How can I run a second window manager?
Specifically, I'd like to run awesome-git at the same time as awesome. I've tried running the former from a shell in the latter:
$ awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:653: another window manager is already running (can't select SubstructureRedirect)
I get the same result if I add --replace.
After changing to a different VT:
$ awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:592: cannot open display (error 5)
If I try to specify a display I get the following:
$ DISPLAY=:1 awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:592: cannot open display (error 1)
I tried to rm ~/.Xauthority, but that didn't help.
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Specifically, I'd like to run awesome-git at the same time as awesome. I've tried running the former from a shell in the latter:
$ awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:653: another window manager is already running (can't select SubstructureRedirect)
I get the same result if I add --replace.
After changing to a different VT:
$ awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:592: cannot open display (error 5)
If I try to specify a display I get the following:
$ DISPLAY=:1 awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:592: cannot open display (error 1)
I tried to rm ~/.Xauthority, but that didn't help.
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Specifically, I'd like to run awesome-git at the same time as awesome. I've tried running the former from a shell in the latter:
$ awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:653: another window manager is already running (can't select SubstructureRedirect)
I get the same result if I add --replace.
After changing to a different VT:
$ awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:592: cannot open display (error 5)
If I try to specify a display I get the following:
$ DISPLAY=:1 awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:592: cannot open display (error 1)
I tried to rm ~/.Xauthority, but that didn't help.
arch-linux window-manager awesome
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04
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asked Nov 3 '16 at 22:11
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Specifically, I'd like to run awesome-git at the same time as awesome. I've tried running the former from a shell in the latter:
$ awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:653: another window manager is already running (can't select SubstructureRedirect)
I get the same result if I add --replace.
After changing to a different VT:
$ awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:592: cannot open display (error 5)
If I try to specify a display I get the following:
$ DISPLAY=:1 awesome-git/pkg/awesome-git/usr/bin/awesome
[…] E: awesome: main:592: cannot open display (error 1)
I tried to rm ~/.Xauthority, but that didn't help.
arch-linux window-manager awesome
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Because of the way X window managers work, you can only run one at a time in an X server. (Oddly enough I can't find an obvious resource to back this up...)
It won't give quite the same effect, but you can easily run a second window manager inside a nested X server such as Xephyr:
Xephyr :30 -screen 1024x768 &
DISPLAY=:30 xterm &
DISPLAY=:30 awesome-git &
This will give you a tiled awesome-git running inside a nested 1024×768 screen in your (presumably awesome-managed) current X session.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 22:25
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Use vncserver and vncviewer:
- start a VNC server in the backgrounded process by running the
vncserver[1] command - start a VNC viewer in your current window manager by running the
vncviewer[1] command and connect to the VNC server you just started
[1] On CentOS-7 vncserver is provided by the tigervnc-server RPM package (if your distro is different then you will have to query your package manager to see what provides the vncserver.
[2] On CentOS-7 vncviewer is provided by the tigervnc RPM package (so again if your distro is diffferent you will have to query your package manager to see what provides vncviewer).
UPDATE: I just noticed the question is tagged for Arch Linux. So I checked to see if Arch has vncserver and it looks like it does have it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TigerVNC .
answered Jan 22 at 13:47
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Because of the way X window managers work, you can only run one at a time in an X server. (Oddly enough I can't find an obvious resource to back this up...)
It won't give quite the same effect, but you can easily run a second window manager inside a nested X server such as Xephyr:
Xephyr :30 -screen 1024x768 &
DISPLAY=:30 xterm &
DISPLAY=:30 awesome-git &
This will give you a tiled awesome-git running inside a nested 1024×768 screen in your (presumably awesome-managed) current X session.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 22:25
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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Because of the way X window managers work, you can only run one at a time in an X server. (Oddly enough I can't find an obvious resource to back this up...)
It won't give quite the same effect, but you can easily run a second window manager inside a nested X server such as Xephyr:
Xephyr :30 -screen 1024x768 &
DISPLAY=:30 xterm &
DISPLAY=:30 awesome-git &
This will give you a tiled awesome-git running inside a nested 1024×768 screen in your (presumably awesome-managed) current X session.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 22:25
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
169k24380458
add a comment |
Because of the way X window managers work, you can only run one at a time in an X server. (Oddly enough I can't find an obvious resource to back this up...)
It won't give quite the same effect, but you can easily run a second window manager inside a nested X server such as Xephyr:
Xephyr :30 -screen 1024x768 &
DISPLAY=:30 xterm &
DISPLAY=:30 awesome-git &
This will give you a tiled awesome-git running inside a nested 1024×768 screen in your (presumably awesome-managed) current X session.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 22:25
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
169k24380458
Because of the way X window managers work, you can only run one at a time in an X server. (Oddly enough I can't find an obvious resource to back this up...)
It won't give quite the same effect, but you can easily run a second window manager inside a nested X server such as Xephyr:
Xephyr :30 -screen 1024x768 &
DISPLAY=:30 xterm &
DISPLAY=:30 awesome-git &
This will give you a tiled awesome-git running inside a nested 1024×768 screen in your (presumably awesome-managed) current X session.
answered Nov 3 '16 at 22:25
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
169k24380458
answered Nov 3 '16 at 22:25
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Use vncserver and vncviewer:
- start a VNC server in the backgrounded process by running the
vncserver[1] command - start a VNC viewer in your current window manager by running the
vncviewer[1] command and connect to the VNC server you just started
[1] On CentOS-7 vncserver is provided by the tigervnc-server RPM package (if your distro is different then you will have to query your package manager to see what provides the vncserver.
[2] On CentOS-7 vncviewer is provided by the tigervnc RPM package (so again if your distro is diffferent you will have to query your package manager to see what provides vncviewer).
UPDATE: I just noticed the question is tagged for Arch Linux. So I checked to see if Arch has vncserver and it looks like it does have it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TigerVNC .
answered Jan 22 at 13:47
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Use vncserver and vncviewer:
- start a VNC server in the backgrounded process by running the
vncserver[1] command - start a VNC viewer in your current window manager by running the
vncviewer[1] command and connect to the VNC server you just started
[1] On CentOS-7 vncserver is provided by the tigervnc-server RPM package (if your distro is different then you will have to query your package manager to see what provides the vncserver.
[2] On CentOS-7 vncviewer is provided by the tigervnc RPM package (so again if your distro is diffferent you will have to query your package manager to see what provides vncviewer).
UPDATE: I just noticed the question is tagged for Arch Linux. So I checked to see if Arch has vncserver and it looks like it does have it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TigerVNC .
answered Jan 22 at 13:47
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Use vncserver and vncviewer:
- start a VNC server in the backgrounded process by running the
vncserver[1] command - start a VNC viewer in your current window manager by running the
vncviewer[1] command and connect to the VNC server you just started
[1] On CentOS-7 vncserver is provided by the tigervnc-server RPM package (if your distro is different then you will have to query your package manager to see what provides the vncserver.
[2] On CentOS-7 vncviewer is provided by the tigervnc RPM package (so again if your distro is diffferent you will have to query your package manager to see what provides vncviewer).
UPDATE: I just noticed the question is tagged for Arch Linux. So I checked to see if Arch has vncserver and it looks like it does have it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TigerVNC .
answered Jan 22 at 13:47
Trevor Boyd SmithTrevor Boyd Smith
1,04482233
Use vncserver and vncviewer:
- start a VNC server in the backgrounded process by running the
vncserver[1] command - start a VNC viewer in your current window manager by running the
vncviewer[1] command and connect to the VNC server you just started
[1] On CentOS-7 vncserver is provided by the tigervnc-server RPM package (if your distro is different then you will have to query your package manager to see what provides the vncserver.
[2] On CentOS-7 vncviewer is provided by the tigervnc RPM package (so again if your distro is diffferent you will have to query your package manager to see what provides vncviewer).
UPDATE: I just noticed the question is tagged for Arch Linux. So I checked to see if Arch has vncserver and it looks like it does have it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TigerVNC .
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