The X window system (commonly X Window System or X11, based on its current major version being 11) is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces (GUI) for networked computers.
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What process created this X11 window?
Given an X11 window ID, is there a way to find the ID of the process that created it?
Of course this isn't always possible, for example if the window came over a TCP connection. For that case I'd ...
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How to speed up X over SSH on a slow network connection?
Are there any specific recommendations on speeding up X applications over ssh on a slow network connection? In this specific case, I am accessing a server located in west coast from a laptop in east ...
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Manipulating X key and pointer grabs on the command line
What command line tools exist to list and manage X server grabs? (That's grab as in key and pointer grabs, i.e. restricting the use of a particular key or mouse button to a particular application, or ...
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GNU Screen for X11 Forwarding
I'm using X11 forwarding over ssh to run Linux apps on my Windows box, and when the network drops the lose everything that was running. Is there anything similar to screen for X11?
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Copy file to xclip and paste to Firefox
I'm coping file to xclip
cat file.txt | xclip
I'm pasting without problem with
xclip -o
When I want to paste it to Firefox with Ctrl+V it pastes old text (that shouldn't already be in the ...
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Reassign Ctl and Alt keys - xmodmap error
I am attempting to remap my keyboard in order to make emacs usable - my ergonomic keyboard puts its single Control key in an isolated 4-key island way off to the left.
The OS is debian squeeze.
Here ...
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Accessing Linux server from Windows machine in graphical mode via SSH
I need to access one of my school Linux servers from my home computer that runs Windows. And I need to access graphical desktop (X server) on them remotely, not only shell.
The problem includes 3 ...
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How to access X display from a cron job when using gdm3? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Open a window on a remote X display (why “Cannot open display”)?
I'm trying to run a cron job that needs access to my X session. I know my X session will ...
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Why won't my X Server won't start as a regular user?
X won't start on my main machine. I can start it as root, but then it only logs me in as root -- I can't use my regular user account. When I start up, it flashes a black screen, then hangs at ...
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Detach/reattach an application run on X over SSH?
I have a development server that I leave running all the time, and a development laptop that I turn off/on everyday.
I have a GUI application on the server that I'd like to run over SSH -X, and I'd ...
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How to use keyboard instead of mouse middle-click for copy/paste? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Pasting X selection (not clipboard contents) with keyboard
Is there a shortcut for copy-paste under X? I'd like to use the keyboard for pasting.
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What is “.xsession” for?
What is the purpose of the .xsession file in the home folder? What should be put in there? The desktop environments don't use that file and for the X startup from the tty there is .xinitrc.
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How can I run a separate X session on a different physical display?
Here's what I need to do. I need to be playing a movie over HDMI to a television screen for my friends while I'm hacking on some personal projects over VGA to a smaller monitor. It's imperative that ...
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Understanding linux desktop
I use debian wheezy xfce and want to set up my desktop. But I read some settings are redundant. Hence I want to understand how everything works, but I am massively lost. Can someone please sort, ...
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What process created this window with no PID associated? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What process created this X11 window?
I need to kill a process that spawned a window which seems to have no PID associated with it. At least that is what xdotool says:
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How do I find the window dimensions and position accurately?
I've been trying to figure out the size of a window for use in a small script. My current technique is using wmctrl -lG to find out the dimensions. However, the problem is this:
The x and y figures ...
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Debian: very low resolution and an “unknown monitor” problem
Edit: I have installed CrunchBang (or #!, a Debian-based distro), and that seems to have solved all of my resolution problems.
I've just installed Debian after using Linux Mint for a few months.
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xinerama, 2 cards, 3 monitors
I've been trying to get this right and I'm so nearly there, but not quite. This machine has an Intel adapter with one monitor, and an ATI adapter with two. I'm happy to use xinerama to get this ...
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Fully Disable PrntScr Key
I recently came across a Linux feature I have never seen before, where pressing the PrntScr button on the keyboard prints a physical piece of paper with the contents of my console.
I really need to ...
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How to configure xorg.conf for widescreen VNC on headless Linux/Ubuntu?
I have a Ubuntu 12.10 Box configured to run headless. I've managed to boot X headless by a lot of trial and error but I still have a glitch:
When booting using the monitor, it all works ok, widescreen ...
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How to refresh a window by terminal? Or how to simulate `F5`?
I would like a way to refresh a specific window by the terminal.
Probably I will need a comand to find the id or the name of the window and a command to refresh it.
It looks like xrefresh cannot do ...
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Xvfb or Firefox throwing errors & gratuitously logging
per the answer to this question, I'm running Xvfb to make a virtual display so firefox will run on my CentOS server. (I don't need to see firefox or do any actual key or screen input/output with ...
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Are there any advanced clipboard managers for Linux?
Are there any "advanced clipboard" managers for Linux that can store several things at one time?
For example I might wnat to collect several things in the clipboard:
a .jpg file
some text
etc.
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Find X.org pointer grab owner
I have an application that seems to have grabbed the mouse (I can move it but can't click anywhere), is there a way to find which app owns the X.org mouse grab?
The shortcut given here to release the ...
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Send a command from the console to a running X server
Is it possible to send a command from the console, say tty1, to the terminal currently occupied with X (in my case tty7 as I use Debian), to tell for example mplayer to play a movie?
Edit - made a ...
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Isn't $HOME supposed to be the location of the user's home directory?
I'm having trouble with a web application I'm writing: The web application, which runs as user nobody, needs to launch an inkscape process to manipulate some SVG files. Because this runs as user ...
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If you SSH into another computer, how to access other X displays?
This is a query based on personal use. A troll in our local network had downloaded Crikey, the key-event simulator. He used it to simulate events on other computers, leading to unwanted things. For ...
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how to assign another modifier to Alt key for X11?
Aim:
I would like to assign Alt to CapsLock-key, and Meta to Alt-key. But in such way, Alt-key would no longer be recognized as Alt, and CapsLock-key would no longer be recognized as CapsLock.
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Why doesn't dzen2 work when invoked via at?
dzen2 is a notification utility of sorts. This command will make a notification that says "Hi" appear on the screen:
echo Hi | dzen2 -p
Debian's at is a utility that schedules events to occur in ...
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Cinnamon failed: desktop only, no panel, no dialog frame
I am using Linux Mint 14 (MATE) with Cinnamon installed. Cinnamon failed when I tried to delete an item on the menu with menu editor. The system froze, so I logged out by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
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Mint 12: synaptic package manager error
Yesterday I had the same issue, I solved it by running
sudo synaptic
But today I don't know what's happening, if I run gksu synaptic or gksudo synaptic they don't do anything.
If I go to root and ...
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Remap Caps_Lock to Control in Solaris
I'm having the hardest time trying to understand how xmodmap works. I want to remap the Caps Lock key to Control.
In an attempt to emaulate the answers shown here, I created the file .xmodmaprc:
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