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Re: xfce screen detachment

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On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 02:41:47PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
>On 1/8/24, mick.crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-01-07 04:00, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>>> system:  amd64 desktop, debian 12, xfce, NEC MultiSync EA192M monitor
>>>
>>> I don't know precisely how to describe the problem, other than
>>> "detachment".  About every week or so, when using the rodent, the
>>> entire screen -- borders and all -- moves with respect to the monitor
>>> screen as I move the mouse.
>>>
>>> The only recovery method I have discovered is to reboot.
>>>
>>> My hands and finders no longer are working well, so I likely clicked
>>> on something or pressed a key to cause the problem.
>>
>> I get this effect if pressing Alt and moving the mouse wheel.
>
>
>Me, too, in LXQt. It's HARD finding the fix until you can finally
>remember it. It's easy to hit a wall of misses when searching the
>Internet.
>
>As Mick says, hold down the ALT key and scroll the mouse rodent's
>wheel back and forth. I just blew up my desktop background to where it
>was basically one rendition of the small gif file that's normally
>tiled.
>
>It seems to be for commendable visual accessibility purposes, but it's
>sure a grouch maker until you figure out its activation/deactivation
>secret, lol.
>
>Cindy :)
>-- 
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>* runs with birdseed *
>
Cindy, Thanks for taking the trouble to post the confirmation.  RLH
-- 
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry
ground; a fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them
that dwell therein. - Psalm 107:33-34

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xfce screen detachment "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2024-01-07 05:10 +0100
  Re: xfce screen detachment Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-01-07 15:40 +0100
    Re: xfce screen detachment Mike Kupfer <kupfer@rawbw.com> - 2024-01-08 07:00 +0100
      Re: xfce screen detachment "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2024-01-08 07:20 +0100
  Re: xfce screen detachment Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2024-01-12 20:50 +0100
    Re: xfce screen detachment "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2024-01-12 21:10 +0100
    Re: xfce screen detachment <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-01-13 08:20 +0100
      Re: xfce screen detachment Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-13 12:40 +0100
        Re: xfce screen detachment <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-01-13 12:40 +0100

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