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Description of problem: On Linux (RHEL), Resizing gedit (RHEL 7.2) window using mouse shows problems when launched using X11 forwarding on older RHEL 6/5. Using --geometry options doesn't help. The WIDTHxHEIGHT doesn't work in --geometry options. Resizing by dragging mouse doesn't work here. This is happening after RHEL 7.2 GNOME update to 3.14.X . If downgraded to gedit 3.8 version, resizing with mouse is possible. On Windows, gedit window cannot be resized using mouse when launched from other Xserver applications. eg : MobaXterm Oracle SGD This issue is also seen for evince . Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 gedit-3.14.3-9.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: On Linux. 1. Connect to a RHEL 7.2 system from RHEL 6 using ssh X11 forward. $ ssh -X RHEL7.2 2. Open gedit window. $ gedit 3. Try resizing window, the resizing window pops up. Resizing by mouse drag doesn't work. On Windows, 1. Open MobaXterm (http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/) . Free version is available. 2. Launch gedit/evince from terminal. 3. Resizing Window is not possible. Actual results: Problems with resizing window in Linux. Not able to resize window in Windows. Expected results: Should be able to resize window by mouse drag as in RHEL 7.0 The geometry options should work. Additional info: * Downgrading to gedit-3.8 works. * On Windows, this issue is also seen in Oracle Secure Global Desktop(SGD). * On Windows, resizing is possible with mouse on Xming Xserver. It looks like they are using an older version of Xserver.
I know this is Red Hat, but I'm also experiencing the same problem in CentOS 7.2.1511 using PuTTY + VcXsrv. (VcXSrv is an Xming alternative I use for better clipboard support). I've tried with VcXsrv 1.18.1.1 and 1.17.2.0 with same results. I've tried accessing my CentOS 7 host from Windows 7 and 10 with same results. However, when using Xming 6.9.0.31 rather than VcXsrv, I can resize gedit as in original post. It only appears related to Gnome3/gtk3 applications. However these can be resized: gnome-terminal 3.14.3 gnome-character-map See here for more: https://superuser.com/questions/1092777/cant-resize-some-gnome-3-applications-over-ssh-with-puttyvcxsrv
This may be related to https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=741800
*** Bug 1419212 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
My understanding is that this issue was resolved in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:2100 The relevant bug report that addressed this issue is bug 1386980. I'm closing this bug report CURRENTRELEASE, but if for some reason, RHBA-2017:2100 was insufficient to address this issue, please comment or reopen.