[X2Go-User] Big black borders on windows in remote MATE desktop

[Maarten Boekhold]

Hi Kees,

I had the same thing, this seems to be caused by the Window Manager
configured for your MATE session. If you have MATE Tweak installed,
launch it, select Windows, and change the Window Manager (last option at
the bottom) to "Marco (no compositor)".

Maarten

On 18/08/2020 14:39, Kees Bakker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since today I have an annoying phenomena on my remote MATE
> desktops. All windows have a big black border around it. This
> happens on all remote MATE desktops I tried. Even `xeyes` has
> that ugly black border.
>
> It doesn't happen with LXDE.
>
> You might ask: what changed? Well, a power outage, that caused
> a reboot (which I normally don't do). No package updates that I
> can see (which could have an influence).
>
> The question is: is it my local X2GO client causing this? Or is it
> something remote (and then, all remotes)?
>
> The border is not done by the remote window manager. I can
> switch themes, but the black border is always there.
>
> The window snapping to the screen edges does not use the outside
> of the black border.
>
> It really looks weird, and it annoys me. Especially, not knowing
> what caused it, and where to look to solve it.