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Questions tagged [graphical-user-interface]

A Graphical User Interface is a human-computer interface which predominantly uses images to communicate state to the user, and often involves use of a pointing device for receiving input.

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How do i install gnome on Debian and remote to it?

I have a debian server that's been up and running for a while now, I access it via putty and it works great, however i would like to add a gui to make things prettier to look at and easier for me to manage my server (what can i say - i grew up with…
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Dialogs still ask for user password (instead of root's) after adding rootpw to sudoers file

To add an extra layer of security I'm using the rootpw option in the sudoers file and while it works perfectly fine from the shell, when a specific command invokes the GUI version of "elevation", only the user password will work in that case and not…
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Graphicsless server running graphical VMs

I'm considering renting a dedicated AX server at hetzner.de. Those are built with Ryzen 1700X (more powerful ones with threadripper) which has no graphics whatsoever. That server would be running VirtualBox guests. I need some guests to be Windows &…
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Install X Server on ubuntu-server 16.04 for comparepdf

I'm using comparepdf (installed from ubuntu apt) to run automated tests which works fine on my desktop, but not on the server, the error returned is: comparepdf: cannot connect to X server This surprised me as I assumed comparepdf is a CLI tool, it…
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After upgradeing gitlab - GUI / Inteface broken - not working correctly

we have a big problem. Since we updated gitlab from version 8.11.7-ce.0 to 8.12.1-ce.0 our webgui is broken: gitlab - broken gui view we currently don't know why this happened. we are using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Does someone have the same issue or an…
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Running gui based desktop software in a headless VM

I am dealing with some software that "wants" to be run from a system that has a desktop (call it the primary package). This software invokes other packages that also run as user level applications on the desktop (call them the secondary packages). …
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FreeNAS Web UI not responding

Our FreeNAS is running; I can login via ssh. But the Web UI is not responding. From How to restart web ui on freenas I tried service nginx restart which gave: Performing sanity check on nginx configuration: nginx: the configuration file…
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Network Interface binding order on Windows 8.1

When I query the local interfaces on windows 8 in the command line, I could see the results listed below: C:\> netsh interface show interface Admin State State Type Interface…
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Linux network configuration GUI frontend

I know that this is not how a true admin would do it, but this is for a small home network and for a person who's not very comfortable with the command line iptables configuration. There's a small home network with a shared DSL connection (funny,…
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Running a program with root privilages in Ubuntu

How do I run a GUI program with root privileges from Ubuntu's Alt+F2 Run dialog?
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Cherokee-like WebUI for nginx

Is there any nginx module that will provide Cherokee-like web administration panel? It will be very helpful to manage virtual servers and another stuff. I'm looking for it because I love nginx for this speed and simplicity but Cherokee has great…
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Should I use an Asterisk GUI?

In the near future I'm going to be setting up an Asterisk box to handle all the phones in our office (a linux software developer). I've had a play and the basic setup seems fairly simple, and the complex stuff possible. Should I consider using a…
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Stuck at low resolution: Monitor as well as display adaptor not recognized in Windows Server 2012

We're testing an on-premise Windows Server 2012 (Datacenter) server. It has been installed with the GUI because it's internal, test only - we don't care about the attack surface until we're ready. Problem: When locally/physically logging into the…
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Is It a Bad Idea to Install the OS GUI on a Server That Will Host Asterisk?

We have a server onto which we plan to install CentOS 6.2. The server will host Asterisk for our office, but is not a webserver. If we install the minimal installation for CentOS - that is, no GUI for the OS, then that means that Asterisk will…
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Logging Windows GUI Activity by Sysadmin

I need to logg the activity of a system admin working on a windows 2008 server. We must have a log of all activity, keystrokes and responses. Is there a way to do this - its for regulatory needs in healthcare, and PCI.
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