Compiz Auto Move a Window to Another Desktop – Viewport
When you boot your machine you want to open a variety of windows or applications on different desktops, but they only seem to open on the main desktop even with use of the place plugin. The place plugin in compiz works for a variety of applications but does not work for VirtualBox graphical windows. Wmctrl is another plugin that allows you to move windows to different locations on the desktop. For example, if your desktop is 1920 x 1080 you can move a window to the second desktop, in the x direction, by placing it to 1921. For example if you launch MythTV automatically on boot, and you want it on the second desktop use the following in a startup session script. Wmctrl is a package in the default Ubuntu repositories give it an apt-get to install. wmctrl -r "mythfrontend.real" -e 0,1921,0,1920,1080 There are a variety of option to wmctrl, use wmctrl --help for more info. This is how I move my Windows XP to another viewport: wmctrl -r "WindowsXP [Running] - Sun VirtualBox" -e 0,3841,0,1920,1080 In this case I move it to viewport 3.
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Tags: animations, bit, flash, gnash, older versions, open source versions, sudo, swfdec, ubuntu, use
Posted in flash, nonfree, plugin, ubuntu | No comments
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Tags: desktop, desktop cd, driver, gdm, modules package, nvidia, nvidia driver, open source driver, startup settings, sudo
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Tags: 192, ALL, everything, hosts, ip addresses, machine, sshd, use
Posted in Server, deny, ip, rule, ssh | No comments
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Posted in MythTV, Server, VBoxTool, desktop, gdm | 1 comment
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Tags: asus eeepc, block, c option, desktop, drive, fsck, run, sudo, terminal windows, unmount
Posted in block, filesystem, fsck, ssd | No comments
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Tags: command mode, graphical editors, graphical text editor, grub, mode, nano, Press, text, unix and linux, use, vi, wq
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Tags: grep, nvidia, nvidia drivers, page, space bar, use, way
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Tags: desktop, desktop interface, gnome desktop, graphical application, nohup command, Server, session, swap, system responsiveness, Thunderbird
Posted in Server, Thunderbird, nice, responsive, sieve, swap | 4 comments
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Tags: browser, caption, cloud, desktop, desktop experience, EyeOS, file storage, personal cloud, things in time, web
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Tags: cpu, hd tv, host system, mac, machine, process, running processes, System, system processes, value, viewport
Posted in mac, mini, nice, ps, renice, top | No comments
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May 16, 2010 - 10:25 pm
This is great info, thanks! For some reason — at least in my experience — VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 10.04 host completely ignores directives from wmctrl, devilspie, and the compiz window placement tool. A workaround is posted here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9311334#post9311334
Cheers!