X.Org Server (commonly abbreviated to Xorg Server, XServer or just Xorg) refers to the X server release packages stewarded by the X.Org Foundation, which is hosted by freedesktop.org, and grants public access to the standard X Window releases for the efforts of the free and open source software ...
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How do I run X11 applications remotely?
How can I run X11 applications hosted on a remote server, given the following goals:
Run anything that would run locally on the server. This includes OpenGL apps which use GLX.
Seemless integration ...
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Arch Linux: USB mouse fails after an hour of running
I have just installed Arch Linux with kernel version 3.9.5-1. While running xorg (in particular, XMonad), my Microsoft optical USB mouse fails (stops sending movements) after a length of time, every ...
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Good way to display large text on the screen in Ubuntu?
I'd like to display a very large message, e.g. 1" high letters on the screen of a workstation.
I.e. something like "Today's stock price is $xx"
I could use gnome-terminal if I could set the font ...
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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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Running xserver from console as normal user and gdm3 disabled
Good afternoon to everyone.
I am the inexperienced system administrator of a virtual machine with limited hardware resources, and Debian 6 installed. The main use of this machine will be as ...
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How to launch X11 program at start up and have it execute custom scripts when the X session is closed?
I need to run a script at the end of each user session, and this seems like the best way to do it. I have no experience making X11 programs, so how exactly do I go about doing this?
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x11 forwarding through ssh
I am trying to connect to a remote mac machine with my macbook.
I set this in sshd_config on the remote machine
X11Forwarding yes
I ssh -X using the terminal and tried xterm. It shows:
$ xterm
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GTK apps from remote server look bad
I ssh into my headless remote server with X11 forwarding. All my remote GTK apps from remote server look rather ugly. My default GTK theme is not applied. I think this has something to do with GTK ...
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Dual monitor setup using startx not working
I have two Monitors which used to run two different application on each one. Eg.
Monitor A should run chromium-browser
Monitor B should run another chromium-browser
This should be run after ...
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What x86 instruction is used to send data to the video card?
I want to get my hands dirty with low-level card. I do not want to use firmware, I want to directly access the video memory, and write data, switch video modes, etc.
What x86 instructions pertain to ...
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xserver: 1280x720 on 1280x1024 monitor (letterbox)
I try to run a game in a separate X server. The issue is that i need to run it at 16:9 aspect, otherwise it runs with artifacts.
I start the game in windowed mode at 1280x720 on a bare xserver. So I ...
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Video output options of the CLI players?
Just thought I'd jot this down while I have the problem: On a computer that apparently has a problem with having X11 use graphics acceleration, I experience (understandably) problems playing video ...
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Switching windows in VNC client (vinagre)
I am on a Linux system and connect to a computing cluster (also running Linux) through VNC, I use the VNC client vinagre. I would like to switch between windows in the VNC client with Alt + Tab, but ...
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xinput: How to set integer value correctly?
I wish to update the Synaptics Pad Resolution of my Apple Magic Trackpad.
On xinput list-props "Apple Wireless Trackpad" I get:
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Synaptics Pad Resolution (642): 45, 46
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If I try to change ...
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Octave on Remote Server
When I run plot commands eg.(plot(rand(1,10))). I get the following error.
PuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authorisation protocol attemptedPuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authorisation protocol attemptedPuTTY X11 ...
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left click logging off session- FC17
I am using FC-17 kernel 3.8.12-100 on an Asus k55vm laptop.
All of a sudden my left touchpad click is causing the session to log off without any notification. Initially I thought that it might be ...
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Keep GUI app running after vncserver shutdown
I am trying to do the following:
Connect through SSH to an Amazon EC2 instance
Start a VNC server
Connect through VNC
Start a GUI application and log in
Kill the VNC server but keep the GUI ...
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the following ...
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aticonfig Dual Monitors CentOS 6.4 Radeon 3650
I just loaded centOS on my laptop (Lenovo W500) which has a Radeon HD 3650 graphics card onboard. I cannot get my second monitor to work at all. Upon boot, since my /home directory is encrypted it ...
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the following ...
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XFCE/X11: Keyboard layout changes overnight, special symbols can not be entered
A very weird problem
After work, I lock my screen and go home
The morning after, my keyboard layout has changed from de_CH to en_US
At random times, my urxvt-tabbed windows don't accept special ...
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Mouse pointer missing in SSH windows
I have a problem with the mouse pointer when I use SSH to launch a remote window.
I run ssh -CY somehost and then run some command that opens a new window. When the mouse pointer enters that new ...
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Keyboard LEDs not working in X11 but on terminal
I have a QPAD MK85 Keyboard and my num, caps and scroll lock LEDs are not working. When i switch to a terminal with strg + alt + F1 the LEDs are working fine. However, when i switch back to X11 (KDE) ...
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What does the xfce4 power manager in the presentation mode
What exactly does the xfce4-power-manager if I press the button for presentation mode?
Is it called X function? Or what else?
Any ideas?
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How do I get X11 Forwarding to work on Windows with PuTTY and Xming?
I've always wanted to get X11 Forwarding to work with PuTTY, and the X Window System I'm using is Xming. When I have Xming running and I establish a new connection to my server, I receive the ...
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Emacs (display-buffer) in frames on current desktop
When using an emacs command that uses display-buffer (e.g. following an error from compile-mode, calling list-buffers, etc.), if the buffer is open in another frame, it doesn't open in a window in the ...
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X freezes after typing OFF to vgaswitcheroo
I've go really big problem with vgaswitcheroo and Xorg on my laptop (acer timeline X 5820GT).
When I turn off graphic card (by echoing OFF to vgaswitcheroo) everything is fine, but when I change tty ...
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Compiling OpenJDK 7 without X
I am trying to compile OpenJDK 7 on a headless RHEL server. I have no desire to install a bunch of miscellaneous X dependencies just to build it.
Is there any way to compile OpenJDK 7 without ...
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Set X11 screen resolution with xrandr
It's been a while since I've needed to use xrandr. I remember being able to just use -s# to specify which configuration you wanted to apply for example if I had:
CRT1 connected 1400x1050+0+0 (normal ...
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Enable external monitors on W520 laptop running CentOS 6.4
Has anyone done this? I've googled around for hours but no luck. Some suggest to change the BIOS "Display" settings (to "integrated" or some other value), others suggest to use xrandr, others say add ...
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Fixing MTRR error in Linux
I am getting this error is Backtrack 5 R3 using KDE,
Error setting MTRR (base=0x80000000 size=0x10000000 type = 1 inappropriate ioctl for device (25)
Here is the X server log
and here is my MTRR ...
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Gnome sending keyboard shortcuts to an application
I would like to send key board shortcuts from my wm (gnome) to an application (specifically Emacs).
for example If I press Some-prefix-key C-x C-s then I would like C-x C-s to be passed to Emacs ...
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How to add noDRI to xorg.conf.d
I am about to get a tutorial for power-optimizations for my x200 done.
But I am failing to succeed at this line:
Just insert: Option "NoDRI" to the "Device" section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This ...
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Apple keyboard mapping on Ubuntu KDE
I want to configure the Apple keyboard mapping on dell precision notebook keyboard on Ubuntu KDE such that alt-> win, ctrl->alt, fn -> ctrl.
That means i want to make the dell precision notebook ...
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Local display using Xming-Putty
I've been struggling with Xming and putty for a while and I can't make it work; I enabled X11 forwarding in putty, updated xauth list on the client side with the xauth list of the server side.
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Local display using Xming-Putty
I've been struggling with Xming and putty for a while and I can't make it work;
I enabled X11 forwarding in putty, updated xauth list on the client side with the xauth list of the server side.
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How to use Gnome Shell with multiple monitors?
I'm desperately trying to make Gnome Shell work with multiple monitors. I'm on Gentoo. I'm using the proprietary ATI drivers.
I did the configuration with the aticonfig tool.
I tried using ...
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After X restart all XFCE styling is gone (icons,fonts,colors)
I added a monitor with nvidia-settings and after restarting X all my settings seem to have disappeared ..
I tried many things like restoring the xorg.conf - this worked but then I saved to ...
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(osd_cat) Cyrillic character output
All been great with my Cyrillic character output in osd_cat until I created ~/.fonts.conf (at least this is the most obvious reason I'd think) with such settings (as seen on debian forum):
<?xml ...
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Touch pad half-clicking under Xorg in VM
I'm running KDE 4.9 on Xorg 7.7 on Ubuntu 12.10 on VMWare 8.04 on Windows 7.
I'm using a Logitech T650 touchpad. Under windows, it works as expected. Under the VM, when I tap, it seems to "half" ...
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xorg: emulate mouse, no numeric keypad
How to emulate the mouse without a real mouse on X?
i know about shift+num lock but i'm using a half keyboard that does not have a num pad or even the num lock key...
i'm looking for something ...
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Nvidia X setting doesn't save dual monitor settings
I am using Linux Mint 14 KDE and I have a GeForce 9600 GT.
I am trying to use nvidia-settings (driver version 304.84) to save my dual monitor configuration:
Small monitor: TwinView, Resolution Auto ...
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debian/ubuntu - invert all colours in desktop session (colors)
Sometimes I need to flip from a light colour scheme to a dark one quickly, and I need it to apply not just to the desktop theme but also to any webpages that are open etc.
On the Mac there's a neat ...
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Linux X server: use shared memory instead of Unix domain sockets to display a local virtual machine
I want to maximize the graphics performance of a local QEMU virtual machine. I don't have VT-d, so passing the graphics card is not an option.
My current setup uses QEMU's SDL backend to display the ...
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How to I restart a frozen screen in Ubuntu without losing any open windows?
I had a device running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS have its screen freeze. Generally I have simply jumped onto an available tty i.e. ctrl-alt-f1 and execute the command /etc/init.d/lightdm restart or service ...
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Displaylink USB Monitor under Slackware, works for command line but not in KDE
I'm going to give all the information I know so this will be a long post, skip to the end to see the question.
I have installed Slackware on an old laptop with the intention of switching to it from ...
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No cursor with Nvidia drivers when gdm or gnome-shell loaded
In a fresh Arch install if I install gnome and GDM with the official Nvidia drivers:
pacman -S gnome gnome-extra nvidia
systemctl enable gdm.service
nvidia-xconfig
I don't have a cursor when GDM or ...
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Java and X11 - problems opening GUI on Linux
Yesterday a user of my Bukkit plugin sent me an error log entry and I've tried everything to solve it but I can not.
The information I can give is that on MacOS X 10.8.2, Java 1.7 and the latest ...
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Chromebook: Map Search Key to ctrl, ubuntu
I've got ubuntu running on chromebook using crouton.
How do I map the search key to the ctrl action.
Similar to this, swapping the caps lock key and the ctrl key.
/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option ...
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keeping remote X11 applications during remote client (i.e. Xserver) computer sleeps/hibernate/suspend
i'm using using slow but portable computers (asus eeepc, vivobook, etc) and do all my development on a remote server.
most of the time i just ssh to the server, start a screen session, if anything ...
