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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Xmodmap: Six characters to one key?
From OpenSUSE wiki:
(As long as Mode_switch/ISO_Level3_Shift is assigned to the keycode of Alt Gr - if you assign Mode_switch and ISO_Level3_Shift to different keys, you can assign up to six ...
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Alt+click-drag window resizing on a Mac? (Similar to X-Windows)
Is there a way I can get this behavior on Mac OS?
alt + right-click-drag will resize the window, relative to where you've clicked within the window and the window's center
alt + left-click-drag will ...
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NumLock is completely useless, and I want to disable it completely on Linux
Forget all the rants about Caps Lock, Num Lock is the most useless key of them all. It's never, ever useful. You don't want to use your numpad as an arrowpad, since the arrows are 1cm away from it. ...
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Linux + “nVidia surround” + 3 monitors?
Is it possible to run 3 monitors on 1 nvidia card (600 series, 640/650/660/670) under linux/xorg with the closed source nvidia driver?
At the moment a have a 2 monitors on my linux system in a ...
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Should I be able to hear audio using X11 forwarding?
I use a portable virtual box (running Ubuntu) at work. I funnel my web browsing through an ssh link back to my home PC. Today I was playing around with X11 forwarding to access applications running on ...
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8400GS causes BSOD in Acer M1610 running Windows 7 32-bit
Title says it all, just installed the Nvidia card, I know this is a driver related issue I just don't know how to fix it I cannot find a driver version that will work not even the one that windows ...
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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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Modify PATH variable for X11 during log-in
I am working on some lab computers (read: no administrative rights) that, if I log in, I need to change the PATH variable as X11 starts. The reason is that I need to change the PATH variable at this ...
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48-bit colours?
Quite often, especially in X11-related things (X resources, Roxterm themes, etc) I see colours specified as 48-bit numbers: #2e2e34343636, #cccc00000000 instead of the usual 24-bit #2e3436 and ...
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Triple monitor setup in linux
I'm hoping there are some xorg gurus out there.
I'm trying to get a three monitor setup working in linux. I have 2 lcd monitors and a tv, all different resolutions. I'm using 2 video cards; a ...
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Disabling mouse acceleration in X.Org (Linux)
This is the Linux version of my Disabling mouse acceleration in Mac OS X question. Hopefully I'll get an answer this time.
I am tired of mouse acceleration and want to have a completely linear mouse ...
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How to hide or minimize X11 window from console?
Window is full-screen and grabs everything.
New windows are appearing behind it.
I cannot just kill that application.
I'm logged in as root remotely through the SSH.
Expecting something like that:
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How can I make my Super keys (Windows Key) behave more like Ctrl/Alt/Shift in Linux
After using the Ctrl + "arrow keys" for 13 years to switch virtual desktops in X windows, I've been convinced recently to change to using the Super keys instead (the windows key and the context menu ...
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Setting up a multiseat configuration
I am trying to set up a multiseat computer configuration. In this arrangement, I have a laptop with an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected. I would like to allow two user sessions to be ...
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“Detach” and “Reattach” xterms across X sessions?
Is there a way to save/detach an xterm (or another window), and reopen/load/reattach it on a different X session on the same machine ?
What I'm trying to achieve is "move" running xterms between two ...
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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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Generic X balloon apps?
I am looking for a simple utility that lets me display ephemeral balloons (like the kind that are built into Thunderbird, or certain GNOME system notifications in Ubuntu, say) in a corner of my screen ...
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Linux: Setting primary display (nvidia) form command line
Is this possible?
Normally I use disper to enable my external monitor, but I don't think I can force the 2nd monitor to be primary.
http://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/
I've played around with ...
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How to have ESC also cancel CAPS if CAPS is enabled?
Is there any way to configure the keyboard so that pressing ESC will also cancel the Capslock feature, if Capslock is enabled? I specifically use Kubuntu Linux with ESC and Caps keys switched (VIM ...
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Find and raise a window in KDE4 with shortcut
I was wondering about a possibility to find and raise some window in KDE4 with shortcut. Currently in KDE 4.4 there is a possibility to switch to window from krunner (Alt-F2). Say, I have an open ...
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Xinerama creates a panning viewport
EDIT: I've created a bug report:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48458
My Setup
I have 4 monitors, 1920x1080, which are in portrait mode (rotated left). They are connected to two ...
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Dual monitor setup in Ubuntu 10.10: I want a workspace on one screen and another on the other screen
I've got dual monitors (TwinView) on Ubuntu 10.10 (remember: xorg.conf has mysteriously disappeared). I want a workspace on one screen and another on the other screen.
Is it possible to do this? I'm ...
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/etc/environment not being read into PATH variable
In Ubuntu the path variable is stored in /etc/environment. This is mine (I've made no changes to it, this is the system default):
$ cat /etc/environment
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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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How to configure multiple video cards in linux?
In Ubuntu Lucid Lynx RC, I got NVidia's TwinView to work with 2 monitors in a single video card. But when I use the same monitors but split them between the video cards I can't make TwinView work and ...
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Xserver that I can reconnect to
I'm looking for something like screen but for X?
I imagine situation when I do something like "X --reconnect remote_server:11", and I am reconnected to pre-existing X session, with all programs that ...
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Use gnu-screen and X instead of desktop environment?
I have a HTPC with Debian currently installed on. I would like to run applications which got a gui but without using a desktop environment such as gnome, kde etc.
I was wondering if running X would ...
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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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How to send Ctrl+Alt+F1 (and other special keystrokes) to X window?
When I press Ctrl+Alt+F{1..12}, it switches me to other virtual terminal.
Even xte "keydown Control_L" "keydown Alt_L" "key F1" "keyup Alt_L" "keyup Control_L" leads to switching to vt instead of ...
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How do I configure keyboard layouts in Ubuntu 12.04?
Edit: I screwed up, but somehow I got it right after several attempts. HAL has nothing to do with it.
Ubuntu has moved to HAL, and commented out the keyboard section in xorg.conf. This means that ...
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Tri-head linux system with Xmonad: is it possible to have HW acceleration
What means there exists to have three monitors, all controlled by Xmonad and have hardware 3D acceleration as well?
I had the pleasure of using three monitors earlier this year, and while Xmonad and ...
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Ubuntu: .xsession-errors ate 37.1 GiB of disk space: What is causing that?
Ubuntu recently informed me that I used up all disk space and need to free some more.
After few hours spent looking for guilty party, I found out that my .xsession-errors file size is 37.1 GiB!
I ...
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Turn off backlight without X server commands
Fn + F6 - backlight turns off immediately, image stays (visible if shine something at the display)
xset dpms force {off,suspend,standby} - backlight turns off slowly, image cleared.
How to ...
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Unable to log into Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 12.04.1.
Last time I did nothing especial, but suddenly some problem appear:
I have a login screen (using lightdm), when I attempt a login, I get a console session and returned to the ...
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I can not start xterm anymore under Cygwin + Xming under Win 7
I am using Cygwin under Windows 7 with Xming. I can not start xterm anymore, although I was able to do it previously on the same installation. Xming is running. DISPLAY variable is set to ...
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Remap Command Key When Using Remote X11 Application On Mac
I have a Redhat application that I run on my OSX desktop via a remote X11 session. Everything works fine except keyboard shortcuts. I can copy with Command C but I have to use Control P rather than ...
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Embedded VNC session
What I need is to allow a remote user access to a host machine (Ubuntu) via VNC. The catch is that the user should only be allowed to use a specific software and nothing else.
My solution for now is ...
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How to fullscreen application across both monitors of dual head display?
I have two Ubuntu 10.4 machines (and Ubuntu continues to hide more and more xorg.conf config such that I no longer know where to find it). One is a laptop running dual headed - DP1 is the internal ...
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Is X11 the default display server application on Mac OS X?
Is X11 the default display server application on Mac OS X? If not, which app is?
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Different graphic cards drivers while booting from external media
I am booting a certain system of mine with ubuntu 9.10 from external HDD. I am satisfied with the setup and it works fine, however I would like to modify it so that I can choose which graphic card ...
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Getting rights for display for 2nd user in Ubuntu
How can you get rights for the 2nd admin-user in Ubuntu?
My window-manager is Ion3.
I get the following errors for X11 applications run by the second admin-user.
masi@masi-desktop:/home/noa$ ...
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Fixing X11's startup Errors by Xorg.conf or modprobe
I am using Ubuntu Live CD to get an access to the broken Ubuntu after running a few Linux Kernel Magic commands without knowing completely what I did.
I mounted the system to Live CD.
I need to ...
