[winswitch] issue with forwarding x to a lower res monitor from a virtual Xvfb

[Antoine Martin]

On 16/11/15 19:17, Zenny wrote:
> On 11/16/15, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 15/11/15 20:48, Zenny wrote:
>>> On 11/15/15, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> I have tested here with Xdummy and that worked fine.
>>> Can you share your Xdummy command if different from the one in the wiki?
>> I am using the one that gets generated in the xpra.conf like so:
>>
>> export DISPLAY=:10
>> xpra_Xdummy -noreset -nolisten tcp +extension GLX +extension RANDR
>> +extension RENDER -auth $XAUTHORITY -logfile
>> ${HOME}/.xpra/Xorg.${DISPLAY}.log -configdir ${HOME}/.xpra/xorg.conf.d
>> -config /etc/xpra/xorg.conf $DISPLAY
> Thanks for sharing, but ould not figure out 'xpra_Xdummy' :
http://xpra.org/trac/browser/xpra/trunk/src/scripts/xpra_Xdummy
> Is that underscore a typo?
No.
> Else let me know what I am missing? I am on v0.16.0-1 beta.
This  wrapper script may or may not be needed for running Xorg as a 
non-root user.
In some cases, you may be able to just replace it with a plain "Xorg".

Cheers
Antoine



>
> Cheers,
> /z
>
>> Antoine
>>
>>>
>>>>> I checked Xdummy related to Ubuntu instruction at
>>>>> https://www.xpra.org/trac/wiki/Xdummy, but to no avail.
>>>> Are you using Xvfb or Xdummy? What distribution and version?
>>>>> Any hints would be highly appreciated. Thanks!
>>>> You may also be interested in the following 0.16 features:
>>>> * ability to NOT change the virtual display to match the client's
>>>> resolution using:
>>>> XPRA_RANDR=0 xpra start ...
>>>> See:
>>>> http://xpra.org/trac/changeset/11229
>>>> Shadow mode is A LOT less efficient than the regular "start" mode.
>>>> * desktop scaling, which allows you to upscale or downscale the server
>>>> resolution when displayed on the client:
>>>> http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/976
>>>> So you could render at 4k and display at 2k for example (though the main
>>>> purpose of this ticket is to do the opposite to save bandwidth).
>>>> * "sync-xvfb" fix for screen capture tools:
>>>> http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/988
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Antoine
>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> /z
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