[winswitch] How to use "randr" to resize the desktop?

[Heng Zhou]

Thanks for the reply. So RandR only works at the server side (because
window manage runs at server side); resizing at client side does not work,
right? But after I run the following commands at the server side:

(1) xpra start :100
(2) sudo DISPLAY=:100 Xnest +extension RANDR :200 -ac -geometry 800x600+24 &
(3) Use Xpra Launcher to connect to the server. A 800x600 Xpra window comes
out.
(4) sudo DISPLAY=:200 metacity &
There is an error: "Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":200"."
(5) sudo DISPLAY=:200 gnome-settings-daemon &
(6) sudo DISPLAY=:200 gnome-panel &
The GNOME Panel desktop environment appears
(7) sudo DISPLAY=:200 xrandr --size 1024x768

, I received an error: "RandR extension missing" and the size of the Xpra
window containing the whole desktop is unchanged.

I don't know what is the matter. I also tried "sudo DISPLAY=:100 xrandr
--size 1024x768" but nothing is changed. It seems that the RANDR extension
is not enabled on display :200 (or :100? I don't know), but how should I
enable it? I have already include the +extension RANDR option in step (2).
Should I install some other packages? The server is running ubuntu 14.04.

Looking forward to your further clarification.

On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 27/12/14 22:18, Heng Zhou wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I can display a whole desktop using the instruction in
> > http://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Usage. Now I hope I can miximize the window
> > containing the desktop if I double click the title bar of the xpra
> window,
> > just like miximizing a normal window in Windows.
> "Double-click-to-maximize" is going to be desktop environment specific,
> often mapped as a shortcut for the maximize button.
> In this case, it is not possible because the window has a fixed size,
> and for that reason the maximize button should be disabled too.
> > The same webpage says that
> > "you can resize the desktop using the standard "randr" desktop tools (and
> > not by resizing the window at present)", so I think this is the approach
> to
> > accomplish what I want.
> randr is the X11 protocol, you may use any tool that uses it, ie:
> xrandr -s 1024x768
> "man xrandr" for details
> >  But after search the internet, I still have no idea
> > how to do it. Could you please give me a step by step configuration to
> > accomplish miximizing the window containing the whole desktop by double
> > click?
> It cannot be done at present because the window has a fixed size.
> There is a ticket for that:
> http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/530
> It doesn't look hard to implement, I just haven't had the time.
> >  Thank you very much!
> Cheers
> Antoine
>
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