(1) It is full-screen (no decorations or frames, looks better) but you can still flip between it and a regular desktop at any time (via Ctrl+Alt+F7/F8).
(2) Since no window manager is running on the server displaying mgp, you won't have conflicts with embedded X applications in your slides (YMMV).
(3) You can use it directly from a character login in runlevel 3 (without starting X first), or you can start it from a character VT in runlevel 5 and it won't interfere with your normal X session. Of course you can also start it from an xterm or icon within your standard X session, too, and it will run on the next available VT.
-- Chris Tyler On 2002.06.06 09:36 Christoph Dalitz wrote:
Hello Chris, what is the advantage of this solution over using mgp with the "-o" option and move the mgp window on a different virtual desktop? Christoph Dalitz On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:55:33 -0400 Chris Tyler <chris@global.proximity.on.ca> wrote: > > Here is another solution to starting mgp without a window manager: I use a > script named "xmgp" which starts X and then fires up the presentation on > that display: > > #!/bin/bash > # > # xmgp :: start mgp on its own display > # > DISPLAY=":1" export DISPLAY > X $DISPLAY 2>/dev/null & > sleep 2 # give X a head-start > mgp $* > killall X # terminate X when mgp exits