I got the following: luis@xtreme:~$ xwininfo -all xwininfo: Please select the window about which you would like information by clicking the mouse in that window. xwininfo: Window id: 0x400028 (has no name) Root window id: 0x1ef (the root window) (has no name) Parent window id: 0x1ef (the root window) (has no name) 0 children. Absolute upper-left X: 3010 Absolute upper-left Y: 5 Relative upper-left X: 3010 Relative upper-left Y: 5 Width: 200 Height: 200 Depth: 24 Visual: 0x21 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x20 (installed) Bit Gravity State: ForgetGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: no Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: yes Corners: +3010+5 -230+5 -230-1235 +3010-1235 -geometry 200x200+3010+5 Bit gravity: ForgetGravity Window gravity: NorthWestGravity Backing-store hint: NotUseful Backing-planes to be preserved: 0xffffffff Backing pixel: 0 Save-unders: No Someone wants these events: StructureNotify PropertyChange Do not propagate these events: Override redirection?: Yes No window manager hints defined Window manager hints: Window state: Skip Pager Skip Taskbar Process id: (unknown) No normal window size hints defined No zoom window size hints defined No window shape defined No border shape defined luis@xtreme:~$ When I was suppose to get this: luis@xtreme:~$ xwininfo -all xwininfo: Please select the window about which you would like information by clicking the mouse in that window. xwininfo: Window id: 0x460000a "luis@xtreme: ~" Root window id: 0x1ef (the root window) (has no name) Parent window id: 0x1ef (the root window) (has no name) 1 child: 0x460000b (has no name): () 1x1+-1+-1 +424+72 Absolute upper-left X: 425 Absolute upper-left Y: 73 Relative upper-left X: 425 Relative upper-left Y: 73 Width: 3041 Height: 785 Depth: 32 Visual: 0x82 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0x4600009 (not installed) Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: no Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: no Corners: +425+73 --26+73 --26-582 +425-582 -geometry 425x36--26+73 Bit gravity: NorthWestGravity Window gravity: NorthWestGravity Backing-store hint: NotUseful Backing-planes to be preserved: 0xffffffff Backing pixel: 0 Save-unders: No Someone wants these events: Exposure VisibilityChange StructureNotify PropertyChange Do not propagate these events: Override redirection?: No Window manager hints: Client accepts input or input focus: Yes Initial state is Normal State Displayed on desktop 0 Window type: Normal Window state: Focused Process id: 77100 on host xtreme Normal window size hints: Program supplied minimum size: 387 by 145 Program supplied base size: 66 by 101 Program supplied x resize increment: 7 Program supplied y resize increment: 19 Program supplied minimum size in resize increments: 55 by 7 Program supplied base size in resize increments: 9 by 5 Program supplied window gravity: NorthWestGravity No zoom window size hints defined No window shape defined No border shape defined Because it is the terminal window where I am running it. Did this help?