Questions tagged [xorg]
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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Ran test for ligthdm bug Says Xserver no path found
I Ran bug test on lightdm Say Xserver no path i'm stuck on tty1 please help i'm new to Ubuntu and dont know much
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Running Selenium with UI on Ubuntu Server to be displayed on the remote computer's display
I have a remote computer with Ubuntu Server 22.04 running. I have some python scripts that use Selenium. I would like Selenium to display the web browser's UI on the remote computer's VGA display.
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Night shift makes cursor overly red
I've looked for someone else encountering this issue for quite a while now, but all I can find is the opposite, such as this question.
When the GNOME night light feature is enabled, everything behaves ...
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All users not visible after screen lock. Only logged in user is visible
When i lock screen from top right pull down menu. I am not able to login into other users as rest of users are not visible. When I press ctrl alt f1 while logged in I sent to black screen with a ...
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Portrait mode touch not working with nvidia-515 driver
I have NUCXI7 device with Ubuntu 22.04 and have installed nvidia-515 driver on it. Everything works fine, however touch doesn't work when I change on Portrait mode.
I have also disabled WaylandEnable ...
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Graphics corruption inside some application's window
I have 3 monitors :
my laptop's screen
a screen connected to the HDMI port
a screen connected by HDMI through an USB-C hub.
I sometimes experience graphics corruption inside some application's ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 in Hyper-V and Nvidia 3080Ti - How do I use the NVIDIA drivers?
Novice user here
Installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS via the Windows 11 Hyper-V integration
Got enhanced session working via xrdp, and am currently using the desktop with no problems
Except I cannot get the ...
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Use LS055R1SX04 at lower resolution with minimal startx and xrandr
My machine is a Rock Pi 4B+ running Ubuntu Server 20.04. I downloaded minimal startx and also xrandr to run my Rust program that has raylib so that it can actually display renders on my LS055R1SX04 ...
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Keyboards, mice, touchpads work on Wayland and don't work on Xorg in Ubuntu 22.04
My keyboards, mice and touchpads (following “KMT”):
Work in Windows
Work on both Xorg and Wayland in Ubuntu 20.04
Work on Wayland in Ubuntu 22.04
Don't work on Xorg in Ubuntu 22.04.
My KMT works in ...
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Remove specific character from compositor
My keyboard settings are set to "US, alt. intl" and something that bothers me is that whenever I try to write words like "we've" I end up writing "weǘe" because '+v ...
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XUbuntu 20.04 LTS with xorg - fonts problem
I'm having trouble displaying my fonts.
My system is a XUbuntu 20.04 LTS with lightdm and XServer (xorg modesetting) with its own Labview application. Without gnome. The Xserver uses the bitmap fonts.
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screen 1 occaionally blanks for a second
On an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS system with dual 4K monitors and running i3 under X, I occasionally see one of the screens go black for a second, then recover. The affected screen is not always the same nor ...
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Graphics glitches on 22.04 with Nvidia GPU
I have a brand-new gaming laptop with an RTX 4060, which I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on yesterday. Upon logging in and changing the graphics driver from Nouveau to Nvidia proprietary, I encountered ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 wont unlock even with right password
Ubuntu 22.04 wont unlock even with right password.
All I see is this and won't reset the textbox. I am using Xorg .
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How to destroy an X window?
JetBrains IDEs sometimes leave tiny residual windows (probably supposed to be popups/tooltips) that it forgets to destroy. Is there an Xorg tool to quickly destroy these windows (I don't want to kill ...
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How to fill the bottom half of the screen
Sometimes I lay down and put the laptop on my chest. In these situations when I need to type, most of the time, I don't see what I'm typing. For example, if I'm using chat software like Element or, ...
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Starting points for restoring drag'n'drop functionality in archivers
I recently updated my Ubuntu to 22.10 and lost the drag'n'drop functionality in archivers.
I'd like to get into the code and try to fix it by myself.
Here's my understanding of the problem so far:
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These commands (setxkbmap and xcape) are in .profile but are not being executed on login
I have verified that .profile is executed on login.
However, commands involving setxkbap (e.g. setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps) and xcape (e.g. xcape -e 'Control_L=Escape') seem to be ignored.
Since ...
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How can I configure xorg to use only the GPU connected to the display in Ubuntu 22.10?
I have two gpu, a display is connected to one gpu, xorg works on both gpu taking up several MB of video memory on the second gpu, is there any way to prohibit him from using a gpu to which the display ...
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Can only boot GUI in Recovery Mode (Black Screen with underscore otherwise)
I am using Ubuntu 22.04, and as of last night the GUI will only boot if it is in Recovery Mode, using the llvmpipe (LLVM 13.0.1, 256 bits) graphics drivers. Otherwise, I get a black screen with an ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on Xorg crashing when changing keyboard language
This started after I ran some updates today, basically calling
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
The problem is that when I'm on Xorg, once I try to change the language, either by keyboard shortcut (...
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Can't login to WSL Xrdp using Xorg
I've been using it everyday for months but today for some reason i couldn't log in.
The password still worked in the CMD but didn't work on the Xorg login screen.
I'm pretty noob at this so i need ...
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Can't switch workspace with "win key+scrolling mouse up and down" using ubuntu on xorg
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and I switched from wayland to xorg because I noticed that the display on ubuntu on xorg is better when I use fractional scaling. But now I noticed that I can't switch ...
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Ubuntu Budgie 23.04 wont boot to desktop after nvidia driver install
I’ve tried installing the nVidia driver, originally 525, then when presented with a system freeze after the pcieport … messages in the console, I purged them and was able to get back in.
I then tried ...
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Inconsistant boot, hangs during, I think it's GPU related
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Installed NVIDIA driver last week, haven't had problems until now. Boot hangs at different part of boot usually. ~ 1 in 6 attempts boots without issue. advanced booting into ...
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Make XRDP connect to existing Xorg Server after a xrdp restart
I run a Ubuntu 22.04 server with lubuntu desktop (LXQT). I have installed the latest XRDP using the extremely useful scrip provided by c-nergy.be. From time to time though XRDP will stop passing ...
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Cannot Calibrate Touchscreen Using xinput-calibrator
I am trying to calibrate an older touchscreen for Ubuntu 20.04 (server w/ Xorg). The touchscreen in question is a General Touch RTL224. Out of the box I can plug the USB touchscreen in and it is ...
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After login, nothing works. no mouse move no keyboard. nothing. New 22.4.2 update problem. I think it just came out yesterday
I'm not a Linux user. This problem occurred after I updated Ubuntu 22.4.2 to the new version that probably came out yesterday on may/22/2023. I'm using Hyper-V Virtual Machine. Everything freezes ...
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What do I lose by Ubuntu having no "Tenkeyless 87-key" keyboard model
You can see that Ubuntu has no 87-key keyboard models by listing those it does have:
localectl list-x11-keymap-models
My default keyboard settings file suggests that Ubuntu is using a 107-key layout ...
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nvida card (rtx 3050 laptop) not working (x11 or wayland)
I'm on Ubuntu 23.04 with a hybrid graphic system (amd radeon integrated GPU + nvidia rtx 3050 laptop dedicated GPU). I use the 525 nvidia drivers (the one recommended by Ubuntu when doing ubuntu-...
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Graphic freezes after changing slot of graphics card in Ubuntu 22.04
EDIT: see updates at the end for solution, title changed to reflect better the problem.
I have Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on a system with a Geforce RTX 2060 card. I have recently done some small changes in ...
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How can I install Gnome Desktop(Wayland) while using ubuntu-base build my ubuntu20.04?
My Steps:
1.To start with, download the ubuntu-base-20.04.1-base-arm64.tar.gz from ubuntu-cdimage. PS: device platform is aarch64.
2.Extract the contents of the tar file using the command tar -xf , ...
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Xubuntu 22.10 to 23.04 GUI upgrade login loop. Nvidia drivers purged. No driver for GPU. Nouveau module installed but not in use. How to activate?
After solving a login issue caused by an old Yubikey setup (old thread here), I remain in a situation whereby I can enter my password, click login, it throws a blank screen for a second, then shows ...
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Make setup for two external monitors permanent (nvidia/xorg)
I have a HP Zbook G15 running Ubuntu 22.04 with a Quadro M1000M GPU and two external monitors: One connected to HDMI, one connected with a usb-c to HDMI adapter to the usb-c port. Problem is that I ...
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xf86EnableIO failed to enable I/O when starting X server
Running sudo startx on Ubuntu 22.04/Gnome 42.5 with X11 windowing system results in the following terminal output:
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Current Operating System: ...
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Citrix : bad rendering on ubuntu 2204
I use the Citrix Workplace App version 23.3.0.32 on Ubuntu 2204 LTS with X11 (Wayland isn’t supported) installed from the DEB package. When I open an ica file with it it gives me a screen not properly ...
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Issues with Libinput, but then again also issues with switching to Synaptic drivers
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 with i3wm.
I have a script which sets some settings. But since I'm using libinput, some of those commands result in an error:
property 'Synaptics Scrolling Distance' doesn't exist, ...
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Add -eglstream to Xwayland
I am trying to get a Wayland session running with as few bugs as possible using the nvidia proprietary drivers (I am aware this is a tall order).
Things seem to be working mostly perfectly for me, ...
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XOrg: High CPU usage with Multibutton mouse
I have multibutton programmable mouse (roccat tyon) that have its extra button mapped to keyboard keys in such way, that the mouse acts as a keyboard when these are pressed (eg, the logic is within ...
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Changing Display Refresh rate
I'm using Ubuntu 23.04 on a lenovo ideapad gaming 3 (AMD Ryzen 5 6600H + NVIDIA RTX 3050).
I often need to give presentations using a external projector, and it seems that Xorg cannot support ...
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xrandr --listproviders not showing any graphics cards
I would like to be able to have xrandr recognize my two RTX 3070 Nvidia Graphics Cards.
However, xrandr does not return anything.
xrandr --listproviders
Providers: number : 0
I am using nvidia-prime ...
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Unable to launch firefox with X display fwd in localhost
I'm trying to run firefox as another user from the terminal. Firefox errors out while VS code and gedit launch successfully. Also tried firefox -no-remote and firefox -no-xshm, got same error
Do I ...
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XGetWindowProperty[_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW] failed (code=1) KDE plasma
I have questions. I am using kubuntu 22.04.
My card grafic this nvidia mx 130
I use Xorg.
I hav problem, that.
I want obtain blur transparency in kde plasma by this scripts
#! /bin/bash
while true;
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Login screen does not appear after upgrade to 23.04
Upgraded today to Kubuntu 23.04 from 22.10, simply using the prompt that popped up in the bottom right of the screen (warning me that 22.10 would reach EOL in less than 90 days).
All seemed to go well,...
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Force graphics to run on specific GPU with nvidia-prime
My computer has one integrated graphics card and 2 Nvidia RTX 3070 GPUS. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and nvidia-driver-530.
lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation AlderLake-...
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Integrated graphics not working properly
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 in one of my systems and I've recently switched from an Nvidia graphic card to Intel's integrated chip on the processor. I'm running an Intel i9-13900K and there are a few ...
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Xrandr: can't open display (trying to add fake display)
I've installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on my PC. There's a scenario that I need to access this PC using Moonlight and Sunshine when there's no monitor connected to my GPU. Sunshine is the host streaming ...
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No Suspend possible after videocard upgrade, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04.
Replaced NVidia GTX 1660 to AMD 6700 XT. Installed correct drivers and removed old nvidia drivers. After that if I press "suspend" than it tries to do it, my display goes ...
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How to create a script to change the screen resolution? (Wayland)
I just want to make a script to change my screen resolution. I found many guides to do that, but all of them are made for Xorg Display Server users and i could't find one for Wayland. My question is, ...
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Xorg: Changing display resolution manually via xorg config file
I am using Ubuntu 22.10
I want to: set my display resolution to 1080p using xorg config file as xrandr didn't work for me.
Solution worked before:
In /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10.nvidia.* i changed the ...
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