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Headless OpenGL rendering on Google Compute

I created a GPU instance on Google Compute engine with NVIDIA Tesla K80 attached. I have installed GPU drivers and CUDA based on this guide. nvidia-smi check - ok. nvcc -V check - ok Now I am trying to make sure I can run headless rendering with…
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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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Speed up Eclipse over X server

In my job we have tight security rules, so the development environment is all virtualized. Each developer has a workstation with Windows XP and Citrix Metaframe. From the Metaframe, the developer opens a remote desktop to Solaris on SPARC. And in…
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Keyboard doesn't work after upgrade to Debian Wheezy

After upgrade from lenny to wheezy keyboard and mouse don't work in X (keyboard available before it starts). I looked over internet about this issue and found some solutions: remove xorg.conf…
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Gtk Warning: cannot open display: :0 (for local user!)

I know there is a bunch of similar questions around but they are all about a X-Forewarding and SSH sessions. I got this problem with a local user which is privileged for a specific script... The Problem Under ubuntu 16.04 I want a specific user…
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How to start headless X upon boot for non-root users in Debian

My requirement is a little different from this one in that I would like to launch a window manager for each of two non-root users upon boot. For testing, first I prepare the following lines in .xinitrc and/or .xsession in home directories of user2…
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Forwarding X11 with one hop without X-server installed

problem I want to run X-applications remotely on a machine C from my client A. The only way to connect to this machine is by using machine B (firewall) as a hop: A --> B --> C So far, simple ssh works as expected, however I can't get X11 forwarding…
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How to set up unique X-server for each active VNC user

I'm trying to set up a server for analysing MEG data where it's possible for multiple users to simultaneously run unique instances of Matlab on unique X instances. We have 32 gb ram and an SSD, so I'm not too concerned about performance. However I'm…
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Better screen resolution on debian server with no graphic card

I have a debian server (no graphic card), but using nomachine from a linux client I only get a 1024x768 screen resolution. How do I get a better resolution? Thank you!
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cygwin help: Xlib: connection to "ip:0.0" refused by server

I followed cygwin user guide as below: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html on windows xp, i started Cygwin/X->XWin server, EXPORT DISPLAY=:0.0 ssh -Y user@ip i saw below warning Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication…
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Disable Xserver autostart on Debian

How to disable Xserver autostart? I tried update-rc.d -f gdm remove but after reboot it started again...
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Coldfusion 9 losing connection to MySQL 5 database server a couple of weeks after the server is started

We get the following Coldfusion error message after our server have been running for a couple of weeks: Error Executing Database Query.Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 times We run Coldfusion Enterprise 9 on…
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how and when did my graphic card, drivers, monitor and xserver negotiate a proper resolution? Is there a way to get the supported list from devices?

I was trying to figure out how KDE or GNOME decides which resolution could be supported by the monitor and graphic card connected. I have 2 senario about this question, I will try to explain the process based on my understanding, please point me out…
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SSH forwarding - x server display remote program on local machine

Two debian machines Debian 10 Kali Linux 2020 rolling lak:~# sudo ssh -XC spusr@192.168.4.2 works to forward specific programs like firefox, nautilus connected via ethernet lan Things noticed Nautilus works with only a slight lag compared to local…
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XServer, remote Debian workstation

I wish to set up a headless workstation machine running Debian Linux. I'd like to actually run XServer on another machine. Think thin-client, though the "thin client" machine is actually fairly beefy. To the maximum extent possible, I want the thin…
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