On 09/02/2020 04:09, Olbert, Nils via shifter-users wrote: > Hello Mr. Martin, > > thanks for your detailed answer. > > One last question: what happens when you set up Xpra to forward a full > desktop, like "xpra start-desktop --start-child=fvwm". As X11 only allows one > window manager at a time I wonder how this is done - if Xpra acts a > compositing window manager and fvwm is launched two window managers would > run simultaneously. > I guess a nested x server (like Xnest or Xephyr) is used in this case, am I > correct? In desktop mode, xpra does not run as a window manager, it just listens for paint events on the whole desktop area (the root window): https://xpra.org/trac/ticket/1247 An earlier version used the approach you describe: https://xpra.org/trac/ticket/1206
Cheers, Antoine > > Thanks again, > > Nils _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list shifter-users@lists.devloop.org.uk https://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
