Questions tagged [x11]
The X window system (commonly X Window System or X11, based on its current major version being 11) is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces (GUI) for networked computers.
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Systemd-user-service to enable keyboard gives no error but doesn't work
I have a bad laptop keyboard and a much better Lily58, so I wrote a bash-script to be able to disable my laptop keyboard so I can place the Lily58 on it and re-enable it after. But when I disable the ...
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XFCE: M-Tab, active windows and „Always on Top“
I run XFCE under X11 with focus policy „focus follows mouse“. What happens when I open an application, create a new (second) window in it, set it to „Always on Top“ from window menu, move the mouse ...
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Touchpad lag after two fingers scroll
I didn't know where to post this issue and thought this was the best place to start. I recently tried a number of linux distros on my job's laptop and always encountered this issue. I tested and ...
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Using xorg.conf creating 2 x servers?
So I have 2 displaylink displays, each shows as a framebuffer device, fb0, and fb1. I am using raspberry pi os, and it will show on one display, but the other is blank, however if I move the cursor ...
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xfce4 as default Windowmanager on Rocky Linux 9
Following this setup routine I installed XFCE4 on Rocky Linux 9.
But this does not startup the xfce4-window-manager in init 5.
If I go to init 3 and then startxfce4 as root XFCE4 is being started.
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Permanently set layout for all keyboards in X11
On my laptop running Gentoo Linux with StumpWM as a window manager, I have a custom keyboard layout called daselt, which I'm using all the time. Until now I've set it by automatically running ...
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Arch Linux: GDM is defaulting to X11 instead of Wayland. What's up with my configuration?
I was under the impression that my Arch Linux box was running on Wayland, given that GDM supposedly defaults to it. However, after checking XDG_SESSION_TYPE this morning, it seems that I've been on ...
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How to find the keycodes for remapping Control and Super keys using xmodmap on X11
I am trying to swap my Super_L and Control_L keys on my keyboard. I determine the keycodes for remapping these keys using xev, showkey, and xmodmap itself. They provide me different keycodes but none ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - can't start a second X session
I use Ubuntu 20.04. I can switch to tty3 (ctrl + alt + f3), log in and successfully start a second X session using the following command:
startx openbox -- :2
I would like to be able also start a ...
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Forwarding X11 desktop from a Debian RISC-V board to my Manjaro x64 machine
I have a Milk-V Duo S running an image of Debian specifically designed to run on the Sophgo SG2000 chip, made by Fishwaldo. I'm able to ssh -X into it via my Manjaro machine (which uses KDE Plasma) ...
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Why cinnamon with wayland creates 2 unix sockets?
X11 by default will create one unix socket on /tmp/.X11-unix, which named "X" + the number of the display.
But when i use cinnamon with wayland, it creates /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 AND /tmp/.X11-...
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Logitech TrackMan Marble Mouse Back Button
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A Logitech TrackMan was configured to have its small right button trigger the back functionality in Firefox. Here's an image of the device from the Ubuntu Community wiki:
The keyboard and ...
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xorg keyboard configuration
Im on Ubuntu 22.04 with i3, trying to configure the keyboard layout (de). What I tried so far without success:
I followed https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/Keyboard_configuration and created /etc/...
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Running X11 session from SDDM on Wayland
I'd like to open a new X11 user session from SDDM on Wayland.
Default SDDM behavior is to run on X11. Thus, it starts X11 server first, then it can successfully start a session first for itself, and ...
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Debian doesn't start the GUI interface
I have a fresh installation of Debian (2 days), everything went fine until today. I turned on my machine, the login screen appeared, I entered my password, it was accepted and then I got a black ...
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