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X11 is Version 11 of the X Window System, commonly used on Linux, BSD, and Unix systems to provide the lower level graphics, input, and window management API's that higher level desktops such as GNOME and KDE build upon.

X11 is Version 11 of the X Window System, commonly used on , , and systems to provide the lower level graphics, input, and window management API's that higher level desktops such as GNOME and KDE build upon.

The primary open source implementation is now published by the X.Org Foundation on the www.x.org web site. Version 11 was first released in 1987, and while many subsequent releases have occurred since, they have maintained backwards compatibility with the Version 11 protocols and APIs.

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x11vnc can not connect to X server of gdm greeter

OS: CentOS 8.3 GDM creates a X server for the greeter, and a different one each user that logs in. I am trying to run x11vnc to enable remote access to the machine, but x11vnc is rejected by the X server. What is the way to run x11vnc such that it…
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WSL & VcXsrv mouse not functional

I have WSL set up on a WINDOWS 10 PRO machine which I generally use for development. And I have gotten X apps to display properly within the windows WM and everything seemed fine; however, no matter what I try, it appears that I cannot use the mouse…
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SSH X11 forwarding from Linux to Mac stopped working (just hangs)

I've been using my Mac to login to Linux boxes and run X applications for some time. Suddenly, recently, it has stopped working. The failure mode is strange: I don't get the usual "X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication." Instead,…
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Why "--nodetach" option is needed for xsel when it is started from systemd unit?

I'm trying to adopt Alexey Samoshkin's approach to copy text from remote tmux session into local clipboard. I'm using xsel instead of xclip, and systemd user service instead of system one. Here is my working…
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Using xhost, display and startx - confused

I have a client A (192.168.1.1)(vncviewer) accessing Server B (192.168.2.1) (RHEL6) to run a installer. The installation pre-requisite is to set the xhost and DISPLAY properly. Q1) Please correct me if I am wrong for the following Xserver should be…
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System missing xorg.conf

I'm having quite a bit of difficulty installing X server on a VM running Debian Wheezy. I basically am just looking to be able to SSH to the box using X11 forwarding. After installing xserver through the apt packaging system, (apt-get install xorg…
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Using X11 apps on VPS server, feasible in terms of resources?

I wanted to run an idea by the experts here. I have a VPS (Debian 7.7, 1GB RAM), which is purely a web server (hosts some important stuff), no desktop installed. But there are some graphical tools I find useful that would be nice to be able to use…
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Why cron job is not able to open X display connection

I have a java app rendering some sprites using LWJGL and OpenGL. It works fine until I move it to remote virtual machine with no phisical graphic card, Mesa 3d with related stuff is used to emulate it there. When I connect via ssh and start job…
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Problem opening XWindows programs with xming and SSH Secure Shell

I've installed SSH Secure Shell and xming on my laptop running Windows 7 (64-bit). I'm having trouble starting X Windows applications from the SSH console. I've been able to do it in the past. I've pretty much determined that it's not a server…
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