Xorg is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms.
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What does LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 actually do?
KDE SC 4.5.0 has some problems with some video cards including mine. Upon Release Arch recommended several workarounds. One of which was
export "LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1" before starting KDE
I ...
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Startx failing in FreeBSD
I've install gnome2, xorg, and xinit (should xorg have done that for me?), and startx yields:
"xinit: unable to run server "/usr/local/bin/X": No such file or directory"
I checked in the directory, ...
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Pixelization of KDE screen
I am using Arch Linux on an Acer Aspire 5920G and KDE 4.6.5 as WM. All installed packages are up-to-date.
Starting some days ago I got few strange artifacts that spread all over the screen. ...
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“startx” not found in Slackware 14.0
Had been running smoothly for a while in Slackware 14 on my laptop, did full install with KDE,then after installing Tor and Vidalia, the Vidalia icon stopped working, so I restarted the computer.
For ...
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arch installation- startx not working
I went through the Arch installation yesterday, everything seemed to be going fine but when I ran startx it gave an error(in image below)-
Is it a problem with the graphics card driver? My laptop ...
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Window content freezes
I recently started using Kanotix, a Debian based distro that loads itself into RAM on boot, and i'm loving it. But this is the second time I have this problem, and I was wondering what caused it and ...
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CentOS - /var/log/messages - “Load Detected on Output A” noise
I'm getting perpetual log entries that look like this:
Jan 31 00:50:35 service1 kernel: [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Load detected on output A
Jan 31 00:50:35 service1 kernel: [drm] nouveau ...
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All installed software/commands will not run unless root user in Slackware 14
I originally thought it was just startx, but now I've discovered ALL commands are "not found" for any user except root... I obviously haven't checked the path for every single one, but the path for ...
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Start X after automatic login
I have a working automatic login to a virtual console after boot.
Now I want the X server to start automatically, instead of typing startx.
This worked before, but after switching to systemd, X would ...
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Please help clarify for me the role and architecture of Xorg (X server) and interaction with other software
Sorry, this is going to be a multi-prong question, so please bear with me:
I have been a Linux user for years now, but I still struggle to understand how X compares with the software used for display ...
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Used xrandr to rotate monitor but cannot reverse it after deleting script
I following a guide to have my tablet (Samsung ativ 700t running ubuntu 12.10 Gnome3) invert the screen 180 on login
I place a script file in /etc/X11/Session.d/45custom-script.
Contents of file: ...
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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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Auto login problems with slim
I have installed Arch and am having problems with the auto login options within slim.conf. I have installed the following X packages:
xorg-server
xorg-xinit
xorg-twm, xterm
and for the graphics: ...
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How to switch from TTY to KDE in Oracle Linux
I had installed Oracle Linux. While installing I had selected KDE for the desktop.
After finishing I assumed that I could login to KDE Desktop, but I got a TTY.
It asked for login and I gave root ...
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Avoid display blanking under X
I have an Ubuntu Linux box (12.04). I can't prevent the screen blanking under X.
I have tried the command xset s off, inserted the command line kernel parameter acpi=off in grub at kernel boot. ...
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Command for forcing a pointer ungrab (captured mouse release)
Sometimes Firefox doesn't release the mouse after dragging, so I need to kill the application to force it to release its pointer grab.
Is there any command to force an application to ungrab the ...
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Conky on multiple display?
I have an external display that show the right part of my screen (--right-of option in xrandr),
And my conky panel was just gone. (occupies space, but not visible on both display)
What I want is the ...
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What steps are involved in porting an Xorg OpenGL app to DirectFB?
I'm looking for a birds-eye view on porting a small app1 that uses some OpenGL functions from it's home on Xorg to run in a more stand-alone fashion using DirectFB. I am unfamiliar with both C and ...
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CentOS: Avoid that ALT-F4 switches to console
At least every Linux system that I worked with used the convention to switch to the non-graphical consoles by Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F2 and so on.
Recently, I installed CentOS 6.3 on a machine. The ...
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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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Xorg not working on Arch Linux
I installed Arch i686 on a VirtualBox VM (I have an nvidia GT610). I ran the following commmand as root:
pacman -S nvidia
After installation and rebooting, I ran
pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit ...
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disabling x server on Fedora 17
How can I disable x server from starting up on Fedora 17? In older versions the user should edit /etc/inittab but in this version (I don't checked this on previous versions) Fedora uses some other ...
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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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How to forward X over SSH from Ubuntu machine?
I have a machine running Ubuntu which I SSH to from my Fedora 14 machine. I want to forward X from the Ubuntu machine back to Fedora so I can run graphical programs remotely. Both machines are on a ...
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Mapping Super Keys to Control without Xmodmap
I've been attempting to switch my super and control keys in X on a macbook and have been half successful. I'd like to avoid creating a custom .Xmodmap if possible, as there is a temporary 100% cpu bug ...
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Disable Keyboard & Mouse input on unix (under X)
How can one programmatically "freeze" the Keyboard & Mouse temporarily, so that no one could mess with the system?
There are several possibilities where this is useful. For instance, I have a ...
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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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Xorg and Xserver not starting up after hibernate
I'm currently running Mint 14 on this computer, but it also previously happened with Fedora 16 so I'm guessing it's a general problem with my drivers.
The display will not start up after the laptop ...
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Mouse sensitivity confusion
In my few years of using Linux from using Windows for so long, there have been many new concepts for me to grasp. One of the more obvious seeming mysteries to me is how the mouse is configured in ...
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How do I set up dual quadro cards in RHEL 5.5
have a RHEL 5 workstation with 2 nvidia Quadro FX4500 cards, with one display attached to each card. After doing a clean install of RHEL 5.5, the second display doesnt work (it worked ok in RHEL 5.2). ...
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The second monitor displays with a resolution of 640x480
The system does not detect my second monitor connected the DVI. Appears in the settings of the words "digital device" and adjustment increase that I can set the resolution to 640x480. At D_SUB see ...
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Monitor if there's a fullscreen app starting?
I run workrave on my computer, when I play fullscreen games like warzone2100, it would like this program to be killed automatically and restart when the full-screen app quits.
Any ideas?
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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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Upon login, session crashes and returns me to greeter
I'm running Elementary Luna Beta 1 and I'm running into some pretty difficult problems. Whenever I try logging in with the greeter (either pantheon-greeter or even lightdm-gtk-greeter), it immediately ...
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How to change a keycode using setkeycodes
I have a Thinkpad Edge E130 running Sabayon (a Gentoo-based distro), and I'm fighting the well-know bug Xorg 255 keycodes limit.
My laptop has the Fn+F4 hotkey for Mic Mute/Unmute. This is the ...
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How do I change the drag and drop threshold in Linux? (I'm using Gnome 3)
I'm not sure if it's a gnome setting or something deeper into the Linux OS, but I'd like to change the drag and drop threshold.
It happens too often on my clickable touchpad that I try clicking and ...
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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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Create xorg input device configuration file for only a specific device
I've noticed that there are a few problems with using the Apple Magic Trackpad by default on Ubuntu derivatives. I've found the solution lies in making a modification to ...
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Problems when using the framebuffer device directly
I am writing a program using the framebuffer device directly and I have three problems there.
1) The only way I can set the screen resolution correct is by passing the kernel option during boot:
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Monitor if a running X session is idle for a while
Is there any way to monitor if a X session is inactive for i.e 10 minutes? And I would execute a command when it happens, like a screensaver, but it's not a screensaver in this case.
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Possible missing firmware
I've just installed Backtrack 5 r3 (Gnome, 64bits) on my new machine but I am kind of facing a problem.
I tried installing ATI driver, gparted, and libc for 32-bit support and I always seem to be ...
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Kensington orbital scroll wheel two consecutive button press 5 when scrolling
Using the scrolling function on my kensington orbital scroll wheel mouse in xev I see that two ButtonPress and ButtonRelease events of button 5 are triggered during a very small movement, followed by ...
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Configuring Xorg lvl5 symbols
I configured Lvl3 via editing /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/typo. But I found no documentation, how configure lvl5. I tried to add 2 more entries in this file, like this
key <AD05> { [NoSymbol, ...
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Some GUI programs hung up
Today I decided to migrate to systemd. Everything work quite good, but I have problem with few GUI programs - they hung up after draw window (see img at the end of msg). Program in which I discovered ...
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emacs --daemon crashing after closing emacsclient -c
I start emacs daemon with the following commnad.
$ emacs --daemon
This seems to work.
After this I start emacs client as follows
$ emacsclient -c
Whenever I close the emacsclient, the server ...
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how to close X Server, to avoid errors while updating nvidia driver?
I tried to update my nvidia driver but i got an error when i ran the driver installation.
See the error:
ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
...
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Detect Monitor crashes the system with Nvidia Drivers in Linux Mint 13, Mate
I am using Linux Mint 13 - Mate in my Laptop and I am new to Linux.
Configuration - i3 Processor, nVidia GeForce GT 420M.
I am using a external monitor from Benq Corporation. I installed the latest ...
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X.org no screens found Arch Linux [closed]
When I try to issue the startx command in Arch Linux in Virtualbox, it gives me the DREADED "Fatal error: no screens found". How to fix?
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Screen flickers in Fedora 17
Screen flickers every 10 seconds. (I timed with a stopwatch, screen flickers every 10 seconds, 6 times a minute exactly.)
I've used Windows and I'm trying to use Linux. I don't know much about Linux. ...
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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.
