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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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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Nouveau doesn't work after upgrade to Debian Wheezy
I upgraded from Debian squeeze to wheezy. My box contains an old graphics card not supported by current Nvidia drivers for distros newer than lenny (NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]), so in my ...
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I can't login to Crunchbang Linux
I rebooted my VM and now I can't login. It gives me the following error:
Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some ...
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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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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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Terminal not displaying correctly after quitting Xorg
I am running a fresh arch-linux install (as of 17/07/12) with the ATI catalyst drivers (as mentioned on the wiki page).
When I run xinit, everything works fine and looks great but when I exit the ...
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How to make Compose work in GTK and Qt apps?
I used Gnome for a long time, but preferred vanilla X input method (xim) over the default GTK behaviour. I just set GTK_IM_MODULE and QT_IM_MODULE enviroment variables to xim, and didn't have any ...
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FC16: can't log in via LightDM or GDM (but 'startx' works fine)
I'm running Fedora Core 16 (with all patches applied as of 11 Feb 2013, AFAICT) on a dual-monitor Lenovo workstation, and can't seem to access my desktop via a graphical login manager. My system ...
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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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Change screen resolution in Fedora 16
I have a Dell Inspiron 1750 installed with Fedora 16. I only have three resolutions to pick from: 1600 x 900, 1024 x 768, and 800 x 600. None of these are satisfactory for me.
How can I get more ...
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Test for monitor resolutions
I want to buy a new display device, but I don't know if it will be supported by my card because the weirder/higher resolutions: 2560 x 1080, or 2560 x 1440.
Is there any method to create a virtual ...
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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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Window contents disappear after maximizing
Window contents usually disappear after Maximizing them! Especially Firefox. I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Vaio Z56 laptop (graphics card: nVidia GeForce 9300M GS). I've read this question before and ...
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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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Error installing xserver-xorg-video-* package from squeeze-backports in Debian Squeeze
I wanted to upgrade my Intel Core i[357] Integrated Graphics (Arrandale) driver so that DRI would work.
But some packages were broken in the middle of the installation.
username@hostname:~$ sudo ...
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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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Xorg freeze with external monitor on Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 ( Debian linux )
I have as issue with my ASUS X80L laptop ( system config: Celeron M 550, 2Gb RAM, Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 video ). I'm running Debian testing on it with X.Org v 1.12.1.902 and XFce 4.8.
Every 10-20 ...
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changing xorg driver for netbook with cedarview integrated graphics
So I was messing around. I installed debian, everything worked fine. I had to re-install debian for whatever reason. It decided to do something different and now I'm stuck with a 800x600 resolution ...
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Arclinux running xfce4 fails to start
I run archlinux xfce4 with auto-login and auto start. After upgrading today 07-MAY-13 the X fails without leaving a error message in Xorg.0.log.
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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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dual-monitor bugs during resolution setting
My OS is Slackware 13.37 64-bit. I have two monitors. Primary one supports 1920x1200 and the secondary one 1280x1024. I use this line to enable dual monitors in "non-clone" mode:
xrandr --output ...
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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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Fedora 15 Crash after xorg.conf file update
I updated my xorg.conf file looking to set up a dual screen system. Unfortunately, I can't provide you this file because when I went to reboot my system crashed.
The last line I get when I try to ...
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X.org: two 'Screens' on one 'Device'
Gentoo, linux 3.7.10
X.Org X Server 1.13.4
GDM 2.20.11
GNOME 2.32.1
Radeon HD 6850 card, radeon xorg driver
I have Radeon HD 6850 card with two DVI monitors on it. X -configure command has generated ...
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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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Vmware Xorg error compiling keymap?
I've upgraded from Opensuse 12.2 M3 to 12.2 Beta 1 and X is broken. Startup hangs after mysqld with a black screen. But I can use a console and when I try to manually start X it gives me the error ...
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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 ...
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Attach terminal to X desktop running in VM
At home I'm setting up a CentOS 5.5 server that will be running a bunch of KVM VMs. Normally pressing the CTRL-SHIFT-Fn combination on the attached keyboard switches to terminals on the host machine. ...
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How do I get sound to work outside lightdm
If for whatever reason I sudo stop lightdm running on mint and just use a simple xinit session with mutter, is there some way I can get sound to work? Whenever I do that, it seems there's no sound.
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Display problem - Random grid appears on screen
I have recently started using Arch with nvidia driver (I had a lot of problems getting nouveau to even work so I decided to try nvidia) and I started experiencing rather odd problems. Every now and ...
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Black screen closing windowed opengl apps : XIO fatal error 11
When I quit windowed OpenGL applications, mainly LWJGL ones, I get a black screen for approximately two seconds. The screen doesn't go in power save mode, it never shuts down: I can see the backlight ...
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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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OpenBSD 5.2 and Intel GMA X4500: How to get the X Window System to work
I've just installed OpenBSD 5.2 on my desktop computer and I can't get the X Window System to work. My graphics card is Intel GMA X4500. When I run startx, my system freezes and no keyboard ...
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Why does Stackoverflow in Iceweasel cause high CPU usage for Xorg?
If I go to the front page of this site, and hit page down/page up repeatedly, it's pretty quick, and firefox-bin (iceweasel) uses maybe 50% CPU, Xorg uses maybe 40%.
If I go to Stackoverflow's main ...
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Linux Mint 13 Xfce window button disappeared & no mouse cursor in text mode
I am using Linux Mint 13 Xfce version on VBox. After one month without any problem suddenly today I noticed that the min-max-close buttons on all windows have disappeared.
Secondly, I can write in ...
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how to configure xorg.conf for extended desktop?
I would like to setup the dual monitor settings where I can use two monitors as a
single Desktop with single panel, single launcher and when some programs are maximized then it should span both the ...
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Keyboard is not responsive on xorg-server-1.13.1
When I've upgraded to xorg-server-1.13.1 keyboard stopped functioning.
I then downgrade to xorg-server-1.12.4 and xorg-drivers-1.12 and it works now.
What's the problem?
UPDATE 1
My USE flags for ...
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Fedora 18. Centering activities on one monitor
I've recently installed Fedora 18 and the only gripe I have so far is that everything is spread between two monitors. Example: The date is currently half on one monitor, half on the other. I get 'Thu ...
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Fedora 17 Xorg fails to start on boot
My Fedora 17 installation is no longer booting into X : it finished loading the boot screen, then the cursor turns into an "X", flashes a quickly a few times then the just stalls.
To get X to load, I ...
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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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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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OpenBSD, NVIDIA, and Xorg
I've installed OpenBSD 5.2 i386 on my desktop however I hit a wall when it came to running X at my native resolution (1920x1200). All of the hardware is working normally except for the video card: an ...
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How to configure FOSS ATI drivers on Debian Wheezy and ATI RS880 [Radeon HD 4250]?
Installed a fresh Debian Wheezy to enjoy Gnome 3 but it starts in fallback mode. I suppose that's because the loaded drivers do not support 3D acceleration.
Installed packages I know are relevant:
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Detecting monitors on machine over local ssh connection
I need to write a script to check on video related things on machines in the local network, e.g.
Is a monitor plugged in?
Are the video drivers up to date and appropriate for the hardware?
Is Xorg ...
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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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“crash” when switching users in Linux Mint 12
I have a clean Linux Mint 12 install on a Lenovo R61i laptop. I have multiple users configured - one for myself, my wife, and my daughter. My account is the only sudoer.
Two or three times a week the ...
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How do I get current keyboard layout?
I'm wondering is there any command line tool, that returns current keyboard layout.
I have XkbLayout set to us, ru.
Update: setxkbmap returns layout settings, not selected layout. E.g.:
$ setxkbmap ...
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Determine xinput device manufacturer and model?
I'm trying to find the device manufacturer and model of my keyboard and touch pad so I can write an XOrg configuration file targeting it via:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
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How to find the best monitor resolution and put it to work? Fedora
In this question I'm asking how to install a compatible driver to a Fedora machine, but, the main problem is a bad resolution.
So, how can I find the best resolution to my monitor and put it to work?
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