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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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How to get a remote desktop / X11 with ubuntu 10.04 LTS from mac os x?

I am running Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 and I have X11 installed. I also have ubuntu 10.04 LTS running on a remote machine. I have root privileges. So far I haven't really installed anything besides the operating system. This was done in an amazon aws…
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Can I spy on an X-session if I am logged in as root?

If I were logged into a remote machine as root with ssh -X, how would I go about viewing a particular X11 session that another logged in user was using? (that includes solutions such as remotely installing VNC)
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Bind Xvfb on localhost rather than *

I am using Xvfb to run an a wine background application that needs a valid display. It appears that it binds to *:x11. For security reasons I would like to avoid opening any unnecessary ports. Is there any way force Xvfb to bind to localhost rather…
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How can I close a port that appears to be orphaned by Xvfb?

I'm running Xvfb on a FC8 Amazon EC2 image. On occasion Xvfb will crash (unable at the moment to find out the reason for the crash), and after crashing the TCP port will appear to be orphaned. I'm unable to get a PID to kill any process that may…
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Allow X Client Display through TCP on Lucid

On Karmic, to allow other PCs to open and X-Window on a station, one had to edit /etc/gdm.conf and change DisallowTCP to false. That file no longer exists on Lucid. I tried changing an entry in /etc/gdm/gdm.schemas (XML format) but that did not make…
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X11 from ssh on Mac OSX to Linux server doesn't work --- Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display

I installed a program wireshark on my remote linux box and I'm trying to run it with X11 from my mac computer using SSH. Here's my terminal... macosx$ echo $DISPLAY /tmp/launch-f4w6k6/:0 macosx$ ssh -X root@myserver.com root@myserver.com's…
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How do I create virtual sessions with x11vnc?

How to create virtual sessions with x11vnc?
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X11 forwarding over ssh only working with sudo

Problem I'm unable to get X11 forwarding over ssh working as a normal user anymore. It worked a few months ago, so something has been inadvertently changed. What I've tried Works with sudo: As far as I can tell, my ssh and sshd configs are correct.…
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HOWTO: setup persistent RDP sessions

In an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server (with XFCE4), I am running X11vnc as a RDP server so people can connect to it from using Windows Remote Desktop (either from Windows or OSX). My current configuration creates a new Xfce4 session for each client-server;…
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Connect to X Windows with username with spaces

I have an Ubuntu server 16.04.01 LTS, which I want to use as desktop for remote users connecting from thin clients and via RDP from Windows machines. For Ubuntu-local users, this works, I can connect both from the thin client (HP t520) as well as…
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VNC: one session per user, recoverable

I know how to use VNC as a single user to see what's on the screen (possibly even the login screen, out of the Window Manager). If the vnc server crashes, no big deal, launch it again, restart your client and keep working. I also know how to have…
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SSH X11 stuck for a long time

I routinely run a bunch of experiments (perl scripts) on my lab machines. The client machine I'm currently running my experiments on runs Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS. These perl scripts, among other things, ssh over to other machines on the network to…
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Unable to install X11 server on RHEL6

I am tring to install X11 server on a RHEL6 server yum groupinstall "X Window System" "Desktop" "Fonts" but I am getting the following error: Error Downloading Packages: libart_lgpl-2.3.20-5.1.el6.x86_64: failed to retrieve…
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Timeout in locking /.Xauthority

I have google searched and everyone who has this problem has an error in locking /home/user/.Xauthority. The issue is that it is trying to lock /.Xauthority. Obviously there is no .Xauthority in /, and even if there was it would not be accessible…
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Shadowing with x0vncserver - No mouse pointer

I am working on a solution to shadow a user's X session in a multiuser desktop environment. If one wants to shadow a session they use my script. My script sets the proper XAUTHORITY environment variable for the display one wants to shadow then…
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