x-server Archives

How to disable X server autostart in Debian Jessie?

August 10, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a remote machine running Debian 8 (Jessie) with lightdm installed. I want it to start in no-GUI mode, but I don’t want to remove all X-related stuff to still be able to run it though SSH with the -X parameter. So how to disable X server autostart without removing it?

Xephyr -ac dangerously?

August 8, 2022 by Magenaut

Classic command to run Xephyr:

Why does the X Window System use a server?

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

I never really understood why a window system must have a server. Why do desktop environments, display managers and window managers need xorg-server? Is it only to have a layer of abstraction on top of the graphics card? Why do window systems employ a client-server model? Wouldn’t inter-process communication via named pipes be simpler?