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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Xorg and compiz using 20% of CPU
I'm not doing anything in particular but Xorg is currently using 8-15% of my CPU and Compiz is using 5-15% as well. I have 4 virtual desktops (aka workspaces) and like 10 windows open but I see no ...
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how to restore proper X clipboard behaviour (shift+insert) in 12.10?
Start with ubuntu 12.10, i can't select something in the terminal, move to another window and press shift+insert anymore.
Is this a new configuration that is being rolled out? or a regression bug?
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Why doesn't the graphics work on my PowerBook g4?
I wanted to have Ubuntu on my PowerBook g4 and I burned a Ubuntu PPC CD, and booted up. It booted perfectly, but the graphics didn't work. There was a white rectangle instead of a desktop, but the ...
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system crashing..report shows it could be xorg
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10
At times my system would have it's screen all messed up it's hard to see what I'm doing. Recently it causes my system to crash and it rebooted itself after five minutes.
After ...
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How do i remove the resolution which shows by xrandr?
I tried to remove using xrandr --rmmode or --delmode output name but it fails. How do i remove it then??
HDMI-1 connected 1280x720+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm
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Nvidia gt 640 Low profile (ZOTAC) drivers don't work on Ubuntu
I recently got a nvidia GT640, I went to the zotac website downloaded the driver moved the driver to the terminal then installed it after I installed it my system was kind of sluggish and UNITY did ...
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Changed xorg, can't see desktop icons at all
I'm running the nvidia proprietary drivers and changed xorg.conf on accident. Now when I log in I'm greeted with my desktop background and nothing else. In the terminal I've tried to create a new ...
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Third monitor doesnt detected in Lucid
I have trouble to madee my third display(15" DELL E151FPp, conected to nvidia via VGA cable(without driver instaled, an on motherboard graphic adapter)) work in addition to an ati pci-e card with two ...
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Xorg server (can't install Google Earth stable, acroread)
I'm on a Dell Inspiron x86_64. With Precise Pangolin 12.04.2 through the regular updates.
I recently upgraded the Linux kernel from 3.2 (Installed Precise 12.04 in Oct.12) to 3.5 (the one that comes ...
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12.04.2 update problems
I'm having problems with the update to 12.04.2 (x64).
I ran the updates and rebooted the machine. It started backup in TTY1 (I've had this happen before no biggy) so I hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 and got ...
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Mix AMD and Nvidia cards in X?
Is there a way to use 2 monitors on an Nvidia card and an extra monitor on an AMD card?
Acceleration would be fine, but fbdev would also suffice.
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nVidea 2nd Graphics card not detected
I have installed two video cards on my new desktop in which I installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 32 bit, each of the cards has both DVI and VGA. On the first video card I have 2 screens, which worked out of ...
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update-alternatives error installing fglrx on 12.10 with PowerXpress card (
When I try to install FGLRX from the andrikos ppa, I get the following error:
joey@joey-vaio-linux:~$ sudo aticonfig --initial -f
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
PowerXpress info: Diagnostic ...
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How to avoid flickering in Graphical drawings using X11
We are drawing graph in a window. We are updating the curves for every 50ms with the values received from hardware say like sensors. We need to display the values in graphical format. So we are ...
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Help scaling restricted nvidia driver's output
I'm trying to re-implement the overscan compensation the nvidia drivers used to have, where the OS and all the apps, etc. think my screen resolution is 1280x720, but the video card scales it to ...
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xf86config for Lubuntu?
The X Window User HOWTO 2.2. XF86Config:
XFree86 also includes the xf86config utility for this, but many distributions have their own such utilities.
What does Lubuntu have?
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Application window never appears (Gnome SSH Tunnel Manager)
I'm having an issue with gSTM failing to generate a window, it opened once, prior to a reboot, and I had moved it to Workspace 3 (not sure if this is relevant)
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 with a pretty ...
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How do I HDMI audio & composite with 12.10 & Radeon HD4550?
I have a Radeon HD4550 graphics card, Ubuntu 12.10, and I want to use HDMI audio and desktop effects. With the new radeon drivers do not support HDMI audio and the catalyst legacy drivers do not ...
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$XAUTHORITY problem in openvz Ubuntu guest
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 x64 in openvz, but the X11 forwarding doesn't seem to work. I have installed xauth, but $XAUTHORITY is not set, nor is there a ~/.Xauthority file. And I can't open ...
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Size gnome-terminal by percentage of screen size from script?
As mentioned by the nixcraft forums, it is possible to open a terminal with specific pixel size dimensions:
gnome-terminal --geometry 40 x 53
BUT... I would like to size the window dimensions as ...
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Problem with x-configuration Ubuntu 10.04
So, I've been doing some, apparently stupid, mistakes when it comes to my system and monitor configurations.
I'm definitely a noob, just want that said.
I work with the 10.04 LTS, and use Nvidia ...
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Ubuntu returned to login, fix works only once
I've seen many people have same issue, and I was able to fix it. But unfortunately this problem repeats when I reboot my machine. This started few days ago when I updated my system.
Solution was to ...
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Problem with x server in lubuntu 12.04
I installed Lubuntu 12.04 using the alternate CD in a PC in which I previously couldn't start the live system. Now it doesn't start the X and I get this error message:
Fatal server error:
Could not ...
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Stepmania Flashy display
The Problem
the problem is really simple,
My current step mania installation has an problem that resolves into the fact that the display starts flashing and shows me some photos of my desktop very ...
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How to I debug blank display on a specific model of projector?
My Ubuntu 12.10 laptop recognizes and displays on many models of external monitors and projectors without issue, but with the Optoma HD20 the projector shows "No Signal" and the display is otherwise ...
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powerpc lubuntu no text at lightdm
finally i fount a workable xorg.conf for my Powerbook G4. lets look at my attached photos, there is no texts nowhere. i think something is wrong at the xorg.conf... i used a fc-cache -fv command, now ...
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Only wallpaper visible after ATI driver installation
I have the ATI (AMD) HD7870 graphic card and I had just installed Ubuntu. With the Open Source drivers the desktop works fine; however, since I have a newer card, I'd like the proprietary drivers ...
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Disable automatic screen configuration
Perhaps this is more a Xorg question, but I try it here.
I would like to completly disable the automatic screen configuration. Display should always happen on the same output (HDMI) even if the ...
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Can I map buttons in xorg.conf
Is it possible to map buttons in xorg.conf?
Like for instance making such a line under inputdevice:
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7 8 9"
And second question would be that if the fourth and fifth ...
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x sever not starting in ubuntu 12.04 32 bit
I have installed Ubuntu in a Vmware workstation 8, (the machine is not VT capable so only 32 bit guest is possible)
the installation of 12.04 32 bit (x86) went smoothly but at the end X server (gui ...
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Ubuntu crashes everyday around 1-2 times
I am just serfing with Chromium and suddenly everything starts crashing.. The musics plays for 1 sec, pause for half, plays one second etc.. mouse is barely movable, everything in screen becomes ...
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Show window from another display
From this question, I learned that I can't move windows between displays. But, can I show the contents of the window on another display somehow? Don't move it, but duplicate the output.
On the ...
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After removing second display: Single display setup not remembered
I recently removed one display from a dual head display setup.
Everything works fine, but after I wake up from standby the picture seems to be shifted to the left (were my second display was) about ...
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Additional Configuration on xorg.conf
is there any additional configuration on xorg.conf to activate dual-screen ? I'm using Ubuntu Precise , SIS 672 Chipset. I just installed chipset driver by following tutorial at ...
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Brightness Control with Lag
I have a Sony Vaio S13 laptop with a Nvidia 310M graphics card. Ever since I installed Ubuntu on it (11.10, now running 12.04) I have been having a recurring problem with the brightness controls. ...
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Why the xinput calculation is not correct as theory mentioned to be?
For resolution 1024x768
I tried: xinput set-prop "Elo TouchSystems, Inc. Elo TouchSystems 2700 IntelliTouch(r) USB Touchmonitor Interface" --type=float "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 ...
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Xorg and Xserver not starting up after hibernate
I originally wrote this question on http://unix.stackexchange.com but didn't really get any response and that forum isn't as busy as this one so hoping to get better luck here.
I'm currently running ...
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How exactly do i set up an ubuntu 12.4 pc for Xlib programming
I want to be able to set up my Ubuntu pc for quick and easy Xlib programming. I have tried on numberous occasions. I would like to be able to open eclipse and write in Xlib as easy as it would be to ...
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Starting Unity manually causes screen to not be drawn correctly
I've been messing around with window managers and I decided to see if I could boot into Ubuntu 12.04 in text mode and then start up Unity manually. The way I ended up doing this was changing quiet ...
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How to ascertain whether custom ~/.XCompose file has loaded
How can i find out whether my XCompose file is loading?
I can still use system provided compose sequences but not my own.
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How to solve this:Logging out every time i open skype or some other apps after nvidia.run install.Why?
I am using ubuntu 12.04-64bit with xfce 4.10 installed. So, i am using programs like autodesk Maya 2013 , NukeX , Blender, Bricscad etc. So, i want to have nvidia drivers installed from .run from ...
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Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S6010 Intel graphics 830 on Ubuntu 12.04
Need help how to get graphics working properly in Ubuntu 12.04
on my old Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S6010 with a Intel 830 graphics chip.
I can now only boot in to a working environment if I append ...
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What's the difference between .Xresources and .Xdefaults?
How are these two files connected to xrdb? Should I have both, or just one in my home directory? Do lines like these go in either file?
XTerm*background: white
URxvt.font: xft:Monospace
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How to enable Vsync?
Ok.
So I'm trying out Linux today and noticed some tearing on my desktop. You know, like playing a PC game and Vsync isn't enabled.
This problem is most prominent when I'm scrolling down my ...
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KDE on Ubuntu 12.10 not starting
I'm having this problem and I wanted to know if there's ananswer for it:
Yesterday I installed KDE (kubuntu-desktop) on my Ubuntu 12.10, and it was working great. Today when I try to start again in ...
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Major opcode of failed request: 141 (RANDR) when trying to add a mode with xrandr
I just bought a Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition (T2G-D3D-IF) to drive my three widescreen monitors because the regular fglrx drivers were very sluggish when doing it directly from the video card ...
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Set custom resolution, Xorg, Nvidia
Can any one tell me how to set a custom resolution in xorg.conf with an Nvidia card ?
Here is my option from the screen section of xorg.conf,
Option "metamodes" "1840x1048_60 +0+0"
but the ...
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Starting Multiple X Displays on Boot
I currently have the default x display (:0), and it runs mdm on boot. However I would like to have two servers (:0 and :1) that both run mdm and start on boot. (IE: I can login with gnome shell on ...
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How to login on X from tty1
I want to login to my account on tty7, i.e., the X-Server from tty1 after I say, restart lightdm. xdotool doesn't seem to work here. Does anyone know how to do this?
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Graphical Mode breaks after suspend/ returning from Console
When I try to go to a virtual console (ctrl alt f1) and return to f7, my screen freaks out. Its black with frequent white 'lightning bolts' flashing across the screen. Nothing works, but to force ...
