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When i run xprop -id <wid> on a given windows id for an opengl application (Ubuntu 12.04) i get a bunch of properties, but i don't see _NET_WM_PID;

$ xprop -id 0x4a00002 
_NET_WM_ICON_GEOMETRY(CARDINAL) = 0, 488, 64, 65
XKLAVIER_STATE(INTEGER) = 0, 0
_NET_WM_FULLSCREEN_MONITORS(CARDINAL) = 4294967295, 1852143205, 19456, 1645412352
_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = 
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):
        window state: Normal
        icon window: 0x0
_NET_FRAME_EXTENTS(CARDINAL) = 1, 1, 28, 1
_NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 0
_NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS(ATOM) = _NET_WM_ACTION_MOVE, _NET_WM_ACTION_RESIZE, _NET_WM_ACTION_FULLSCREEN, _NET_WM_ACTION_MINIMIZE, _NET_WM_ACTION_SHADE, _NET_WM_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_HORZ, _NET_WM_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_VERT, _NET_WM_ACTION_CHANGE_DESKTOP, _NET_WM_ACTION_CLOSE, _NET_WM_ACTION_ABOVE, _NET_WM_ACTION_BELOW
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW
WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "C"
WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
        Initial state is Normal State.
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
        user specified location: 50, 50
        user specified size: 640 by 480
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "gliese-581h"
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "Full-Screen & Windowed Mode"
WM_NAME(STRING) = "Full-Screen & Windowed Mode"

how do i access the process pid associated to the window id?

lurscher
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1 Answers1

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It's there for windows which support it:

$ xprop -id 0x0540019c| grep _NET_WM_PID
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 25685

But not all do:

$ xprop -id 0x2000006| grep _NET_WM_PID
$

As far as I know there is no way to access the PID for such a window.

Florian Diesch
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  • fair enough. What is the cause of the difference? the application in question is a freeglut sample. Is there something api-wise that a good linux citizen application needs to do in order to have its PID set? Is there something i can do at application-launch so that the PID is set? like setting the x property by an external process? – lurscher Nov 23 '12 at 21:59
  • I don't know. From some short tests it seems that all OpenGL windows don't support _NET_WM_PID. – Florian Diesch Nov 23 '12 at 22:36