Now, after some reading at

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f34/system-administrators-guide/Wayland/

and doing:

Code:

<fedora>.../user>echo $WAYLAND_DISPLAY
wayland-0

<fedora>.../user>loginctl show-session 2 -p Type
Type=wayland

I understand that Fedora 35 + KDE are using Wayland by default.

I'm worried by what's written toward the end of that page:

"Currently KDE still uses X11 and although there is a plasma-wayland session available, it is not considered stable or bugfree at this time."

If that's state of "Wayland", my immediate response is: "can I, please, get off?".

So after some more searching I found how to start "konsole" (or any other software) in the old X11 mode:
setting env. var "QT_QPA_PLATFORM" to a value of "xcb" before running the command.

Now I can get back to the "-geometry" arguments until Wayland will be better.

THANKS!

boughtonp · 05-06-2022, 08:24 AM

As the docs you referenced mention, you should be able to switch your entire session back to X11/Xorg via an option on the login screen. (Look for a cog that brings up a drop-down menu.)

That's likely better than doing it for individual applications.

ondoho · 05-06-2022, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boughtonp

As the docs you referenced mention, you should be able to switch your entire session back to X11/Xorg via an option on the login screen. (Look for a cog that brings up a drop-down menu.)

That's likely better than doing it for individual applications.

Yes. I hope OP still reads this.