Questions about using desktop backgrounds in Ubuntu.
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How to block the desktop background from being changed? [duplicate]
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How to restrict users on changing their wallpapers?
I'm trying to lock the desktop background (So, that it cannot be changed by others) but can not find the way, I got ...
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Kubuntu 12.04: get rid of default background between login and desktop ready
I installed Kubuntu 12.04 from scratch and I have successfully changed the login background and used the same pictures for my desktop background. I have 4 screens and for each screen I use a part of a ...
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How to make custom desktop background with multiple images?
On windows XP it's possible to make desktop to display html content and thereafter add a several images on it, you can move and resize them. So the basic idea is that you place the images you like on ...
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IPTUX always runs in background
I configured IPTUX to run in background by mistake.
The next time when i start it always runs in back ground. i tried to reinstall and also reinstalled with synaptic. still it starts in background.
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Different backgrounds on 3 monitor set-up
I currently have a 3 monitor set-up using an AMD HD6870 card. All monitors are 1920 x 1080 and in a 16:9 configuration. However 2 are orientated as landscape whilst one is in portrait. The way I ...
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Google Chrome BackGround Apps not working in Unity 12.04 [duplicate]
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Gmail offline on Firefox 4.0.1: “Offline Mail is not supported by your browser”
i have installed google chrome and synced with my google account so that i ...
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set installer background / not able to run early_command in custom preseed file
I have a custom preseed file for a Precise Live CD (which is well loaded on boot, I checked syslog for that).
My initial problem is that when booting in install mode (default behavior for a Live ...
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How to change background picture every 5 seconds? [duplicate]
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How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?
I want to change my background every 5 seconds but I couldn't. Is there any application to do this? Or is this a feature ...
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Default login screen gone, how to revert?
i just installed 12.04 and was playing around, i dont remember what i did, now after one logout beautiful default login screen has changed into gray area, help needed
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Wallpapers other than default are not appearing as background after restart
I'm using Ubuntu10.4 along with windows 7 and I'm changing wallpaper other than default but after restarting the system, screen remains completely black..
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What are the criteria for a user background to become login background on user selection?
What are the criteria for a user background to become login background on user selection?
I'm using 12.04 (beta) having jumped from 10.04, so I don't know whether it's the same with 11.10.
Basically ...
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LibreOffice Calc - Background Fill Options All White
Whenever I try to modify a cell background in calc (Format>Format Cell>Background), all of the color options are set to white. How do I get the palette back?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with LibreOffice ...
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Change desktop background from Terminal
I need to change the background of my desktop in Ubuntu 12. 04 with a command in terminal, in order to make a script with bash. Does anyone know how to do it?
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when I select a file in dolphin the name disappears
I'm using dolphin under gnome 3 and when I select a file, the name disappears. I tried looking at my kde settings and looking under colors and nothing seems out of the ordinary, and I don't know if ...
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Sync active wallpaper/background between KDE and Gnome/Unity
Is there solution using a utility or folder shortcuts that would keep the active desktop wallpaper/background the same in KDE and Gnome/Unity. (Changing the background in one desktop would also change ...
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Submitting some snapshots of nature from my collection
I want to submit some of snapshots of nature taken by me to ubuntu in order to put it in the main ubuntu operating system as background pictures. May I do so? What's the procedure? I will be waiting ...
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Putting Chromium back into Gnome Shell notifications
So I'm loving Gnome Shell under 11.10 on my HP Mini 100-3000, but I've removed Chromium from the background tasks that would show on the bottom notification display.
Simple question:
How do I put ...
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Why is my background image always disappearing when I log in?
When logging in lubuntu 12.04, my background image always disappears, leaving the screen with color only and then I have to go to definitions and set the image in the background again.
I notice that ...
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Wallpaper keeps changing to a color-only background [closed]
I just recently switched to Ubuntu from XP. Everything was working fine until recently. I had an xPlanetFX background and then one day it disappeared and only a color background was visible. I tried ...
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Disappearing background
My problem is that when i suspend my notebook by closing the lid, or when it does it automatically after a certain period of time, when i resume my session the image background of my desktop always ...
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how can I get the UbuntuOne panel icon starting in the background via my .bashrc
Trying to get an indicator working to show UbuntuOne progress, like the Dropbox one.
This helped: Is there any way to get an indicator for Ubuntu One?
Also this ...
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How do I change the Unity icon color background?
Basically I want to change the light grey background of rhthmbox unity icon by a light green one or another color. Well the idea is to find a tweak to operate for each app background light color. ...
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How do I set my own pictures to change on my desktop? (like every few minutes or so?) [duplicate]
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How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?
Okay, so, i would like to have my background change without me having to do so. sounds so weird to say that, but, I've ...
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Changing backgrounds in Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
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How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?
I updated Ubuntu on my computer and I seen, that there is a daily changing option in background menu, but I can't set my ...
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No desktop showing Dell Latitude D531
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a Dell D531 Laptop instead of Windows 7. The install finished and I rebooted the laptop. To install Ubuntu 11.10, I used a cd. When logged in, the screen shows the ...
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Unity Dash Button [duplicate]
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How to change the Dash icon in the Unity Launcher?
How to change the Dash icon in the Unity Launcher?
When I follow the instructions in the link above (yeah I know for ...
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How can I select a wallpaper that is not is the Pictures Folder?
I don't like to use the pre-made folders. I want to organize the things the way I want and with the names I want. Moreover I don't want to have to move a picture every time I want to try and see how ...
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Keep a program running in terminal
So I am well aware of nohup and suffixing commands with & to ensure that they go into the background.
However if I run a graphical application - sometimes using neither seems to do the job. So ...
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Wallch not auto-cycling backgrounds on log in
I'm extremely new to Ubuntu, and the Linux environment in general, so I could probably be doing something stupid, or not realizing how to do it, or its working and I don't realize it - so I just want ...
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How can I ensure that a minimal set of processes are running on ubuntu 11.10
I'm running experiments via python & pygame that are time-sensitive and I'd like to reduce all the OS's background processing as much as possible while still being able to do things like detect ...
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Changing Login Screen Background [closed]
I've been trying to change my login screens background but it always ends up becoming blank (black screen).
I've recently done a fresh install and didn't select the option to encrypt my home folder ...
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GRUB background resolution and text?
I want to know my GRUB resolution ? and what if I set the GRUB background image that is higher or lower resolution than current grub resolution , do I have to resize it ?
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Write Desktop Background Changer in C [closed]
I am completely new to writing programs for Ubuntu and using the available api. But I wish to write a desktop background changer of my own in C. Are there any api available which would help me write ...
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krunner unreadable black text on black background. File a bug? Where?
I'm running Kubuntu 12.04 beta2 (up to date). Already tried to create a user from the scratch but the problem can still be replicated. I'll make it simple: with any of the available themes (air, air 4 ...
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Can I set different backgrounds for different workspaces (tags) in Awesome WM?
I'd love to be able to set different backgrounds for different tabs in Awesome WM. Is there a way to do this?
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How do I change the background colour of Leafpad? (changing .gtkrc insufficient)
All the information that google returns says to change ~/.gtkrc2.0-mine. Here is my .gtkrc-2.0:
# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN BY gtk-theme-switch2 DO NOT EDIT
include "/usr/share/themes/Dust/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
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How to change desktop background to the next/brev background image with mouse right cick menu depending on wallch program?
I want a script or a tool to change the desktop background using mouse right click menu on the desktop to find in the menu Next and Previous buttons for the next and past background, but depending on ...
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How to create screen session on startup with command that doesn't end when command finishes
I want to edit my rc.local file to start up a few server sessions each in it's own GNU screen. However, whenever I stop a server, the screen terminates.
Currently I have:
screen -dmS test ...
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Is there a way to open a page in the browser in the background, UNFOCUSED, from the command line?
For those familiar with OSX, the behavior I'm looking for is open -g http://google.com, which will open a google webpage in the default browser in the background, without switching focus to it at all.
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Why does my desktop background keep changing?
I am running Ubuntu 10.04. I installed Xubuntu but I'm using the Gnome desktop. Recently my desktop started changing, downloading random pictures from somewhere. I don't remember installing an ...
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How can I get a image of the default login wallpaper? [duplicate]
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Where is the login screen wallpaper located?
Where can I find the folder where the login screen background/wallpaper so that I can copy it to my Pictures folder? Or even ...
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How to hide terminal output when executing a command?
This is a purely aesthetic question, but it has been bugging me for a while.
When I launch certain programs from the command line like eclipse and document viewer in 11.10 it spews a load of ...
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How to modify the system default login background image?
Following this, I added a couple of modified background images to the backgrounds collection. Now, I want to select a different background for the login screen. How do I do that?
UPDATE: Just tried ...
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Change background color/colour displayed in FVWM
I use FVWM windows manager (and I don't have gnome/unity installed). The background colour of my window is set by Ubuntu - it is the same colour as the background to the login screen. Indeed, the ...
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How to make terminal transparent while still having its own background image?
Is there a way to give terminal specific background image and make it 50% transparent at the same time?
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I want my grub2 background to be black but setting it to black is not enough [duplicate]
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How to change the purple background color in grub?
The default background color for GRUB2 in ubuntu11.10 is a dark-magenta-purple. How to change this color to black so ...
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Not able change desktop background in ubuntu 11.04 [closed]
I am unable to change my desktop back ground picture, please help.
Deena
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How do I replace the background-1.xml file under /usr/share/backgrounds/contest/?
Help with the background-1.xml file under /usr/share/backgrounds/contest/.
I screwed my .xml file... and the dumb here that is writing right now, didn't keep a safe copy of the original file/code...
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How to delete a photo from Appearance Preferences's list?
I had some time ago a photo of a person as my desktop background image. Now this photo remains in the list of photos in Appearance Preferences ➜ Background. Is there a way to remove it, or reset those ...
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change background of certain websites black?
Example would be inverting the background color of sites like google, reddit, and changing the text color to white or blue.
Also, gconf-editor doesn't seem to work when trying to rearrange the ...
