Re: What library is needed to have X11 borders?
Install x2go server, icewm or openbox and a simple xterminal. With this stack your gui apps will be usable even on slow networks. Il 27/Feb/2015 01:25 ~Stack~ i.am.st...@gmail.com ha scritto: Greetings, I have a SL6.6 server I built for a specific application. 99% of this app is command line, however, one specific aspect of this app requires a gui to use. When I built this server I wanted it as lean as possible so I built it with a minimal server install. Because the app acts funny when X forwarded over SSH, I tossed on a vnc server and a wrapper script to auto-start the app. It works! The issue is that the app pops up in a tiny window and you can't move it or scale it or anything else I tried. :-( Well, I know why. X11 doesn't have a proper windowing manager which is usually responsible for window borders. X11 is just the frame work. The question is, how do I get borders without installing a full desktop? I tried installing the group package x11 but that didn't help. I tried matchbox, but that didn't work. I tried installing the group package for the Ice Desktop, but that didn't help. I tried installing as little of Gnome as I could without installing a bunch of junk like pulseaudio and NetworkManager (Both are great on my laptop...but not on this server), and that just added a ton of clutter and still didn't work. I spent an hour bumming around on the Internet installing every package I could find recommended and I still can't get borders around the application. I know it isn't my script or my app. If I run the script/app on a system with a full gnome install, it works. I just don't want a full Gnome (or any major desktop) install on this server. Can anyone help me figure out which package I need? Thanks! ~Stack~
What library is needed to have X11 borders?
Greetings, I have a SL6.6 server I built for a specific application. 99% of this app is command line, however, one specific aspect of this app requires a gui to use. When I built this server I wanted it as lean as possible so I built it with a minimal server install. Because the app acts funny when X forwarded over SSH, I tossed on a vnc server and a wrapper script to auto-start the app. It works! The issue is that the app pops up in a tiny window and you can't move it or scale it or anything else I tried. :-( Well, I know why. X11 doesn't have a proper windowing manager which is usually responsible for window borders. X11 is just the frame work. The question is, how do I get borders without installing a full desktop? I tried installing the group package x11 but that didn't help. I tried matchbox, but that didn't work. I tried installing the group package for the Ice Desktop, but that didn't help. I tried installing as little of Gnome as I could without installing a bunch of junk like pulseaudio and NetworkManager (Both are great on my laptop...but not on this server), and that just added a ton of clutter and still didn't work. I spent an hour bumming around on the Internet installing every package I could find recommended and I still can't get borders around the application. I know it isn't my script or my app. If I run the script/app on a system with a full gnome install, it works. I just don't want a full Gnome (or any major desktop) install on this server. Can anyone help me figure out which package I need? Thanks! ~Stack~ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: What library is needed to have X11 borders?
For very minimal yet classic X11 functionality, I would recommend that you investigate installing mwm (the Motif window manager). Other alternative are twm (Tom's window manager ?), and closer-to-gnome but much more minimal (in terms of footprint size on the system) is icewm (ICE window manager) that it appears you've already attempted using. With my SL systems configured as X11 workstations, I routinely run two screens as separate X11 displays (i.e., not xinerama), and the combination I've found works best for me is icewm on the primary screen and mwm on the second screen, but it sounds like you are looking for just one window manager. Have a look at mwm or twm. -- Jim McCarthy From: ~Stack~ i.am.st...@gmail.com To: scientific-linux-users scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 4:24 PM Subject: What library is needed to have X11 borders? Greetings, I have a SL6.6 server I built for a specific application. 99% of this app is command line, however, one specific aspect of this app requires a gui to use. When I built this server I wanted it as lean as possible so I built it with a minimal server install. Because the app acts funny when X forwarded over SSH, I tossed on a vnc server and a wrapper script to auto-start the app. It works! The issue is that the app pops up in a tiny window and you can't move it or scale it or anything else I tried. :-( Well, I know why. X11 doesn't have a proper windowing manager which is usually responsible for window borders. X11 is just the frame work. The question is, how do I get borders without installing a full desktop? I tried installing the group package x11 but that didn't help. I tried matchbox, but that didn't work. I tried installing the group package for the Ice Desktop, but that didn't help. I tried installing as little of Gnome as I could without installing a bunch of junk like pulseaudio and NetworkManager (Both are great on my laptop...but not on this server), and that just added a ton of clutter and still didn't work. I spent an hour bumming around on the Internet installing every package I could find recommended and I still can't get borders around the application. I know it isn't my script or my app. If I run the script/app on a system with a full gnome install, it works. I just don't want a full Gnome (or any major desktop) install on this server. Can anyone help me figure out which package I need? Thanks! ~Stack~
Re: What library is needed to have X11 borders?
On 27 February 2015 at 00:58, DBC d...@usa.net wrote: How do I unsubscribe to this list? The third bullet point at http://listserv.fnal.gov/archives/scientific-linux-users.html will be your guide.
