Forwarding an entire desktop over SSH without third party tools
Mar 12, 2019 · Method #3: X11 Forwarding for Desktop over SSH. With X11+SSH forwarding, you can actually run the entire desktop of Raspberry Pi remotely, not just standalone GUI applications. Here I will show how to run the remote RPi desktop in the second virtual terminal (i.e., virtual terminal 8) via X11 forwarding. Your Linux desktop is running by default ...
Where is the path to the current user's desktop directory stored?
Sep 13, 2017 · Generally, in GNU/Linux (as in Unix), the user's Desktop directory can be specified with ~/Desktop. The shorthand ~/ will expand to whatever the home directory is, such as /path/to/home/username. I should clarify that most shells (e.g. bash, ksh, csh, etc.) will expand ~ to the home directory, but not all of them (e.g. rc).
What to do when a Linux desktop freezes?
1. Alt + PrtSc or SysRz + r R eally (return my keyboard to me) Ctrl + Alt + F1 Wait. Go get some coffee, or make tea, or let the dog out. Sometimes with high CPU use it can take a while for this to work. If you get a console, then ps fu -e --sort -%cpu | head -n5 to track down the villian.
x11 - How to scale the resolution/display of the desktop and/or ...
Linux display. This is detailed in depth on how does Linux's display works? QA. On most desktops system (like KDE or Gnome) there are settings available on their respective settings panel, this guide is for additional/manual settings that can be applied to …
How to remotely log in with full graphical desktop over X11
Dec 2, 2016 · Settings>Sharing>Screen Sharing. Then proxy forward 5900 over ssh to your pc if you need to use ssh. ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 #destination here. then use a Remote Desktop (RD) client like Remina to connect to the local ssh proxy so; Connect>127.0.0.1:5900.
How to pass argument in .desktop file - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Oct 25, 2015 · Only command line options with one hyphen are possible in the Exec field. should work. Just tried today and -g=4536+76 and --geometry=4536+76 both worked equally well as arguments in .desktop exec line with or without sh -c wrapper in Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS Unity Desktop. Wrapping command in sh -c worked.
Kali Linux no desktop environment - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Feb 23, 2021 · 1. Building on the answer by @cyzczy - in the Kali Linux Xfce FAQ it states that if the xfce is not working you can run this command and reboot: rm -r .cache .config .local. This fixed the issue of kali windows not working right/loading the desktop for me as well. You will also need to fix the blank "launcher" icons on the top bar unfortunately.
How can I run a .desktop file? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Aug 26, 2016 · 8. This answer over on askubuntu.com covers many different ways to solve the problem. The one that was the closes to doing what I wanted was the gtk-launch command: gtk-launch org.kde.kwrite.desktop. One thing I like about gtk-launch is that it can find the appropriate desktop file even if you only give it the name. Share.
desktop - How do I refresh Gnome 3 applications - Unix & Linux …
98. You can restart the gnome-shell by pressing Alt + F2 and then typing in either " restart " or just " r " and pressing Enter. Otherwise I've noticed that it automatically refreshes .desktop files after waiting a little while. Share. Improve this answer. edited Nov 22, 2015 at …
rhel - Why VNC not showing actual Remote Desktop - Unix
Jan 18, 2013 · vncserver doesn't connect to the actual desktop; it creates a virtual desktop that is configured separately. If you want to access the actual desktop then you need to use either the VNC X extension or Vino. Share. Improve this answer. answered Jan 18, 2013 at 14:07. Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams. 46.2k 7 96 102.