Questions tagged [x-windows]
X-Windows, often known as X, X11, or by its formal name, the X Window System is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common in UNIX-like operating systems.
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Why is X11 forwarding so inefficient?
Whenever I remotely launch large GUIs with X11 forwarding, even including the -C switch, the experience is very unresponsive. My question is, what does, at the concept/protocol level cause this?
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How can I merge the gnome clipboard and the X selection?
I'm constantly frustrated by the two separate clipboards in X/Gnome. I'm constantly doing things like control-C to copy, and then middle-click to paste, and getting the wrong data. Or select something,...
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xrdp session: Login failed for display 0
I have just installed xrdp on my CentOs 7 following the steps in this article but could get as far as inputting my user name and password.
Here's a screenshot of the error that I get after trying to ...
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What are my X client options for MS Windows? [closed]
I need to connect to a headless X Windows server (running on Ubuntu) from my MS Windows 7 computer over a 100 Mbit network. I could use VNC (or any other remote viewer) but the 3D graphics performance ...
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Mapping Super+hjkl to arrow keys under X
I'm trying to map:
Super+h -> Left
Super+j -> Down
Super+k -> Up
Super+l -> Right
globally under X. The idea is I don't want to leave my home row that often to use the arrow keys, so I'...
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How do I get X11 Forwarding to work on Windows with PuTTY and Xming?
I've always wanted to get X11 Forwarding to work with PuTTY, and the X Window System I'm using is Xming. When I have Xming running and I establish a new connection to my server, I receive the ...
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How to split Emacs over a dual monitor?
I would like to split Emacs over a double monitor. How do I do that?
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Extend Linux Desktop to another X Windows Display
I am a long time Linux user of the Xinerama and other technologies for extending a desktop to multiple monitors. However when I travel with my laptop I miss the multi-monitor support I enjoy at home. ...
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Leave xterm open after task is complete
I have an automated test that I run with the xterm -e command:
xterm -e RunMyTests
At the end of the test-run, it prints out a summary of the results and some statistics to stdout.
I'd like to ...
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On Ubuntu 9.10, where is the xorg.conf file in Karmic Koala?
I am trying to change this xorg.conf file that I used to modify under Ubuntu 9.04, so it can have the higher resolutions of my monitor. Under 9.04, the monitor was unknown, and I had to key in all ...
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How do I make YouTube videos fill up an entire screen when using dual monitors?
I am using a dual monitor setup on Ubuntu 9.10 using the TwinView configuration in NIVIDA X Server Settings. My total resolution is 2960x1050 pixels, and my individual monitors are 1680x1050 (primary) ...
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Command-line way to send keystrokes to a window open on a different X-session
On my main machine, I have a Ubuntu desktop open and logged on.
I am then also logging in to this machine from a remote computer, using X2go which creates a new X-session.
I have a libreoffice file ...
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Multiple GPUs in Linux - How to specify which GPU runs X windows
I have been running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 on a system with a GTX 480. Recently I added a 3GB GTX 580, as my CUDA application requires more memory than I have on the 480. Due to space issues in ...
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XWindows manager/Desktop environment: How can I move a window from another screen to the current screen without seeing the window on the other screen?
[Terminologies] Let's say "display" = "monitor" = "screen".
Note: Current display (or current monitor, screen) means the display in which the mouse pointer locates, and/...
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X forwarding over SSH from Mac to a Linux box
I need run Mac applications on a remote Mac machine and display it on a local Linux machine's X server (a lot of articles on the Internet seem to be detailing how would you do it the opposite way).
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Using XFCE4 with awesome
When I got tired of using the standard XFCE window manager, xfwm, I simply installed openbox and selected "XFCE/Openbox" session in the GDM login screen. This was very convenient because I didn't want ...
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3 or 4 monitors with Nvidia and Ubuntu
I saw that someone was running 3 monitors with Ubuntu 8.10 and two Nvidia cards (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27113/how-to-use-3-monitors).
I was curious if you can do this with Xinerama, a ...
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How do I specify an IPv6 address in the X Window DISPLAY variable?
I'm trying to export a DISPLAY variable containing a numeric IPv6 address. What format would the variable take, since IPv6 addresses contain :, which normally is used for the display number? Googling ...
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How do I get the full Ubuntu Gnome Experience via XRDP
How do I get the full Ubuntu Gnome experience instead of the generic Gnome experience via XRDP?
When I login from the console, I get the Ubuntu customization of Gnome: The dock is a stripe that ...
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Xforwarding doesn't allow for switching users
I'm ssh'd into a remote computer and xforwarding is working fine... but as soon as I "sudo su -" or "sudo su user2" it no longer Xforwards anything giving me the error:
X11 connection rejected ...
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Does any Linux X terminal update line-wrapping on resize? [closed]
The Mac OS X Terminal will rewrap lines when the window is resized. Is this functionality available in any terminal emulator for Linux?
I'd prefer to do this with terminals like gnome-terminal that ...
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Is there a way to get tightvnc to host the native display :0?
tightvncserver starts up just fine using :1, :2, etc, None of the control the default X Server on the monitor itself.
If I change it to :0 I get this error
A VNC server is already running as :0
If ...
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Should I use VNC or X protocol to control a Linux application from Windows?
I need to use an RubyMine IDE running on a Linux machine from a Windows desktop. I want to make that remote Linux application window to behave as close as possible to a normal local Windows ...
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How can I deactivate the gnome desktop of my ubuntu server?
I'm running a home server on my old laptop (atom cpu).
I installed ubuntu 12.04 server edition, but I also installed ubuntu-desktop.
So, when I turn it on, ubuntu desktop is shown.
I sometimes use ...
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What is Arch Linux's default terminal?
Using the command echo $TERM, I get the output 'xterm'. However, I have not done anything to install the X Windowing System, and as far as I know, Xterm cannot run without it, and Arch does not ...
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How does "Drag and Drop" work in the X window system on Linux?
I'm an old-school dinosaur, and I'd like to understand how drag and drop works on the X window system under Linux. Is it build into the X protocol? Is it a function of the window manager? Do ...
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New Xming Windows Doesn't Grab Focus
I do my day-to-day work on Windows 7 (no, that's not going to change) and often need to work with Linux running on Parallels. Switching between Windows and Linux desktops is a pain, so I've installed ...
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Vagrant: X Window System access possible?
Besides SSH access, is it also
possible to use Vagrant to launch a proper session running the X Window System
and a window manager such as Unity so that the graphical interface is also
available?
(I'...
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Mouse button and keypress counter for Linux?
I would like to have some kind of statistic of my daily mouse/keyboard usage to help me make my keyboard layout a little bit more efficient.
There is already a question about how to do this on ...
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What happens if I were to hit CTRL-ALT-F7 without starting the x server?
At the moment all I see is the message INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal. What does this mean?
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Can I SSH from Mac to Linux, with Linux windows opening on the Mac?
This is a question about X Windows support for Mac.
I sometimes ssh to a Linux computer, and start software there.
The software requires graphical interface (a DISPLAY).
I am curious whether it is ...
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Redirecting X output
I have a small program that checks some elements of a web service. The program shows graphics output and displays commmand-line results as well.
I have been trying to automate this program to run ...
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Have remote X app open without manual "placement" on my local display
I am running X on my local machine and then using ssh -Y username@remotemachine to connect to a remote Debian server. Once logged in to this remote Debian server I type iceweasel at the command line ...
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ssh X11 forwarding issue
I have put ForwardX11 in my ~/.ssh/config and then I start a X11 application like this:
ssh -f user@host 'someapp; sleep 1'
This works fine.
The application someapp has a button which opens a ...
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What is the difference between using the 'X -config' command and the 'startx' command
I get very different results when using
X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf
than just plain
startx
Namely, that the 1st command just gives me a black screen, while startx actually shows some X windows.
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how to install xorg-fonts-75dpi properly for xboard?
I am trying to compile xboard but when I tried to run it I got the error
xboard: no fonts match pattern -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
I googled a bit and found out that xorg-fonts-...
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How can I make the X Windows bell use the default audio device?
The X window system provides the command
xset b on
to turn on the 'bell' that rings when Ctl-G is sent to an xterm, for example. Unfortunately, the default seems to be to try to play the bell on ...
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keyboard mappings are totally screwed after updating to kde4
I recently upgraded from KDE 3.5 to KDE 4, and I have been having weird issues with my keyboard. In one of the virtual consoles e.g. when I press ctrl + alt 1 , I can type perfectly, but in KDE, ...
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startx results in error "timeout in locking authority file /home/myaccount/.Xauthority"
About once a month, I try to start X windows on my local desktop with:
startx
but the terminal seems to hang, then gives the error:
xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/myaccount/....
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How are Linux environment variables DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY used?
How are these 2 variables used by the X Window system?
On my Ubuntu 9.10 host, if I set XAUTHORITY to anything and then try to run a GUI program, I receive a GTK-WARNING ***: cannot open display :0....
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How to paste from Local Windows 7 to Hummingboard Exceed
Exceed - 14.0.8.584
Windows7
I am able to copy from Xwindows to my local desktop however I am not able to PASTE from windows7 to Exceed. I need the converse of How can I copy text from Exceed?. I ...
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How to disable horizontal scrolling within virtualbox on Ubuntu guest, Windows 7 host?
I am using Windows 7 as Host, Ubuntu Karmic as guest OS with guest tools installed and I get an annoying glitch when switching from host to the guest machine: Vertical scrolling switches to horizontal!...
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Xforwarding in Ubuntu
I'm trying to get Xforwarding working in Ubuntu... On the server I have uncommented the following lines of /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
X11Forwarding yes
AllowTcpForwarding yes
Now I try to ssh in, but I ...
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Arch Linux from live USB - how do I launch the GUI?
I run Arch from a live USB. I want to use it to repair a broken Windows XP installation. I was presented with a console and I thought that starting the GUI windows system would be as simple as issuing ...
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Remote xterm terminating with an error event BadAccess
I'm logging into a remote server using ssh -x and then running xterm. Whenever the keyboard bell is trying to be run, I get the following messages and xterm exits:
xterm: warning, error event ...
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Ubuntu experience feels sluggish on modern hardware
I've installed Ubuntu on my home workstation (HP Z400 with ATI Radeon HD 5800). At the mercy of the prompt, I agreed to installing the ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver. One would think that ...
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Good support to multiple desktops AND multiple monitors in Linux (Ubuntu or Debian)?
I'm starting to have A LOT of opened windows in my machine.
Sometimes within a project, I have e-mail/task management/personal e-mail/twitter, and a lot of different opened applications/terminals in ...
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Random flickering on 2.6.32 kernels after suspend
I have XUbuntu 9.10 installed on a Toshiba NB200 netbook with Intel video card that's handled with i915 driver.
With 2.6.31 stable, recommended kernel everything but WiFi works fine: Atheros ath9k ...
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Eclipse running slow over Cygwin ssh
I use Cygwin running under Windows XP to make an X Windows ssh connection to a RedHat server.
I’ve run a few applications through the Cygwin/X interface, and they perform fine. However, the main ...
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Multiple monitors under X: eliminating gaps due to different monitor heights
I am using nvidia-settings to configure multiple monitors . The monitors' native resolutions are different, so this generates 'gaps' where the items are drawn on the virtual screen but not on any of ...
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