Questions tagged [gnome]
This is a very general tag that should only be used for questions referring to GNOME in general and not a specific component. GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a collection of GTK-based software that provides the desktop environment GNOME Shell.
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URL protocol handlers in basic Ubuntu Desktop
There was a way to register URL protocol handlers with Gconf, which is now obsolete and there seems to be no way to do the same with DConf (or Gsettings, its recommended wrapper).
How do one properly ...
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Night light vs dual monitor
I am using Ubuntu on a laptop which I put in a docking station with two screens.
The night light works well when activated but after unlocking from screen saver, only the main monitor is in night ...
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How to remove items from Places sidebar in Nautilus 3.6? [duplicate]
I am attempting to remove bookmarks from the Places sidebar in Nautilus 3.6. Specifically, I would like to remove the "Pictures" item.
I have found answers for older versions in which one can remove ...
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How to install themes with GNOME tweak tool?
I have been using the default Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity for some time now and decided to start customizing it.
I have already been able to make some changes with the gnome-tweak-tool. However, there ...
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Why have Canonical installed core Gnome apps as Snaps by default?
Today I removed snapd, which also removed gnome-software-plugins-snap by default. What I didn't notice is that Gnome System Monitor also was removed afterwards. On further inspection there seem to ...
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How can I disable the Alt + F1 and Alt + F2 shortcuts?
I can assign Alt + F1 and Alt + F2 to any function I like in the keyboard configuration window, but it's not being used.
Alt + F1 is always 'dash home' and Alt + F2 is always 'run'.
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Where does Nautilus store bookmark names?
If I create a bookmark with Nautilus, its location is stored on ~/.gtk-bookmarks, but not its name.
I've created a test bookmark named weirdy, and tried to do a grep on my home for that name, and I ...
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How do I change Wi-Fi Hotspot settings in Ubuntu with GNOME 3?
How do I manage my hotspot connected devices or change the hotspot password? I can only see the Network Name, Security type and the Password but I can't seem to manage users or the network properties.
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Can I set a horizontal layout for workspaces?
I just can't find how to get a workspace grid using Gnome 3. It just stays vertical, width of 1 and unlimited height...
Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.
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Fn Media keys slow/delayed on ubuntu gnome 17.04
I just installed Ubuntu 17.04 on my Asus ROG GL752VW laptop and I decided to install gnome-shell and then install ubuntu-gnome-desktop.
After some use, I noticed a delay when using Fn + F5or F6 as ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome hangs on VirtualBox with 3D acceleration enabled
Setup
VirtualBox: 5.2.12 (just released)
Host: Windows 10 with the latest update
Guest: Ubuntu 18.04, 3D acceleration enabled, Gnome desktop manager
Video card: Nvidia GEFORCE GTX980
Behavior
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Is it possible to use multiple desktop environments on same system?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I want to try out KDE and other desktop environments.
But I'm not sure if I'll like them enough to switch permanently. I want to be safe and make a transition in a piecemeal ...
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How do I disable the Help F1 key?
When the Gnome desktop has focus, hitting F1 brings up "Ubuntu Desktop Guide". How do I disable this keyboard shortcut?
UPDATE: This problem seems to be gone in Ubuntu 12.04 (hitting F1 while the ...
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Unable to download updates from extensions.gnome.org
I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and get the below message when I open the Ubuntu software app. My computer is updated to the latest version. How to solve this.
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Gnome-shell does not display top toolbar panel using a Mobility Radeon 5650
Gnome shell installed through software centre does not display top toolbar panel properly (missing text and icons), and when one of the icons on it eg user's name is clicked the menu popup has missing ...
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Terminator: shortcuts don't work after switching the keyboard layout
I'm having a strange problem with Terminator:
The keyboard shortcuts work for the default keyboard layout (in my case, German) just fine.
But when I switch the keyboard layout using Super+Space (to ...
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Unity7 and Gnome 3: How to disable "lock was blocked by an application", so that Gnome3 always locks the screen?
When I have virtualbox in full screen, on Unity it always locks after 5 minutes, but in Gnome3 (and even Unity7) it shows a popup message: lock was blocked by an application.
Can I force Unity or ...
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How can I remove Gnome Desktop Environment without messing Unity DE? (Ubuntu 16.04)
I need to get rid of the GNOME Desktop Environment which has been installed by default when I updated my pc from 15.10 to 16.04.
After a while, I found myself not only with GNOME DE, but also with ...
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How do I disable Compiz in the Ubuntu Classic session?
I would like to disable Compiz in Natty (Ubuntu Classic). I have tried to access this through System > Preferences > Appearance but the "Visual Effects" tab is no longer there.
On previous releases ...
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How do I turn off Gnome Shell Activities Animations?
I'd like to turn off the animation (windows zoom back) effect when the activities overview is activated because it really gets slow and laggy with a lot of open windows.
Is there ANY way to do this, ...
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Change default user folders path?
In previous releases of Ubuntu, I used Ubuntu Tweak to change the paths to the user folders (Music, Documents, Videos, etc). I can't find an option in Gnome 3 to do this, and Ubuntu Tweak's ppa still ...
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How do I clear all gnome shell notifications?
I use Jupiter as a power manager. Now I get a good number of notifications from it. I do not have problem with the fact that I get all these notifications.
I do however, want to be able to clear all ...
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How to make Gnome's "Activities" bar always visible?
I just installed Gnome, and when I click on "Activities" a convenient bar shows up from the left, allowing me to switch to other applications. Unfortunately, the bar hides as soon as I choose an ...
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How to close, minimize, and maximize a specified window from Terminal?
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18 and I am wondering if there is a way from Terminal to close, minimize, unminimize, maximize, and unmaximize specified windows?
Note - I've looked at ...
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How do I disable auto-maximizing of newly launched windows in GNOME?
Each time I open any application, it zooms to fill-up the entire desktop and so I am always forced to use "Unmaximize" using Alt+Space menu.
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How to hide Firefox titlebar in Gnome Shell?
I am running Gnome-shell 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.10. Is there a way to hide the firefox title bar and make it like Chrome's ? I would need the min/max buttons in tab-bar. There was a tutorial in webupd8, but ...
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Gnome 3.10 sharing desktop --- how to configure the security type for VNC?
The facts: I had a configuration for sharing my desktop that worked till the recent update of Gnome desktop to use sgnome-shell 3.10. I used to connect to my machine form a Windows one using TightVNC ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: Change color of window title bar
Is it possible to make the color of the title bar of the active window different from the rest?
Right now it's black for all windows in my default set-up. I am unable to determine if I can start ...
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A light alternative to gnome-system-monitor?
As I'm programming a little game, I often use gnome-system-monitor to check if there's any memory leak in my program. But the monitor takes too much lime to launch and is pretty slow.
Could you ...
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Is there any software for visual display of disk space?
I'm looking for an application which allows me to see what is consuming the most disk space and also to delete the files from there.
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How do I mark a .desktop file as trusted in Ubuntu 18.04?
In Ubuntu 18.04, when the user clicks on a custom desktop file, the program displays the message that the application launches is not trusted and launching it may be unsafe. The desktop also does not ...
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Where does Gnome/Nautilus store directory icons
On some key folders in nautilus I've changed the folder icons. It looks nice, and aids my productivity because I can easily find important folders in a mass of others.
But then I move to another ...
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Run chrome webpage as desktop application
I am looking to run a couple web pages as desktop applications in Gnome shell. These are the requirements:
It must run with Google Chrome.
It must be available as a separate app icon when pressing ...
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How to change "Global Dark Theme" on and off through Terminal?
I know how to set and display most themes, however I can find anything about how to turn the Global Dark Theme on and off through Terminal, I can only find the option in the gnome-tweak-tool. So is ...
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How to move windows between workspaces using the mouse?
I found out that Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Arrow can move windows to another workspace.
Is there a way of doing that with the mouse?
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How do I get rid of a ghost printer in Gnome?
When I try to print from a Gnome application, the print dialog has non-functional printer listed. It is called "duerqxesz5090 -- Basement Utility Room -- Rejecting Jobs". Here is a screenshot of ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 tons of lags with mouse and window glitch
I've installed Ubuntu 17.10 on my laptop without any issue, but when I am using the system everything lags and is not fluid. The mouse glitches (I am using a physical mouse and a track-pad), like it ...
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Maximized windows get under the Dock in Ubuntu 22.04
After upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to 22.04 maximized windows are not correctly restored - they get under the Dock when Ubuntu comes back from standby (maybe also after locking screen?).
If I ...
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How to get a normal application menu in the top- or titlebar in Gnome
I am very sorry to see Unity disappear - for me it is the best Linux desktop interface.
I am now trying if Gnome is workable for me. One thing I hate about gnome is that it does not show the ...
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mysql-workbench and Gnome keyring daemon problem
when launching mysql-workbench I have the following warning:
[12:13:49] coil@coil:~$ sudo mysql-workbench &
[12:14:03] coil@coil:~$ ** Message: Gnome keyring daemon seems to not be available. ...
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How to add Tor Browser to my menu/launcher for regular use?
I have installed Tor Browser following these instructions Tor Browser | torproject.org.
The "Tor Browser" thingy is not in Application > Internet category. I must run the shell script every time.
I'd ...
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Openning NetworkManager's edit connections window from terminal
I need to open NetworkManager's edit connections window from terminal (for ssh -X ).
What is the command that opens it?
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How to tell which processes are uploading and downloading data (and how much)? [duplicate]
I can see in my System Monitor that data is being uploaded and downloaded, I can see in Etherape which sites it's connecting to and which protocol is being used. However without looking at the actual ...
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How do I change the font DPI settings?
I installed Oneiric on a clean system, and found that the font tab is gone from the Appearance settings. This is a problem, because by default the text in Ubuntu is too large.
I changed the text from ...
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Where can I get themes and eye-candy for my desktop?
Apart from those themes in the repository and Gnome-look.org, are there other places to get themes for my Ubuntu Desktop?
Also, are there any 3rd party repositories of themes and other eye-candy?
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Gnome keyring daemon not starting up properly
Since a few days ago my Gnome-keyring daemon hasn't been starting up properly.
After logging in:
ps aux | grep keyring
user 3496 0.0 0.0 214408 15800 ? SLl 13:30 0:00 /usr/bin/...
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How do I maximize an already open gnome-terminal window from command line?
I know you can open an new gnome-terminal maximized by using:
gnome-terminal --maximize
That is not my question. Is there a command that I can use to maximize the current terminal where I am in. I ...
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Disable automatic activation of Gnome Shell activities on mouse over
I have been searching for a way to disable the "hot corner" feature of the Activities button in Gnome Shell. I would prefer it to require a click such that I don't keep accidentally activating it upon ...
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How to prevent automatic change of the audio device?
My Ubuntu 17.10 is connected via HDMI with my TV. HDMI ist the audio device I want always to use. Sometimes when the TV is turned off, Ubuntu switches the audio device tho semething else. When I turn ...
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How can I change GNOME Shell theme?
I've installed the GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 12.04 and I want to change the "Shell Theme", But it doesn't allow me to do that.
The alert says something like: "The GNOME-Shell extension is not activated", ...