How to get root window properties to display in X11?

Question

PulseAudio FAQs contain this sentence :

If set to $ DISPLAY, the library tries to connect to this server and looks for the PULSE_SERVER root window property for connecting the host.

For a given $ DISPLAY, how can I get this and other properties of the root window, from, say, bash or Python?

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Ashley yakeley May 15, '11 at 1:19

1 answer

Jim lewis · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-15T01:28:12+0000

I think the xprop command is what you are looking for:

xprop -display $DISPLAY -root