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Run a python script in the background after DWM starts
Upon starting, .bash_profile runs startx. In my .xinitrc I have it run dwm (my window manager).
I need a python script to start after dwm starts. I put it under dwm in .xinitrc, but it wouldn't ...
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How start a single program within a new xserver instance in full screen mode?
I'd like to run a program in full screen mode without the overhead of a desktop environment but simply on a xserver instance.
This is fairly easy by running:
startx <program>
Trouble is that ...
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Ubuntu X11: Is it possible to open an X application in another users session
Is it possible to somehow open an x application on another users display?
Say that i have user A who is logged on to the ubuntu desktop, and user B who is accessing the ubuntu machine via SSH.
I ...
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How to open an application in running X session [duplicate]
Is there any way to do that? Provided I have ssh access to a machine and I have root on the machine. Can I run xclock for instance in the currently running X (xfce or gnome) session?
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Font alias for remote X server connection
I am connecting to remote server to launch an X application (qmon).
After I type ssh myserver -X and launch the application, I get the following error:
Warning: Cannot convert string ...
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Disable screen turn off
I want to watch a movie with my laptop how I can disable with xmonad that it turn off the screen if vlc or some other app is running is running.
Is there some functions what I can used to prevent ...
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How to access remote desktop (like SSH -X) in a windows system?
I've been struggling all around the interwebz and I couldn't find any useful answer.
I have a computer with a Windows OS that has some software that I just can't run on GNU/Linux.
But in GNU/Linux, to ...
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Debian wheezy frequent random crash
I have a fresh install of the debian testing distro with gnome-shell 3.4 and it crashes daily.
By crash I mean, the sound keeps repeating itself, keyboard and mouse is unresponsive, and my only ...
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GUI service from encrypted home folder after logout
I am looking into Bitcasa for cloud storage, but I want to proxy data through an encryption layer running on Using Ubuntu 12.04 Server. Bitcasa only supplies a GUI application for Ubuntu 12.04, but I ...
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XServer not working
After I remove the perl.i386 using yum remove, Centos 5.4 upon boot cannot start the XServer. How can I configure XServer to get it working? How can I add the other remove packages?
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XOrg and disabling key-repeat
I've tried disabling xorgs repeating key presses when long-pressed using:
xset r off
However, every time I connect a USB sound card, it is reset and key presses repeat.
I think that the USB sound ...
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Ubuntu how to start x server but not the GUI desktop
I am planning to keep the server running in text mode, but the client can ssh -X to the server and run GUI applications. How to start X server but not to the GUI desktop.
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How to define a virtual screen (extending current desktop) for VNC?
How can I define a virtual screen/workspace to extend my desktop to which I can connect using VNC. I know vnc4server allowed you to modify the xorg.conf to define a screen, but this is not available ...
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X window Server Windows to Linux
On the web there are many manuals showing how to connect from Windows to Linux and get an X session window but do not indicate otherwise, that's my concern: How to view linux Windows programs with ...
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Screen and xclip - configuration that don't work
I'm trying to configure GNU/Screen utility to work with X clipboard. I followed the tutorial: http://www.lowlevelmanager.com/2012/10/screen-clipboard-to-x11-clipboard.html but without a result, so I ...
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cygwin Xserver losing connection
I am running Xserver on cygwin (on top on Windows 7), and then using xterm to remote to linux via ssh -X, and run remote applications there, like konsole, emacs and others.
Initially all works fine, ...
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Python 2.7 and Ubuntu 10.10: X11 fails
Against every recommendation I have apt-get remove python in Ubuntu 10.10 (build 2.6.24-29-server x86_64) and apt-get install python2.7
Some built-in software with python2.6 dependencies (like ...
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Clean Multi X Server Setup
I want to spawn a second X Server for my TV and use a Media Station software like xbmc over it. Is it best practice to manage multi x instances from xinit or is there another/better way?
Apart from ...
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Monitor goes blank after 30 minutes. No keyboard or mouse are attatched, but computer is controlled over SSH
Currently trying to set up a media server which I can control with my laptop or phone. After looking at all the options I decided upon using SSH to start mplayer in fullscreen. Everything is working ...
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Why is xinit automatically starting xterm?
When I run: xinit [client application] -- :128 vt01 -novtswitch I notice it starts an instance of xterm in addition to my client application. Per the man page:
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If no specific client ...
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Run a GUI app on remote computer from SSH through a third server in between [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Basic ssh tunneling through generic linux ssh server/client
Recalling this question: Run a GUI app on remote computer from SSH
I add more complexity asking if:
It is ...
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Running Google Chrome over Multiple X Servers
I run on Debian Linux across 3 monitors and using 3 separate X Servers. I.e. the is an application menu on each screen and although I can not drag and drop between the monitors I am so used to where ...
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Where is configuration to show IP address on shell prompt being stored?
We have two Xservers on our network. On server A all our employees have an account setup, but on B the only account is the admin account. I can ssh to server A fine with my username and pass that are ...
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Which GUI should I install on Debian for getting nVidia support straightaway? [closed]
I have installed Debian without any additional packages or software. I would now like to install a X windowing system. I've tried out Gnome before but the resolution is really low and I can't set it ...
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Xauthority hosed vim's ability to connect to Xserver
I recently tried to move .Xauthority away from ~/.Xauthority in a futile attempt to clean up my home directory. Or, rather, I set $XAUTHORITY to somewhere else, changed startx to startx -- -auth ...
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Mapping keys on Linux
I'd like to change layout (mapping) of Lenovo ThinkPad keyboard (which I hate)
to be like Acer TravelMate 8000 (which I love).
That mainly means:
Swap Fn and left Ctrl
Tab-left to act like PgUp
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Are there any benefits to starting kdm as daemon?
I've configured my kdm to start via inittab method.
I've done it following the steps at Display Manager - ArchWiki. There is also a described method on how to start kdm as daemon. But i can't find ...
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Unable to run X application as non root user
I have a couple of systems
Running Suse Linux 11.4 & XDM Display manager .
Red Hat Linux & Gnome
in both these systems when I log in as root user I am able to execute any X application ...
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How do I start X-window applications in a specific server?
I want to start a x-window application on a server named "server1". First I start X server, then on xterm I do:
$ssh -Y server1
shell says:
The authenticity of host 'server1 (10.11.93.232)' can't ...
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Redirect xsession from VNC to physical screen
We all know that it is possible to run a VNC server in an xsession to remotely view/control this session.
What I like to know is the following: Is it possible to display the xsession that was started ...
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X Session from Mac
How can I log into an X server from Mac OS X? I know that ssh -X username@host will log me in and I will have the capability to run X applications.
On Cygwin/X you can log in and have a whole X ...
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What is the command line function to reconnect to a running X server?
I was working on some stuff on my desktop running Ubuntu 11.04. I bumped the button sequence, i forget what it even is now, that throws you back to the terminal. So I log in and hear the music I was ...
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Dell Latitude D620, D/Port replicator, and Fedora 15
I'm trying to get the Dell D/Port replicator's video switch to work correctly under Fedora 15 with a D620 laptop. I have the NVidia drivers from RPMFusion installed. Right now, nothing video-related ...
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How can I export DISPLAY from a Linux terminal to a Windows PC?
Exporting display from a Linux terminal to a Linux desktop is easy; you do the following:
On 192.168.90.121 (localPC):
xhost + 192.168.10.164
On 192.168.10.164 (remotePC):
export ...
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Remapping key combinations (custom macros in linux)
I'm not sure at which layer this functionality would have to exist, so I'm just tagging this for my own stack.
In my specific case, I'd really like to map the [Function Key]-J key combination to the ...
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Getting error when running startx in Linux
When I am trying to run the Xserver using the command startx I am getting the below mentioned error
xauth: creating new authority file /oracle/oracle10g/.serverauth.22555
Fatal server error:
PAM ...
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Free X server for windows
Is there a (preferably free) X server software package that I can use to connect to Linux box from Windows? I've tried exceed from hummingbird, but it's expensive, are there free alternatives with ...
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How to mirror my display to a remote xserver
We have got a big screen in our office connected to an old pc, whose only purpose is to display information generated by software such as munin, nagios, etc. It is running debian with xfce to be able ...
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vnc4server - what X server
I need VNC access for server that is already running SSH. I need to set up vnc4server. My question is what is the best X server in terms of using least resources and being fastest, what packages ...
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XServer after upgrade not working
Ok, so I updated my Kubuntu 10.10 install to 11.04 and now when I log on I land in a consoile instead of getting a GUI - the rest seems to be working fine though.
I'm using a Radeon 4870 with the ...
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Linux X server antialising problem with wine
I am are using a windows program under linux via wine. The program runs fine with KDE. Didn't test it on gnome. Finally we wanted to start the program without KDE - something like kiosk mode, so users ...
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How to fix Ubuntu 10.10 black screen from terminal?
I'm trying to install Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 on an Intel Atom mainboard (Intel D945GCLF2) with CRT that has been running Ubuntu 9.x previously.
Both, Desktop live CD / installer and alternate install CD ...
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Kill xserver from command line (init 3/5 does not work)
I'm running Linux Mint 10, although I've had this same issue with other variants of Linux. I've been told/found while researching that if the X server hangs or otherwise errors, one can drop to a root ...
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Ubuntu forward X over ssh
I've currently have the following situation.
I have a server, that is connected to the internet with ssh (on a non 22 port).
This is an ubuntu server without X server.
Now i have a machine inside ...
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X Windowing System Servers for Windows 7 - 64 bit
Due to WinRot I was forced into an unplanned Windows 7 upgrade. I am in the process of obtaining tools that I was using on Win XP Pro.
One item that I am lacking at this point is an X Windowing ...
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Windows X-Server for ssh -X?
I'm planning on SSH-ing into my ubuntu machine from my windows 7 machine with putty. I would like to be able to get X to work. Are there any viable X-servers for windows 7?
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Can I launch X11.app for 32-bit Mac OS X on 64-bit one?
I need to run 32-bit X11.app on 64-bit Mac OS X. Is it possible? If yes, which version, etc.
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Running Linux as a desktop with KDE/Gnome but without 'X server'
I'm curious, I believe that one of the ways that OSX make the GUI experience of *nix more 'snappy' was to ditch X and run the window manager more directly on the hardware.
If I'm looking to run Linux ...
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Linux Ubuntu Lucid doesn't detect my second GPU card
Since I have upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, my second graphics card isn't detected by X server. When I do an lspci I get both listed though.
What could be the issue?
I am using NVidia's ...
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Unable to start my linux (cent OS ) machine in run level 5
Suddenly my machine not working under run level 5 and it seems to be problem with xserver and it is saying that "in last 90 seconds xserver restarted 6 times and unable to start" and then just giving ...
