Questions tagged [xserver]
The basic graphical display server X.Org, which is the official reference implementation of the X Window System. Alternatives include Wayland.
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How do I install the Nvidia driver for a GeForce GT 630 [duplicate]
I recently installed 14.04.
But now I need a new driver for my nVidia GeForce GT 630. The former driver was rejected as not compatible with the 64-bit. I found that other driver and when I wanted to ...
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What is the X server?
I have been using Ubuntu for quite some time but, I have no idea what the X server is?
I hear it quite often.
I would like to know what the X Server is and what it does. How ~/.xinitrc file is used ...
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How do I kill the x-server?
Every time I try to kill the x-server,
sudo service lightdm stop
so that I can install the latest Nvidia drivers, I get an error message.
stop: Unknown instance:
What am I doing wrong?
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How do I access my remote Ubuntu server via X-windows from my Mac?
I have an Ubuntu server (12.04 LTS) running remotely on a cloud hosting service. I have installed ubuntu-desktop via apt-get:
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
It appears to have installed no ...
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How to reset the Xorg / xserver?
Xserver keeps crashing on my general user account both in Unity 3D and 2D.
It doesn't do it on the guest account.
That's why I want to reset / rollback everything xserver related, hoping this is ...
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Cannot connect to X Server when running app with sudo
When I am running some software using sudo command it showing error like
cannot connect to X server
For example if I run the following command:
$ sudo gedit /etc/profile
I am getting following ...
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Getting character key code mappings in Ubuntu
I am trying to play around with some keyboard layouts in Ubuntu. Now there is a program called showkey which lets me see the keycode for any key pressed in the terminal.
Is there any command to get ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - how is the X server started?
I have thought that /usr/bin/startx script is used to start the X server but it looks like it is not true. Which process or script starts the X server? The X server has to be started before lightdm ...
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How do I enable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server? [duplicate]
Unfortunately, there's still a need to kill the XServer from time to time.
Since upgrading to Raring ctrl+alt+backspace is disabled and I can't find this option in the keyboard settings any-more:
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What are xhost and xhost +si?
What is this script doing?
#!/bin/bash
xhost +local:
xhost +si:localuser:root
What is the default list of xhost?
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How to bind Ctrl+arrows to Home and End keys? xmodmap does not work
On Windows, I used to bind Ctrl+Left to Home and Ctrl + Right to End via ahk.
Now I'm struggling to achieve this behavior in Ubuntu.
I've tried editing /etc/inputrc:
"\e[1;5C": end-of-line
"\e[1;5D":...
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apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName ... waiting apache2:
I upgraded to ubuntu 14.04 yesterday. But after restarting PC , this message continues to appear in a black screen after the ubuntu loading screen and don't go away and ubuntu doesn't start I can do ...
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setting the default gpu
I have two gpus on my machine:
$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM200 [GeForce GTX 980 Ti] (rev a1)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 ...
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Start Synergy (or any application) BEFORE logging in Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Using Ubuntu 16.04.2 (Xenial) on Intel x64:{Both Processor and Ubuntu install}
This question has been answered a million times, but none of the solutions work. So I don't want to duplicate a question,...
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Remote x-server with ssh -X
I am trying to start a remote gnome session using: ssh -X [email protected] gnome-session
Both client and server are Ubuntu version 12.04
I get the following (and not a lot happens)...
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How can I *disable* Ctrl+Alt+Backspace?
Building on a question from 2010 (3 years ago) I'm trying to achieve the exact opposite: I want to disable the Ctrl+Alt+← keyboard shortcut to kill the X server. For me, it appears to be disabled in ...
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Why is X11 a security risk in servers?
I remember reading that servers do not have a GUI because X11 is a security risk. Why?
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How to remove Kernel/LTS Enablement Stack?
this question regarding the LTS Enablement Stack has actually two parts:
I installed Linux 3.5.0-x on Precise 64bit via sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-quantal xserver-xorg-lts-quantal . As ...
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How to get sound in a separate X server in Ubuntu 11.04 or later?
I configured my Ubuntu system so that I'm able to start any application in a separate X server. Running games or for example XBMC in a separate X server has some major advantages.
The problem however,...
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How can I disable all display managers?
When I boot my computer, I want to be greeted by a text terminal, like TTY. This way I want to be able to log in and type startx to start the GUI.
If I could get TTY to start on boot instead of a ...
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Gnome 3 always hangs after logon
The problem I'm having is that after logging into GNOME Shell 3.4.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.
After a short period of time (approx 0-2 minutes) gnome shell becomes unresponsive.
Hovering on the corner / ...
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Cannot login to ubuntu after startx command
I wanted to manually configure the internet settings & decided to seek help from this website. Ubuntu did not allow me to perform step 1 saying,
X: user not authorized to run the X server, ...
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The system freezes a lot and dmesg gives an error in Nvidia drivers
I faced constant system freezing in Ubuntu under both Unity and Gnome shell. So I came to Arch. In Arch also I'm facing the same issue. I tried many things in these forums but nothing helped. Please ...
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capture login screen-not sucssecful
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 . If more information is needed, please tell me.
I Tried some guides to cature my login screen:
How can I take a screenshot of the login screen?
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-...
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Can't open Nvidia X Server settings
This was asked before, but it wasn't answered, so I'm not sure what to do here, After switching to Intel to save battery power in the Nvidia X server settings I couldn't open it any more when I click ...
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Unable to Control NVIDIA Fan Speed
NVIDIA X Server Settings
In NVIDIA X Server Settings it is showing: Failed to set new Fan Speed
From terminal I have tried the following command:
nvidia-settings -a GPUFanControlState=1 -a ...
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XServer Error could not create lock file
I have tried to create a config file for my xserver with X -configure in the root shell (started ubuntu 14.04 in the save mode and selected root shell).
But it puts out this Error:
(EE)
Fatal server ...
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Mousewheel of gaming mouse stopped working - how to reset / fix it?
Suddenly the wheel of my G9x stopped working. The other buttons work just fine, I can even use the mousewheel to scroll left and right by pushing the mouse-wheel to one side or the other. I wonder ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 keeps booting to tty1
I was trying to install xdmx & the last thing that I did was deleting the ~/.XAuthority* files since I was getting error in locking authority file. On rebooting, I found myself on this screen.
I ...
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Preventing system processes from using GPU
I'm relatively new to Ubuntu, and am currently setting up a machine for dedicated GPU programming. I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on an Asus desktop with integrated graphics. It might be worth noting that I ...
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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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How to kill X server using a key combination? [duplicate]
Is there a way to kill the current X server using a keyboard combination?
Is it possible to do so without having sudo permissions?
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How to fix X Error: BadAccess, BadDrawable, BadShmSeg while running graphical application using Docker?
I am running Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS. I have installed Docker to this system.
I need to run FreeMat 4.2 which is not available for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS anymore because of Qt4 deprecation.
I did the ...
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Kubuntu 12.10 Shortcut to Restart X Server?
I have just upgraded from Kubuntu 12.04 to 12.10.
Until now, I was using AltGr+PrintScreen+K key combination to restart the X Server.
After the last upgrade this shortcut doesn't work anymore.
Do ...
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How to install the newest xserver-xorg-video-intel on 18.04 Bionic?
I have an Intel UHD 620 GPU, whose drivers, on 18.04 Bionic, put me in a conflicting position:
if I use the default (either HWE or not) Xorg video drivers (xserver-xorg-video-all, everything works ...
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How can I unlock /tmp/.tX0-lock
I updated to 16.04 from 14.04.3. Since then I have experienced an increasingly unstable OS.
When I boot up the process gives me a terminal. When I use startx, I get the following error:
Fatal Server ...
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How to show a non-interactive X session for displaying and periodically reload a webpage?
I have I all-in-one-pc running a webserver. As its display is constantly on, I was wondering how I could use it to display a website in parallel, e.g. the webserver's status page https://localhost/my/...
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How do I enable X at boot time so that the system boots not in text mode?
What I have made to disable X at boot time according to "marked as correct answer"
I have disabled X server on my machine (16.04), but now I want to do a roll back to old settings. I dont want to ...
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Start vino vnc server from ssh client
First of all: I googled all day and tried several suggestions on different forums with no luck
The problem: I am not able to start a vnc server on a remote machine through ssh
Additional information:
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multiple screens support in X server
I have some basic questions about support for multiple screens in X server. Probably these are dumb questions but it would very helpful if someone could answer and also point me where I can read more ...
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How to detect for a remote program that unity is running
I have a legacy program (since 1992) on a dedicated remote machine as an X-client that while starting up tries to fix all kinds of oddities using xmodmap and the like. Starting with 18.04 I note that ...
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Nvidia GT730 driver problem with Ubuntu 16.04
I am having severe troubles trying to install the correct driver for ubuntu 16.04, graphics card nvidia GT730.
Intially installing the 361 driver caused me to have a log in loop. I managed to get ...
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NVIDIA proprietary driver logging me to console instead of GUI
Firstly i want to apologise for any mistakes, English is not my native language.
My problem is I can't get NVIDIA proprietary drivers to work. I tried to install it on Ubuntu 12.04.1 32 and 64 bits, ...
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Can't login to Ubuntu 18.04 desktop (only wayland)
I have an XPS 9560 with Ubuntu 18.04.03
Today I had a small problem with undocking from my desktop screen so I tried to restart gnome (Alt+F2 r) and that seemed to take some time so I hard-shutdown ...
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How can I create an X server that has a backing store?
So I am completely new to Ubuntu (I am running 12.04 on a Toshiba Satellite). I am trying to remotely access my work computer but I keep getting an error reading:
"xevas: requires a X server that ...
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Why we use sleep command before xset dpms?
I have the following line to turn my laptop display off:
sleep 1 && xset dpms force standby
sleep 1: Puts the thread to sleep for 1 second.
xset dpms force standby: From man, forces the ...
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nvidia drivers fail completely after update to 3.5.019
I'm running a duel-screen set-up and need the proprietary drivers because the standard ones won't drive the second screen at full resolution.
After updating to 3.5.019, downloading the latest linux ...
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How to install package xorg-server
I'm following this recipe to build xf86-input-libinput from source with a patch applied.
The command ./configure --prefix=/usr gives me an error that I haven't been able to resolve:
checking for xorg-...
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VNC over lightdm results in blank screen
I'm trying to set up VNC over lightdm so multiple users may log in to the server and have their own session each. I'm using TightVNC Viewer from a Windows machine to connect to the Ubuntu virtual ...
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xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT: Invalid argument
I'v set up an Ubuntu 12.04 from the precreated OpenVZ template. The host system is configured as follows:
# $ cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
# $ uname -a
Linux openvz-02 2.6.32-16-pve #1 SMP ...
