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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I have an xserver problem
I installed WSL2 Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS and it refuses to start the xserver so I can get to the GUI. I have tried everything that I could find to update the OS and drivers using apt and apt-get with no ...
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How do I use VcXsrv?
Im new to linux and Im trying to run ubuntu desktop with a gui so I got vcxsrv and I was able to configure it at get it running but I dont know what to do now. Every source online is saying something ...
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Patching X Server
I have an issue with keyboard shortcuts conflict (an event is triggered upon a key press instead of release). (This is a very old issue which is common for users using 2 or more keyboard layouts).
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Why is sudo needed for vainfo?
I just installed vainfo on Ubuntu Server 24.04. Why is sudo needed for vainfo? Is there any way to fix this so that sudo is not needed?
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I installed vainfo with sudo apt install vainfo, and ...
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Move a GUI application to a remote DISPLAY
I have an app I start from the shell that starts a GUI instance (such as using gedit test.txt), which needs to run on a remote PC.
I want to be able to open the instance on my machine and be able to ...
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How to start a LightDM session in an already-running, remote X server?
I have Xephyr running in machine1, with this command line. It starts the X server in a window, no problem:
Xephyr -listen tcp -listen unix -listen local -br -ac -noreset -screen 1366x768 :1
I can log ...
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GLX problem with Xming, WSL2 and SSH
I have Ubuntu 22.04 running on WSL2 in my Windows 11, and I am connecting to another Ubuntu 22.04 in my LAN from the WSL2 with SSH. I want to display a GUI on my Windows from the remote PC. I have ...
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Not able to use X server on Ubuntu because of display error
Whenever I try to connect to my VcXsrv server, I get the error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0. I have tried everything, but I can't seem to resolve this error. What do I do?
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Nvidia X Server Display Configuration Prime Display
I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 with dual monitor. In the Nvidia X Server Display Configuration menu, I'm seeing a "Prime Display" as third monitor and I cannot disable or delete it. Also, when I ...
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How to use different pointers and keyboard for different monitors
I have a system running on top of Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop which I use along with an external monitor. I am trying to work on both simultaneously and I want to be using separate input methods for ...
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I'm having some problems with my notebook's touchpad
I'm having some problems with my notebook's touchpad. This event appeared after I typed the command sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. The problem is that when I scroll up it goes down,...
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xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: :0
I have a cronjob that didn't work this morning. The line in crontab -e looks like this:
20 9 * * 1-5 export DISPLAY=:0 && /bin/bash /opt/ibc/twsstart.sh
I couldn't find any errors in /var/log/...
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X authority not found
Help please new to Ubuntu I'm stuck on tty and don't know what to do here are photos of error
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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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Deleted libgtk-4-1 caused missing GUI and ozone platform initialization failure
I recently attempted to upgrade the libgtk-4-1 library to the latest version on my system. In order to do so, I used the command 'sudo apt remove libgtk-4-1' to remove the previous version. However, ...
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