Re: [LAU] screencasting with xephyr - wiki page

From: Renato <rennabh@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Dec 15 2011 - 14:51:12 EET

On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:45:59 +0100
Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> On 12/15/11 13:22, Renato wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:02:00 +0100
> > Jeremy Jongepier<jeremy@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/15/11 12:34, Renato wrote:
> >>> Hi, I'm trying to follow the wiki screencasting guide:
> >>>
> >>> http://apps.linuxaudio.org/wiki/screencasttutorial
> >>>
> >>> however I don't get how Xephyr should work. I just get a big black
> >>> window. That's probably because I just removed the
> >>> "/etc/X11/Xession" line, but I don't have that file (I'm on
> >>> Archlinux). I tried substituting it with "xinit" (how I normally
> >>> start X) but that didn't work too.
> >>>
> >>> how is it supposed to work?
> >>>
> >>> cheers,
> >>> renato
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> >>
> >> Hello Renato,
> >>
> >> Which DE are you using?
> >>
> >
> > only openbox wm
>
> Even though it doesn't really matter anymore (since you're not going
> to use Xephyr) but you could try xinit /usr/bin/openbox-session as
> mentioned in the Arch wiki. But you probably have an .xinitrc file

uh yes and quite a populated one ;)

>so
> you shouldn't get a black screen. Anyhoo, probably works better
> without using Xephyr.
>

Ok, I'll give it a shot at editing the wiki

best wishes,
renato
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