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Bug 318700 - Changing CPU speeds causes dancing applet position
Changing CPU speeds causes dancing applet position
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: cpufreq
2.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
: 346642 393843 397625 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-10-12 17:55 UTC by dax
Modified: 2007-01-17 14:09 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.9/2.10

Attachments
Fixes varying width of the applet (5.23 KB, patch)
2006-11-19 03:39 UTC, Maik Beckmann 		none Details | Review

Description dax 2005-10-12 17:55:28 UTC 
Distribution/Version: FC4

I'm using FC4 with gnome-applets-2.10.1-9.

I have lots of applets in my panel, and the CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor applet
is right in the middle. When the CPU frequency changes causing the width to
change of the CPU freq applet, then all of my applets to the left of it dance
back and forth.

It would be nice if the CPU Freq applet always used the same amount of
horizontal space independent of current CPU speed.

2 Ghz (2nd smallest)
1.80 Ghz (biggest
...
1.20 Ghz (bigger)
1 Ghz (smallest)
800 Mhz (slightly wider due to proportional spaced font)
600 Mhz (the normal when my laptop is mostly idle)
Comment 1 Byeong-taek Lee 2006-06-18 02:54:44 UTC 
I confirm this bug on ubuntu dapper.
Although I upgraded the latest version, still I have the same problem.
Furthermore, once it happened, I cannot remove the applet for a while, because the applet does not respond to my right button clock.
Comment 2 Carlos Garcia Campos 2006-07-05 15:07:01 UTC 
*** Bug 346642 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Maik Beckmann 2006-11-19 03:39:05 UTC 
Created attachment 76824 [details] [review]
Fixes varying width of the applet

Just stumbled upon the same problem and just tried to fix it. Attached is a little patch which adds functionality (to cpufreq-utils) to obtain the maximum label width for the appropriate display modes. Maybe this is of any use.
Comment 4 Carlos Garcia Campos 2006-11-21 19:36:28 UTC 
Hi Maik, thanks a lot for the patch. I think the whole applet should request a fixed size instead of the labels. I've just committed to cvs head a fix based on your idea.
Comment 5 Carlos Garcia Campos 2007-01-07 10:15:02 UTC 
*** Bug 393843 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Carlos Garcia Campos 2007-01-17 14:09:52 UTC 
*** Bug 397625 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***