Using MS Remote Desktop causes screen disruption error

[R. Lewis]

Hi,

When connecting from home to my work computer using Microsoft's Remote Desktop, I find that I cannot use my already opened Cygwin X window because I get a 'destructive screen configuration' change error.  Is there a workable way around this dilemma without drastically changing how I have X configured.

For what it's worth, my window manager is XFCE and I start X this way:
     exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $* -- /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin :0 -noreset -ac -nowinkill -clipboard -scrollbars #-multiwindow


I added the -scrollbars option in the hopes it would let me "in", but that didn't work.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!  

Thank you,
R

[Cumps, Erik]

"R. Lewis" wrote:

> When connecting from home to my work computer using Microsoft's Remote
> Desktop, I find that I cannot use my already opened Cygwin X window
because
> I get a 'destructive screen configuration' change error.  Is there a
> workable way around this dilemma without drastically changing how I have
X
> configured.
>
> For what it's worth, my window manager is XFCE and I start X this way:
>      exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $* -- /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin :0
-noreset
> -ac -nowinkill -clipboard -scrollbars #-multiwindow

Hello R,

I had the same problem due to a screensaver that
resets my display resolution and depth. This is
what worked for me: I've added an "-engine 1"
option to my startsx command line.

In your case this would be something like:
exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $* -- /usr/X11R6/bin/XWin :0 -engine 1
-noreset -ac -nowinkill -clipboard -scrollbars #-multiwindow

It's an underdocumented* parameter but the point is
that it allows you to select a different engine for
the screen output, and in this particular case the
"-engine 1" selects an output engine that is not
susceptible to changes in screen depth and/or
resolution.

As I said, it works for me, but YMMV.

Bye,
Erik

* see http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure-cygwin-x-options.html


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