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How to stop updates nagging me in 11.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable Ubuntu Update Manager’s new version warning
I'm running on 11.10. My computer keeps on bugging me about 12.04, but I don't want it to. Please help as it is ...
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How to decrease sensitivity of the Launcher?
I constantly have the problem of the Launcher opening when I want to do something in an application; I also want Launcher to appear as quickly as possible to e.g. switch or boot up new applications. ...
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Launcher icons are invisible after upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04
I am re-purposing an old laptop. I installed 11.10 on it and then immediately upgraded to 12.04. (I could not directly install 12.04 as my system does not support PAE.)
When my system was (briefly) ...
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What is the boot up configuration file for the desktop?
I'm relatively new to Linux and Ubuntu. Recently I installed 11.10 but found that some of the icons on the launcher were transparent as were some of the icons from the dash after launching. I ...
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How do I put a gnome-terminal's left border on the left side of screen, using a shell command?
I'm making a custom command that launches gnome-terminal as a sort of overlay window near the bottom of the screen, similar to the Tilda terminal. In order to do this, I'm using gnome-terminal's ...
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how-to properly create a launcher (.desktop-file) - unresolved & zenity hangs
Title: zenity hangs & .desktop files dont have the desired effect
Environment: Ubuntu Oneiric x64, gnome-shell, zfsonlinux
Motivation: Automagically save state of all VM's (and config) while ...
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Oh Unity Launcher scrambled with color dots after log on or restart
The left hand side Unity launch bar is color scrambled after reboot, or log on. When touching it with the mouse arrow, it comes back to normal. I installed gnome shell color before this started ...
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How can I force applications not pinned to the launcher to appear below applications that are pinned? [closed]
I normally use Super+number to open my frequently used applications which are pinned to the launcher, which is quick and convenient as long as the numbers remain consistent. However, when I run other ...
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Multiple Internet icons in the launcher bar [closed]
After a reinstall of ubuntu 11.10, i have this bug ( i think).
What happens is I start the internet, then I keep the icon (cromium webbrowser) in the launcher bar.
after some time on the internet ...
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How add a second Unity Launcher? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Possible to have 2 unity launchers?
How can I add a second Unity Launcher to my Ubuntu 11.10?
It could be possible, because someone have accidentaly done it...
This is ...
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RecordMyDesktop creates multiple launcher icons if “keep in launcher” is selected [closed]
If, when using RecordMyDesktop, I select "keep in launcher" and then quit the application, then the launcher stays as desired. However, if I then click it to launch RecordMyDesktop for a second time, ...
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The Home Folder icon on the launcher will not open on Unity
I have to usually open the home folder by pressing the super key, than typing home manually. It will work if i remove the icon from the launcher, then re add it. Is there a way to fix that? I am using ...
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Cannot resize launcher icons in Unity
I am using Oneiric. I have Unity 4.28 installed. I have also installed CCSM, Ubuntu Tweak, Dconf tools and MyUnity. I have tried resizing the launcher icons using these tools, but none of them are ...
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1answer
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LibreOffice (Writer, Calc, Impress) not appearing in launcher
There is a problem with LibreOffice Calc, Impress and Writer (sometimes gedit too) that when I open a file the minimize, maximize and close buttons in the upper right corner are not displayed. In this ...
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Unity launcher icons squished up under menu bar
The Unity launcher on my system has display issues, all the icons are scrunched up under the menu bar. I've restarted my machine, logged into the GNOME session and back into unity, and triple checked ...
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How to add a user environment aware application launcher to unity panel?
Here is my problem: When I search from Unity's Dash Home for NetBeans and drag&drop it to unity launcher it, I observed that netbeans does not have access to my environment variables which were ...
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1answer
483 views
How to add apps that doesn't appear on dash home to launcher?
Today I've spent all day trying to fix an Ubuntu 11.04 but I failed. I didn't wanted to upgrade one step further because I am trying to avoid Unity, but I had to recover that PC so I installed 11.10, ...
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1answer
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Window does not get focus when opened by clicking a tray icon or a launcher icon
When I open a window by clicking an icon in the launcher bar or an icon in the tray area, sometimes the window does not get focus and gets opened behind the currently active window. I want it to open ...
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1answer
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Adding a custom launcher to the Unity Launcher [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Add Custom Launcher in 11.10
So I created a custom launcher using alacarte. Now how do I add it to the launch bar?
The code is just LANGUAGE="ja" google-chrome
I can ...
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Launcher disappeared, ccsm does not exist [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
There are lot's of posts similar to this, but I'm going to start a new thread because there seem to be a few things ...
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1answer
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Unity launcher is missing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
what happened to my dock in ubuntu? 11.10 i logged out because compiz fusion icon wasnt working then when i logged ...
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Java programs cannot be relaunched from launcher side bar
I run a java program (smartgit for example). What I see in the launcher is just a question mark.
Marking the "Keep in Launcher" doesn't open the app. It just blinks for several seconds and stops ...
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Launcher does not pop out a running app when dragging a file to it [closed]
I have a small screen so prefer working with only one visible app at a time.
In 11.04, I could drag a file from nautilus to the launcher, hover above another app, like chromium or gedit. The launcher ...
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Why does my Opera window not show up in Unity?
So, I got a new computer (to work on it), and installed Ubuntu 11.10 on it. As my home computer is not strong enough (I'm using some strange mix of Xubuntu/Ubuntu/Kubuntu there), this was my first ...
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Problem after upgrading from 10.04 to 11.10 on a Mac
I've just upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 to 11.10 on my Mac(OS X) but after it has restarted, it would not open after selecting the Ubuntu launcher. I have a black screen with a flashing bar and cannot do ...
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Add extra shortcuts to the Ubuntu launcher quick keys
My problem is that the Ubuntu launcher has shortcut numbers assign to the first 10. How can i extend this to more of them, like letter or more numbers. Is this possible?
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How do I get my launcher to stay in the unity menu [closed]
I want to have a button in my unity launcher that will run a few lines of code in terminal when I click on it.
I have created a .sh file, made it executable, created a launcher for it, moved the ...
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1answer
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How do I prevent an application from obscuring the launcher when it is maximized?
I want to configure my Unity desktop in Oneiric so that:
The launcher is never hidden.
When I maximize an application, it fills the visible workspace except for the launcher and the panel.
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1answer
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How to configure clicking a launcher icon minimizes all related apps
Lets say I have 4 terminals opened. If I click the terminal launcher icon it maximizes all terminal windows. If I click again it shows all of them in a windows lists fashion so I can click a specific ...
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1answer
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Icon for java is low resolution on launcher
On Ubuntu Oneiric, I am mildly annoyed by the icon that apparently Java programs give themselves by default. It is too low a resolution. I have 'emblem' set as the overlay icon for Compiz's scale ...
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Libreoffice writer is missing its icon. Where should I put a replacement?
The other libreoffice programs all have their icons in place but I get the 'blank icon' icon in unity's launcher. Any idea of the directory I should place a replacement icon or how I can get it back? ...
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Launcher doesn't appear when dragging and dropping [closed]
I like dragging and dropping media files into players like totem. In Ubuntu 11.10, I am not able to do it. When I click on a media file and drag it towards the panel at the left, my applications panel ...
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1answer
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How to add windows partition to unity home icon launcer ?
I already seen examples for adding favorite places on home icon launcher for Documents, Music, Pictures, Downloads and already added it.
Now I want to have also add Windows partition so that when I ...
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1answer
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Why does Nautilus use a separate icon rather than the one already docked from the default install?
When Nautilus is running it does not group open instances with the pre-existing docked icon. It adds this file cabinet looking icon to the task bar. I know this isn't default behavior and I'm ...
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Can I make the launcher not extend the entire height of my screen?
I was wondering if it is possible to NOT extend the launcher of unity, like the dock of Gnome Shell?
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Launcher window dodge doesn't work
In two accounts I have the launcher set to "Dodge Windows" (confirmed via CCSM). However, in one account it doesn't work, the launcher is stuck open as though I'd selected "Never".
I found some hints ...
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How to keep Unity 2D Launcher visible with fullscreen apps? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set the launcher to always show in Unity 2d?
Using gconf-editor, I have set the following:
/desktop/unity-2d/launcher
hide_mode 0
use_strut ticked
When I ...
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1answer
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Why can I only put some items in the launcher?
Whenever I search for an item using dash it knows the default way of opening it. However if I drag a file into the launcher it can't be added, even if it is executable. For example if you would like ...
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Launcher icons on desktop or in the main panel
Is there any way to simply add launcher icons such as firefox, gimp, etc. onto the desktop or into the gnome panel ?
I know that possible way how to do that is to run this command:
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How do I make a terminal quicklist to open a terminal window with a new profile?
I've seen this answer and this one. I think I've done what they say to do, but I'm still having trouble.
I've copied /usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/. I ...
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1answer
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How do I remove the workspace switcher icon from launcher? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove the Workspace Switcher launcher from Unity launcher?
I have read the way to do it on 11.04 by opening terminal and typing gnome-panel in it then changing some ...
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2answers
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How to make unity remind me of windows asking for attention?
I am rather new to Unity, I have only started using it after upgrading to 11.10 several days ago, and one thing really worries me. I started to miss incoming messages in Empathy and Skype because ...
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Where is force quit?
i'm trying to make a custom launcher in 11.10 for the special force quit launcher we had in 11.04 (you could add it from the list of apps,but now it is nowhere to be found ,even in alacarte ..) .. so ...
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How to recover from the Dash Home appearing behind other running programs?
Can someone tell me how to recover from the Dash Home screen appearing behind the running programs? I almost always have more than 50 applications running. Many times this includes more than 30 ...
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How to create launchers that open applications in a terminal?
I would like to make a launcher that directs an application to be opened in a terminal.
I had it on Maverick and it worked. And also, it added the application to the 'Installed applications'.
At ...
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1answer
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Why don't some of my applications show up in the launcher when opened?
Sometimes when I open an application, the program will open, but it won't display in the launcher or in the Alt+Tab dialog. Here's a screenshot of VLC open:
As you can see, the icon doesn't ...
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How to customize/label the hard drive icons in the launcher
Is there any way to change the hard drive icons in the launcher since I have 4 total hard drives and they all look the same. I was wondering maybe to add the LABEL of the hard drive (If exists) to the ...
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2answers
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How do I place a folder onto the launcher? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to drag a folder to the launcher from Nautilus
There is a folder I need pretty often, and I would like to have a button on the launcher for it. How can I make it?
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0answers
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Ubuntu gets stuck on desktop screen? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
I have an Acer Aspire One, running Ubuntu 11.10 I recently installed Ubuntu, because my Windows XP was real buggy. I ...
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1answer
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Unity, VMWare Workstation and the Super (Windows) key [closed]
I frequently run Windows 7 and Mac OS X as guest OS in VMWare Workstation on Ubuntu 11.10. Whenever I hit the Super (Windows) key in Windows/Mac OS the Unity launcher is activated. Even if I'm running ...
