Questions about X.Org Server (commonly known as Xorg Server, XServer or Xorg), the software that runs the X window system used by most desktop window managers (GNOME, KDE, etc)
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little conflict between xorg-xserver and gnome-control-center?
In Gnome-Control-Center with 'Brightness and Locks' - suspending of screen is set to 30 minutes. But after 30 minutes Linux is then crashing and I have to reboot. Have then settled bug-report.
Seems ...
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12.04 LTS 2 without screensaver?
I don't know if this has to do with xorg-xserver-bug currently ? ( at a friend's notebook )
screensaver resp. xscreensaver are installed but it does not appear in the system-settings as tool - for to ...
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System won't boot when xorg.conf exists
Problem:
I need to create a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to get my graphics to work correctly, yet whenever I create one using Xorg -configure and place xorg.conf.new there, X won't start after a reboot.
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VGA DisplayLink adapter under Ubuntu 12.10
I'm trying to connect a third monitor as an extended desktop to my other two. After hours of trying, I achieved a green screen on the monitor with the DisplayLink adapter. Then i wrote a xorg file, ...
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Problem writing 'pipe' symbol on danish keyboard (Ubuntu 12.04 server, console)
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 Server (32-bit) on an old machine, and have problems writing the | (pipe) symbol. I have no graphical UI installed.
My keyboard has danish layout, and all other symbols ...
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Unity only shows wallpaper, second monitor not recognized after botched driver update
My second monitor was not working properly (it seemed to refresh only the parts around my cursor for some reason), so I tried to install nvidia-current to test with new drivers.
This had the ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 nvidia-current boots into blank screen
Similar to here but I didnt understand if I could add to it or not. Ive tried everything he has tried - upgrading to 3.9 kernel and using NOMODESET in grub, up from 3.8, did not resolve for me ...
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Support for AMD Mobility Radeon hd 2xxx-4xxx in the near future?
I am currently running a laptop with ubuntu 12.10 installed and a mobility radeon hd 4650 graphics card.
From what I was able to find out, it seems AMD as officially removed the support on any ...
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How can I begin to troubleshoot graphic display glitches
I've had this graphic display issue for a while but it's never really been a huge pain to try and troubleshoot it because it happens rarely.
I've now plugged my PC into the AV receiver so I can ...
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How to hide all the verbose or login tty7 on bootup?
I'm a newbie in Ubuntu and now there's a problem I tried many ways but still can't make it,so I'm now here asking for help.
What I want to make is a OS that bootup and show Graphic theme(plymouth) ...
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GDM Starting Twice?
Lately, I keep getting booted into low graphics mode (using Intel, I don't have a xorg.conf) and when viewing startup errors it says "Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0"
This ...
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How to fix old software that starts with transparent window? [closed]
The former admin installed Amira, MARC/Mentat and some other software some years ago. It's my job to get it working again.
The following problem appears in any concurrent Version of Ubuntu and ...
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Cannot boot either Win8 or Ubuntu after a kernel update (Linux 3.8.0-23-generic)
I dual boot Ubuntu 13.04 x64/Windows 8 x64 in UEFI mode. After downloading a kernel-update (Linux 3.8.0-23-generic), I can no longer boot into either OS. I have put around 10 hours into this already, ...
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Changing the screen resolution to the true resolution option not available
I have recently updated through software update after installing a fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04 and my screen resolution is completely messed up. The default screen resolutions at the moment ...
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Use HDMI output screen using Nvidia 319 drivers
I'm trying to get my HDMI output to my monitor working using the Nvidia 319 drivers on Ubuntu 13.04
stevo@thebeast:~$ lspci | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd ...
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Exploding .xsession-errors file seems to have ruined my ability to use metacity
Recently I discovered that my .xsession-errors file ballooned to over 350 GB filling my /home partition completely.
Luckily, I had the remaining 5% reserved. I was able to get into the system, delete ...
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What is intended to xf86-video-unichrome library installation?
What is an event or precondition to install xf86-video-unichrome library if no one VIA graphics device is used in my system ?
ASUS P5QL Pro
NVIDIA GeForce 550 Ti
Should I decline and remove package ...
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Can't boot with high-res HDMI monitor; how to reduce resolution?
How can I ask for resolution less than the max. provided by the display in the boot process? (So that Linux never asks for the highest resolution.)
I have a Viewsonic VS13818 HDMI monitor ...
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Where's the default video monitor config file
When I boot my laptop, with an external video monitor attached, the LCD video screen on the laptop comes up in what looks like 1024x768... which I assume is because it's cloning displays, and that the ...
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“No screens found” after apt-get upgrade with Intel video card
My Mythbuntu installation (based on Ubuntu 12.04), which has been running without issues for years, suddenly won't start X Windows after doing a simple "apt-get upgrade". Several packages were ...
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12.04 still crashes - up to kernel 3.5?
when 12.04.02 LTS was installed with kernel 3.2 - there seemed
to be no problem regarding gdm, x-windows and clamtk.
( I refer to link here:
Why running clamtk on 12.04 with kernel-update of today ...
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What to do when my keyboard sensitivity decreases but returns to normal after re-log
i am having a random problem with both my keyboards. The keyboard will become so INsensitive that I have to press really hard to to make it work. If I restart, or just log out, it resets and it acts ...
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startx must be called manually in 13.04?
So I was doing some updates and when bang, my whole system froze up.
The only thing I could do was to force shutdown via power button.
Upon rebooting I got the little _ in the top corner, apart from ...
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12.10: two monitors; one works, one only displays solid color
I have a one-day-old 12.10 install on a Dell machine with an ATI Radeon 6450 graphics card, and two Samsung monitors (one connected through VGA, one DVI). I also have disk encryption enabled, and I'm ...
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How to play videos (with sound) on another X session?
I normally use tty7 (the default X session) for playing games by running them directly from lightdm, thus not loading unity to save resources. I sometimes need to use a web browser while I'm playing, ...
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Painlessly updating from Ubuntu 10.04 to 11.04 or 11.x
Is there a way to update from 10.04 to 11.04? I see an option to update to 12.04 LTS but I would rather keep it 11.04 because the new UI is terrible :)
It's because of nvidia drivers and failing to ...
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Solving the Start up problem [closed]
When I switch on the Laptop the sound dhab dhab dhab is heard and the machine does not start. If, after switching it on, I press ESC key, it starts without the sound.
After starting sometimes while ...
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How can I modify xorg.conf options for the integrated graphics (HD3000) in a bumblebee setup?
I have an ASUS N56VM with both onboard intel graphics (HD3000) and a discrete nvidia card (630M). I use the onboard graphics for almost everything because I'm more interested in saving power than in ...
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xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1680x1680 (desired size 3360x1050)
When executing this list of commands:
xrandr --output DFP3 --mode 1680x1050 --rate 60
xrandr --output CRT1 --mode 1680x1050 --rate 59
xrandr --output DFP3 --left-of CRT1 (error here)
xrandr --output ...
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Install all xorg-edgers updates?
I'm currently using ubuntu 13.04 and recently got a nvidia gpu. I've found that the easiest way for me to install the driver is to use the xorg-edgers ppa and it works really well.
However, I also ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 crash after a while (Black Screen)
I have an Inspiron 7520. I got an AMD Radeon HD 7730m 2go with a Intel HD 4000 running on Open Source driver updated from X-edgers repository. I got also a I7 2.4ghz overclocking to 3.1ghz.
The ...
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GUI does not start on boot
Ubuntu 12.04 does not start x after boot up.
Worked until now without any problem, and last shutdown was clean.
After text log in I can run startx, but no tray and Alt+Tab does not working.
Command ...
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I don't have an xorg.conf
I'm trying to set up my extra mouse buttons but there is no xorg.conf in the etc/X11/ directory. Is there something I have to do to create it? I haven't used Ubuntu for a while.
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How to ENABLE paste in terminal with (middle) mouse button
After an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade my middle mouse button paste stopped working on the Xserver/12.04.2 LTS. It might have been due to a apt-get autoremove as well, which i ran just ...
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How to replace Xorg with Xvesa as default on 12.04.1?
I have an old ACER Aspire 1360 (with an AMD and VIA Technologies graphic card) - when I use "Parted Magic" and boot with the Xvesa option everything works perfect. On the HD I have a clone of a ...
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Multiple Xauthority files generated in home directory [closed]
tom@tom-pc:~$ ls -lrta .Xa*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tom tom 0 May 23 23:45 .Xauthority.RM2HXW
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tom tom 0 May 24 09:06 .Xauthority.CS6HXW
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tom tom 0 May 24 16:51 .Xauthority.BYMIXW
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How to install NVIDIA driver in Ubuntu
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 on DELL XPS L501 - Nvidia GeForce GT 420M.
I'm using kernel 3.9.0-030900-generic.
All kernel-headers are installed in the system.
and
I've tried the following.
Use ...
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Ubuntu 12.10: After switching display to IGPU unity is broken
I have an nvidia GPU that I normaly use for display. I installed propietary nvidia drivers and the instalation program had configured X11 system. Also, my intel processor has an integrated GPU.
Now, ...
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How to configure splash screen after plymouth
I have configured my splash screen for plymouth - and it works perfectly. I've also configured the display manager (I'm using gdm). In between these two I get a very brief splash screen - a kind of ...
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Graphical installers are not supported by the VM
I'm trying to install Google maps Fusion, it runs installanywhere and I keep running into the same problem which is "Graphical installers are not supported by the VM" I originally thought that it had ...
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keyboard and touchpad quit working
I have a serious problem with my ASUS 1005PX, running Ubuntu 13.04. The keyboard is very slow and working unreliable (e.g. input is 'jjjjj' if 'j' is input) and the touch-pad is dead. In the beginning ...
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How can I troubleshoot why Ubuntu keeps crashing on my laptop?
I have a one year old Acer Aspire 4752G netbook running Kubuntu 12.04 LTS with all the latest distribution updates installed.
It was previously running great until about a week ago when it suddenly ...
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Flickering Ubuntu 13.04 HD 7480D
Ubuntu (13.04) will constantly flicker and have tons of odd graphical errors when using the x.org graphic drivers. However, if I try to boot through recovery it won't flicker, but it runs very slow. ...
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glxinfo etc don't work. sometimes X11 crashes
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I have trouble with X11. glxinfo/glxgears etc dont work. Sometimes X11 crashes (e.g. when I open some specific webpages with Chrome).
az@acompneu 1002 (~) %glxinfo
name of display: :0
X Error ...
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Xorg graphical login fail
I recently installed ubuntu 13.04 but after a few days the computer doesn't start up normally , it shows the ubuntu bootlogo but i dont even get to the graphical login screen.
I don't know what to do ...
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After installing 'mesa', Ubuntu doesn't start up
Firstly, i've deleted /etc/X11/xorg.conf
And then tried below command to install mesa on Ubuntu 12.04.2.
sudo apt-get install libglapi-mesa && sudo apt-get install libosmesa6
After reboot ...
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Is it possible to put X to sleep, leaving the rest of the system awake?
Imagine a computer with two functions:
A fileserver and local webserver, required 24/7.
A graphical server for a media centre, only required when somebody is using it.
I am considering building ...
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Why do I have so many .Xauthority.* files in my home directory? [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 on a Lenovo X220.
Why do I have so many .Xauthority.* files in my home directory? I.e
.Xauthority .Xauthority.0JW6UW .Xauthority.2HWRVW .Xauthority.2TA6VW .Xauthority.49F8VW ...
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How can I save an open text file in a GUI console from a text console?
I'm running the latest desktop Ubuntu, and my system seems to have frozen -- the pointer moves when I move the mouse, but nothing else is happening; even the clock is stopped. tty1-6 work just fine, ...
