Questions tagged [x-server]
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Where to put X11 drivers configuration in Ubuntu Lucid?
Since hal is removed from Lucid, where now can I put all those little configuration tweaks for mouse and other input devices?
In particular, I want to configure ThinkPad trackpad to enable scrolling ...
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LINUX: change number of lines/columns that are displayed in a terminal (without X)
I'm using a linux server without X
I want to understand how to change the number of lines/columns I see, like I change resolution in X.. besides.. I should be able to change the resolution somehow, ...
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Application on remote computer * requested access to the x server
Using MobaXtrem to connect from my windows machine to an Ubuntu v16 remote server. I sometimes leave the connection active in the background while I'm away or working on other stuff.
For the second ...
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Why does xserver require a physical screen?
I was searching for a solution to run a graphical application without a physical screen. The application is showing multiple hardware accelerated video streams with gstramer-vaapi.
I dont want to ...
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Tiny UI on ubuntu with wsl
I installed ubuntu on windows using WSL (windows subsystem for linux). I was able to install vscode and firefox via app-get install but when I launch them, they have very tiny UI and fonts. I am using ...
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Super+L not passed through and getting stuck with VcXsrv
Started using VcXsrv on Win10 in order to run fully fledged linux environment with a window manager.
Server is launched with -keyhook option so modifier keys get passed to the clients as well.
But ...
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Which X Window system is installed on my server that would work with Xming
I would like to use Xming to connect a server and managed to get it to work. I am now trying to get it to connect to a different server but i am not sure which X Window system is installed. I tried it ...
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Can I use a MacBook as a second monitor for my OpenSUSE/KDE?
Because I am traveling I can't buy a second monitor, but I have two laptops. One laptop is installed with OpenSUSE 13.3, I use KDE as GUI.
I have another MacBook with OS X. It has X server running on ...
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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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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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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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WSL 2, GUI Applications using XServer [duplicate]
I've seen this question before, but none of the solutions are working for me. I know the steps that are mentioned everywhere to get GUI applications working for WSL 2 on the Windows 10 Pro Insider ...
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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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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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X Windowing System Servers for Windows 7 - 64 bit [closed]
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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What is the main difference between Putty to MobaXterm or XServer? [closed]
What is the main difference between Putty to MobaXterm or XServer?
I know they are all SSH clients (FOSS, gratis), but is there a main catergorial difference?
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MobaXterm deleting characters when I hold the left arrow on the command line
Many times I am entering long commands in my bash command line and I need to change a few characters near the middle of the command.
When I use putty, I can hold the left arrow and wait for the ...
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GUI Windows Not Appearing in Auto Startup Script
So I'm working on a Jetson Nano running Ubuntu 18.04. I'd like to create a script that at startup automatically runs, taking a video feed from the connected webcam, and opening up a window to view the ...
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Getting Emacs to work with GUI in WSL
I'm new here and I don't really get this stuff, so I'll try to provide all the relevant details but if something important is missing please tell me.
I have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) setup on ...
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How to startX as non-root user inside the rc.local?
I am trying to start startx as non-root user in my Ubuntu-server 16.04(Linux nanopim1 3.4.113-sun8i #16 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 13 14:15:57 CEST 2017 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux) with openbox installed ...
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Linux (Mint) Equivelent of Explorer.exe on boot
Please feel free to edit the title, I have no idea how to word it best.
I am creating a bootable USB drive based on Linux Mint. I am also creating a script in Java that should run the first time the ...
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getting first non display number in use
I need to give a command like
Xvfb :6 -screen 0 1024x768x24
Where 6 can be a display number. Now Xvfb can already be using that Display, so how do I get the first display number not in use?
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X-Win32 comparison
X-Win32 is a proprietary X Window System server for Microsoft Windows, produced by StarNet Communications : link .
Has anyone tried this? I want to use it over a wifi network to connect to a Linux ...
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Ubuntu 9.10 X Stuck in restart loop - I think
Trying out Ubuntu, installation went fine - upgraded to the proprietary nVidia drivers but on restart I get a login prompt and the screen is flashing really fast almost as if Xserver is trying to ...
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How to initiate multiple X login sessions at system startup?
I have Linux Mint 17.2 KDE. I have several user accounts. I often use them at the same time for different tasks. My use case is like this:
Login as user1.
Start program A.
Ctl+Alt+L --> "Switch users"...
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XServer touchscreen one finger instead of two finger scrolling
Problem:
My touchscreen device does not scroll on touching it with one finger, which is desired, but only when touching it with two fingers.
Technology stack:
Linux kernel 4.9.81-intel-pk-standard
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Missing parts of utf-8 charset in urxvt with VcXsrv
I am running an Arch Linux server which I connect to from a few Windows machines using VcXsrv so I can run graphical applications (and more customized terminals than what I can get with PuTTY etc). ...
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Where Does KDE's Xsetup Live On FreeBSD?
I made the mistake of buying a keyboard with a backlight controlled by the scroll lock key, and in turn need to execute:
xset led 3
Every time the computer boots, just after the X server is started. ...
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Is there a way to move open window between linux machines?
I have two computers, both of which run Linux. My main computer is where I do most of my work on and my large display computer which sits in another room from which I give presentations and play short ...
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Getting controller to work on second x-server
I am using Linux Mint 17 with Cinnamon as my primary WM.
I want to run Steam in a separate x-server for better fullscreen performance and because unredirect doesn't work properly in Cinnamon and ...
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switch to x server window using alt tab program switcher
For x server (Cygwin X server hosted on windows platform) the alt-tab program switcher does not work. The x server window (in my case gvim) does not show up in the list of windows when using alt-tab. ...
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GTK Linux application prior to gdm login remains on screen at login after program ends
I have a GTK Linux application which I want to use as an "Accept Terms of Usage" screen prior to the user logging in. The application is simple, a big Box with a Label and an Acknowledge button on ...
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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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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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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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Linux Ubuntu Lucid doesn't detect my second graphics 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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xorg DPMS off: keep VT from turning screen back on
I have an embedded board with a small UPS. When AC power goes down, I need to turn off all power hungry devices in order to have a clean shutdown.
First thing I do, is set DPMS to force powerdown, ...
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Running suspicious X programs in GNU/Linux
What the most harmful thing can malware program started as separate limited user account do if it has access to the X server?
Network and filesystem things are already considered by chroot and ...
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Unable to run openoffice in headless mode
I want to automoate some PPT -> PDF conversions, so I want to run openoffice in headless mode for scripting.
On my machine with X running I can start opemoffice in headless mode via
soffice -accept=...
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Re-install X from Ubuntu live
I did a non-sense operation and broke my X-server, period.
The sad fact is that it was late and I did not remember what I removed, I think it was a package with python in its name...
I know that this ...
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How to run a GPU program over SSH
I'm using Intel QSV accelerating, and the program runs well on a local Ubuntu desktop. When I run the program on a remote machine(the same os, with no monitor connnected) via ssh, it cannot find gpu ...
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How to increase number of Xv adaptor ports?
The number of xv video ports is to low for my use cases e. g. xvinfo reports:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
Adaptor #0: "GLAMOR Textured Video"
number of ports: 16
port ...
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Is there a way in Linux to have two different users log into the same graphical session?
What I am trying to do:
I have a machine that is treated as an appliance, it has multiple graphical applications open, and these must not be closed at any time.
HumanA might turn on the system, launch ...
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How to open a program in different Xephyr Displays?
I have two Xephyr displays created through PyVirtualDisplay, when I try to open xterm in both of them it works just fine, but many other programs will open twice on the same display.
So if I do this:
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How to find out what killed my desktop environment (and possibly X Server)?
I ran into a problem this morning. I have a computer that is used for machine learning and nothing else. I use python to run tensorflow to train some models that I made.
The problem is that I couldn'...
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Launching a program on startup with systemd on Ubuntu
I'd like to run a Java backend program on startup (in fact it may be on user login) with systemd, which would use X server to create a render window in memory. The render window is created by VTK to ...
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Program fails to execute after startx. Why?
I'm using Raspbian Jessie Lite as the OS for RPi 3. This OS does not have X11 by default, so I installed xserver-xorg and xinit manually.
I want to play a movie or display a picture after startx. So ...
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restarting program after computer awakens
When my computer comes back from slumber, my program, cairo-dock, looks terrible. I don't know why the icons on it look like a bunch of noise, but I can't fix the problem. The best way I know how to ...
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run script after xserver started
I have a script which I would love to run after xserver has started. This file is located at /home/karl/.scripts/startup/sensei-raw-startup.sh.
How to I invoke this file after xserver has started?
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Display not fully loading with Linux mint 17.1
I've been trying to fix this problem for a couple of days. I've been through numerous debugging threads.
With Linux mint:
The login screen graphics load. After logging in to a graphical terminal, the ...