Questions tagged [display]
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How to start qemu directly in the console (*not* in curses or SDL)
I seem to recall being able to start qemu with only the terminal emulator output, with the graphic window disabled. And here I don't mean with the ncurses interface, that one is nice, but I want the ...
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Black Screen After RDP Session
Would anyone know why after an RDP session either from my smartphone or from another PC, when I wake my computer and then proceed to log in, I get a black screen with cursor. I am running Windows 10 ...
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SSH-forwarded X11 display from Linux to Mac lost after some time
I have a new and vexing problem with ssh forwarding my X11 connection when logging in from a Mac (10.7.2) to Linux (Ubuntu 8.04). I have no trouble using ssh -X to log in to the remote machine and ...
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Starting x11vnc remotely when X server is already running
I have a ubuntu linux machine that I have already logged into and X server is running (it is pass the login manager like gdm). I can access this machine through ssh. My goal is to start x11vnc on this ...
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Where/when does a Linux system change the console display mode?
I'm installing Debian Wheezy (7.0rc1) on a box of mine. For reasons I won't go into here, I don't want the framebuffer to be used for the console display during boot (nor afterwards). To avoid this, I ...
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Solution to wirelessly project tablet desktop? [closed]
I’m trying to find a device that would allow a windows 7 client to wirelessly connect and display their screen to a projector while still connected to the wireless network. The idea is to allow a ...
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Display devices for sysadmins
I'm looking for a proper display setup for us sysadmins here and I'm going to be picking out a monitor for us to use.
What features should I look for in a display that are appropriate for sysadmins ...
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corrupted lines display in ssh terminal
I have problem with my console drawing lines. The problem is when I connect through ssh to server everything draws ok. But when I use up arrow key to show last used commands it often leaves few ...
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Hardware/BIOS - IBM x3200 m2
When I turn on my machine, the display is not throwing any output to it.
The fans are running fine.
The LED lights indicate no error, '
Only two LED's are blinking "Mini-BMCheartbeat LED" and "...
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How to configure RealVNC to use dual displays full screen
The setup is the following:
VMWare ESXi5.0 Virtualisation server running a virtual machine Win7. This virtual machine is configured to have 2x Generic Non-PNP displays both at 1920x1200 resolution. ...
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Stuck at low resolution: Monitor as well as display adaptor not recognized in Windows Server 2012
We're testing an on-premise Windows Server 2012 (Datacenter) server. It has been installed with the GUI because it's internal, test only - we don't care about the attack surface until we're ready.
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In Linux can I send a running window to a new $DISPLAY?
I have some simulations that take a long time to run and my work has a very messed up collection of Exceed and Go Global window shares. (I would much much prefer to have a simple VNC instead). So ...
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Install Display Card In ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server
We have a ProLiant DL580 Gen8 Server and want to install Gigabyte GForce GTX 980 ti Display Card in PCIE slot, When we connect 8 pins sockets power, server could not turn on, and when power socket not ...
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Two identical displays, two identical graphics cards, totally different picture quality
UPDATE - Definitely a driver issue. Problem goes away when I uninstall nvidia drivers, comes back when I reinstall them.
I'm having a really strange hardware problem. I have a workstation with two ...
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how to get [ current_path ] in shell bash prompt?
Is it possible to have the name of the current working directory in the prompt in shell ?
Im working on OSX and CentOS in multiple projects under /srv/... and a mistake for wrong directory is quickly ...
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set headless ubuntu linux display resolution
We bought a small box as our server and we installed ubuntu linux.
We don't plug any display to it, instead, we remote desktop/vnc to the server (using TightVNC).
However, the display by default is ...
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IIS 7.5 deployment's issue - WebApp won't load
Recently, I've been working on a new WebApplication (c# asp.net MVC 4 with VS 2013) and now is time to deploy it on my company's server (WS 2008 R2 SP1).
The project is working fine under Visual ...
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Network-capable small format display? [closed]
I am working on a project for per-station messaging and other functions in a warehouse. I don't want the cost of a full computer at each station, so I'm looking for small format hardware that I can ...
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Virtualizing Solaris 2.5.1 (1995)
Posting here instead of unix exchange because although unix is the suject, this should apply to other non-nix OSs.
Our development team has been asked to automate some tasks that happen to interact ...
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Planning for commercial display technology in 5-10 year timeframe?
I'm involved with a project to plan for equipment over a 5-10 year period. One daunting issue is display technology. I'm being pressed for a decision but am unsure. So the question is: What display ...
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How to clear export DISPLAY=some ip address
I want to clear export DISPLAY=My IP Address that I had given. It has botched up my X settings, so now I just want it to be reset like normal. How to clear this export parameter. Simple set DISPLAY= ...
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Windows: Remote Display Back in Powershell a la X11?
If I have two Linux boxes, A and B, I can SSH from A to B with X11 forwarding enabled. This allows me to use graphical applications on B and have the display rendered on Machine A.
Is there a way to ...
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Windows 7 VM using VMware Video Drivers
When I remote desktop into a Windows 7 VM, it says the display adapters being used are VMWare SVGA 3d. Is there any way to use the system's native drivers (particularly with OpenGL support)?
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How to reset Services.msc console
After updating to Internet Explorer 9 on a Server 2008 R2 SP1 box, I noticed that my services.msc console looked a little off. If you check out the screenshot (http://www.flickr.com/photos/...
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GLX is compiled with wrong version (Display resolution and hardware acceleration stopped working)
I have two Ubuntu 14 Desktops (identical). Both were working fine until Friday.
Some updates appear to have been performed on the non-working machine...
2019-03-18 02:29:32 install linux-base:all &...
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How can I launch a GUI session on a remote Ubuntu Desktop via SSH from a non-GUI Linux shell?
I am setting up a test environment, made up of various Linux boxes, and I have the need to launch an instance of Firefox on a remote machine via ssh.
The remote machine has Ubuntu Desktop (11) and ...
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Linux : Display a permanent text on the desktop
I am looking for a way to display a permanent text on the desktop (xfce/gnome but if I found a way on another window manager, I catch).
I was asked to show a version number on the desktop in a ...
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PC POST display rules [closed]
When a PC boots, it typically goes through the POST/BIOS phase where it prints things like "detecting drives" or "press any key to boot from CD" and "press F1 to edit BIOS options."
I have multiple ...
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Debian 5 Display resolution out of range
After installing Debian 5 on a Dual-Core Xeon machine, my display connected to the NVIDIA Quadro FX display card shows me an "out of range" error after the boot-up completes. I see the terminal text (...
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Fedora 38: Can't open an X11 display between two nearly identical systems; how do I track / fix this?
From Red Hat 1.1 or so, I've stuck with Fedora, etc, out of familiarity, but for a LONG time - 20 years or more - I've been managing a site's servers from a Windows box and would run utilities like ...
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clients auto-lock feature for inactvity timeout not working
In our sbs 2003 domain environment, the clients' pc's inactive for default period will be locked out automatically and only Ctrl+ Alt + Del & client password combination will unlock the client's ...
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Windows desktop shortcut keeps losing its DPI override setting
We have an internal desktop application developed in C# (Windows Forms). One of our users (Windows 10 64-bit) has her display set to 125% zoom (Display settings > Scale and layout). The application ...
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RemoteApp RDS Server 2016 - Menus Opening to left
I have setup a new RDS server in Azure running server 2016. I have deployed some programs through remoteapp but am not having a problem with the menus on all remoteapp programs.
The menus slide out ...
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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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Running multiple user accounts on multiple displays simultaneously
Is it possible to set up a computer (preferably a mac pro) so that multiple users can log in at once, each on their own display with a different keyboard and mouse? We need this for a school setup in ...
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Machine based group policy to change display setting
How to change display using computer group policy?
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Share one monitor and input devices (mouse & keyborad) between two different computers
Is it possible to share a monitor and the input devices (keyboard & mouse) between two different machines?
For the monitor case, I believe the answer could be straightforward: connect two ...
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Hiding monitor from windows, working with it from my app only [closed]
I need to use a monitor as a "private" device for my special application, I want to use it as a flashlight of a sort and draw special patterns on it in full screen. I don't want this monitor to be ...
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HP 6000 Pro Microtower & 2+ monitors
I've been tasked with trying to make the 6000 Pro Microtower work with 3/4 monitors. The machine itself has VGA and DisplayPort outputs from the motherboard. I've installed a Radeon 4500 HD Video ...
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HP Tx1000 laptop : no LCD panel or HDD activity
A HP TX1000 Series laptop PC is unresponsive to the power-on event. What was a previously working machine, the LCD display panel suddenly switched off while the machine was in normal operation.
When ...
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requirement for monthly uptime and system performance
Management wants uptime and system performance data monthly (CPU) for our systems which consist of a mixture of linux/unix/windows machines. Anything out there that might provide this information?
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Reset shell margins or output?
I have two problems, in both cases the problem usually occurs when I resize my terminal client xterm.
When ssh'd into a server all the output from commands doesn't scroll. It doesn't happen right ...
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windows xp home edition - blocking users from changing display settings
I am computer admin for a call center and i want to block all user accounts from changing the Display settings.
nothing i found online helped with xp home edition.
callcenter admin
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Cannot view bios/boot screen on Dell T7500 with Quadro 4000 card
I have a Dell T7500 with a Quadro 4000 card.
I have just attached a new Phillips 328E1CA via display port. The new monitor only has display port and HDMI inputs. The monitor specs are here:
https://...
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Dell PowerEdge 1850 Amber Light
Update: I swapped my power supplies in the back and everything started powering up, fans RPM was monentarily higher than idle, with a blue light on front. Then the amber came back for a moment, then ...
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Display errors using VMWare Player and Remote Desktop on Windows XP
I've come up against a weird display issue that I can't seem to find any "fix" for.
When I first boot up my computer, everything behaves normally. If I start to use VMWare Player and/or Remote ...
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Error with application launch - no sRGB texture formats found
I'm trying to launch PSI browser used in proctored exam.
But it fails saying this error message.
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expecting AppImage to succeed.
"no sRGB texture formats found"
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As such, the monitor has ...
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Change Xorg Config Based on Graphics Configuration
Basically, we have a single OS that gets NFSRoot mounted everywhere, but the hardware being used can vary. We have a few different dual screen setups, some go through DVI KVMs and some go through DP ...
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Unable to run X server on a remote VPS server using xvfb
My app uses the library https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf which requires X server. Here's a workaround:
echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nxvfb-run -a --server-args="-screen 0, 1024x768x24" /usr/bin/...
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Attach X2Go to X Session ":0"
I don't know if I'm right in concept.
But when I connect to a remote host (a cloud VPS) by X2Go, $DISPLAY variable echoes ":50", I need that variable equals to ":0" when I connect to that host.
How ...
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