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Linux: wmctrl cannot open display when session initiated via ssh+screen
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I'm using wmctrl on an Ubuntu machine to manage windows from a script, that I run inside a (gnu) screen. If I start the screen session from the local machine, wmctrl works fine, including if I completely close the terminal window and issue the wmctrl commands when connecting to the screen remotely …
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Fix for: Linux: wmctrl cannot open display when session initiated via ssh+screen
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DISPLAY and AUTHORITY An X program needs two pieces of information in order to connect to an X display. (Note that is an X program, even if it accesses other processes' windows rather than creating its own.) It needs the address of the display, whic…
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