On 08/02/17 23:42, Berdonces Bonelo, Erik via shifter-users wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I’m trying to run a full desktop (I have tried KDE and Unity so far), in 
> order to manage remotely a server.
> At the moment I have this running as a VM in VirtualBox  + VBox Addons in my 
> computer (I hope it isn’t this interfering somehow…).
It will interfere with the clipboard if both Xpra and VirtualBox try to
synchronize it, this is known to cause system crashes.

> I’ve been trying with Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Kubuntu 16.04 and CentOS 7. 
> In all of them I’ve installed the latest release from the Winswitch 
> repository (at the moment 1.0.2).
> 
> Anyways, whenever I start an xpra session,  either if I start it from the 
> client or HTML5 client, the transmitted desktop is a window that is much 
> larger than my actual physical screen, and I can’t even resize it down. I’ve 
> tried with the –desktop-scaling option, but it has no effect.
You can resize it using the regular desktop tools: xrandr and its gui
equivalents.
The default size of the desktop mode should be 1920x1080.

Changing the default is documented here:
https://xpra.org/trac/wiki/Desktop

For completeness, here are 2 more options:
* not recommended: change the xorg configuration and/or the "xvfb"
command line option
* run the server using:
XPRA_DEFAULT_VFB_RESOLUTION=1280x1024 xpra start-desktop --start=fluxbox

Note: the resolution chosen must be supported by the server, you use
"xrandr" to get the full list.

> Also, I’ve tried to use different desktops (kde, gnome and unity), and to 
> disconnect my physical second screen from my laptop. If I start a simple 
> program as xterm, there are no problems, it’s the proper size. However, doing 
> so with a desktop, it just won’t work.
I don't understand what "won't work" in this case.

> Any suggestions on this? I’ve gone through all the xpra manual, but I might 
> have overlooked a setting. Otherwise I don’t know if it can be a bug maybe…
The wiki tends to have better documentation than the man page these days.

> Thanks a lot, and of course, thanks a lot for your great work and for this 
> tool!
Thanks.
The title of your email refers to a crash, but I don't see any details
on that.

Cheers
Antoine

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Erik berdonces
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