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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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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“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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Enabling 1366x768 resolution in Debian Wheezy on Atom D525 Board
For some reason, when I try to update to a modern version of Linux from Debian 6.0.7 or Ubuntu 10.0.4, I lose most of the resolutions that were available, including the native resolution of the panel ...
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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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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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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 ...
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How to map a complex multi-key combination into a shortcut to execute a process, in X (across WMs etc)?
I am wondering how can I make a complex multi-key combination like say, Ctrl+Alt+T into a shortcut to execute me a process,xterm for instance? The important caveat is that I want it wired into either ...
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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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Mapping AltGr to left control
I mapped my AltGr key to Ctrl with the following command:
setxkbmap -option ctrl:ralt_rctrl
However, when displaying the bindings with
xmodmap -pke
I can see that the keycode is associated to
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Virtual mouse linux module and problem with Xorg on ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to run virtual mouse driver from book "Essential Linux Device Drivers"
but when I'm load this module into kernel using insmod in /var/log/Xorg.0.log I see:
[ 757.212] (II) config/udev: ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mouse Scroll Wheel Speed Far too sensitive
In my crunchbang installation with X11, openbox, my wireless usb mouse is listed at both /dev/psaux and /dev/input/mouse0. It's working fine apart from the scrollwheel, which although active, is far ...
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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 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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Linux boots sometimes into kernel instead of Openbox
I have a Solid-Run Cubox and installed Debian Netboot on it.
Now I want to configure it as webserver/kiosk PC to run a self made webapp.
I installed xorg, openbox, apache/php libs and wrote my own ...
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KDE not loading without nomode tag in grub and bad resolution
I recently installed Linux Mint 13 KDE but it's not working fine. At first I had to use failsafe mode to boot because normal boot takes to a textual login.
If I use normal boot and text login I'm not ...
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Screen keeps dimming on Power (Dis-)Connect
I would like to disable the automatic screen dimming when I plug in our out my power adapter. Every time my laptop switches between battery/ac, my screen dims even though I have disabled it in every ...
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Wine fails with DirectX on Pinguy
I am trying to use Wine to play a 3d game on Linux that will run as long as the base system has the correct Direct X rendering. I have tried the Wine configurations and come up with:
...
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Stuck on Fedora splash screen after OpenBox3/tint2 install
My system was bogged down by Gnome3 DE and so I made an install of OpenBox3 and tint2 on a Fedora 17 system yesterday. Both were working marvelously. After a system reboot this morning, my system is ...
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Forcing X to recognise video ram, saving the file 99-vesa file
So I was looking at a question about forcing X to recognise video memory to achieve 1080p resolution, however when I finished the following piece of code:
Section "Device"
Identifier ...
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Debian monitor unknown and dual monitor setup
I'm running Debian on my laptop (Thinkpad T420 if it matters), and what I am trying to do is setup the native resolution. I want it to be 1366x768 but it's stuck at 1024x768 because when I go to ...
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xte and keyboard mapping
I'm trying to fake xinput events with xte:
xte "str $(echo '<ABC@gmail.com>')"
But, I get:
WQBC@g;qil<co;X
That's really weird, I'm using US keyboard and mapping, but xte gives this ...
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Keyboard repeat without pressing a key
Occasionally a key repeats although I do not press the key. I would like to prevent this phenomenon.
The phenomenon happens when I am pressing Ctrl+w again and again. After several times of Ctrl+w, w ...
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Security of xhost (local) and sudo xauthority forwarding
Context: launch a GUI application as a linux service. I considered making a headless daemon with a GUI front-end but there is too much code involved to do it now. This service must start on user ...
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Mouse click sound on fedora
I have a USB touch screen system with Fedora 14 installed. I couldn't get to play sound on any mouse click (on touch). Is there anyway to play a click sound, either by changing some configuration or ...
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OpenBSD X, mouse only scrolls down
I just got a new OpenBSD 4.8 instance up and running with Xfce. The only issue I'm having is that the mouse wheel only ever scrolls down. When I physically scroll up, X scrolls down. When I do scroll ...
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i915 cannot work with nomodeset?
I'm trying to get X to work on a ThinkPad W530. I set the BIOS to only use the integrated graphics, I attempt to boot. The display goes blank when KMS is executed and does not recover.
I append ...
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How can I replace my keyboard and mouse udev rules with xorg.conf.d?
Since it is impossible to make udev rules that affect Xorg settings run on startup, I'd like to replace these with other alternatives. At the moment, I have two primary udev scripts that I've written. ...
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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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Is there any way I can use notebook's touchpad as a pressure-aware pointer in a paint program?
I have a notebook (ASUS N56VZ) with multitouch touchpad.
Apparently my touchpad supports pressure levels (in Xorg.0.log I have line synaptics: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: pressure range 0 - 255)
It ...
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Can't add a resolution in Mint 14 Nadia (ATI RV516 X1350)
I just got a bootable USB w/ Linux Mint 14 Nadia installed and I ran into some problems with my laptop's graphic drivers. Computer is fairly old, it's HP Compaq 6820s from around 2008. Problem ...
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Start different applications on second, third and fourth monitor
I've read some questions about running an application on the second monitor but none of the suggested options has worked for me. Besides that, I'm trying to run different applications no only in the ...
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Can't drag and drop in Qt Creator
I recently installed the system upgrades for my Ubuntu distro (12.10). Since the upgrades, I can't drag and drop items in Qt Creator. I found a solution that requires editing of xorg.conf.
My system ...
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Setting KDE to crop the laptop's screen to match external VGA device's ratio
I have a laptop with 16:9 screen ration. Sometimes I need to attach it to a projector via VGA. The projector ratio is 4:3.
I use System Settings->Hardware->Display and Monitor->Size & Orientation ...
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How to setup GParted video mode in Oracle Virtualbox?
I'm trying to boot GParted live 0.14.1-6 within Oracle Virtualbox 4.2.6 r82870 (Extension Pack installed).
The host OS is Windows 7, the physical graphic card is an AMD Radeon HD 6900.
The physical ...
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Change behaviour of the modifier keys system-wide
I’d want to make modifier keys (control, alt, shift, meta, super, lv3_switch) to act like usual keys, I mean, without holding one of them to perform associated key combination. Say C-x M-1 can by ...
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after enabling Xinerama (in AMD condor Dual-Head Graphics Card) the system graphics hangs
I have a problem in my AMD Condor Dual-Head Graphics Card
When I enable Xinerama from "System → Preferences → AMD Catalyst Control center (Administrative)" my RHEL Server 6.3 (x64) Graphics hangs.
...
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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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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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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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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 ...
