Changes between Version 35 and Version 36 of FAQ
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- 02/26/14 09:32:00 (7 years ago)
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v35 v36 55 55 See [/wiki/ProxyServer] 56 56 * How do I forward a full desktop (ala VNC) instead of individual applications? 57 Use [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Xephyr/ Xephyr], simply start the xpra server with Xephyr as a child and start a window manager (ie: fluxbox, or a full desktop environment like gnome or KDE) on the {{{Xephyr}}} display: 58 {{{ 59 xpra start --start-child="Xephyr :200 -ac -screen 800x600" :100 60 DISPLAY=:200 fluxbox& 61 }}} 62 Note: you must chose a separate display number for Xephyr. 63 If Xephyr is not available on your system, you can also use [http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Xnest.1.html Xnest]. 57 See [/wiki/Usage#Forwardingawholedesktop Usage: Forwarding a whole desktop] 64 58 * How do I use mmap with different users? 65 59 Please see the {{{--mmap-group}}} option: the two users need to be in the same group, the mmap file created by the client will use the group-id of the server socket file. You must generally also use the {{{--socket-dir}}} option to place the socket in a location which is available to both users (ie: {{{/tmp}}}) … … 79 73 * "{{{Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display}}}" and "{{{Randr not supported: X server does not support required extension Randr}}}" 80 74 The virtual framebuffer (typically Xvfb) does not support Randr, this may cause some display problems, try using [/wiki/Xdummy Xdummy] instead 75 * "{{{found an existing window manager on screen ...}}}" 76 Xpra is a window manager, you cannot run two window managers at the same time. If you want to forward a whole desktop, including its window manager, see [/wiki/Usage#Forwardingawholedesktop Usage: forwarding a whole desktop] 81 77 * "{{{cannot register our notification forwarder ...}}}" 82 78 The xpra server was started from a GUI session which already had a dbus instance and a notification daemon, notifications forwarding will not work.