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Debian 3D Acceleration with Intel HD 3000
I'm looking at installing XBMC in Debian on a mATX PC I'll use as both a NAS and HTPC.
I am currently researching the actual components that will make up this computer and I'm considering how ...
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How to run sun virtualbox or qemu using BASH to load one operating system full-screen to the left display where i have one display reserved?
I have a complex case, i do not know how i will solve it but maybe you guys must know it :")
I need to organize a solution which will allow me to run dual head, seam-less mode, everything command and ...
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How to forward X through two SSH tunnels?
I'm trying to run an X program on my home computer from my work computer. The basic setup is this:
Arch Linux work computer -> OpenBSD SSH router(at home) -> Arch Linux home computer(with SSH)
I've ...
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open program in user display from console
I can't figure out ..
I exported DISPLAY variable, but that don't work.
I have computer with ubuntu 11.10 on it. Computer have display. On display i am showing pictures in slideshow. So i connect ...
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Using a DVI and VGA adapter cable on a DVI-I port under Linux
I need a cheap solution for driving two monitors. So I looked at refurbished Dell Optiplex SX280 USFF boxes that can be had very cheaply at the moment. Those have a dual-link DVI-I port connected to ...
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Problems with bundling Xvfb into application [migrated]
Our application runs some commands in a headless mode using frame buffer display. We can't rely on fact that Xvfb is installed on every machine, but we suppose that X server is, so we bundle Xvfb ...
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fglrx driver doesn't start DRI in Debian Wheezy
I have a Toshiba Satellite P745D-SP4161M laptop with a AMD Radeon HD 6620G graphics card and a AMD A8-3500M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics CPU. I have dual boot with Windows 7 and Debian Wheezy/Sid.
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Auto enable Mouse Wheel Emulation for ANY mouse devices on Linux
I'd like to have the behavior that using ANY mouse device I can hold down the middle key(or a real wheel) and move forward and back or left to right to emulate the wheel behavior.
I found a way to do ...
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MCE (IR) Keyboard in X.org causes endless repeating
I have a IR dongle and a harmony that is setup to send key presses like an MCE keyboard.
At a virtual terminal the remote works exactly as expected, key presses show up as characters and repeating ...
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How do we simulate a mouse click with Xlib / C? [migrated]
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I can't believe that this question has been as hard to answer as it is. I've been Googling for the last two hours and can't find anything that works. All I want to do is find C / Xorg code to ...
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using ubuntu-server in full screen mode - VirtualBox
I have installed ubuntu-server 11.10 in virtual box. but unfortunately the screen is small. I installed VirtualBox guest additions to see it full screen(like what I do for windows). Now it is ...
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Configure a trackball under Linux without editing Xorg.conf
Summary:
In this post, I explain how I configure my trackball through xorg.conf file and ask what I should do instead, knowing that xorg.conf is deprecated.
Long Introduction:
I've been using a ...
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Separate dual-head screens with Intel H67
I am using a Slackware 13.37 system (ASUS P8H67-M LE) with built-in Intel HD graphics, and I am trying to get the monitor outputs to be attached to seperate X windows screens (i.e. different ...
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Iceweasel 8.0 extremely sluggish in Debian Squeeze
My installation of Iceweasel is extremely sluggish in Debian Squeeze. CPU usage by /usr/bin/Xorg seems to spike when doing very simple things like switching empty tabs, opening new tabs, scrolling. ...
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Permanently Disable Dell Latitude 2120 Touchscreen in X.org Upon Start-up and Suspend/Restore
In the spirit of full disclosure, below is the background, tl;dr: I am running Lubuntu Oneiric and I want to disable my borked touchscreen, running it on X.org start-up works but suspending the system ...
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How to change display to black and white on demand?
Is there any way to change the display to black and white on the fly? I use Kubuntu 11.10 with xorg 1.10.4 and KDE 4.7. I tried finding a monitor setting for enabling black and white, however I could ...
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Negative values when absolutely positioning monitor in xorg.conf
In xorg.conf, in the ServerLayout section, I'm trying to arrange screens 0 and 1. Screen 1 's left top corner should be up 1050 pixels and right 880 pixels. But negative values seem to be causing an ...
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“Not Authorized” warnings with Slim desktop Manager on Debian
Recently I changed my desktop manager to use slim desktop manager and .xsessionrc to launch appropriate session. I’m attaching my .xsessionrc and slim.conf with this
Now after using X directly without ...
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Faking monitor EDID information
My monitor is sort of finicky. Sometimes I run a program that cycles through resolutions and the monitor will refuse to give its EDID information for a few days:
(/var/log/Xorg.0.log)
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Space as modifier key XKB
Background:
Ultimately, I'm trying to set up a custom one handed keyboard layout similar to this demo(click one-handed typing demo).
XKB is used in many linux distros. Wikipedia has a decent ...
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Windows manager which allows multiple active windows/multiple input devices?
I have a huge desktop, with multiple monitors, and one pretty good computer.
I also have multiple mice and keyboards laying around.
Now I would really like to make use of all the hardware. Say a ...
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how to install xorg-fonts-75dpi properly for xboard?
I am trying to compile xboard but when I tried to run it I got the error
xboard: no fonts match pattern -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
I googled a bit and found out that ...
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Bind a bluetooth device to a specific Xorg server session and not the other?
I have two X server sessions: one bound to my desktop monitor and one bound to my TV. They are each bound to separate video cards.
Since the application on the TV will be controlled only by a ...
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Improve priority of mplayer-pulseaudio-Xorg combination
I'm often having mplayer running on the side (e.g. watching television). However, this occasionally doesn't run too smoothly (granted, the CPU and GPU are also a bit weak).
I've already running ...
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Xorg - FVWM - Dual Monitors connected to same display independently
I am using Slackware Linux 13.37 with FVMW2 as my window manager.
I have a pair of monitors that are different physical dimensions (a 21" widescreen, and a 19" standard display) which I use to do my ...
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Xdmx and glx acceleration not working
I am using Xdmx (Now built into Xorg) to span a four monitor XServer over two PCs each running two monitors.
Both PCS are running Arch Linux and identical versions of software, and have ATI graphics ...
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buggy mouse click after a while
The cursor of my mouse is moving as well on my twin view, but after a WHILE, or if I start kde with runlevels (I don't know why, but startx works better) I can't click anything.
I have had replaced ...
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Linux VGA Monitor plug-in on demand with NVIDIA is never detected
Whenever I plug in an LCD LG monitor via VGA to my notebook while running X it never gets detected.
As a matter of a fact there are only two scenarios that occur:
X server is started with monitor ...
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How do you configure numpad keys using XKB?
I haven't figured out how you configure XKB to use the numpad yet. I found the following in the "us" file.
partial alphanumeric_keys modifier_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
name[Group1]= "USA";
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Is it possible (and if so, how) to have a terminal open on x-screen 1, execute a command on that terminal, and have an application open on screen 2?
Let's say you have two monitors hooked up to the same machine, running gnome (let's call them 'A' and 'B'). Each has its own, independent x-screen.
Our goal is to type a command into a terminal on ...
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How to change the screen resolution on an Ubuntu VM
I've installed Ubuntu 10.10 on VirtualBox and I can't change resolution It looks terrible.
How can I change it?
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Separate keyboard for shortcuts on linux (two keyboards,two layouts)
I have two keyboards: an old ps/2 one and a usb one. I want the usb keyboard to have the us layout (or prefferably have the usb keyboard follow the layout chosen in gnome) and the ps/2 one to have a ...
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Software like xclip that comes standard on just about all Linux Distros with X?
I have an application that needs to access the clipboard on *nix OSs but I do not have access to the x event loop because of how it works. Therefore I need to send a command to another application to ...
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How do I prevent Ubuntu from updating certain packages?
I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on a Thinkpad machine. Recently I installed NVidia CUDA on it. The installation was successful, thanks to this very helpful guide.
Unfortunately, the X server stopped ...
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Multiple Graphics Cards on Fedora 15 (Gnome 3)
I have the (delightful) misfortune of having 3 graphics cards. They are XFX Radeon 5750s. Each drives 2 monitors via dvi. I am having a really hard time getting these running on fedora 15 (gnome 3). ...
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Xorg - how to specify a non-standard display resolution
I have a netbook running on Debian whose LCD screen is partly broken (fallen from a desk). The problem is about 30 columns on the left of the screen not working anymore (totally black). The original ...
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Nvidia GT430 installed on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty - xorg misconfigured
We are running Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty on a PC with onboard graphics. We installed a new graphics card, NVidia ENGT430 and its drivers.
However after regenerating Xorg.conf, X11 will not load, giving the ...
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How to change resolution in Ubuntu 10.04, where xvinfo is showing no adapters present?
I am trying to maximize my resolution where I have Resolution: 800x600 (4:3) and Refresh rate: 61Hz
I tried the following, but it did not work:
$ xvinfo
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
no ...
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After installation of Nvidia proprietary driver, when login starts I can hear the Ubuntu startup sound, but screen remains blank
I installed the nvidia driver directly from the nvidia website. Installation went ok, but after reboot, Ubuntu logo appears fine, but when entering login, I hear Ubuntu startup sound, but the screen ...
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How to change the GDM default background wallpaper to my customized wallpaper or solid color?
I was trying to change the Ubuntu 11.04 GDM default background wallpaper to solid color such as black. However it's not working; here is what I've tried so far:
From the terminal:
xsetroot -bg ...
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Why I can't connect to X server from remote shell even when DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY is OK?
Fedora Core 14.
I logged in as root from SSH and imported the WHOLE environment from logged-in user's gnome-terminal:
export $(cat /proc/`/sbin/pidof gnome-terminal`/environ | tr '\0' '\n' | egrep -v ...
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freebsd post-installation issues
I've installed freeBSD 8.2 and now trying to get GUI working. I did install KDE and related packages from sysinstall.
On bootup, at shell prompt, when I do X or Xorg, screen goes blank and I cannot ...
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Abort drag-and-drop from a busy program
When the following happens:
I start a drag-and-drop operation, starting from application ABC.
Application ABC locks up (temporarily)
I release the mouse button
then, until application ABC finishes ...
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terminal transparency, Imagemagick, and X11 root window problem
I use Ubuntu Natty, urxvt (with 256 colours), and Imagemagick (display -window root [...]) to set the root window to a picture. When I use the transparancy (-tr) option on urxvt, I get the Ubuntu X ...
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Remembering last window position by window manager or force it via xorg option parameters
Guys how come that window position of apps on screen is "remembered" only for some of them ? When you close it at x y wigth height and then start again.
chrome, pidgin, xchat works, but Dolphin, ...
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Mouse back/forward buttons in FreeBSD under VMWare Workstation
VMWare Workstation 7.1.4
Host: Windows 7 (laptop with touchpad).
Guest: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE (yesterday's)
vmmouse driver: 12.6.9_1 (from ports)
The problem: xev doesn't see mouse back/forward ...
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Different behavior under Xvfb and under a real X server / Xvfb alternatives?
I am trying to run a program (Ansys 13 Workbench) that requires a display in batch on a torque managed linux cluster. Running it as an interactive job with X forawrding to my local linux machine ...
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Unable read EDID on CRT-0 (VGA port) - Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT
My work laptop is a Dell Vostro 1500. It has a Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT gpu. I always like having a second monitor plugged in, but it never detects monitor resolutions correctly.
In the Xorg.0.log, I ...
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Select primary display in xorg.conf
I'm running kubuntu with ATI video card and fglrx driver. I have three monitor setup with two monitors that shows up like a projector(2,3) on the left and the right as a normal lcd (1). I want the one ...
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How to choose automatic preferred resolution in Xorg-server
I am building a Linux Live-Distro.
My xorg.conf looks like this:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "dpms" "off"
Option "dpms" "false"
DisplaySize ...
