Rebinding/disabling CTRL+ALT+F# Virtual Terminal/Console Switching
I have an application that binds CTRL+ALT+F7, but my linux machine seems to catch the keystroke.
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How to tell which keyboard was used to press a key?
I frequently work on pairing stations where there are multiple keyboards installed. I can use setxkbmap with -device <ID> to set the layout for a specific keyboard (using an ID from xinput), but often it’s not obvious which keyboard I’m at. It would be better to avoid the back-and-forth of trying both keyboards, so I’d like to write a quick tool to get this information for setxkbmap. I’d expect a typical use case like the following:
Can I “drag” a file into a window without a file manager?
(I’m on Arch Linux, using i3 as my wm and xterm as my terminal emulator, though I don’t know if any of that is relevant.)
ssh connection. X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication
In trying to access a cluster in my lab by ssh and it work. but then I’m not able to do anything :
What is DISPLAY=:0?
What is DISPLAY=:0 and what does it mean? It isn’t a command, is it? (gnome-panel is a command.) DISPLAY=:0 gnome-panel Answers: Thank you for visiting the Q&A section on Magenaut. Please note that all the answers may not help you solve the issue immediately. So please treat them as advisements. If you found the post … Read more
Detach/reattach an application run on X over SSH?
I have a development server that I leave running all the time, and a development laptop that I turn off/on everyday.
Copying files from command line to clipboard
In a GUI file manager it is possible to select a few files, press Ctrl-C (which supposedly copies come info about the files to clipboard), then navigate to another folder and press Ctrl-V, which will then copy the files into that directory.
How can I run a script that starts before my login screen?
I was calibrating my touch screen, and saw that the best tool around was xinput_calibrator. So I used it. It have two options (one of which did not work), so I am here for the second. It says I should execute this command “in a script that starts with your X session”:
How to maximize a window programmably in X Window?
I’m wondering if there is any commands or programs to make some window maximized in X Window? For example, what I imagine is something like this
After ssh without -X to a machine, is it possible to change $DISPLAY to make it work like ssh -X?
After ssh without -X to a machine, is it possible to change some settings (for example $DISPLAY) to make it work like ssh -X? If not, what is the reason? Thanks.