Questions tagged [xorg]
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 community.
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Screen turns black after 2 minutes of inactivity
Fresh Debian install with XFCE and then installed i3wm which I mainly use (selecting it during login).
I've tried several approaches, such as xset s off -dpms, xset 1200 1200 1200 and other use of ...
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X server crashes on certain webpages
I'm using Void Linux.
In the recent time I have noticed, that when I open a new tab with certain link, but I do not know them a priori, everything is okay, but then, if I try to switch to that tab, or ...
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Sharing Clipboard Between Weston and Xorg
I’ve installed the wl-clipboard package and tried copying text from Xorg to a Weston window, but I encountered the following error:
[hemlo@ASUS ~]$ whoami
reyuki
[hemlo@ASUS ~]$ wl-copy "...
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KODI Standalone: Second GUI App possible?
To my understanding, KODI uses GBM in standalone mode to display content without X11.
In my case: It should run on a minimal Debian system without desktop environment and as less X11 as possible.
I ...
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Running XRDP on official 390.157 NVIDIA drivers
I have a server with NVIDIA Quadro P2000 GPU, the latest version of NVIDIA drivers I can use is 390.157. I'm trying to get XRDP running on this server. My desktop enviroment is Gnome, as I failed ...
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Use external screens only on an optimus laptop with Xorg
I have an ASUS TUF A15(2023) optimus gaming laptop with Fedora 40 with the AMD built-in GPU and Nvidia discrete RTX 4070. Graphics configuration works well on Wayland: I connect to external monitors ...
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Mapping two buttons to ScrollButton action
I am using a Logitech Trackman on X Windows. The Trackman has the following default button mapping:
What I want to happen is for both buttons 8 and 9 to enable scrolling. That is, if I hold down ...
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Disabling touchpad buttons on Xorg
The physical buttons on my laptop's touchpad tend to get stuck. Is there a way to disable them without disabling the entire touchpad such that I can still move the pointer and scroll (and ideally but ...
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KDE Plasma with x11 sometimes doesn't load?
After I boot my PC (Tuxedo OS 22.04) sometimes KDE Plasma (6.1.2) won't load anything at the Desktop, only wallpaper and widgets. No menu bar, no icons. And also GPU (Nvidia RTX 3050Ti) is running at ...
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How can I launch an Xorg server on another tty?
I found this command, which lets me launch an Xorg on tty8
sudo systemd-run --property PAMName=login --property User="$user" --property StandardInput=tty --property TTYPath=/...
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Automatically reconfigure SDDM when monitor gets connected
I'm using SDDM (with Kubuntu if that matters) on a quasi headless setup, i.e., it normally has no monitor connected. Now there are some servicing tasks where I'd like to temporarily connect an ...
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Starting point for troubleshooting responsiveness discrepancy between RDP on macbook air vs macbook pro
I'm finding that my older, slower Macbook Air's responsiveness on Microsoft Remote Desktop Client to my Ubuntu server is significantly better than that of my newer Macbook Pro's (e.g. clicking a GUI ...
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Xorg Running on Nvidia GPU, but GUI not starting
New here, but not super new to Linux or Mint.
I just can't get my Xorg to start on my current display even though I see that Xorg is running on my GPU via nvidia-smi.
I've tried running inxi -G and ...
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How to execute bash commands on start using .xinitrc
I need to be able to change languages while I'm working, so every time I log in - I use this command:
setxkbmap -layout us,ua -option grp:toggle
Is there any way I can execute this command every time ...
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X11 forwarding - Putty - Xming: Why app run on the server instead of the client side?
I am trying to understand a few details about X11 forwarding using Putty and Xming.
I have an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS machine and am connecting to it from the same network using Windows 10 with Putty and ...
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How to use ssh x11 forwarding on Windows?
I am running XServer by VcXsrv on Windows. Here is my VcXsrv configuration, and I believe it should be listening on :0.0, which is port :6000.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8&...
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Emacs M-s-b is undefined
Until recently I was able to use the ◆ (super) key on my keyboard as an alt key inside emacs.
I used xmodmap with
remove Mod4 = Super_L
keysym Super_L = Alt_L
add Mod1 = Super_L
to turn that super ...
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install xorg with dpkg
I try to install xorg with dpkg on armbian (no internet on the device).
I have all needed packages but when i do dpkg -i *.deb, i have this error :
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ...
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How can effects of "xrandr --output eDP --brightness 0.3" and "redshift -r -P -O 3800" be merged?
Seeking darker screen, and redshifted, combined,
how can the effect of (e.g.)
xrandr --output eDP --brightness 0.3 --verbose
and
redshift -r -P -O 3800
be merged, so both xrandr's --brightness 0.3, ...
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i3 freezes when launching an Nvidia Accelerated Application on Nvidia Optimus
I am using i3 on a laptop with an rtx 3060 and an Intel Tigerlake GPU. The Nvidia GPU uses driver 550.67 and is for the most part working. DRM is not enabled (system refuses to boot to GUI if it is). ...
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Is there any way to create a new window terminal (pseudo-terminal) using a command without setting env $DISPLAY?
I am currently building an open-source utility (plugin), which requires a new terminal window (pseudo-terminal) to become more effective whenever it gets executed.
I was using gnome-terminal to ...
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How to bring X11/Xorg/X Server back from the dead on Debian 12?
Urgent help need, please! I recently had to perform a hard-reset (cycle the power) on a machine running Debian 12, and X11 will not start. After I enter my password, I get a black screen. Nothing. ...
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How to share applications between multiple OSs? [closed]
My goal is to have a triple monitor setup, each running a different OS (Linux, Windows and MacOS) and have mouse/keyboard sharing using something like Synergy as well as moving app windows from one to ...
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How to run window invisibly and prevent interaction with rest of desktop, but with GPU acceleration?
I want to run some GUI applications invisibly, and prevent interaction with the rest of the desktop (e.g. avoid them stealing focus), but with GPU acceleration, so they run performantly.
This is in ...
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X11 forwarding on SDDM
I am trying to forward X11 from my PC (server) to my laptop (client). I allowed X11 forwarding in my sshd_config. Running ssh user@ip -X returns Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth ...
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Remapping Artist Shortcut Remote in Linux
I am using the XP Pen Shortcut Remote that comes with the Deco Pro tablet, it has a dial and 10 keys. Each key (and the dial) is mapped to a keyboard stroke by default. For example pressing the top ...
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X11 on Ubuntu, all characters missing, while working fine with Xming on Windows
I tried to access a server with GUI through X11 on a PC with Ubuntu. The forwarding seems good, just with all characters missing:
screenshot_ubuntu_X11
However, I also tried to use PuTTY and Xming on ...
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GNOME 44.10: Drag-and-drop breaks Alt + Tab window switching in numerous ways
I am running a pretty fresh install of a Bluefin-based Fedora Silverblue atomic desktop with a GNOME shell using Wayland, and mostly Flatpak applications. (For what it's worth, I recently migrated my ...
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How do I get a Linux system with legacy mouse support to accept my KVM switch with absolute mouse mode?
One of my customers has a Linux system with the following details:
Suse Linux 15
I plugged in a KVM-over-IP device from Raritan (DKX4-101) which introduces a USB-device with Keyboard + mouse in ...
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Properly switch Caps Lock and Esc
I'm on KDE Neon 5.27 with X11, and the settings app has an option "Swap Esc and Caps Lock". I've been using this for a while, but some applications still think they're not swapped. I have to ...
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Vulkan: no DRI3 support detected on VNC server (Debian)
I'm using a Raspberry Pi 4 on the latest version Debian Bookworm 64-bits, and need to use vulkan in a VNC session. It works when wired to a screen: vkcube opens a window with a 3D rotating cube. ...
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Can't disable key in linux
I am running xorg. I want to disabling my pagedown key. I determined the keycode:
$ sudo showkey
keycode 109 press
keycode 109 release
and attempted to disable by running:
$ sudo xmodmap -e 'keycode ...
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Xorg turns laptop screen off on startup on Gentoo
I am having a problem with my Gentoo installation (binary kernel) where Xorg only turns off my laptop's screen when using Startx, and I can only change TTY to use Gentoo but only on CLI.
This happened ...
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redirect X11 ssh fowarding between linux and windows
I have a challenge and requesting your help to guide me on that.
I have two linux server (A, B), run ssh x11 fowarding from A to B (displaying specific app such as firefox or chrome or ...), infact ...
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How to assign a static ID to a display in Linux?
A bit of context first, I've used Yakuake for years now, it's not perfect, it has its bugs here and there but generally works great for me.
I have recently moved to using a multiple monitors setup (2 +...
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Setting coolbits on KDE Neon 5.27 goes wrong
I'm trying to set my KDE Neon 5.27's coolbits to 8 in order to gain manual fan control access using Green With Envy. Otherwise my laptop's fans are constantly firing loud even at stupidly low ...
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Strange white screen with lines before login screen - Garuda Linux
Since I’ve been using Linux, specifically Garuda Linux, I’ve seen this strange white screen (check images below).
It usually appears for 1~2 seconds or even less when I turn on, before the login ...
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gnome-shell or xorg not visible under nvidia-smi processes
I installed Ubuntu 23.10. I have NVIDIA GT 730, which is a legacy card now. While installation, the GDM would not appear, I was only greeted with a black screen. I installed using Safe Graphics Mode. ...
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Manjaro KDE (Plasma 5) and Wayland - Clipboard (copy/paste) issues with Wine
I use Linux Manjaro KDE (Plasma 5) and I am using the Wayland communication protocol for my display server (previously I used X11).
When making this change (Wayland to X11) I started having problems ...
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GnuCash - Seeing Different Sized Fonts in Same Reports Generated By Different Users
GnuCash version 3.4; Debian 10 (Buster); Cairo 1.16.0; Xorg 1.20.4
At our business, we have two different users (User1 and User2) on the same host that generate GnuCash invoices to bill our customers. ...
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Keyboard input getting stuck in Minecraft and other apps sometimes
TLDR; Keyboard input locks while playing Minecraft and other times but is most noticeable when using WASD movement keys in game. Changed from Ubuntu to Fedora, removed USB hub from connection chain, ...
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What can I do to address mouse cursor vanishing under Linux Mint 21.2 ("Victoria")?
I have a mouse cursor intermittently failing on me. My search did not find anything in questions here, but https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=377066 did seem to indicate the same problem, ...
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How to X11 forward after multi hopping in SSH?
I have the following SSH flow: root@HostA -> root@HostB -> root@HostC -> user@HostD
I want to do X11 forwarding for Firefox on HostD all the way back to HostA, since A, B and C don't have ...
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xinput settings are randomly lost
I start the following script at KDE startup to configure my Logitech TrackMan for left-handed use:
#!/bin/bash
lsusb | grep 'Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse' &>/dev/null || exit 0
xinput set-...
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KDE Keeps freezing for some reason
First, to give a bit of details about my system:
I use KDE plasma
I use X11/Xorg as my protocol
I use Arch Linux
I have an NVIDIA gpu and an intel IGPU
Since I've installed Arch i have been ...
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How do I stop rAlt+Spacebar from outputting the NO-BREAK SPACE character?
I use a non-English keyboard layout, which contains multiple characters that have to be input using, for example, rAlt+a, and I frequently press rAlt+space by accident, inserting an unicode character ...
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How to achieve 'split screen' capabilities (for gaming) on Linux
I'm trying to simulate the behavior of universal split screen, which is for Windows only on Linux (Fedora, preferably Gnome/XOrg)
I found a lot about xrandr, Xephyr and xinerama, but while all ...
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Why can't add new mode for xrandr?
cvt 1920 1080 120
# 1920x1080 119.93 Hz (CVT) hsync: 139.12 kHz; pclk: 369.50 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080_120.00" 369.50 1920 2080 2288 2656 1080 1083 1088 1160 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --...
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Possible to determine if a HDMI display connection is actively being used?
A computer with Kernel 6.2, an Intel IGP and an X11-based desktop is attached to a TV screen via HDMI. I'd like to determine if the TV is actively using the HDMI connection to the computer when it's ...
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Chromium session management on X11 vs Wayland
I use a chromium based web browser (brave) on awesome-wm (WM for X11). My normal workflow is to have 1 or 2 brave windows open on each virtual desktop. Then I would click the hamburger icon (settings) ...
