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The basic graphical display server X.Org, which is the official reference implementation of the X Window System. Alternatives include Wayland.

The X Window System, also called X11, X.Org, or X, is distributed as free software by its developer, the X.Org Foundation. It provides the basic framework for a GUI by drawing and moving windows and handling input from mouse, keyboard and touchscreen. The actual user interface is provided by client software.

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How do I install the Nvidia driver for a GeForce GT 630

I recently installed 14.04. But now I need a new driver for my nVidia GeForce GT 630. The former driver was rejected as not compatible with the 64-bit. I found that other driver and when I wanted to install it in the terminal with sh I was called…
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What is the X server?

I have been using Ubuntu for quite some time but, I have no idea what the X server is? I hear it quite often. I would like to know what the X Server is and what it does. How ~/.xinitrc file is used and knowing what the x.org does in the realm of X…
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How do I kill the x-server?

Every time I try to kill the x-server, sudo service lightdm stop so that I can install the latest Nvidia drivers, I get an error message. stop: Unknown instance: What am I doing wrong?
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How do I access my remote Ubuntu server via X-windows from my Mac?

I have an Ubuntu server (12.04 LTS) running remotely on a cloud hosting service. I have installed ubuntu-desktop via apt-get: $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop It appears to have installed no problem. I have confirmed that /etc/ssh/ssh_config…
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How to reset the Xorg / xserver?

Xserver keeps crashing on my general user account both in Unity 3D and 2D. It doesn't do it on the guest account. That's why I want to reset / rollback everything xserver related, hoping this is going to fix it. Most answers on this involve sudo…
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Cannot connect to X Server when running app with sudo

When I am running some software using sudo command it showing error like cannot connect to X server For example if I run the following command: $ sudo gedit /etc/profile I am getting following command (gedit:6758): WARNING **: Command line…
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Getting character key code mappings in Ubuntu

I am trying to play around with some keyboard layouts in Ubuntu. Now there is a program called showkey which lets me see the keycode for any key pressed in the terminal. Is there any command to get the corresponding character for a specific keycode.…
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - how is the X server started?

I have thought that /usr/bin/startx script is used to start the X server but it looks like it is not true. Which process or script starts the X server? The X server has to be started before lightdm greeter is visible but when exactly?
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What are xhost and xhost +si?

What is this script doing? #!/bin/bash xhost +local: xhost +si:localuser:root What is the default list of xhost?
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How do I enable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server?

Unfortunately, there's still a need to kill the XServer from time to time. Since upgrading to Raring ctrl+alt+backspace is disabled and I can't find this option in the keyboard settings any-more: How can I enable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace? Is there a…
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How to bind Ctrl+arrows to Home and End keys? xmodmap does not work

On Windows, I used to bind Ctrl+Left to Home and Ctrl + Right to End via ahk. Now I'm struggling to achieve this behavior in Ubuntu. I've tried editing /etc/inputrc: "\e[1;5C": end-of-line "\e[1;5D": beginning-of-line It works but only in the…
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setting the default gpu

I have two gpus on my machine: $ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM200 [GeForce GTX 980 Ti] (rev a1) 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 730] (rev a1) I wanna use the first…
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Start Synergy (or any application) BEFORE logging in Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS

Using Ubuntu 16.04.2 (Xenial) on Intel x64:{Both Processor and Ubuntu install} This question has been answered a million times, but none of the solutions work. So I don't want to duplicate a question, but it hasn't been answered. When I fire up a…
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apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName ... waiting apache2:

I upgraded to ubuntu 14.04 yesterday. But after restarting PC , this message continues to appear in a black screen after the ubuntu loading screen and don't go away and ubuntu doesn't start I can do nothing about this. what should I do? I tried…
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Remote x-server with ssh -X

I am trying to start a remote gnome session using: ssh -X username@192.168.1.107 gnome-session Both client and server are Ubuntu version 12.04 I get the following (and not a lot…
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