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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Ubuntu 22.04 xorg won't start, how to reconfigure just Xorg?
My oldish laptop has been running fine on Kubuntu 18.04 for many years. The battery lasts between 1 second and 1 minute, and after an unplanned power loss shutdown, the main and external monitor ...
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trouble while installing nvidia driver
I was trying to install Nvidia driver till I got this error :
ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
installing. For further details, please see the ...
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Can I remove wayland from my system?
A recent update seems to have pushed the wayland system into my Ubuntu 22.04.
Unfortunately this has broken a bunch of mission-critical stuff.
Can I remove it, and if so how would I go about it?
If I ...
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Using Hardware-Acceleration with VNC-Server for OBS Encoding
i have the following setup:
Intel Core i5-13500
64 GB RAM
No GPU
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 and connect via VNC which is set up acording to this tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/...
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gdm doesn't start after failed attempt to install amdgpu drivers until modprobe amdgpu (Ubuntu 22.04)
Short version: After trying (and failing) to install the AMD radeon proprietary drivers, I uninstalled them and removed the packages it installed, but now:
At boot, my graphics card is UNCLAIMED.
GDM ...
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Ubuntu 23 xorg issue with Nvidia drivers
I have switch to Ubuntu 23 with xorg but it does not use my gpu instead it is using software rendering. It’s making me crazy could someone help me with that ?
I have tried to reinstall and my secure ...
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Unexpected session logout when opening settings
Every time I open settings (from the right corner menu or by searching it with SUPER), a black screen appears and then the login is displayed.
After re-login the whole session is lost.
Here is the ...
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Getting a blank screen with blinking cursor error after changing resolution
I've recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 on a dual boot. I allocated 30 gb space for root.when I first plugged installation media, resolution wasn't optimum (it wasn't 1920x1080). I thought it would be ...
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Where do I report an issue in X windows/QT that is probably related to Arm64?
On my old VM, I have Kubuntu 23.04 installed and everything works well.
As part of my hardware migration to Apple Silicon, I am now running Arm64 Ubuntu 23.04 in a VM. I had to install the Kubuntu ...
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Gnome shell with RDP signifigant lag and CPU spikes on any action
I have a ubuntu remote server to which I use RDP to connect from my local windows machine. I have installed Xrdp and Xorg and the connection seems to work, when performing any action the UI is very ...
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Xutuntu 22.04 black screen when `prime-select` is set to `nvidia` or `on-demand`
I recently migrated my Xubuntu 22.04 setup to a new laptop (Dell Precision 3580). After tinkering around for a few days, the Intel Iris Xe GPU works now. However, I just can't make the Nvidia RTX A500 ...
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My Ubuntu 22.04 is using X11. How do I make it use Wayland?
I have dual-booted my windows 11 with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The problem is that I wasn't able to use pinch zoom gesture on browsers. I was on Firefox. And also the too fast scrolling.
I searched around ...
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Login screen hangs, login only after restarting X
For a while, I experience regularly that the login screen on Ubuntu Studio 22.04 hangs, just a few seconds after it has appeared. That means: I can move the mouse pointer, but the cursor freezes and I ...
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Why did the foreground color turn red
I'm trying to install Synergy on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, found out it is not compatible with Wayland so rebooted with Xorg and the foreground color changed to red cloud covering everything.
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How can i reset my keyboard layout in xwayland in ubuntu
Unfortunately I changed my keyboard layout and now my keyboard acts like unreal.
I installed a software called xkeycaps and then came this problem
I tried setxkbmap and it works with a warning. After ...
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Disable multitap on touchpad
I need to disable multitap on the Synaptics touchpad on my Kubuntu 22.04 notebook because I frequently paste the clipboard by accident. I still need any number of fingers (at least one finger) to be a ...
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Login loop on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. Xwayland and gnome-shell blocked
My Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS got stuck in login loop. I did nothing special to cause it (maybe some general Ubuntu updates). I tried suggestions from https://support.system76.com/articles/login-loop-ubuntu/ ...
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List active windows and their app icon filepaths ( from current icon theme ) - Xorg
I can get the list of active windows by
xprop -root _NET_CLIENT_LIST , wmctrl -l
but how do i get their app icons too? preferrably from /usr/share/applications/appname.desktop! cuz these have ...
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Get app name by its window ID ( in xorg & linux )
i have a window id, i would like to know its app name.
For example, there's an app called "PulseAudio Volume Control", ( pavucontrol pkg )
Now if I open it and xprop it, then the wm_class ...
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Kubuntu boots up to a blank screen until I drop to a TTY and restart X
I have a Kubuntu machine I've been using for around a year and a half, and recently it has started booting up to a blank screen. I cannot get it to show anything by moving the mouse, hitting keys, or ...
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Unreliable graphics behavior after upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04
I've been stumped by this all week and am finally giving up on antisocial lone-debugging. Hopefully someone can help me make sense of this behavior! I originally made a bug in the nvidia-graphics-...
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How to clock Nvidia gpu to specific performance level?
I have Switchable graphics AMD and Nvidia GPU. I use only Nvidia graphics.
I saw performance levels on Powermizer settings of Nvidia X Server Settings.
My question is, is there any way to force lock ...
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Is there a definitive way to install amdgpu graphics drivers on Ubuntu 22.04?
I've been working with Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop for ages and now I finally saved up to buy a desktop. My AMD GPU is a Radeon RX 6950XT. I was told that I have to install the AMD graphics drivers, ...
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What graphic card driver should I install?
I use Ubuntu 22.04 and my laptop has Intel 530 and GeForce 960M graphic cards I think. Recently because of either upgrading my graphic driver or OS kernel, I have an issue with my graphic card. I ...
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Xrdp high CPU usage
I have a ubuntu remote server to which I use RDP to connect from my local windows machine.
I have installed Xrdp and the connection seems to work, but Xrdp process seems to have very high cpu usage (~...
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Keyboard Brightness control not working on Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ITL05. How to solve?
Running Ubuntu 22.04 on a Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15ITL05.
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz × 8
Nvidia MX450
Graphics shows up as NVIDIA Corporation / Mesa Intel® Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
X11/Xorg - ...
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Errors when running a swing application on Ubuntu 22.04.2
I'm trying to run a very simple "hello world" Java application with swing on my computer where I have installed Ubuntu 22.04.2.
I have installed Java SDK 17 and have JAVA_HOME set on my ~/....
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How can I access my Ubuntu machine running X11/Xorg from Windows 10?
I have a laptop running Windows 10 (or Windows 11). I can ssh into my Ubuntu computer with ssh [email protected], but I'd like to either (a) use a GUI app from Windows or (b) use the entire ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with NVidia drivers are not used with Wayland (Ubuntu on Wayland) but are used in X11 (Ubuntu)
I installed the NVidia drivers on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (Native Linux) and everything went smoothly. The drivers work just fine under X11. However, under Wayland, they are not used and instead, I get:
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uninstalled cmake snap, now KDE and xorg want to uninstall [duplicate]
I was trying to install a package from source and it asked me to install cmake.
I did so, but the install had other errors so I gave up and did a snap remove cmake.
Now when I run apt (or muon), it ...
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How to run a script everytime the X server starts?
I brought one of the 7 inch mini notebooks that have appeared recently (https://www.amazon.co.uk/UDKED-Notebook-MiniHDMI-Connectivity-Terminals/dp/B0C28FFYTK) Its a neat little machine and I have ...
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ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS driver error
I hadn't been on my pc for a good couple months and after booting up and running updates along with steam updates I go to my home to find my steam crashed. I think nothing of it to reboot and my ...
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Internal laptop screen sometimes not detected at login with Nvidia drivers
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on an Aero 15 OLED laptop. Everything was working fine until I updated the NVidia driver to 535.86.10.
The problem:
Sometimes (I would say roughly 70% of times), whenever I ...
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Xorg configuration with hybrid graphics (amd / nvidia) and multiple monitors
I have a Asus laptop, TUF566IV, running Kubuntu 23.04.
It comes with a RTX 2060 and an integrated AMD gpu.
I initially had a single HDMI external monitor and the display was handled by the iGPU, using ...
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Ubuntu Wayland setting appearance
If I click to setting appearance in Ubuntu Wayland 22.04.2 lts , it shows 1️⃣ icon, what is the error?[image]
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Revert back to earlier driver after Ubuntu 22.04 upgrade
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After upgrading to 22.04 my second display began acting strangely (only half the second screen showing up). The main display was fine. I tried to switch to the tested NVIDIA driver, ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS windowing system
Hello everyone help me please.Ubuntu 22.04.2 lts is x11 default in windowing system?Because it shows as x11 on setting > about.
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Why is my display frozen?
I have an installation of Ubuntu Budgie that I also have KDE installed on. Recently, I created and changed an Xorg conf file so I could get it to work with my NVIDIA GPu instead of my Integrated ...
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Skype Wayland versus Xorg black screen at startup
Ubuntu 23.04 when under Wayland the Skype screen is black. It takes up to or more then 60 seconds before the black window in skype turns normal. under Xorg the screen is visible immediately. Have this ...
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Not able to enter password for few seconds at login screen in Kubuntu 23.04
I am using Kubuntu 23.04 on HP Pavilion laptop.
Everything is working fine except one problem at login screen.
I am not able to type a password for the first few seconds(around 10 seconds). Nothing ...
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Getting Wavlink (Displaylink) USB-VGA adaptor to work on Ubuntu Server
Complete noob when it comes to Linux here, so any help would be much appreciated.
I have a Wavlink UG39DH4 USB adaptor that I'm trying to get working on a headless Ubuntu Server (22.4.1).
I'm ...
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screen zoomed into top left when qemu vm with gpu is open
When running a vm with a gpu added as virtual hardware (quadro 4000) in qemu, the screen zooms into the top left corner. This persists even after closing the vm. Rebooting the computer does not fix ...
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Touchscreen : apply calibration when plugged
I have a NUC unit to made a kiosk application in a store which runs on Ubuntu.
To make calibration permanent, I made a startup application with xinput commands. Everything IS working fine.
But, NUC ...
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Kubuntu X11 focus follows mouse Firefox doesn't play nicely
I started using Unix (Solaris) in the mid '90s and, as a researcher, I found the focus follows mouse without bringing the window I was typing in fantastic for making notes while reading papers.
in the ...
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xrandr (intel driver, igpu) not recognizing config file or any unconnected screens (DVI, Virtual, etc)
I was trying to setup a virtual display on my 610 igpu minipc. I have tried to edit 20-intel.conf files (had to create) in both /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d (where other manufacturer config files ...
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Change default keyboard layout for virtual terminal
I use customized keyboard layout, which was set to default in UI gnome settings. It works well in gnome.
However, when I open a new virtual termnial (Ctrl+Shift+F4 orCtrl+Shift+F5 ) It does not use my ...
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Seemingly random X11 crashes that close all programs and return to login screen
The OS specs:
camera@cameraControl:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
camera@cameraControl:~$...
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Ran test for ligthdm bug Says Xserver no path found
I Ran bug test on lightdm Say Xserver no path i'm stuck on tty1 please help i'm new to Ubuntu and dont know much
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Running Selenium with UI on Ubuntu Server to be displayed on the remote computer's display
I have a remote computer with Ubuntu Server 22.04 running. I have some python scripts that use Selenium. I would like Selenium to display the web browser's UI on the remote computer's VGA display.
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Night shift makes cursor overly red
I've looked for someone else encountering this issue for quite a while now, but all I can find is the opposite, such as this question.
When the GNOME night light feature is enabled, everything behaves ...
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