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How to disable DisplayInfo for Intel i810 when there is no xorg.conf?
I'm testing 12.04 on an office desktop. This machine has an integrated Intel i810. This very machine used to run Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) quite well, until the Natty Narwhal release, when the X server ...
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Unable to boot with dual monitor
After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 I got a problem during the boot.
I have a hybrid graphical card(AMD). If I let the second monitor plugged into my laptop(VGA port) than the system can't boot, it seems ...
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Why my X Server won't start as a regular user and it starts as Guest?
It won't start X server automatically as a regular user but instead shows Logon screen. When I enter my password it flashes for a second and it's back to Logon screen again.
Then I tried to log in as ...
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Attach Keyboard/Mouse to X Display in Dell XPS L502x Dual Video Cards (Intel/Nvidia HDMI)
The idea:
Use a second monitor in Dell XPS L502x with HDMI port in Ubuntu 12.04
The process:
I connect the HDMI cable to monitor.
I read this and I have video in HDMI monitor with Bumblebee and ...
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Can only log-in through shell/terminal after doing dist-upgrade on ubuntu 12.04, can only connect to internet using phone modem through bluetooth PAN
I have 2 desktop environments installed, i'm using the x-swat version of nvidia drivers
which also got upgraded after doing "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade". Now i can only log-in using the terminal. tried ...
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Double X-screens on one monitor
I have two monitors connected currently, my laptop display and an old Dell monitor. For some reason one monitor (the Dell) has double everything (it will make sense when you see the image).
I think ...
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How can I avoid the random restart of the xserver?
I'm using a desktop pc with 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 (Kernel 3.2.0-24-generic). Hardware specs are
- Intel Core i7 CPU 860 @ 2,80GHz x 8
- Nvidia GeForce GTS 250
- 750 GB Hard Disk ATA WDC WD7501AALS-00E3A0 ...
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Xserver sometimes fails to start
I'm having problems with my Xserver sometimes failing to start. It doesn't happen consistently, but when it happens, instead of showing the login screen I get some vague one-line error message about ...
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Why does X not start and xinit abort?
For the last four weeks i haven't been able to access my Kubuntu graphic environment.
After loging in this page appears for about one second
after that the login screen appears again with no sign ...
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is ubuntu phone (or tablet) use X for display server?
is ubuntu phone (or tablet) use X for display server?
if so, it should change the Ubuntu Desktop Application to Ubuntu Phone (or tablet) its much easier for developers.
if not, what Display Server is ...
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USB2VGA device not listed as output device
When I type xrandr the usb2vga device "Magic Control Technology Corp. (USB2VGA dongle)" does not show up.
A reboot with the device plugged in doesn't change it.
The kernel.log shows that it has been ...
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Can I run Ubuntu using wayland?
So, I compiled wayland from official git, saw that it successfully run wenston, now, can I make it run my desktop somehow ?
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How to get Nexus Mod Manager working on Wine?
I'm trying to get Nexus Mod Manager (Beta yet) working on wine, but after the configuration of NMM it crashes with an error.
During the startup it spams a lot of terminal stuff and at the end I find ...
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lightdm creating problem with multiseat configuration with 2 Graphics cards
I have multiscreen setup on my Ubuntu machine with Ubuntu12.10, Intel integrated HD Grahics and NVidia GeForce 210. The lightdm version is 1.2.3.
I am facing two problems on the setup
1) On ...
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/usr/share/apport/apport-gpu-error-intel.py - Another case of this issue on 12.04 update
I am aware that this has already been reported in various places, I've searched using the forum and the 'similar questions' but I've not seen any solutions as of yet. Hopefully this question will aid ...
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/etc/init.d/gdm command not found
am trying to install the Nvidia Driver but it keeps givin me close the X server.. I tried the usual way.. to kill the gnome manager.. didn't work because of an error :s
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop // ...
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Starting Teamviewer on a server without screen
I try to start Teamviewer on a server without screen:
export DISPLAY=:0<br>
/opt/teamviewer8/tv_bin/script/teamviewer
The result is:
Application tried to create a window, but no driver could ...
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Ubuntu starts in tty1 only - no screens detected - cant' startx
I just rebooted my laptop and I can't start the gui. I logged in in text mode and startx says no screens detected.
I have tried to purge and install the nvidia driver,
I have tried to reinstall ...
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Why do I have to reconfigure X-server after every shutdown
Everytime I shutdown my computer running Ubuntu 12.04 and power it back on, Ubuntu does not seem to detect my video card, and I have to run
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Any ideas why this is ...
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mouse speed on new X server for game
I used the following script to open the game on new X server.
#!/bin/sh
export WAR3_PATH="/media/8C2667B026679A4A/Program Files (x86)/Warcraft III Frozen Throne eSK/"
X :3 -ac -terminate & #
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Screen resolution very low in tty with nvidia driver
I have this machine with a 1080p HD screen with a nvidia gforce GTS250 card and I just installed Ubuntu server 12.10. After the first boot the GRUB screen was in a wrong resolution, 1280x720. However ...
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How to start XServer with default graphics driver?
I have a Acer netbook with Intel gma 3600 graphics. Yesterday I installed cedarview graphics driver after reading this post.
Now, I have been observing that after I installed the driver my system ...
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Can't log in to ubuntu 12.10
I can't log in to my ubuntu 12.10 Once I login I got returned back to the original screen after ente r right password
the xserver crash log is crash log
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Font alias for remote X server connection
I am connecting to remote server to launch an X application (qmon).
After I type ssh myserver -X and launch the application, I get the following error:
Warning: Cannot convert string ...
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Xserver crashes with ATI except for root
The xserver stopped working for any normal user except root. The error message and lspci output is posted at http://pastebin.com/VSU50WXW.
I have reinstalled fglrx and fglrx-amdcccle, didn't work. ...
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Paste text into a running X application
Situation:
I have a running application in a x-window system (for example: Chrome on Ubuntu) and want to paste something with a script invoked through a keyboard shortcut.
The keyboard shortcut ...
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dual screen setup in ubuntu with Intel HD graphics
I have a ubuntu machine with integrated Intel HD Graphics with 2 monitors plugged into the two ports provided. With this setup both the monitors have exaclty same output. I needed to extend the X ...
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12.04: Fresh installation failed with kernel 3.5
I install a fresh install of 12.04.02 but kernel 3.5 seems to create bug with my intel graphic card Sandy Bridge (sometime frozen, ubuntu 3D ko...) . Before that, Kernel 3.2 was ok.
Is there a ...
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Installing the 3.5 kernel backport for 12.04
I would like to install the 3.5 kernel backport to 12.04 as per the answer to this question.. The solution is to install the package linux-generic-lts-quantal. However, in the release docs and the ...
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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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lightdm hangs on startup
My Linux installation on my ultrabook has graphics system unstability. Many times lightdm hangs on startup; I can open another tty session, log in and kills X server process and then I get a graphic ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Nvidia Geforce 210 Driver install - “Error” xserver running
i've been trying to update my Nvidia driver, but I keep getting errors. As im quite new to ubuntu.
The following is the install log:
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> The file ...
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Can I turn my mouse pointer off at login?
I am running an AMD graphics chipset, so I have the inevitable problem with the mouse pointer and lightdm login screen.
I just need to know: Is there is an easy, simple way to keep the mouse pointer ...
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Problems with X server after trying to update drivers
I tried to install new video drivers manually, which failed entirely. I only was able to use a GUI again after doing
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
and
sudo apt-get intsall fglrx
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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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Windows don't clear from desktop!
I have recently had my xfce desktop stop clearing windows when the window is closed. The window's image remains on the desktop, as if it were still open. If I drag the window to a different location, ...
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Xserver closes after logging in
Recently I've added ppa:xorg-edgers to software sources and upgraded all packages.
After I restarted and logged in the screen flashed and closed xserver and the same thing happened when I typed startx ...
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Wine on second Xserver running slow
I've got fallout 2 working in Wine and it works well, but since I am running two monitors I want to make the game run fullscreen on just one monitor.
Instead of messing around with resolutions I want ...
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How to generate `AllowDeactivateGrabs` in command line ?
I am using XFCE-Ubuntu and do a lot of my development work there.
In my case, when I sometimes use Xilinx ISE, the mouse cursor hangs as a Grab pointer and then stops responding. The entire X ...
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Remote connecting other Ubuntu machine is very slow - how to speed up?
I have two Ubuntu machines - desktop and a laptop - both after clean install.
After installing open ssh on both and allowing remote controlling the machines I tried two options for remote controlling ...
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Mic not working when vga connector removed
I have a computer that should run continuously without any connection to a monitor. For developmental purposes I have been keeping the vga connection with the monitor and experienced no problem until ...
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NetAnim: cannot connect to xserver
I am trying to run NS3 NetAnim on Ubuntu Server. While on terminal, I have tried a lot of different options but still I am getting the error Cannot connect to xserver.
Please help.
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How do I get my old NVIDIA graphics card working?
I'm really new to Linux, and I have an old FX5200 which I'm not sure if its working.
This is what I did:
I stopped lightdm, then installed and blacklisting first everything related to Nouveau ...
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Autostart with X Desktop Group
I make a .desktop file in .config/autostart dir. In this file I wrote a simple desktop entity declaration. It looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Guake
Comment=Run Guake
NoDisplay=False
Exec=guake
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XDMCP with XMING partially working
I've managed to configure XDMCP with lightdm on 12.4.
From my PC I can use xming to get to the login screen and all seems OK.
When I try logging in, that's when things get strange.
After an ...
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How to install “Seperate X-server” (NVidia) Gnome-Shell Error
In a nutshell:
Have NV "gts 250" Main slot
Added GF 9800 GT Second slot(Same core)
Want GF 9800 for extra desktop (seperate bit depth, acccessible with Mouse/KB)
Doesnt need to be able to have ...
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Use vgaswitcheroo without restart x server
I want to use the vgaswitcheroo script without loging out and again in from x server.
I have a Asus B53-J with an Intel integraded GPU and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470 graphic.
I used the ...
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How to SSH tunnel VNC from Mac OS X 10.7 to Ubuntu 12.04?
Is it enough to have opens and tightvncserver running on the server or is there more configurations to do?
From the mac side, is it possible to ssh -X from a XQuartz terminal and run some ...
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Removed Xserver driver. ubuntu doesnt start. what should i Do?
im new on ubuntu , i intalled it ( dual booted with windows 7) i was customizing it, but when i tried to run compiz it said that missing glx or something like that in the screen, i realized that the ...
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i can't open any session (lubuntu-session, unity, gnome-session,kde) only on invited mode or super-user mode from the terminal
when i try to open any session from lightdm on my session, nothing happen (just lightdm opens again quickly). to open any session, i use the invited mode or the root mode from the terminal. for ...
