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Activate tap to click on touchpad?
In recent systems (2017) as many distros are moving to Wayland, synaptics driver is no longer used. Instead, libinput is used.
To enable tap to click on touchpad using libinput create a file in Xorg ...
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Using XRDP without local VNC server
This bug report has the same symptoms as described in the question. Seems xserver-xorg-legacy package is the culprit. So to make it work, it boils down to the following two commands:
apt-get purge ...
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Activate tap to click on touchpad?
Using debian Stretch 9.5 with xfce desktop environment .
update : /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
Add this section:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall"
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Multiple modifier layers with XKB (on a japanese keyboard)
XKB layouts are defined in a model called RMLVO: Rules, Model, Layout, Variant, Options. The system XKB database is usually in /usr/share/X11/xkb:
/usr/share/X11/xkb/
├── compat # ??? dark ...
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Changing screen scale in LXDE
There is an option to set global scale in LXDE.
Edit (or create) .Xresources in your home folder and set the dpi
Xft.dpi: 150
For my Dell XPS I have set it to 200 and works reasonably well
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How do I disable the taskbar/menubar in LXDE on Raspbian Stretch?
To disable the taskbar you need to edit the file /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart and comment the line (with #):
@lxpanel --profile LXDE
On the next boot, the menu should have disappeared
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Two monitors. Menu panel on wrong screen
I know that this is quite old question but I bumped into the same problem so I share my way of dealing with it.
I'm using Lubuntu 18.04 LTS
I do right click on the panel and select Panel Settings
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Remove user and password at login in Debian 9 Stretch
1) Edit your lightdm configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/pam.d/lightdm
Before the @include common-auth line , add the following line :
auth sufficient pam_succeed_if.so user ingroup nopasswdlogin
2) ...
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How change monitors from terminal ? "xrandr: Cant open display"
xrandr is an Xwindows utility and expects to be run inside an X session, that's where the Cant open display comes from.
You could do this (if your DISPLAY is :0):
$ export DISPLAY=:0
$ xrandr --...
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Bind Alt Gr to right alt
Official Jessie packages provide the XKB database in xkb-data v2.12 (source package xkeyboard-config). That hardcoded AltGr in us(dvp) was removed in this commit, which looks like it made it into v2....
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Activate tap to click on touchpad?
On Debian 9.1 (stretch) I ran in the same issue (on an asus laptop). I Used LXDE as George.
If you can't find synclient, install first :
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Then add the ...
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Activate tap to click on touchpad?
On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, the following simple command did the trick:
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Then reboot (or restart display manager).
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Activate tap to click on touchpad?
This is my synaptic xorg config and works perfectly on Debian 9.7 (stretch) with xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package.
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-synaptic.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "...
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Will restarting `lxpanel` affect processes invoked from `lxpanel` to run other programs?
Yes, it is possible to invoke other programs with LXPanel. LXPanel is configurable, but generally includes a taskbar, a start menu (called the Main Menu in LXPanel), and a terminal-like "Run" dialog ...
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Will restarting `lxpanel` affect processes invoked from `lxpanel` to run other programs?
You can use lxpanelctl to restart an existing LXPanel. If LXPanel is running, you can run the command from Alt+F2 prompt or a terminal:
lxpanelctl restart
This command will not work if LXPanel is not ...
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Which menu does the app be installed in?
If the package is installed, then look for desktop files with dpkg -L:
$ dpkg -L gnome-calculator | grep desktop
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Calculator.desktop
Now we know where the desktop ...
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Why can't I change my desktop background to a JPG in LXDE?
I encountered this problem when lxde-meta was emerged without having set the "desktop" profile.
This means that the 'jpeg' USE flag is not set (along with all other imagine flags).
LXDE can still be ...
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Activate tap to click on touchpad?
On recent Debian - I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) - you can turn it using the settings app:
Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Tap to Click
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Remove user and password at login in Debian 9 Stretch
You will want to set up auto-login in LightDM's configuration in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf; specifically, uncomment (remove the #s from) the following lines:
[SeatDefaults]
autologin-user=...
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Debian 9 LXQt: Required packages for minimal possible desktop installation?
You can install LXQT on debian stretch through the following commands:
apt install lxqt-core
apt install lxqt
apt install task-lxqt-desktop
LXQt: The Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment
You can get a ...
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Debian 9.4.0 (Stretch) with LXQt - anyone experienced the same issues?
The first problem of freezing screen can be solved by installing the package xserver-xorg-input-libinput
Second problem could be solved by switching the icon theme to standard gnome theme, then it ...
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Treat 2 displays as 1 in Raspbian
Solution
https://gist.github.com/eslindsey/70bbc0080e335b38836fab09d19686d0
This Gist allows you to supply an arbitrary command (and optional arguments), and detects the created window and screen ...
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strange file association in Firefox when choosing "Open containing folder"
mimeopen
$ mimeopen Downloads/
Please choose a default application for files of type inode/directory
1) Disk Usage Analyzer (org.gnome.baobab)
2) File Manager PCManFM (pcmanfm)
3) ...
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Debian Buster LXDE: Weather Plugin
For me only the
"01001, Ukraine"
works.
Found https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxpanel/+bug/1539930 also for a suggestion how to enter a location via config file.
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What is the small edit widget shown in LXDE on Openbox?
I think it's the search box of PCManFM file manager.
The text in it is used to locate a file by file name.
The first matched file will be selected automatically, so that when you press ENTER, the ...
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How to use the special character < for assigning shortcut-keys in openbox config file?
As it says in the help for bindings, you can use the name of the key, in this case "less", found from using xev, so try key="W-less".
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overriding a single field in a desktop-entry
Desktop entry (.desktop) files in /usr/share/applications would be overwritten on package upgrade. To override the file without losing changes, place a copy in ~/.local/share/applications and make ...
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Making Xinput commands permanent "For complete noobs"
The answer is as follows:
navigate to :
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
In that folder there should be several config files. Reading these files gives you an idea what should be placed into your own custom ...
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Debian Stretch Lxde: Lxde Menu category "system tools" merged into "preferences"
A user can have this file:
~/.config/menus/lxde-applications.menu
that inherits the file:
/etc/xdg/menus/lxde-applications.menu
as it's base and can make changes to the menu. Removing that file ...
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