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X.org is the display server used in most Unix and Linux distributions.

X.org is a very popular display server. It is used as a backend by most graphical toolkit (including GTK+ and Qt) and allows Unix/Linux workstation to render 2D/3D graphics on the screen, using hardware acceleration.

Inputs (keyboard, mouse, touchscreen) is also handled by X.org.

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SSH -X "Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated"

Hey I'm having an issue getting ssh X forwarding to work. The setup is I'm sshing into my ubuntu VM off OSX Yosemite host machine. I already installed xQuartz on OSX, xauth on ubuntu, and I believe I've have all the correct options set in ssh_config…
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How does X11 clipboard handle multiple data formats?

It probably happened to you as well - sometimes when you copy a text from some web page into your rich-text e-mail draft in your favorite webmail client, you dislike the fact that the pasted piece has a different font/size/weight.. it somehow…
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getting HTML source or rich text from the X clipboard

How can rich text or HTML source code be obtained from the X clipboard? For example, if you copy some text from a web browser and paste it into kompozer, it pastes as HTML, with links etc. preserved. However, xclip -o for the same selection just…
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Ctrl+. (Dot) makes "e" appear instead of showing suggestions in VSCode on Gnome

I'm using VSCode on Gnome (on XOrg on Arch). Since lately, the shortcut Ctrl+. stopped working, despite still being listed in the keyboard shortcuts and despite all extensions being disabled. Instead, an underlined e appears: The character goes…
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X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)

I noticed this question has been asked many times in the past and surfing the web I found many pages about it. However, it seems like the proposed solutions rarely work and, in my case, the problem does not refer to a program that I wrote. So I'll…
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How to create a callback for "monitor plugged" on an intel graphics?

I've got an eeepc with an intel graphics. I'd like to hook a script to the event of a monitor plugged via VGA. How to do that?
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Installing and Configuring xvfb

I'm trying to find a Ubuntu operating system, version of xorg, and version of xvfb that are compatible. Can anyone help me with directions to install xvfb without getting a hang on Initializing build-in extension GLX So far I've tried the following…
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Getting X client to reload .Xcompose?

Fedora 20, xorg 1.14.4-11. I run with a lot of terminal windows open, and I make heavy use of the compose/multi-key mechanism. One of the most frustrating things is that after altering my ~/.Xcompose file, I need to start new terminal windows in…
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How can I get the current mouse (pointer) position co-ordinates in X

This can either be some sample C code or a utility that will show me either gui or on the console it doesn't matter, but I have to be able to "command" it to grab the co-ordinates at an exact time which makes xev not very useful (that I could figure…
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How to programmatically prevent linux computer from sleeping or turning on screensaver?

While developing a small cross-platform game on C++, I got stuck with following issue: when players are playing with a USB gamepad without touching a keyboard or mouse, the computer sleeps automatically while they're playing. In Windows, it can be…
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XDummy in Docker container

I am trying to run a X11 server inside a docker container by using the XDummy driver. However, I have problems getting it to work. The intended purpose is to perform headless rendering. I can get it to work using Xvfb, but I need RANDR support, and…
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Obtaining List of all Xorg Displays

I would like to know how I can obtain a list of all Xorg displays on my system, along with a list of screens associated with each display. I spent some time looking through the Xlib documentation, but was not able to find a function that does what I…
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How to enter greek alpha under Xorg?

I want to enter greek alpha letter under Xorg. In system xcompose (/usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose) there is line: : "α" U03B1 # GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA How to enter it with US keyboard? My locale is en_US.UTF-8. What…
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Get X/Y position of caret (input text cursor) under Xorg?

I'd like to display a popover right above where the user is typing, in any Linux app (GTK, Qt, Electron, etc.), running on X. I figured out creating the popover, now I'm trying to figure out how to get the coordinates of the input text cursor (what…
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Would dropping X altogether hurt?

I live in the linux terminal all the time under my slackware GNU/linux system (an EeePC). By default, GNU Emacs won't start if It can't find several Xorg libraries. Assuming I will never use X software at all, would it make sense for me to drop all…
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