Questions tagged [xorg]
Xorg is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now runs on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms.
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How to forward X over SSH to run graphics applications remotely?
I have a machine running Ubuntu which I SSH to from my Fedora 14 machine. I want to forward X from the Ubuntu machine back to Fedora so I can run graphical programs remotely. Both machines are on a ...
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How to run a command without hitting Enter Key?
Accidently I mapped Enter via xkbset to Pointer_button2.
Now every time I hit Enter some gibberish text appears.
I thought of a workaround involving remapping it back, but that means I will have to ...
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How can I turn off "middle mouse button paste" functionality in all programs?
I don't like having the middle mouse button paste, because I often end up with uncompilable code in Eclipse. How can I turn this off (in all programs)? I'm running Fedora.
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Pasting X selection (not clipboard contents) with keyboard
I'd like to be able to paste the X selection using the keyboard. Currently I have to use the middle mouse button to do this.
I gather that faking a middle mouse button press is fairly easy to do, ...
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How do I get current keyboard layout?
I'm wondering if there is any command line tool that returns the current keyboard layout.
I have XkbLayout set to us, ru.
Update: setxkbmap returns layout settings, not selected layout. E.g.:
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List all valid kbd layouts, variants and toggle options (to use with setxkbmap)
Is there a way from command line to retrieve the list of all available
keyboard layouts and relative variants?
I need to list all the valid layout/variants choices to be used then from setxkbmap.
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How do I choose a graphics card for Linux?
I'm building or buying a new Linux system, and I'm trying to select the best graphics card for my needs. How do I go about making this decision?
There's dozens of computer-gear review sites which ...
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A tool for automatically applying RandR configuration when external display is plugged in
is there a tool which enables one to:
remember current RandR configuration (position, orientation, resolution etc) on per-monitor basis,
automatically apply last known good configuration as soon as ...
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How to close X Server, to avoid errors while updating nVidia driver?
I tried to update my nVidia driver but I got an error when I ran the driver installation.
See the error:
ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
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What is ".xsession" for?
What is the purpose of the .xsession file in the home folder? What should be put in there? The desktop environments don't use that file and for the X startup from the tty there is .xinitrc.
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Getting a window's PID by clicking on it
Is there any package which shows PID of a window by clicking on it?
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How does Linux's display work?
The Linux's display system uses multiple technology, protocols, extensions, applications, servers (daemon), drivers and concepts to achieve the windowing system for instance:
Xorg, Wayland, X11, ...
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How do I scale i3 window manager for my HiDPI display?
I have a Dell XPS 13 9343 2015 with a resolution of 3200x1800 pixels.
I am trying to use i3 windows manager on it but everything is tiny and hardly readable.
I managed to scale every applications (...
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What does DISPLAY=:0.0 actually mean?
What does the :0.0 actually mean? I know that :0 is the first X server that is started on a local machine, :1 the second, etc. But what is that .0 part after :0? Do other combinations exist? (e.g. :0....
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How to disable the Forward/Back buttons on my mouse
My mouse has an unfortunate feature. On the left side, right where my thumb sits ever so gently when I'm using it, there are two buttons that are so sensitive a mere brush will make them click.
I'm ...
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