Questions tagged [xorg]
For questions pertaining to running, configuring, installing or troubleshooting the Xorg Server on the Raspberry Pi.
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Xorg alternatives for Raspberry Pi architecture?
Could you list out some of the lightweight Xorg alternatives for the ARMv6?Xorg consumes a lot of resources.
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What would a default xorg.conf look like?
I'm trying to setup Xdmx, which isn't easy. I'm having issues with xinerama and differing colour depths, which can be rectified by change xorg.conf on each of the machines. Of course, these days xorg....
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Can I use the Raspberry Pi as a second monitor?
I have a desktop running Ubuntu 10.04 (which I should upgrade - I know!), which uses GDM. It currently has 2 screens installed, which are configured using xorg.conf. It includes using xinerama to act ...
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How do I prevent the screen from going blank?
I am running the Debian wheezy beta and using my Pi to display my geckoboard dashboards using midori, as a result I want to prevent the screen from going blank, which it does after 10 minutes (though ...
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How do I use the Raspberry Pi as a Thin Client?
Is the Raspberry Pi good as a graphical thin-client ?
Is the Raspberry Pi strong enough to run remote X sessions or do stuff like Xmove to share remote X apps?
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How do I attach two monitors in a dual head configuration?
I'm considering buying a Raspberry Pi or compatible solution. My problem is that I could not find how to achieve a dual head configuration.
I would like to attach two 1920x1200 displays by digital ...
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Is it safe to remove the xserver?
I do not use a digital monitor and no TV either with my Raspberry Pi. I would like to remove unnecessary packages to save disk space and memory consumption. I would like to preserve the possibility of ...
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Auto-start X-windows / gdm on the standard Debian build
I've built a bootable SD from the official Debian release.
Is there an easy way to get GDM to auto-start when the machine boots (like a typical Linux desktop)?
For bonus points, is there a way to ...
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Having launched X, can I shutdown without a mouse?
I've launched into X using startx, but now can't shutdown my pi, as I have no mouse, and I can't seem to access anything with the keyboard alone. What can I do?
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Running 1080p video from within XOrg smoothly
The 1080p examples that work outside of X.Org run very smoothly on my Pi, but within X.Org they don't run very smoothly at all at the moment.
Given that X.Org is currently not GPU-accelerated, this ...
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Is there a GPU accelerated Xorg server?
At present all of the official builds of the X Window System run on the CPU, which takes up a lot of processing power and runs X rather slowly.
I know there's no official GPU accelerated version of ...
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