xterm is the standard terminal emulator for the X Window System. A user can have many different invocations of xterm running at once on the same display, each of which provides independent input/output for the process running in it (normally the process is a Unix shell).
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Need Help Studying for Linux+ Cert
A user (Bob)accidentally makes a subdirectory (bobsdir) in their Home directory and try to remove it but when they use the "rmdir \bobsfile" command they get "No Such Directory".
the Answer to the ...
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Clean Ubuntu 13.04 Installation Fails to open X
After a failed update to Ubunty 13.04 that messed up my whole system, a format, and several attempts to reinstall, I've hit a stone wall.
Immediately after doing a clean installation, I get error ...
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LXTerminal and XTerm Resize Command
I want to execute a command in a bash script that will resize the terminal window. In xterm
xterm -geometry=30x30
will create a new xterm window, and
lxterminal --geometry=30x30
will create a new ...
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xterm creates window in active workspace always (How to put the window into background)
I have two workspaces: WS1 and WS2.
On WS1, the script below is running in a konsole:
for i in 1..1000; do
xterm -e someprogram argX &;
xterm -e someprogram argY
; done
When I switch ...
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How does copy-paste work with xterm?
Left-down-clicking in xterms starts the selection of something to be copy-pasted.
Double-left clicking selects a word.
Triple-left clicking selects a line.
All this works under unity in 11.04. ...
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Can I input Chinese in my xterm?
I have Chinese input working. I have xterm working. I have utf-8 working in my xterm. For example, I can see the lightning bolt unicode character. But when I input Chinese characters, I get those ...
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pound sign and shift-tilde in aterm
I'm having an issue with aterm whereby typeing the pound sign (shift+3) gives me 'ţ', and shift-tilde gives 'Ŭ'. These keys are the only two which don't work properly. Interestingly they work ...
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Xterm doesn't react on key presses
Seems like it's completeley detached from the keyboard.
What can cause such behavior? How can I solve that issue or how can I reinstall xterm?
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What is the difference between xterm and xterm(unicode)?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 .while looking around terminal and i came across two things . one is xterm and xterm(Unicode) , may i know what the difference between these two things ?
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No terminal colors in Ubuntu Server 12.04
I've tried everything from this duplicate question but I still can't get it to work. The only difference from that question is that when I run env | grep TERM I get TERM=xterm instead of ...
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Highlighting with grep doesn't work in Xterm
I've got a problem with Xterm.
When I use the command
tail -F example.log | grep -a -i -e 'examplestring'
in Xterm the "grepped" strings aren't highlighted in red like they would be in the normal ...
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Why isn't cluster-SSH working on Ubuntu Server?
I have installed cluster-SSH on my ubuntu 10.04 server, it has a dependency of xterm_261-1_amd64.
when i try to
$cssh localhost
it says
ocpe@blrkec241933d:~$ cssh localhost
connect ...
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How to save GNOME Terminal contents with ANSI escape codes?
VT100 terminals have a relatively simple way to save terminal contents with escape codes to a file using Meta-p:
XTerm.VT100.printAttributes: 2
XTerm.VT100.printerCommand: cat - > file
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How do I make a Qt4 app which uses a linux terminal? [closed]
What I'm trying to do is have a Linux an application which displays a GUI for options which would enter commands for a bash script in an embedded terminal. It would also be nice if I could have the ...
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changing font in xterm without messing up utf-8
I'm trying to use Inconsolata font in xterm using:
xterm*faceName: Inconsolata
xterm*faceSize: 10
in .Xresources (and I don't forget to update with xrdb .Xresources) but when I changed the font, ...
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How do I add parameters to Unity icons?
Many posts tell you to copy files from /usr/share/applications
to your home directory.
Well, unfortunately that does not work for non-Ubuntu stuff.
Can anybody show me how to add this
xterm -bg ...
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Different ways of executing binaries and scripts
I've been using Linux for some time now and I've been searching for a complete overview of this but not found any.
I just don't come to terms with all the different ways of executing scripts and ...
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Backspace, Tab, Del and arrow keys not working in terminal (using ssh)
When I ssh into another Ubuntu machine with my account (with sudo permissions), my backspace key generates some awkward symbols on pressing. Also Tab, Del and Arrow keys don't work.
On the other ...
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Which lightweight Terminal Emulators supports Transparency?
I know that gnome-terminal and the kde terminal both support transparency, but I'm looking for something lighter on resources than those. What other xterminal emulators support transparency?
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How do I start xterm with a headless system?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I want to boot directly and headless in the terminal (no GUI). After that I want to startx to start a program in xterm.
When I boot 'headed', everything is working like ...
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Monodevelop External Console
Ubuntu 12.04. When I run MonoDevelop (IDE) using native shell, Unity, the MonoDevelop External Console that appears during debugging is gnome-terminal.
But if I use another window manager (for ...
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How do I boot directly into a user's xterm?
04 64bit and user called 'ubuntu'
How do I boot my system into ubuntu user's xterm without loading gnome-desktop and prompting for password?
I have tried hacking grub, but it always asks me for ...
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Can XTerm do all the things Terminal can do?
Is XTerm able to do all of the things the regular terminal can do?
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How do I set up hotkeys for a xterm?
When I do a ssh to an OpenSuse machine and use yast I have to use tab intead of alt+y for help for example, I don't know what else to say...
My question is how to set up this to have a propper ...
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What values are available for fn and fb options to the xterm command?
I am visually impaired and have difficulty with the current settings (9x15 and 9x15bold) which my script is specifying. I would like to enlarge the fonts; how do I determine which values are possible ...
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Mapping Alt key to Escape key in xterm [closed]
With my previous PC keyboard I could get the Alt key to work like the Escape key in xterm by setting XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true in ~/.Xresources. With my new Apple keyboard this setting does now work ...
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Terminal output missing
The terminal output often goes missing - the space is there where lines should be but only black background shows. Usually seems to be the first 3-4 lines at the top of the terminal screen, but isn't ...
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Cut/paste stopped working in xterm (&UXterm) after upgrading to 11.10
I seem to no longer be able to copy text, (eg; from a web page; "sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-q") and paste it into a terminal window. Right click (and alt-rt click, ...
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ssh -X “Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0”
I'm trying to open xterm on my remote server (Ubuntu Server 10.04) with ssh:
ssh -X name@machine xterm
but the error returned is:
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0`
I googled and tried ...
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xterm forgets to display a random block of lines from its scrollback buffer during shift+pageup/down [closed]
Ubuntu-bug seemed to think I should report this issue here, so here goes:
I use 'xterm -rv' as my customary terminal, with about 2000 lines of scrollback.
ii xterm ...
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How to switch to virtual console? [closed]
I figured out that I can switch to virtual console by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1.
The problem still remains... when I press that button combination - it turns off my monitor. The monitor itself says NO ...
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How can I set a per terminal bell with xterms?
I'm using natty. I'm using classic. I use raw xterms (the latest build, 270, in fact).
I've done
xset b 100
pactl upload-sample /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/message.ogg bell.ogg
But I want ...
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Need a remote desktop to a headless server without logging in first
I've been using Linux for many years now but only to run servers. Over the last few days I've been struggling with a technical / configuration issue which I hope someone can help with. I've installed ...
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Cannot type backquote or backtick in xterm
Ubuntu 10.10, 32 bit, XTerm(261), Keyboard layout = Canadian
Somehow, the backquote (backtick = `) character can't be input does not get entered in XTerm. I type it and nothing happens. The cursor ...
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How to really clear the terminal?
I can issue the clear command or press Ctrl + L to clear the current Ubuntu terminal, but this just shifts previous output upwards and if you use mouse scroll or PgUP and PgDown keys it's hard to ...
