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How to hide or minimize X11 window from console?

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Mar 15, 202620388 views
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Problem

Window is full-screen and grabs everything. New windows are appearing behind it. I cannot just kill that application. I'm logged in as root remotely through the SSH. Expecting something like that:

Error Output

$ xcontrol
> ls
window id: PID:   Window class:    Window name:    ...
111       1122   Vncviewer ..
222       1133    .. .            google-chrome …

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Fix for: How to hide or minimize X11 window from console?

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You can use wmctrl to control windows and the desktop from the command line. (If you are logging in via SSH or virtual console, you probably have to set DISPLAY to :0 first.) For instance: I haven't found out how to minimize one window with wmctrl, …

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