Re: X11R6 -broadcast -once
Re: X11R6 -broadcast -once
- Subject: Re: X11R6 -broadcast -once
- From: Nathan <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:57:18 -0700
On Jan 27, 2008 5:16 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden> wrote:
> >>> Thanks for that. It does bring up the full X menu but the server
> >>> still covers both displays. Is there any way to make it just
> >>> cover one, like X11.app does ?
> >>
> >> I don't understand what you mean. This is exactly what X11.app
> >> does (via xinit).
> >>
> >
> > Sorry, yes it does, but I didn't realise because the root window is
> > transparent and doesn't seem to respond to xsetroot settings. But
> > when I start via xdm, the remote machines desktop (xfce) insists on
> > setting the background, which I think it does via a full-screen non-
> > root window. Hence my wish to have X at less than full-screen.
>
> Sorry, we're not really at a point where we can support using other
> window managers. I'd recommend using metacity on your remote
> machine. I've had the best luck using metacity in place of quartz-wm.
I think you might be able to use Xephyr and pass it window-size
arguments. Before Jeremy, Ben, et al. got XDMCP stuff working again,
they had me using Xephyr as a workaround.
~ Nathan
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