Questions tagged [gconf]
system for storing application preferences
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How can I adjust the column width and make it default? With dconf-editor (nautilus) I can adjust which columns, but the width?
After one day of searching how I can adjust my default column width? See the below details and what I already tried during my troubleshooting.
gnome/nautilus installed
via dconf-editor I can adjust ...
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Where can I get a list of SCHEMA / PATH / KEY to use with gsettings?
After doing some research, I found that I can quickly set configuration options using the gsettings command in the terminal, instead of installing dconf-editor or gconf-editor or CCSM.
But we need ...
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"Can't install libgconf-2-4 (3.2.6-2ubuntu1)" while trying to install Spotify
I'm trying to install Spotify but and it leads me to this error.
Any solution to this?
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Massive problems with dpkg and apt-get upgrade [duplicate]
After several attempts to update, upgrade, reconfigure dpkg things and clean or install -f, I am quite desperate, since error messages persist, and I cannot quite find a solution. But let's focus on ...
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Gconf, Dconf, Gsettings and the relationship between them
I'm trying to understand how Gconf, Dconf and Gsettings works and what the relationship is between them.
All I know is:
Gconf - XML based database (backend system). The older one.
Dconf - BLOB based ...
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Problem running dpkg due to bad gconf dependencies [duplicate]
I cannot run any apt operations due to some dependency issues.
If I run sudo apt-get upgrade I get the following:
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following ...
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What Terminal command will dump all Gconf keys and values? ie the ones seen in gconf-editor
I can output a single key-value, as per the following example:
gconftool-2 --get /apps/panel/applets/clock_screen0/object_type
bonobo-applet
How can I dump the entire gconf database? ... Key-names ...
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How to open ssh://username@hostname link
I want to open link like "ssh://username@hostname" with ssh.
I think xdg-open can help me(xdg-open ssh://username@hostname), but I don't know how.
How can i do it?
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How to change gnome-terminal profile preferences using dconf or gsettings?
After upgrading form Ubuntu 14.10 to 15.10, it seems that changing gnome-terminal preferences using gconftool-2 is no longer supported. I guess this issue is related the Gconf to GSettings migration.
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x-tile / python-gconf not installable on 18.10 MATE
On 18.10 MATE I'm trying to install x-tile https://www.giuspen.com/x-tile/ which I've been using since 16.04 or so.
Installation fails looking for python-gconf and installation of python-gconf fails ...
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How to fetch the proxy configuration of the root and other users with GSettings cmd
I have an rpm package which runs with sudo rights, that application wants to fetch the proxy configuration of the machine (should fetch the proxy configuration of users level as well), As we know we ...
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I encountered a gconf2 error while installing some packages, what should I do?
I got this error when installing some software:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not ...
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How do I assign magnet links to use qbittorrent?
The key /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet in gconf-editor is missing.
How do I assign magnet links to use qbittorrent?
It would be really nice if it were easy to set url handlers. I always struggle ...
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Seriously, dconf, gconf, gsettings... How do I save my terminal settings?
I'm trying to do something relatively simple that most of us have wanted to do at one time or another: Save my gnome-teminal settings.
I'm running 14.04 (desktop obviously). I've realized from my ...
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How to disable update notification for all users?
This is a partial case of the more general question "Don't bother non-admin users with admin questions":
I have several non-admin users on a computer and I want to disable software updates for all of ...
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gnome-terminal - restoring of config for profiles
Where are the profiles for gnome-terminal stored on the filesystem?
I recently restored my home folder from backup on a new ubuntu installation, but the profiles for gnome-terminal were not restored.
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Switch from path bar to location bar permanently in Nautilus
As most of you know, you can switch between the visual location entry, and the text based one in Nautilus, by hitting Ctrl+L.
When I tried to set this value permanently in gconf-editor, it doesn't ...
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Manual shortcut keys without using settings
I want to change the "Close Window" shortcut to Ctrl+Q as this is more intuitive to me than the default Alt+F4. Prior to 12.04 upgrade, I was just able to change this via the settings window, but in ...
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How can I set the background color of gnome-terminal using gconftool-2?
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and I want to set the background color of my gnome-terminal using the command line.
From what I can tell gconftool-2 is the way to do this but I cant work out what the command ...
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Permanent custom keyboard shortcuts for Evince (Document Viewer)
I am using the Ubuntu document viever Evince. Lately, I found out how to add custom keyboard shortcuts for the program. I was searching for a way to add a shortcut e.g. for View / Best fit (also ...
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Docky on Xubuntu can't remove the anchor icon
I've been playing around with Docky for about 2 hours and have failed consistently at removing the anchor icon from it. I have read numerous pages all telling me the same solution which is to disable ...
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Change gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory in Ubuntu Gnome 14.04
Configuring with dconf or gconf as suggested in this post worded on Ubuntu Gnome 13.10 (I tried and succeeded). But does NOT work on Ubuntu Gnome 14.04.
How to change auto-save-directory of gnome-...
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Run command on brightness change
as the brightness selected doesn't change my effective brightness, but xbacklight does, I just wanted to sync them.
So, I would like to run xbacklight on login, in order so adjust to the saved state, ...
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How to interpret the contents of ~/.gconf?
Consider a key like
/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/cycle_windows
I can access this this key using gconf-editor. However when I cd to ~/.gconf/apps/metacity I find an empty file named %gconf.xml ...
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configure 'other users are able to view my desktop' via command line
I am trying to get vino-server to work via ssh on an Ubuntu 17.04 machine. Specifically, I want to set the option that 'other users are able to view my desktop'. Ubuntu's documentation on vino states ...
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gconf-tool2 command to set "Place Windows" compiz option?
For operational reasons at work, I have access to gconf-tool2 but not CCSM.
Can anyone tell me what the option is called for the purposes of calling gconf-tool2 to set the various "Place Windows"...
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How to set desktop background from script running as root?
I'm writing a script to mount a removable drive and then set the desktop background to a file on that drive. The script needs to run as root in order to use cryptsetup and mount. But when the script ...
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What schema is Gnome using
Still trying to understand what schemas are, though it looks like Gnome loads from there the general data to configure the desktop. There are several in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/, but how to know ...
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How to remove the panel's menu-bar, and decorations for all local windows under Gnome?
I'm running Gnome version 3.4.1 and the script in charge of disabling menu-bar and decorations will run locally (no sudoing). It might have to do with gconftool-2, gsettings or compiz (all available ...
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Cannot install gnome-terminal due to problems with gconf2
I was having problems with starting gnome-terminal, so I tried to remove and reinstall it. Running sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal gives me the following result:
Reading package lists... Done
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Cannot move / copy files between panes in Nemo after update
I use multiplae panes a lot to move or copy files between panes. After Nautilus made the multiple panes disappear, I used the Webupd8's Repository so i can get that functionality back.
Then, after a ...
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Is it possible to import gconf xml into dconf? (generally or just for gnome-terminal)
I installed 16.04 on a new machine. I'd like to migrate some, but not all, config from my 15.10 setup to it.
The immediate goal is to migrate gnome-terminal config from .gconf/apps/gnome-terminal-2.
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Can't edit anything in settings editor (xubuntu)
Even with root privileges when I open settings editor->xfce-keyboard-shortcuts, I am forbidden to do any changes. More precisely, I cannot type anything in property field of any shortcuts.
I tried to ...
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How to use a particular gnome-terminal profile like (base-16-default-dark) every time I start a new terminal?
I would like to use Base-16-default-dark base16 color scheme profile for my newly start terminals. Right now every time i open a new terminal it get loaded with default color scheme and i have to ...
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gconf override glib schema error - "can not parse as value of type 'd'"
I'm trying to override the gconf settings for text-scaling-factor and scaling-factor on my system, following the method mentioned here.
So I created a file at /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/30-retina-...
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gconftool-2 not working when run from a script
I'm trying to change the settings of gnome-terminal, using gconftool-2 via. a bash script.
When I run gconftool-2 commands from the command line, they work.:
gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/...
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Help with bash script for Docky
I'm going to assign this script to a keyboard shortcut so that I can toggle Autohide quickly for Docky.
I'm going to make a second script that switches off Autohide again, and assign a different ...
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How to detect current gnome-terminal character encoding?
I am trying to detect the current gnome-terminal character encoding from the command line. I have tried using gconftool :
$ gconftool-2 --get /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/encoding
current
$ ...
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Disable Dash Home Shortcut in 12.04 [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 in VirtualBox on a MacBook. The current shortcut for the dash home launcher is the Command key (Super).
I'm trying to disable it. First, this option is not present in the ...
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Having trouble preventing users from changing wallpaper/settings [duplicate]
I'm sort of new to linux and I'm having a problem, I'm trying to prevent users from changing the desktop wallpaper (as well as other things but that is the main one)
I know this has been asked ...
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Can't remove 2XClient using dpkg
I have a problem removing 2XClient from Ubuntu 12.04.
This is the output
Removing 2xclient ...
Unregistering tuxclient url-protocol handler in gconf tree
(gconftool-2:3905): GConf-WARNING **: ...
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How change gedit preferences in xfce / xubuntu?
Where can I find Gedit preferences in Xubuntu?
They are like some rare, elusive bird.
Numerous help forums like this give varying reports of where it might have been spotted. But you go where they ...
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Customize terminal size without launching terminal
I changed my terminal size to a very large number and now the terminal keeps flickering at when launched and the menu on upper-left corner doesn't show up(my machine is Ubuntu 12.04)
Is there any way ...
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What are the differences between gconf and dconf?
I've read a lot of discussion about a new Ubuntu configuration tool: gconf is replaced by dconf.
Why is this change being made? Why is there so much debate about it? Is it too difficult to create a ...
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Could someone please explain to me the difference between gconf, gconf-2 and gconf-editor?
I am really curios to learn about these 3 since I don't really understand how they work. I read somewhere that gconf-editor is basically the graphical representation of gconf however what is gconf-2 ...
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Which gconf-editor setting effects the "on-top" relationship of Parent/Child windows and dialogs? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I group/un-group parent/child windows?
I've lost track of which setting I tweaked in gconf-editor.
Now, my child windows/dialogs stay on-top of the parent.
... and ...
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Can't run Vidalia due to an AppArmor policy error
I installed Vidalia , and added a user to debian-tor group.
But when I run it , it gets me error:
$ vidalia
(process:5691): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
An ...
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Can't reset title bar right-click behavior in Unity, Ubuntu 12.10
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10.
In 12.04, a title bar right-click would cause the menu to popup. After my upgrade right-click shades/unshades the window. I want the previous ...
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How can I enable all installed Gnome Shell Extensions? [duplicate]
I need this, because sometimes the Gnome Shell "forgot" all my extensions configurations after a normal reboot/shutdown. And I'don't want reinstall entire system because this.
So I want a script or ...
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Evolution override gconftool-2 modification
We are in "beta-test" at my job to install some Ubuntu (12.04 LTS) on the network and we've got a little problem. We try to "standardize" as much as we can (with script when possible) and in the case ...
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