[OpenIndiana-discuss] VBox on top of Hipster and twm?

[Stephan Althaus]

On 04/27/21 12:19 AM, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> I'd like to run Hipster in a VBox VM for web access with twm as the window manager for the host.
>
> Is this likely to be possible, i.e. how much window manager stuff does VBox require?  If not I can revert to using 2 window managers,  but I'd rather not if I can avoid the added complexity and limitations.  You can't move windows between screens if you are running 2 window managers.
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Hi!

The window manager should have no effect on the X-application itself. i 
just tested VBox with twm by switching the window manager whilst working 
in the Mate-Desktop-Environment

pkill marco && twm

It works.

Stephan