Gnome - Terminal Maximise Problem

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 12:19 +1000, Tony Crouch wrote:
> Hi All, 
> For the last few weeks I have had an abormal problem with my
> gnome-terminal windows. The version I am running is:
> 
> gnome-terminal-2.16.0-2.fc6
> 
> When I load the terminal by going "Applications --> Accessories -->
> Terminal". The window loads in the non-maximised mode (i.e. it does NOT
> take up all of the screen ... I am sure there is a technical word to
> explain this phenomenon :P  ).
> 
> When the window is like this I can happily enter commands and interact
> with my system. But, as soon as I maximise the windows (Alt + F10) the
> window becomes inactive and anything I type does not appear in the
> terminal window.
> 
> If I restore the window to its non-maximise mode (Alt + F5) all the
> characters I entered into the terminal while it was maximised now appear
> at the command prompt (even though they weren't there when it was
> maximised).
> 
> I was wondering if anyone has run into something like this? Perhaps a
> bugzilla entry is required.
> 
> Thanks you all for your assistance.

> Cheers, 
> Tony 
First of all I owuld install:   
nautilus-open-terminal-0.7-3.fc6

which would allow you to open a gnome-terminal by right clicking on the
desktop. Then I would increase the terminal size by typing ctrl-+ which
will allow you to increase its size in steps instead of taking up the
whole screen. Reduce size by typing ctrl - '-'.

Also if you make an applet to open a gnome-terminal you could probably
open it initially to any size you want using the --geometry option.



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Aaron Konstam tel: (210) 656-0355 akonstam at sbcglobal.net