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

[Kees Bakker]

Hey Maarten,

Yes! That worked. Thanks a lot.
-- Kees

On 18-08-2020 13:49, Maarten Boekhold wrote:
> 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.
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