[Bug 73990] Re: Xnest recommends using a universe package
xserver-xephyr is now in main. Closing the bug. ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- Xnest recommends using a universe package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/73990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 73990] Re: Xnest recommends using a universe package
First, Xephyr is a better than Xnest and should be used instead of Xephyr so the recommandation is good. Why is Xephyr only a Universe... I don't know maybe it's not mature / stable enough. I personally reported several Xephyr bugs but only one Xnest bug to this date. As for the symbolic link, Xephyr and Xnest don't use the same command switches (like -screen vs -geometry), so Xephyr cannot replace perfectly Xnest. A Xnest symbolic link to Xephyr is therefore not a good idea as some softwares and wrappers won't work as expected, and users won't understand why. Also, all script trying to ps / kill / killall Xnest won't succeed as the binary would be Xephyr. Users should install both for now, and tsclient and other wrappers should be modified to use Xephyr in the future. -- Xnest recommends using a universe package https://launchpad.net/bugs/73990 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 73990] Re: Xnest recommends using a universe package
Not only that, but if you choose the recommended option and install Xephyr no link is made in /usr/bin to reflect that Xephyr is acting as Xnest, the result of which is that applications like tsclient still think that no xnest is available. -- Xnest recommends using a universe package https://launchpad.net/bugs/73990 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
