Xnest grabbing mouse

[Will Backman]

I tried that way, but it fails because gnome says I am already running a
session manager and quits.

On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 13:38, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Will Backman wrote:
> 
> >Running up2date XFree86-Xnest --nosig
> >Running under gnome.
> >Xnest :1&
> >
> >Gives me a windows that is smaller than full screen, which is ok.
> >If I maximize the window, the Xnest root window does not expand as
> >expected, but I am now unable to move the mouse outside the smaller
> >confines of the root window.  Is this normal for Xnest?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Also, that's not the most useful way to invoke Xnest either...  
> Might want to use:
> 
> startx -- $(which Xnest) :1
> 
> That starts up the actual desktop/wm/etc.
>