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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Strange theme after downloading CairoDock

I downloaded CairoDock yesterday and since I rebooted my system it shows me this weird theme, with orange windows and little white borders around programs. Also my icons are messed up, the top right ...
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how to run screensaver as root for some other logged in user?

So root invoked some script, and specific user session should be locked. I managed to get this working before, but now I cannot win. Currently I'm following this article: https://0day.work/locking-...
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Artificially lower brightness on all screens

I'm using XPS 15 with an external monitor and the XPS even at the lowest is superbright and I get headaches. I used xrandr in the past and it worked but with latest Ubuntu versions it doesn't. ...
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Popup to choose password for new keyring

Almost every time I unlock my laptop, I get the message An application wants to create a new keyring called 'Default'. Choose password you want to use for it. I input a password to create said "...
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upgraded to 19.04: unable to disable desktop icons

I have upgraded to 19.04 few weeks ago, I never asked to use desktop icons feature but after the upgrade, the icons appears. It is disabled in gnome-tweaks: Trying to turn-on/turn-off does not change ...
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Gnome not starting on 19.10 with my existing user but does start with a new user

I'm getting the pesky Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. Please logout and try again. But if I create a new user it works. Where do I ...
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Cannot save files or links to the desktop in Ubuntu 19.10

Since upgrading to Ubuntu 19.10 I cannot save files and links to the desktop. With Ubuntu 19.04 I used a GNOME extension called "Desktop icons" to do this but it doesn't work in 19.10. I can't find ...
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My screen or a window flashes once in a while, even when I don't do anything. Any idea how I could fix this?

I just got a new server (Supermicro X11DPH-T) with a new NVidia card (RTX 2060) and a ton of RAM (512Gb ECC). The motherboard has 2 processors and the video board must be accessed by CPU 2 (at least ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome screen lock policy

I need to enforce a screen lock policy, but cannot find any way to do so. If, as root, I run: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 60 it sets a file in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas to ...
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Strange freeze when loading IntelliJ IDEA Editor

Since about three weeks IntelliJ is freezing when I'm trying to load any project. It's the same with a new project too. It seems like it freezes the whole xserver - I can't interact with any ...
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How can I show the CPU temperature in the GNOME panel?

I'm looking for a way to show my CPU-temperature in the GNOME 3 Panel in Ubuntu 10.10. I found a Screen on extensions.gnome.org : Is there an applet or something like that? Thank you!
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Can't get rid of a notification

So I opened Rhythmbox with an mp3 file by mistake. Since then I got a notification and I can't get rid of it. I restarted Gnome, restarted my computer, disabled notifications for Rhythmbox from within ...
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How to get rid of the white frame around the window? Gnome-screenshot

I am currently using the gnome-screenshot application. I have tried to edit dconf settings under org>gnome>gnome-screenshot and have tried to edit the window-frame option without success. I have the ...
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Restore GNOME desktop to original state

Cannot figure out how to get ubuntu desktop back to what it was before... Problems: Right click only brings up "Change Background...", "Display Settings", and "Settings". Before it would have a ...
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Is there a better way of changing transparency of gnome terminal window? I don't like using the mouse

I find myself needing to adjust the transparency of my terminal window quite often. I go to preferences > profiles > edit to change the level of transparency, but what I'd really like is a quick ...
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How to make dbus commands persistent. GNOME

while studying/ Understanding GNOME, I have come across below two commands over the web. dbus-send --session --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell org.gnome.Shell.Eval string:'...
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How do I install Falkon browser in Ubuntu GNOME?

I have downloaded the source code of Falkon from GitHub repository, but when I try to generate a make using the CMakeLists.txt it throws up some error. CMake Error at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/...
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Custom VirtualBox Launcher in GNOME 3

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with GNOME 3. My goal is to create a custom launcher that will launch a specific VirtualBox virtual machine, and I'd like it to have it's own icon. From a purely functional ...
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How to recursively and automatically convert all bmp images to png files in a given directory?

I have a directory on my machine with 100s of images in it. About half of those images are bmp files, and the other half are png files. I need to convert all the bmps into pngs, but as there are so ...
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How do I change the gnome keyboard shortcuts defaults? [closed]

Gnome keyboard shortcuts is a weird mixture of <Super> and <Alt> bindings. E.g., Switch applications Super+Tab Switch system controls Ctrl+Alt+Tab Switch system ...
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Invoking .desktop file from launcher opens it in editor rather than opening the program it describes

I am running with vanilla-gnome-desktop, using GNOME Classic on Ubuntu 18.04. When pressing Super and entering KeePass plus Enter, the ~/Desktop/KeePass.desktop file is opened in an editor (gedit in ...
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How to prevent /usr/lib/tracker from using lots of CPU time?

I have the problem that a /usr/lib/tracker process is using lots of CPU time in my Ubuntu installation. How can I resolve this?
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Gnome Scheme manual please, for aisleriot

There are many card games in the aisleriot package. However, one is missing : crescent solitaire. You can play it online, for free, but it has annoying features such as a timeout. And advertisement if ...
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How do I properly configure compiz cube for gnome 3?

I see that compiz had an update. Is it possible to get cube rotation on ubuntu 18 with gnome 3? I have it installed with horizontal and vertical desktops at 4. I can't seem to get it to work.
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Super button not working after updating Ubuntu 18.04.3, Gnome 3.28.2

After an update "Super" button stopped working. Installed "Tweak", changed to right super, changed back to right super. Restarted the system. Nothing worked so far. Super button is not visible when ...
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How to add icons to the filesymbols?

I am facing the issue of not having any icons associated with my file-types. Like for a directory containing a LaTeX document, only the pdf and the synctex.gz have icons, but I'd like to also see ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 Upgrade

I upgraded my pc fomr 19.04 to ubuntu 19.10 i ran the upgrade unattended at night but when i checked the PC in the morning the power was interrupted and the PC was shutdown . I don't know when the ...
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Why does my choice of mouse cursors only work sometimes?

Certain... things that have focus will display the mouse cursors I chose while others seem to go with the default (which looks like DMZ-White). For instance Firefox and Qt Creator will display the ...
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Arc menu hot key not working while having windows opend

I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 19.10 from 19.04. I noticed that if I minimize all windows and press the hot key (Window key) Arc menu gets open. But if any of program window is floating on ...
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Disappearing Windows in GNOME 3

I've been searching like mad, but haven't been able to find anyone with a similar problem, so here it goes. I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 with GNOME 3 on my Lenovo T400. Almost once every day or two, I'...
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Ubuntu 19.10 gnome-shell crashes after changing keyboard

Updated to Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan, changing keyboard (from zh-cn to es-es) crashes gnome-shell, and displays that logoff is needed, but clicking logoff button is useless (won't work). Reboot, log in, and a ...
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How to make caps-lock an additional ctrl?

How do I remap caps-lock to an additional ctrl? I have tried to modify /etc/default/keyboard and reboot: XKBOPTIONS="ctrl:nocaps" After doing that, ctrl became caps-lock which I don't want.
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apt-get not working after failed attempt to install GUI desktop

The other day I tried to install GNOME and it didn't complete successfully for some reason. That's fine, I've moved on. However, everytime I try to use apt-get now it ends with a long set of error ...
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Is there a way to add GNOME Night Light to Ubuntu Unity 16.04?

Like the title. If it's possible, how to add GNOME Night Light to a standard Ubuntu Unity 16.04?
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Browse folders and files using the Places menu

I love the Places extension and the menu it provides. However, usually, I use the file browser to open one file, and rarely use it more than a few seconds (navigate, select file, bang enter, done), ...
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How can I speed up Ubuntu 16.04 as much as I can? Should I switch to GNOME from builtin Unity? [closed]

I read that "gnome is more stable than unity" and I am wondering if it could help speed up my system. I'm experiencing some performance problems, for example: Android Studio felt obviously slow, and ...
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How can I install GNOME 3.1.0 on Ubuntu 16.04?

I have been with Linux since 2011 and loved fedora 16 with 3.1.0 Gnome. It was one of the best distros imo. It was very resource-efficient. When that fedora version came to EOL I migrated to Ubuntu ...
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Gnome - Lock screen - What's this button?

In lock screen of Debian or Ubuntu Gnome, I got the following button: It looks like a "pause" icon. When I clicked on it , I got a black screen and no way to get back to the work space except of ...
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Getting rid of irritating dead battery notification

My laptop battery is dead forever. It needs to be replaced. Since it is not working anymore, GNOME detects it as low battery and keeps popping up as notification on notification area. A screenshot for ...
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Can you do a multi step zoom on Gnome?

I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome. I've come over from MacOs and one thing I'm really really missing is it's pinch to zoom feature, expecially in browsers. I know I can do a Ctrl +/- but that actually ...
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Change Context Menu option "Open in Terminal" of Nautilus to launch tilix In Ubuntu 18.04?

Trying here without success to change the terminal application to tilix when clicking on Open In Terminal in context menu of Nautilus; now, it launches gnome-terminal. Already installed and launched ...
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Unable to start an executable from Thunar

When I try to double click on an executable binary file to start a GUI program from Thunar, it throws the following error to syslog and does not start the program: cannot open display: wayland-0 ...
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Activities overview doesn't work!

I'm using latest Ubuntu (19.10) activities overview in top-left corner doesn't work however "Activities Overview Hot Corner" in tweak is enable!
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How to switch the Emojis on 19.10 (gnome)?

While I have working Noto Colour Emojis out of the box, I want to use "Blobmoji" instead. I already have the ttf installed in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/blobmoji/. I tried modifying ~/.config/...
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Drag and drop with Alt + Tab [duplicate]

On Linux Mint, I remember I was able to initiate a drag and drop operation from one application, press Alt-Tab to switch to another application, and finalize the drop. This allows me to easily ...
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GNOME desktop randomly restarts after upgrading to Ubuntu 19.10

On Ubuntu 19.10 installed on the laptop by upgrading from CLI, the GNOME desktop has started to randomly restart. It happens sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes after hours. It is very annoying ...
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How to show new Slack messages in GNOME notifications?

How do I show new Slack messages in GNOME notifications?
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How to save GNOME settings in a file?

I save my configuration in a Git repository to restore it easily later. Recently, I stumbled upon an issue where needed to change GNOME settings with the gsettings command. Is there a way to save ...
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can not install Gnome extensions

Hi I recently switched from using the regular unity shell to gnome-fallback-compiz. I wanted to try out some Gnome extensions however when I went to the website (using both Chrome & Firefox), I ...
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Error after successfully (?) restarting gnome shell

I have been having a lot of issues with gnome shell extensions lately, I kept seeing an "error" next to the window list extension. I managed to fix this one by simply reinstalling the extensions from ...

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