Hi Pekka,
Yes I am aware of the rootless mode as well, but seeing the black screen is 
only one of the issues. I would also like the apps to only run on a single 
screen. Some apps are written such that they find out how big of a buffer would 
fit the entire screen and then create an image which spans it (in my case both 
screens). I guess I can use xdotool to resize the app but that happens after 
the surface has been created and I would rather have the app only create one 
screen buffer to begin with. So is there an option that doesn't require 
modifying each app?
-Satyeshwar 

-----Original Message-----
From: Pekka Paalanen [mailto:ppaala...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:16 AM
To: Singh, Satyeshwar <satyeshwar.si...@intel.com>
Cc: wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: Limiting Xwayland to only one screen

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 19:51:41 +0000
"Singh, Satyeshwar" <satyeshwar.si...@intel.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a 2 screen configuration running Weston. When I run XWayland on 
> top, it initially shows a black screen on both the screens. I am 
> wondering if there is a way to limit XWayland to only using one 
> screen? Is there a config file or command line option that allows me 
> to do so?

Hi,

getting a black screen sounds like you are starting Xwayland manually in 
rootful mode, where all X11 apps will show up inside the one Xwayland window.

Usually people use the Xwayland rootless mode instead, where Xwayland is 
started automatically by the compositor, and the X11 windows integrate 
seamlessly with other native Wayland windows. There is no one window for all of 
Xwayland.

Do you intentionally use the rootful mode, or were you just not aware of the 
rootless mode?

For more information on rootful vs. rootless, see 
https://wayland.freedesktop.org/docs/html/ch05.html


Thanks,
pq
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