Posts tagged "x11"
Multi Seat Linux Workstation
Current computers are fast enough to handle more than one user at a time. So I started the project to setup my workstation to support two seats, one for me and one for my gf. Tasks: Two concurrent Xorg sessions both with one keyboard, one mouse, and two monitors Separate audio for both seats Auto mounting of USB sto...
NVidia Driver on Linux-4.11.1
Problem: after installing linux kernel 4.11.1, the dkms package of the nvidia driver does not compile. You find some cryptic error message about ./Kbuild in /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/375.39/build/make.log Solution: I uninstalled the debian nvidia package and installed the newer driver from the NVidia homepage: ap...
Mapping Mouse buttons to Commands
New mice often have lots of buttons. Some buttons are used by X and some are used by Applications: 1,2,3: Left, middle and right mouse button 4,5: Y axis mouse wheel 6,7: X axis mouse wheel 8,9: Foward and backward in browsers usually But other buttons are not mapped to any function mostly. My Mad Catz R.A.T.5 mouse...
Openbox goes weird with R.A.T.5 Mad Catz
Problem: when you connect the Mad Catz R.A.T.5 mouse to a Linux box running openbox window manager, the window handling stops working. Sometimes mouse follow focus does not work, sometimes even clicking a window cannot activate it. Sometimes clicking window borders does not work, sometimes clicking into windows is i...
Openbox Config File
I don't use desktop environments on Linux. I prefer small,fast, efficient window managers. Some years ago I used olvwm (open look window manager) which was dicontinued by sun. Then I switched to wmx which I patched for my needs, but still it was missing some features. Now I use openbox which is highly configureable ...
Copy'n'Paste from Xterm to Chrome
Problem: X11 has a classical copy/paste mechanism which is: select text - press middle mouse button in the target field. And there is a second copy/paste which was adopted from Mac and Windows which is: select text - Ctrl-C - click into tagert field - Ctrl-V. I prefer the classical approch, but in some web applicati...
Hide Mouse Coursor on X11/Xorg
Problem: for some applications a mouse coursor in disturbing. E.g. video players, signage display. Solution: the tool unclutter hides the mouse coursor after a chosen idle timeout. Unclutter is part of the main debian repository. Version: Debian 7.1