Tiling WM with Big Picture

steamclosed Big PicturereviewedWindow manager

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#3509 · opened 2014-09-25 by koahv · updated 2019-07-18 · 4 comments · github

Kkoahv 2014-09-25 github

Hi,

DWM window manager does not register ALT+# keystrokes to navigate away from the virtual desktop where Big Picture is running because the application is fullscreen.

This means I can't switch workspace without closing Big Pic first.

Is there a way to run BP in borderless fullscreen windowed?
Could you suggest any other workaround ?

Thank you,

Kkoahv 2014-09-26 github

I decided to run Steam in a seperate X session:

xinit steam -- :1

but after leaving and returning to the session, Big Picture flickers (at refresh rate?) and is unusable.

Nvidia Drivers are latest proprietory 343.22

output displays this in correspondance with flicker

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Aaldrik 2015-01-02 github

Your issue with DWM should be reported to and addressed by it's developers. It's not a Steam issue.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-04-06 github

Hello @koahv, was this issue also brought to the attention of a dwm dev? Are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-05-18 github

Closing pending feedback.

Nothing extracted yet.