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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 do I get one monitor in landscape and one monitor in portrait mode on Ubuntu 9.04?

I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), and I have a nVidia 8600GTS graphics card. I'm trying to get one monitor to work in portrait mode, and the other one in landscape mode. I know how to do this under Windows, but I can't find the setting for this…
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linux ssh -X graphical applications will not start when system load is high

So I am using ssh -X to access a server. I am at a Xubuntu desktop accessing a Ubuntu server that is in the next room. Usually everything works fine, but when the system load gets high, any graphical applications I have freeze and fail to be…
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x11vnc through SSH tunnel - sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

I'm trying to setup a one-time SSH tunnel which instantiates x11vnc on a logged-in display. ssh -f -t -L 5900:localhost:5900 user@10.1.10.1 'sudo /usr/bin/x11vnc -safer -once -nopw -display :0 -auth…
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SSH X11 forwarding does not work. Why?

This is a debugging question. When you ask for clarification please make sure it is not already covered below. I have 4 machines: Z, A, N, and M. To get to A you have to log into Z first. To get to M you have to log into N first. The following…
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Disable ctrl+alt+f in X runtime

How do I disable ctrl+alt+f* shortcut that switches me between terminals? I would like to do that one time as I have an application that uses such shortcuts internally in Linux. I want to avoid restarting X.
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X over SSH to Ubuntu server

I'm trying to run X remotely from an Ubuntu server. I've installed gedit on the remote machine, and tried: adam@laptop $ ssh -X adam@myserver adam@myserver $ gedit cannot open display: Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line…
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X11 for apache user

We are using inkscape to convert SVG images uploaded to our server via a web form. For this inkscape offers a batch mode via the -z option, but this batch mode has a flaw: When inkscape is run by the apache user, it breaks saying $ inkscape -z -W…
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Is it possible to run X on a ESX Service Console?

Ok, we all know (or should know) the ESX Service Console isn't actually a Linux system, but a custom Linux distribution running inside the ESX hypervisor, in order to allow its management. Yet, regardless of that, questions arise: if one were to…
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Sporadic '.Xauthority not writable, changes will be ignored' going from OSX -> Linux

Every now and then when users SSH from their OS X (Snow Leopard) workstation to one of our Linux hosts they receive the message: /usr/bin/xauth: ~/.Xauthority not writable, changes will be ignored Of course, their X forwarded applications will not…
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Multiple instances of app in htop

Why does htop show two instances of my GUI app TradeClient? while I started only one instance? System: Ubuntu 22.04 VPS with X11 (I connect with VNC) What is its CPU usage? EDIT1 htop -t EDIT2 without gdb:
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Do I need X + gnome?

I'm trying to reduce the size of a few solaris installations I have. These are headless T1000 machines running solaris 10. Serving as oracle, apache and jboss servers, is there really any reason to have X Windows and gnome installed? Am I likely to…
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Solaris Non global Zone x server

I am not even sure if this is possible but how can I start an X server on a non-global zone? If I run startx from within my zone. I created the xorg.conf by running /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig root@foo:/usr/X11/bin# startx xauth: creating new authority…
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Google Chrome Does Not Load H264 Decoders when being started with startx on boot

I am trying to launch google chrome via startx on boot with systemd to create an Ubuntu 16.04 browser kiosk. Everything works great, except I am unable to play any videos in the browser. When I log into the user on the device and force launch chrome…
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Run X server on startup on CentOS

How do you run X server on startup in CentOS? This is the command I use to manually start X server - sudo /usr/bin/X :0 &
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CentOS 6 - Remote GDM doesn't come up automatically

I have a bunch of systems running different subreleases of CentOS 6, at different update levels. All of these machines have been configured to allow remote graphical sessions via GDM by adding the following settings to…
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