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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x11vnc: Ubuntu 14.04 unity desktop not responding to clicks
I successfully installed x11vnc on Ubuntu desktop 14.04. I am able to access the shared screen but there is no mouse or keyboard interaction.
I created an upstart script to load x11vnc on startup ...
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gdm session without setting default
I have a locally created session to let users login to a special session at times (i've called it /usr/share/xsessions/remote.desktop). The problem is that they normally login to gnome (/usr/share/...
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Cross Linux-Flavor Method - List all fonts
I was trying to use x11, or file system, to get a list of all the installed fonts on the system. Is there a cross linux-flavor method to do this?
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Trying to setup a 4096x2160 modline on a LG 31MU97 monitor
So I have an LG 4k (31MU97) monitor that supports 4096x2160 at 60Hz. I can run 3840x2160 at 60Hz fine. When I run xrandr, I don't see the 4096x2160 mode:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x ...
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How to open a file in the same display I am working it?
I have connected a LCD to my laptop. When I try to open a file in Nautilus, the target application opens in my laptop display, rather than the second display (in which nautilus window is open).
I don'...
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How Can I Change X's TTY
How can I change X's tty from Ctrl-Alt-F7 to another F Key? I have only 4 ttys so I want X on the fifth.
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Ubuntu 15.10 Unity white border around windows [duplicate]
I am using 15.10, and out of blue i started getting a whitish border around my window (all the windows i open).
I have nVidia graphics card with a updated driver.
Everything was fine, no changes were ...
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Alternatives for XAutoClicker (without X11 Installation)
I'm searching for an alternative for xautoclicker. I need an autoclicker that can click really fast, so e.g. Slickbot is no option.
Since everybody seems to use xautoclicker, i tried that. But it ...
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Can not install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xorg-video-abi-15 because of the error of unmet dependencies [duplicate]
When trying to run sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xorg-video-abi-15 I am having the following error, is there any solution for it.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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Has anyone got an Nvidia 940M to work on 14.04.4 LTS w/ Nvidia proprietary drivers?
I've been trying for a couple of days now to get my 940M to work on Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS to no avail (currently stuck on login loop issue), and yet there doesn't appear to be much discussion of issues ...
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Read bitmap data going to X server
I would like to be able to read the data that is being sent to the X server, and stream it into my application for real time processing. I tried using ffmpeg [2] to capture all the data, but it takes ...
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what to do when monitor does not have edid information?
I have a TV screen that does not have any edid information.. not even windows get any information from it..
The HDTV's brand is SANSUI and it's model is sled2453w in case you would want to check on ...
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How to enable nVidia CUDA driver after apt screwed everything up
I installed CUDA using nVidia's download. It installed a specific version of the nVidia driver. Everything was working fine.
Then I foolishly agreed to Ubuntu's request to update its software (I'm ...
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apt-get install not install dependencies
I faced a really weird issue recently in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Here are the steps:
I have a deb package called test.deb which has dependency on xorg-dev
Then I tried to install this deb package by sudo ...
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Cannot rotate second monitor with xrandr (Nvidia VGA): cannot use rotation "left" reflection "none"
I've got an Ubuntu 15.10 laptop with an integrated intel VGA and a Nvidia Geforce gtx 960m
lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:191b] (rev 06)
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Can't set screen resolution and frequency at start-up
I've been manually setting my resolution/frequency for a while and decided it's finally time that I stop doing that, as it isn't saved after restart.
Specifically, while my session does start in ...
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how to force DPI settings in Xenial?
Is it possible at all to force a specific DPI settings in Ubuntu Xenial?
Recipes mentioned in Can I pass a dpi flag to lightdm to set the proper DPI for X? don't work anymore:
I can successfully ...
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Issues using x11vnc when xfce's lock screen is active
I am on xubuntu 14.04.04, and have successfully managed to get a VNC server up and running with SSH tunneling and such. However, I'm experiencing an issue with the VNC server, x11vnc 0.9.13. Currently,...
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Mimic Windows's Remote Desktop dual display on Xubuntu
I have a computer which was running Windows 7 Ultimate. I used this computer over a remote desktop connection. The setup was the following: the computer which had the remote desktop connection enabled ...
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Ubuntu 14.04.4 - Screen is blank with blinking cursor
Well now, when trying to force Hatari onto a particular screen, in the process deleting xorg.conf, I seem to have broken everything.
Now when I try to boot into Ubuntu 14.04.4, everything seems to ...
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How to get correct Modeline for an external display?
There is a Flatron E2042 in the office I work in and it's having the worst [firmware] problem I've ever seen in a display: it can't always work in full resolution.
Today is the day when it worked and ...
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Making custom synaptics touchpad config persistent not working
I'm struggling to make my custom touchpad persistent.
I very well know the config I want.
Here's the command, using synclient:
synclient RightButtonAreaLeft=0 RightButtonAreaTop=0 ClickTime=20 ...
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Fix Broken Ubuntu 14.04 Install
I was recently doing some tinkering to try to get my Thinkpad w550s working properly with an ultra dock and multiple displays - in doing this it appears as though I have removed some packages ...
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X Server Freezing using AMD DRI_PRIME
If I use DRI_PRIME=1 after a while the X server will freeze and unable to do anything, not even REISUB works.
Here is my full Xorg log: http://pastebin.com/35JuMD1A
But most of it is useless, here ...
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Is crontab's @reboot entry triggered after X has started?
Using crontab -e I have added an entry to my cron tab file
@reboot /home/rene/misc/change-layout.sh
change-layout.sh contains some xmodmap -e statements to change to keyboard layout.
When I restart ...
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Screen resolution is not saved after reboot
I'm using Xubuntu 15.10 on my GA-C847N motherboard.
I can set appropriate resolution using the following command:
sudo xrandr -s 1440x900
However, each time after machine is rebooted I'm getting ...
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Slow display rendering on ATI Radeon with rotated display
I'm running XUbuntu 14.04 and I have a AMD Radeon HD 5450 graphics card and two Dell UltraSharp U2415 24" displays (1920x1200) where one display is rotated to be portrait.
My system has never been ...
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xorg.conf missing? [duplicate]
im using the closed nvidia driver:
i think my xorg.config is missing:
ls in the directory /etc/X11 shows:
app-defaults rgb.txt Xreset Xsession.d
cursors ...
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How to configure Kodi, running on ubuntu, for fullscreen mode
I have an Ubuntu box which displays kodi fullscreen on my TV. It is started in /etc/rc.local via
/usr/bin/xinit /usr/bin/kodi
Today a toddler got hold of the keyboard for a split second and managed,...
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After Nvidia drivers installed, GUI not starting
No clue why, but my computer crapped out after playing TF2, so I looked online. X.org couldn't find displays, so I did what a person said and they said reinstall the drivers for the GPU (GeForce 210). ...
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How to enable indirect GLX contexts (+iglx) in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with nvidia gfx-cards
I am running a linux-host for Qt-software-development at a central place.
With my windows box I use Xming as a local X-server and putty to connect to that linux-host. With this configuration I can ...
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Dual DVI Monitors not Extending, Lubuntu
I have recently returned to Linux and am attempting to setup my new PC rig. I've run into issues with the way my monitors are setup. I have done a fresh install of Lubuntu (You can view the version ...
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Screen tearing on google chrome in 15.10
I am having problems with screen tearing while watching videos on google chrome (both with and without fullscreen). I have integrated Intel HD graphics controller on my Z97X-Gaming-5 motherboard. I ...
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How to programmatically find the current value of DISPLAY when DISPLAY is unset? (for use in crontab)
I have a script that runs via cron to change the desktop wallpaper. I can get it to work by exporting the DISPLAY variable.
But the issue I am concerned about it that the script should work on all ...
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DisplayLink ASUS MB168B+ issues
First of all, let me tell you I am fond of Ubuntu and linux, using it every day since 4-5 years now. I love it, i keep loving it but sometimes it is just frustrating to see how much effort it takes ...
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Xorg previous version installation steps required
We have got ARM processor board for which we are trying to port ubuntu in it. We have got 12.04-armhf rootfs and 14.04 armhf rootfs. When we using 12.04 armhf rootfs, we are sucessful in getting lxde ...
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MATLAB installation error- set X11 display error
I am desperately trying to install MATLAB on ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I followed the instructions given in the pdf manual, however when i ran the command " ./install", it would be followed by three lines:
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How to disable monitor auto configuration?
Im running Ubuntu 16.04 (dev branch), XFCE as desktop environment.
My computer is connected to two monitors. One via regular VGA cable and the other
is connected to a HDMI Switcher. That setup works ...
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Why X11 is not accepting my virtual mouse event?
I floated my mouse in xinput and followed the instructions here trying to inject mouse event.
I'm trying to read events from the mouse, change event code from REL_Y to REL_WHEEL and from REL_X to ...
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xrandr scale with vsync
I currently am using xrandr's --scale option to scale applications correctly on my hidpi monitor where the 2x scaling option provided by gnome shell is too large.
I currently use these commands to ...
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File manager keeps opening in loop
I am using Gnome with Mate. For some reason I have file manager constantly opening in a loop, so that I have 4-5 "Starting File Manager" items in my task bar. Does anyone know how to stop this or ...
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I have problem using optirun
I run
optirun -vv glxgears
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[ 649.857041] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 649.857239] [INFO]Configured driver: nvidia
[ 649.857327] [DEBUG]optirun version 3.2.1 ...
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Touchpad won't work after Kernel update
After the installation of Ubuntu 14.04 on my acer Aspire E 11 laptop the touchpad was working normally. Two days later I accepted the upgrades shown in the Software Updater, then it won't be ...
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Nvidia 361.28 and Intel graphic instaler 1.4.0 return login loop
When I install the latest nvdia driver 361.28 from ppa:graphics-drivers
I got a login loop. Currently I've installed the intelgraphics driver for linux with Graphics Installer 1.4.0 that is published ...
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Forcing 60Hz refresh with 4K monitor
I have a P2415Q Dell and it's been working brilliantly. Then this morning it inexplicably started refreshing at 30Hz and I cannot seem to set it back to 60Hz (there is no option higher than 30Hz in ...
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Upgraded to 15.10, ATI drivers not working
I'm running on an HP 8730w laptop with aRV635/M86 [Mobility Radeon HD 3670], video card and upgraded from 14.04 to 15.10, and X is using the VESA driver, and not giving me anything but 1400x1050 ...
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How to setting up the third monitor on the built in graphics card
I can't setup my third monitor on Ubuntu.
System: Ubuntu 14.04LTS
Graphics card: nvdia geforce gtx550 and the built in intel
Nvidia driver: NVIDIA binary driver - version 352.63 from nvidia-352-...
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ValleyView Gen7 display does not work on Ubuntu 12.04.5
Installed 12.04.5 from the ubuntu-12.04.5-desktop-i386.iso image.
After installation, I was able to boot into the graphical user interface desktop every time.
Did sudo apt-get update, then sudo apt-...
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booting to frozen virtual console after `prime-select intel`
I've got a Dell inspiron 15 7559 laptop with a nVidia GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] graphical card. After getting it to boot correctly and installing the nvidia drivers using the additional drivers tab (...
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Nvidia 3d acceleration for Nvidia 620M (Kali Linux {Debian})?NOTWORKING? [closed]
i'm currently learning linux but i'm familiar with Computers.
I am using Kali 32bit i386 2.0 with kernel 4.3.--(BASED ON DEBIAN) my problem is i can't play games with wine on the high speed as i could ...
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