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Martin Iturbide:
Hi Sean

I already have XFree86-OS/2 installed and running with Dave's script. It runs the basic GUI (X Window Server?) like the picture I attached.

I'm getting right now PMX and checking the readme to see if I understand how to make it work.

My goal will be to start with the XFree86-OS/2 games to take some screenshots for the gaming site.

Regards

Sean Casey:

--- Quote from: Martin Iturbide on March 27, 2019, 03:13:32 am ---For the moment I can only launch the X11 full screen session, but I don't understand how to run X11 apps on windowed mode, like Doug and Sean are showing on their screenshots.

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Unlike the commercial X desktops like Exceed and PMX, XFree was designed to run full screen and not operate in a seamless windowed mode, nor does it share the Clipboard w. OS/2.  However, you should be able to switch between XFree and PM using Alt-Escape. 

Unfortunately for my use, PMX is too sluggish.  Since my OS/2 desktop is run within a Linux VM, I'll just have to minimize OS/2 to access the few Linux applications I have been unable to replace with native PM alternatives.   I have an Exceed license I formerly used w. Windblows and the performance was fine, so I'll need to revisit why PMX is so sluggish with OS/2.

Dave Yeo:
You can use the vnc driver with XFree86 and use pmvnc to display it on the OS/2 desktop. Still no shared clipboard.
The trick with running multiple X servers on the same system is the display parameter/environmental variable. The first one should have :0 and the second one :1,usually with the IP address, 127.0.0.1:0 or 127.0.0.1:1 for example though the OS/2 port of XFree86 actually defaults to using pipes rather then tcp/ip to communicate and to use pipes uses :0 (or :1)

David Graser:
More doodles.  3 simple X server PNGs.

Rick Smith:

--- Quote from: Martin Iturbide on March 27, 2019, 11:21:11 pm ---Hi Sean

I already have XFree86-OS/2 installed and running with Dave's script. It runs the basic GUI (X Window Server?) like the picture I attached.

I'm getting right now PMX and checking the readme to see if I understand how to make it work.

My goal will be to start with the XFree86-OS/2 games to take some screenshots for the gaming site.

Regards

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I have been trying to get this going as well.. you mention a script was this to aid in install or running it or both? Can you share the script you used?

Thankyou

Rick

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