If you don't want to run XFCE in it's entirety - you could make your own X
session, using something like this
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CustomXSession
Either way you'll probably want to make your app full screen using
window.fullscreen()
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>________________________________
> From: Stuart Axon <stua...@yahoo.com>
>To: Pygtk mailinglist <pygtk@daa.com.au>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 9:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [pygtk] Launching PyGTK app from a serial console
>
>
>
>Hi Paul,
> You just need to set DISPLAY correctly. You can check what it's set to
>in a terminal in XFCE:
>
>
>$ echo $DISPLAY
>:0
>
>
>Then in the terminal your connected on the serial console, set it to the same
>thing;
>
>
>$ export DISPLAY :0
>
>
>
>
>Then test launching an any X app (I tested using gedit + it work).
>
>
>
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>
>
>Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 22:25:28 -0700
>>From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <pdero...@ix.netcom.com>
>>To: "PyGTK List" <pygtk@daa.com.au>
>>Subject: [pygtk] Launching PyGTK app from a serial console
>>Message-ID: <CAC11226C1E24B18B44A76A99E22EA5A@PAULD>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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>>I've put pygtk onto a Gumstix Overo board, which uses the XFCE desktop
>>manager (GTK-based). At the moment, I'm using a Tobi expansion board and a
>>full-sized monitor, but eventually I want to switch to a Chestnut43 board
>>with a 4.3"
LCD.
>>
>>At present, I can successfully launch a graphical Python app from a terminal
>>window on the screen, but on a tiny LCD I want the app to fill the screen,
>>so I want to launch from something else. If I try launching the Python app
>>from a serial console, it barfs because it doesn't know what to display it
>>on.
>>
>>Can anyone explain to me how PyGTK finds the windowing system so that it can
>>create its window? Is it something in the environment? I don't see any
>>likely candidate. Eventually, I may want to use an X server on another
>>machine to run a development console, in which case I'll still want my PyGTK
>>app to use the small LCD instead of putting itself up on my X server. But
>>for now, is there some way I can run Python from a serial console and have
>>it put up a PyGTK window on the only display?
>>
>>--
>>
>>Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
>>Paul
mailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com
>>
>>
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