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How do I programmatically test if it's possible to connect to the X server specified in $DISPLAY

This is a bit of a middle-ground between programming and server-admin, but this seems ultimately the most relevant place for it. I'm looking for a way to determine if the variable '$DISPLAY' is advertising an XServer we can actually connect to,…
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Is it possible to do multiseat the systemd way with one graphic card / two heads?

I would like to setup a multi-seat configuration using Ubuntu Xenial 16.04. After some researches, it seems the way to do now is by systemd through "loginctl" calls. (saw here for example). Before diving too much into into the tutorials because i…
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How do I enable XRandR in Xvfb or disable it in firefox when running firefox headless?

I am trying to start firefox headless. The following is the beginning of the shell script that starts it: #!/bin/sh Xvfb :99 >/dev/null 2>&1 & XVFB=$! sleep 3 firefox --display=:99 >/dev/null 2>&1 & FIREFOX=$! When this script is run, the…
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Remote connection to locally running X session

One of the good (few) features windows has is it's RDP protocol implementation. This wonder allows me to work with my 2 screen setup in the office, then drive home, open a VPN connection followed by RDP connection to the office PC from home and get…
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How can I remove the GUI bits from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux install?

I am looking at a farm of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3 servers, which all have GNOME and Xorg installed, none of which need them. They were deployed by a 3rd party from a VM template, and I don't know all of their history. What I do know is…
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XRDP same user multiple session

I'm trying to make XRDP work with multiple sessions on my linux mint server. Right now, i can connect only if there are no other session running on the system (I had to disable autologin). I don't know why, but with the Raspberry it just works by…
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Start Xorg using init.d script

Do you have a clean/nice way to only start Xorg server under Ubuntu 9.04 and be able to start/stop it? Something like: # /etc/init.d/xorg start I have an application that doesn't use a window manager (uses Xorg directly) that starts after boot…
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How to enable Xorg for user on server?

I have a Shell script on a server. The script is run by a particular user, not root. The script has the following: export DISPLAY=:8 Xorg $DISPLAY But there is an error: Fatal server error: PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server. …
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Accessing X with xauth and ssh -X to my VPS?

I have an application I wish to run on my VPS (a web browser actually, iceweasle or similar) and do not really want to install a full blown X server on there for practical reasons. I have read I only require an X client (both my server and home…
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X Server config on Vmware

Im trying to get KDE running on an Oracle Linux box which runs on vmWare (VMware vCloud Director / ESX) After installing X and KDE i got the following error: # startx [...] VMware: No 3D enabled (0, Success). Then i tried to configure: # Xorg…
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Virtualized X Server on Host Machine

So, I'm trying to tackle a rather odd issue. I'm fairly new with virtualization (the most I've managed is isolating some applications with Docker and VirtualBox, which isn't hard to do). I am more questioning how the X display server works compared…
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Xorg in an embedded system--leaking memory?

I'm working on an embedded system that runs a custom Linux platform and it appears that the Xorg process is leaking memory. According to top, Xorg's virtual memory grows until the system crashes. According to /proc/$pid/status, its VmPeak will grow…
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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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Blank black screen with cursor after login -- RHEL5

I have a RHEL 5 machine here which is a Dell Precision T3500. I'm an Ubuntu guy, but I'm having a heck of a time with this machine. After processing its first security update, we cannot log in via the gdm greeter. A new kernel was installed; then I…
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Start graphical program from TTY

I'm trying to design a digital signage system and I've hit a stumbling block. I've installed Xorg to run the graphical signage app. By default the server shows the X server on the main display (as intended), however I was wondering if it is possible…
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