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Single key audio capture in Linux (save on key release)
I'd like to run a program that records audio only when the Right Control key is held down. On keyboard release the result would write to disk as, e.g. yy-mm-dd hh:mm.ogg. How might I do that?
$ ...
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Virtual mouse driver, possible X11 problems
I created virtual mouse driver according to Essential Linux Device Drivers book. After I wrote coordinates echo x y > /sys/ ... /coordinates into sysfs node, my program generates event packets ...
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difference between X and Xorg executables under Debian 6.0(kernel 2.6.32-5-686)
What is the difference between X and Xorg executables? I have both in /usr/bin directory:
# file /usr/bin/Xorg
/usr/bin/Xorg: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically ...
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How does X-server calculate DPI?
From Xfce Docs:
In case you want to override the DPI (dots per inch) value calculated
by the X-server, you can select the checkbox and use the spin box to
specify the resolution to use when ...
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Which user owns X display?
How to determine, as root, which user owns X display :0? (on a Fedora 18 system with defaults)
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Running Mono on Centos 5 CLI
I have vps server (virtual private server) running on linux centos 5 32 bit , i installed vncserver x windows , gnome and kde environment and i connect to the vnc server from vncviewer in my windows 7 ...
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Setting the minimum pointer speed with no usable GNOME GUI
I use Debian Squeeze x86-64 (Kernel 3.2) with gdm3 and GNOME on a 2010 MacBook Pro.
Recently, as I tried changing the pointer configuration, I accidentally set the minimum speed of the pointer to 0 ...
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Can X11 scale to virtual resoltions on HiDPI/Retina screens the way OS X does?
I've recently had the chance to use a Macbook Pro with Retina Display, and its quite clear that the display is futuristic enough to actually warrant Apple's over-the-top marketing.
I've got sensitive ...
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How to force X to use specific display, regardless if it is plugged in?
As it says in title:
How to force xorg to use specific display trough HDMI, regardless if it is plugged in?
I have TV that has some crazy "power save" option that can't be turned off and X thinks ...
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How can I automatically disable my laptop's built-in keyboard in X.org?
Distro and X.org Version Information
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 with xserver-xorg/quantal 1:7.7+1ubuntu4.
Disabling Built-In Keyboard in X11
I have a laptop with a built-in keyboard that no longer ...
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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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Cyborg RAT mouse with xserver
I got a cyborg RAT3 mouse. This mouse got some problem to work on linux.
I'm under lubuntu 12.10. I have searched some solutions on google.
I have done this : I created /etc/X11/Xmodmap file, and I ...
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Input freeze when X starts on other terminal
I have a Packard Bell F2011HC-125GE running a Debian Squeeze-based Linux.
After a few days of usage i found the system freezes from time to time.
It's obvious the freezes happen, when X starts while ...
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How to disable select-on-release right mouse button in Linux
We are having issues with mouse behavior in Linux.
In Windows:
In any application, to open a context menu and select an option:
right mouse button down + release
move the cursor to an option
left ...
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xming debian can't open display
I followed numerous guides for setup and even more "can't open display" error solution, but still can't find what's wrong.
First, on VPS Debian Squeeze I installed xserver-xorg-core and xauth.
Then ...
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Alternate screensaver settings on different X instances
On my desktop system, I run two instances of X-- one is associated with the physical screen, one is associated with a virtual screen (a la vncserver).
I use the physical one to do things related to ...
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Can I display part of a window on the second device?
When giving presentations, I use the html/css/js-based showoff. It has a presenter mode which shows the notes and the progress in a good way for me. It seems like the idea is that somehow a second ...
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bash commands don't seem to run in .xinitrc
I am trying to run some bash commands in my .xinitrc script, but the window manager starts without these commands running properly.
I run Arch Linux with the window manager is called "awesome", and I ...
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Black and white (greyish color) console and X11 [closed]
Can I achieve simply the state of my system with no color?
I'm using openbox.
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Ctrl-Alt-F1 not working from X
I have a system running Debian 5.0 that doesn't respond to Ctrl-Alt-F# (1-6)
Check if Ctrl, Alt, F1 and F2 are intercepted correctly...
$ DISPLAY=:0 xwininfo
xwininfo: Please select the window ...
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How can I fix my X11 draw garbled icons?
I'm running linux mint 12:
$ cat /etc/issue
Linux Mint 12 Lisa \n \l
This started happening recently:
And I'm not sure why. It's not just limited to the above icons and text.
$ lspci | ...
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Two monitors and a single X-Screen: How to change “full screen” center and resolution
I have two monitors, both 1600 x 900, running as a single x-screen.
When I try to run a full screen application (a game for example), the application full screens as though my two monitors were one ...
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How Do I Shrink the Visible Area of the X11 Root Window?
I would like to make the visible workspace of my desktop fill up less space than the entire monitor while keeping image fidelity constant. Presumably, any solution would leave a black border around ...
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How to setup 3 screens with 2 ATI GPU Debian Squeeze
I want to use 3 screens on my computers with 2 graphics card ATI Radeon HD 5450.
I've installed fglrx ATI drivers.
Here is the result of lspci :
root@dev1:~# lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible ...
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How to dump the icon of a running X program?
Is there a way to get the icon of a running X program? When you switch between windows, you could see the icon of it, e.g through xfwm4.
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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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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 screencap another Xorg display?
I started another x session from my current one like so:
xinit xterm -- :128
An x session starts in display :128, xterm gets run in it and everything is fine.
I switched back to screen :0 (the ...
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Is it possible to keep a vnc server alive after log out?
I am using OpenSUSE and I have created a script that launches at startup the x11vnc server. But when the user logs out x11vnc is killed.
I want it to start again automatically.
Here the script I ...
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Custom xkb layout in which one key creates two unicode code points
I am writing a new custom keyboard layout for Xorg, but there is one particular glyph which does not exist in Unicode. It is, however, easy to create it by using a standard letter plus a combining ...
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Why Xnest server has different glxinfo than normal Xorg server?
I've run Xnest server. It appears Xnest doesn't use my graphic card or at least it doesn't use direct rendering.
Normal Xorg glxinfo
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer ...
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What is the best way to implement hotkeys support in Linux?
What is the best way to implement hotkeys support in Linux (ie support for brightness, audio or keyboard backlight keys)? By "best way" I mean robust, without code duplication, with minimal work ...
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Forcing font size based on language in .fonts.conf
I can specify the default font family used to display a particular language in X by editing .fonts.conf in my user directory (or editing the global /etc/fonts/fonts.conf). However, I've not been able ...
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Applying changes to xorg.conf without restarting
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and making some changes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I now need to restart X server to apply the changes, but I don't want to restart my machine.
I know restarting the display ...
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Turn off beep of Xorg
How should I disable beep permanently? I know xset b off can do this, but what's the corresponding option in xorg.conf? Or any other way to do this?
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How to run xrestop remotely?
I need to run xrestop on a remote machine. When I connect through ssh and run xrestop I get the results for my local machine.
I see that there is an option -display but I don't know how to use it.
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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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Xorg hangs before login screen
I'm using a TripleHead2Go to host 2 1920x1080 monitors as one massive 3840x1080 display in addition to my laptop's 1920x1200 display. If I try boooting with it plugged in, however, it hangs and never ...
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No Video Output with DVI to VGA converter
Here's a weird one... so X definitely grabbed all the EDID info from my second monitor, as nothing seems amiss in any output or log. The system responds correctly to enabling output, i.e. xrandr ...
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Can't start X window because reporting can't find a valid framebuffer device
Can't start X window because reporting can't find a valid framebuffer device.
Here is the error output below:
"X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, ...
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X11 forwarding through SSH
I have been playing around with X11 forwarding the past few hours and so far I've managed to forward my desktop pc's X Server to my laptop, using X11VNC as server and X2VNC as client. X2VNC uses ...
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Which virtual terminal is a given X process running on?
When X starts, it searches for the lowest unused VT, and attaches to it. My problem is that when there are several running X processes, I need to be able to identify which one is the currently active ...
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Is there a way to remap the AltGr key to Ctrl with setxkbmap?
I've already checked the option section in /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst but I didn't find an entry for AltGr...
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Having xwin start by default on system boot
My system boots into a console, from which I can launch my gnome desktop by issuing the command startx. How can X be instructed to start by default upon boot? The commands /etc/init.d/gdm3 start and ...
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Change Startx Default on Slackware?
I installed Slackware as a VM within Virtual Box. Host is Windows 7, if it matters. I have successfully installed guest additions and XFCE starts and runs cleanly with or without the guest additions. ...
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Is there any X windows system, which is HTML, CSS, Javascript? Such as Web Browser?
For dacades X windows system is either BASH, C or etc. But is there any X windows system or any wrapper which can interpret HTML, CSS, Javascript to general Windows system?
I would like to build ...
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How to speed up X over fast connection ? (especially over ssh)
What are recommendations on speeding up X applications over local fast (gigabit) connections? (similar question for slow connections)
Currently I'm running over ssh -Y, which is fine, but I wonder if ...
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Setting up X server on Centos6 minimal
I'm trying to install Centos6, but as it turned out, DVD I downloaded was just couple Mb too large (CentOS-6.0-i386-bin-DVD.iso) for DVD to carry. So, to save time and don't download DVD again, I ...
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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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XAUTHORITY environ variable set repeatedly on every login
I am running a Suse Linux 11.04 system. My problem is that when I do a fresh login into a shell as root, a new Xauthority file of the form xauth***** gets created in the /root/ directory. Upon exiting ...
