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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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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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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Create and set custom keyboard layout
I want to create and set a custom keyboard layout with setxkbmap. I created a file in ~/.xkb/prog with this content:
partial default alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "basic" {
include "latin(type4)"
...
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Most minimalistic way to switch users in X session
If I want a minimalistic login I can use something like this in my .zprofile:
if [ $(tty) = "/dev/tty1" ]; then
startx
fi
However doing this way I cannot switch users on the fly anymore. I.e. lock ...
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command line retrieve list of all valid kbd layouts, variants and toggle options (to use with setxkbmap)
Is there a way from command line to retrieve the list of all available
keyboard layouts and relative variants?
I need to list all the valid layout/variants choices to be used then from setxkbmap.
...
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send keystroke to process
I'd like to run some applications in fullscreen. Even though they don't have an explicit such option, it is possible with the metacity Alt-F11 command.
So, I thought I could create such an input like ...
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Unicode characters in uxterm and dwm statusbar
This is a realm I've never really meddled in before. So I apologize if I'm missing something completely obvious.
I would like to display chinese characters in dwm's status bar, more specifically I ...
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Fast X for LXC guest on localhost?
How can I run X apps inside an LXC container efficiently?
ssh -Y guest
is too slow - there is no graphics acceleration with ssh -Y - everything has to travel over the virtual network with the ...
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Disabling caps lock by setxkbmap makes it Shift key in Emacs
I'm using GNU Emacs 23.2.1. within Xfce 4.8.0 (both coming from the Ubuntu Natty repository). I disable the CapsLock by running /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps" at the beginning of the Xfce ...
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How do I create a virtual secondary screen in X11?
I'm trying to use xvfb as a secondary screen, but I am struggling getting the two screens working together. xvfb does not seem to have the randr extension.
So is there another possibility to create a ...
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Why does US International Keyboard break Alt_R
All adding the U.S. English International (with dead keys) keyboard layout breaks my Alt_R key. Any ideas why?
I'm working on RHEL 5.5 using GNOME. The problem disappears if I remove the additional ...
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How to Fix Choppy Video Playback in Ubuntu?
On Ubuntu 10.04 I experience choppy video playback.
I am running Mplayer and have an Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video card. I have already installed the libvdpau1 library. I don't know if hardware ...
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Running setuid binary temporarily without setuid?
Currently setting up xpra, which wants to run an X instance as non-root using the dummy driver, but the system Xorg binary is SUID. Since the system auto-updates, I would prefer not making and ...
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Fn+F2 does not UNMUTE
I am using Lubuntu 11.10 (original, not Ubuntu + LXDE) on a Vaio VPCEG series. After install of some network manager, my key Fn+F2 got a different function.
It's printed on it the blue symbol for ...
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Wireless mouse freezes frequently for a second on laptop, when on battery
I have Samsung NP360E5A-A07PL laptop with ELAN Smart-Pad (ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad, according to gpointing-device-settings), and a Logitech M195 wireless mouse (with an USB receiver). On Linux ...
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Graphics dim, but mouse cursor not dim
When I resume from suspend-to-ram often the graphics on my internal screen is dim (around 30-50% intensity). Initially I thought it might be the backlight, but the mouse cursor is not dimmed - only ...
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Is there a way to get anti-aliased icons in X, running Linux?
When I use graphical desktop-environment on Linux, no matter really what I use, I notice some icons tend to look aliased. It seems like there is perhaps a lack of anti-aliasing, like the curves on ...
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Running VLC from a cronjob: How to get a DBUS connection?
I'm trying to run VLC headless from a cron job. The idea is to grab single images from a RTSP stream every two minutes and (later, and in another script) ftp them to a distant machine. The command ...
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How does X map from kernel key scan codes to a keysym?
According to this page there is no direct mapping from udev key mappings to X, it has its own mappings.
X has a (quasi) total independent way of mapping keys: X reads the kernel keycode table at ...
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change colour depth
How do I change the colour depth? It says online to edit the xorg.conf file, but I don't have that. I am running Debian XFCE on a Powerbook G4
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Xrandr not saving setting
Hello xrandr at install doesnt detect my tv to be 1920x1080@60hz, so I have to add the setting manually and when I do that with xrandr it works this is the commands I used
xrandr --addmode HDMI-0 ...
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Keyboard Problem with Debian testing and gdm3
I'm driving a Debian testing machine that is running fine. But since testing includes Linux Kernel 3 I have the following problem:
While booting all is working (I mean especially the keyboard) - ...
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Screen corruption after hibernate — Is there another way to refresh the X11 display?
When I restore from hibernate the screen is often corrupted. I suspect the graphics memory is not being saved. Suspend-to-ram works fine.
It also looks like the font-cache is corrupted, as all ...
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Find creator of resource in X [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What process created this X11 window?
Recently I've been bugged by a mysterious invisible window in X on my Ubuntu machine.
It takes the form of an always-top-most ...
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Automating typing strings in xmacro
Could you show me how to write macro in xmacro (that will work in whole desktop environement) that is able to expand strings?
e.g. I will type thx and it will expand to "thank you".
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startx results in blank screen
I just installed Xorg on Arch Linux but when I run startx, I only get a blank screen. What could be the problem here?
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Weird stuff going on in terminal and emacs since upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10
I can't really describe the slightly odd behaviour of my terminal window and occasionally also on emacs, but here's a picture of it happening:
If I press CTRL+L, it disappears. What could cause ...
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How to force release of a keyboard modifiers
Sometimes, when I use synergy between my machines when one is using full-screen VirtualBox guest I get stuck with some weird key modifiers turned on. If they exist on my keyboard (like Shift_L) I can ...
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HDMI port not working after installing KDE Desktop Enviroment for Ubuntu
My laptop can't detect the HDMI port and my Samsung TV shows no signal. When I run xrandr, my HDMI port doesn't show in the output.
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x ...
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Cannot add new mode in xrandr for external monitor
Today I was trying to connect my second monitor to my notebook. I have:
nvidia graphic card
304.43 drivers [support xrandr 1.2]
archlinux [up-to-date]
awesome wm
xrandr 1.3
My problem is with ...
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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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Can the nouveau Xorg driver be used for a multihead workstation?
I'm trying a manual setup of Xorg 1.9.5, for two identical monitors connected to the VGA and DVI ports of an nVidia GeForce 6600. I get the X Server to run using a single screen, and it appears ...
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Thinkpad disable TrackPoint
I have a new thinkpad x220t running Arch Linux.
There seems to be a problem in the products hardware architecture as the TrackPoint is moving when you convert the thinkpad into tablet mode and put ...
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With Synaptics “clickpad,” AreaBottomEdge prevents right-clicking
I have a new Sony Vaio Z with what I believe they're calling a "Clickpad". That is, it's a touchpad with a single physical button beneath, and the detected location of the click is used, in software, ...
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Xorg: multiple keyboards, one configuration
On my laptop, I tweak some keybindings and keyboard preferences with
xmodmap and xset. When I plug an external USB keyboard, the
configuration for that new keyboard is the default, i.e., without my ...
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How can I make C-m1 emulate a right click?
On Mac OS X, you can right click by holding down control and clicking. I swapped the command and control keys with setxkbmap -option altwin:ctrl_win, but how do I make it right click by holding down ...
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KDE4 does not finish loading
I've installed and configured xorg on arch (using these instructions) and kdebase. I've added dbus and kdm to daemons. After the login with kdm, but before finishing loading the deskop all stops and i ...
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X.org missing fonts
I have a font installed (7x14, part of the xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps package), which I would like to use in my xterm. Problem is, X won't let me.
X seems to pick up the font dir:
# grep -A 3 FontPath ...
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emacs can't open display
Just recently this has started happening; I run: /usr/bin/emacsclient --alternate-editor="" --no-wait -c and get:
ERROR: Display :0.0 can't be opened
No other applications do this.
The output ...
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Debian 6.0 and Intel “Sandy Bridge” (DH67CL) integrated video
Is there a way to get the above to work - I have a quite recent desktop with the hardware and OS mentioned in the title. I was in a rush when first installing it, so I just grabbed an nvidia PCI-e ...
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How to configure Xorg for a dynamic dual monitor setup
I have a laptop usually (!) connected to an external monitor. Now I want to configure (if possible without any scripts and/or xrandr) xorg such that
If the external monitor is connected AND the ...
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X stuck when using OpenGL
On a stock Dell, RHEL 5.3, my X gets stuck when running any OpenGL program for more than a few seconds. After a few seconds, the screen freezes, and after another few seconds sometimes the screen ...
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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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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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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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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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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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resolution of attached widescreen
I wanted to connect my TV (Sony Bravia) to my Laptop. My laptop has a displayport and the TV a HDMI. So with the adapters, I'm able to connect those two, and that part works.
What doesn't work, is ...
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X Windows Terminates when I type {+<ENTER>
In particular when I type the following keyboard combo:
<hold shift> [ <release shift> <enter>
I get dumped out of KDE and see a flash of some console output but I can't find it in ...
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Configuring Xorg.conf for i915 intel driver
I have a MotionComputing M1400 pen tablet. It runs Debian Squeeze, and today I noticed it was using software rendering for OpenGL, so I decided to try to use the intel driver. My chipset is the Intel ...
