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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Startup-Applications; difference between remove and uncheck
What is the difference between removing a startup-application and un-checking it?
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Gnome.
In this example, what is the difference between leaving "Snap user ...
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Hide search bar in application menu Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome 3
I would like to remove / hide the search bar in the menu. Is there any extension to hide the search bar?
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How to take a screenshot with the Night Light tint on Ubuntu 18.04
When you take a screenshot on Ubuntu 18.04 (using Gnome Screenshot), the yellow tint from the Night Light is removed from the output screenshot image.
I would like the output screenshot image to ...
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Get rid of unity desktop on Ubuntu 18.04
I've installed Ubuntu 18.04, and everything worked excellent until I decided to try Unity desktop. Bottom line - I've uninstalled unity desktop completely.
But! I have some stuff that didn't recover ...
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How to switch from Budgie to Gnome or other ubuntu desktop environments
I installed Budgie 18.04 recently. However, I am trying to install other Ubuntu desktop environments as well. I installed gnome and xfce4 using apt. However I am unable to find any options to switch ...
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Customize top bar ubuntu 18.04 gnome 3 [duplicate]
I try to remove parts of the top bar in Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome 3. First I have removed the whole top bar with a part of CSS because we didn't used it at all, but we have installed the TopIcons plugin ...
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How can I get the "Ubuntu with Wayland" option on 18.04?
I made sure to
check /etc/gdm3/custom.conf to make sure that WaylandEnable=false was commented out.
be on the latest Nvidia driver (390).
When I click the cog icon on the login screen to change the ...
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OS keyboard shortcuts working on pressing keyboard [duplicate]
is there any way to change this behavior to working on releasing keyboard? i am using ubuntu 18.04 with gnome 3, and if i bind switching layout to alt + shift i am not able to use some shortcuts which ...
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GNOME gui gone on apt-get autoremove
Found existing questions with matching headline are dated deep in the past so me considers them as unrelated.
One of first operations for Ubuntu machine here after upgrade to Bionic B. completed (...
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Several applications not lauching after upgrade (Ubuntu-Gnome 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04)
After upgrade to 18.04, several applications don't open anymore. Synapctic, SweetHome3d, the game 0ad, etc. Trying to launch it via terminal, 0ad, I got this:
dbus[2283]: arguments to ...
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How can I get multiple instances of GNOME Calculator at same time?
I need multiple calculators at the same time. But when I click on the calculator icon it just refers to the one that is already opened.
How can I do this in Ubuntu 18.04?
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How To Disable the "Window not responding" Dialog
When debugging UI programs, I see frequently the "Wait or force quit" Dialog.
This is super annoying, since this dialog blocks basically everything. The whole graphical system is not usable anymore ...
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How to customize text color in Chromium tabs?
Does anybody by any chance know how to customize the color of the text in Chromium tabs? I know that Chromium loads these colors from the GTK theme that is used. I'm currently using the Arc theme.
I'...
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Ubuntu update overwrote (almost) entire home directory
Sorry for the indescriptive title and lack of technical details, but I'm absolutely puzzled about what's going on:
Today, a update for GNOME Ubuntu 18.04 was installed on my machine. The update, ...
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How to run Plasma Discover on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (not Kubuntu)?
I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS MATE installed.
The system is fully upgraded, does not have PPAs and/or thirdparty repositories added.
I have installed Plasma Discover by the following simple commands:
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck after login in purple screen [duplicate]
After putting credentials laptop stuck in purple screen ... I have AMD driver so I can't install proprietery driver either... need help
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After updating to ubuntu 18.04, I have had issues with sound in certain apps
The Alarm Clock applet does run however the alarm does not ring anymore.
As I had mentioned earlier, I had issues with sound on my laptop, Here's a screenshot of my sound settings but the thing is ...
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Change animation of show application. [duplicate]
I don't really like the animation with which the icons load up after I click on show applications button is there any way to change it and make it cleaner probably the animation used in windows 8 for ...
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Is it possible to change the start date for the week numbers in the Gnome 3 top bar calendar?
In Ubuntu 18.04, I see in gnome-tweak-tool I have the option (under Top Bar) to show week numbers in the calendar that appears when I click on the time in the top bar.
My employer (a university) ...
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How to Increase the number of columns in application overview(using some extension) and change it's animation [duplicate]
Please refer attached image for clarity.
1)How can I increase the number of columns in the show application? I want to Increase it to 7 or 8. I lthis question This works but is there some extension ...
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User's default shell does not affect sourced files on login
Running Ubuntu 18.04.
I changed my login shell to zsh using the command:
sudo chsh -s /bin/zsh username
I figured this would mean that .zprofile should be sourced not .profile, however that is not ...
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Failed update to 18.04, no GNOME or any desktop
I just updated to 18.04 from 16.04 and to 16.04 to 14.04 before that.
Anyway the 18.04 failed with an error saying something like gnome not installed and desktop depends on gnome. And it said it was ...
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Can not power off my gnome
I have installed gnome recently on my laptop, but I can neither power off nor reboot it. It does not work with the sudo command, too.
How can I fix it?
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Ubuntu 18.04 - installed gnome-shell-common by mistake now no UI
When doing apt upgrade I was told package gnome-shell-common is kept back. I tried to install and although I was warned I admit I confirmed the dependencies to break.
Now I can not get event to the ...
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How to remove duplicate Chrome profile entries in Gnome applications menu?
Ubuntu 18.04 with Google Chrome installed.
I have numerous Chrome profiles, and to make it easy to open specific profiles, I have used Chrome's "create shortcut" feature to add shortcuts to each ...
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Package gnome-shell-common has been held back but when trying to update it I get this
When doing sudo apt upgrade it says 'gnome-shell-common has been held back'. When I do sudo apt dist-upgrade it doesn't show gnome-shell-common, and sudo apt install gnome-shell-common says it will ...
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Is it possible to change the behaviour/style of the "notification-area"-envelope-icon in GNOME Flashback?
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04. I'm using GNOME Flashback and I'm not entirely satisfied how the notification-area currently works/looks, specifically with notifications for new ...
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Sound panel missing in gnome tweaks
gnome-tweaks is missing the sound panel in my installation of Ubuntu 18.04. (which I need to enable sound over-amplification)
I have gsettings-desktop-schemas version 3.28 installed.
I am using ...
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Why can I not maximise the SMART window in gnome-disks? [closed]
I would like to be able to resize/move/maximise the gnome-disks SMART window freely since I am unable to read the attribute descriptors properly otherwise as shown in the picture: SMART Window
To me ...
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How to map the Caps Lock key to Left Alt in Ubuntu +18?
I've been looking for a way to solve the aforementioned problem.
I tried
xmodmap -e "keycode 66 = Alt_L"
but apparently the result is that the CapsLock key gets mapped to Left-SHIFT, which is not ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 login loop problem with gnome; unity works fine
I just upgraded to 18.04 from 16.04. The upgrade went through with no error messages, but I hit the login loop right after the upgrade: at the login page, after typing the correct password, the screen ...
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Removing KDE using tasksel broke my Ubuntu installation
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 I couldn't get used to Gnome and decided to try out KDE Plasma. After installing KDE and playing around a bit I decided to move back to Gnome as I thought it's the ...
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Why are some .desktop files prefixed with "org.kde." or "org.gnome."?
OS: Kubuntu 18.04
ls /usr/share/applications
apport-kde-mime.desktop okularApplication_chm.desktop org.kde.kmail2.desktop
boot-repair.desktop ...
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Enable show-battery-percentage systemwide
How can I enable the battery percentage for my entire system?
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface show-battery-percentage true
Only works for one profile at a time.
I checked on /usr/share/...
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New version of gnome-initial-setup causes Java problems [duplicate]
I just did a minor upgrade, and then I suddenly started having Java Problems.
The stack trace looks like:
java.awt.AWTError: Assistive Technology not found: org.GNOME.Accessibility.AtkWrapper
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Do changes in Gnome "Tweaks" require reboot to come into effect?
Title says it all...
When I change a setting in the Gnome "Tweaks" tool, they do not come into effect; will reboot / re-login later to see if that helps; for now: frustrating!
for instance the "...
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Gnome gconf-editor crippled in 18.04 [duplicate]
I want to modify preferences for gnome-terminal and gnome-editor from the command line. To do this I need to know the various relevant key-value pairs and gconf-editor used to display them for all ...
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Applets missing from top panel
Just installed Dropbox recently, only to have a square with a red x over it appear in the top panel instead of the Dropbox logo. This 'placeholder' isn't even clickable and it goes away if I turn '...
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Cisco Anyconnect vs network-manager-openconnect-gnome settings?
I currently have and use the official Cisco AnyConnect Client.
When I connect to it all it asks me for is my username and password.
When I try to connect to the same server using the package from ...
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What is the black arrow in top right corner on top of all windows?
I think I've got this weird arrow since I installed Ubuntu 18.04. It is annoying, because I can't click a tab in a browser which is under this arrow. And I am just worried, what that is. It is always ...
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All icons of pCloud are blurred in Ubuntu 18.04
I am using pCloud on Ubuntu 18.04.1 for couple of days. I am trying to replace Dropbox as they will ditch the encrypted file system on Ubuntu.
The problem I noticed with pCloud is that, the icons are ...
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Why do keyboard shortcuts stop working in Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome
I just updated from Ubuntu 16.04 Unity to Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME. The update went well except for one thing: some times IntelliJ Ultimate keyboard shortcuts simply stop working. They work for some ...
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18.04 - gnome How to disable automatic screen brightness
I 've been searching around on the web about this problem but nothing seems to be working since I cannot see those menu options people are suggesting.
The problem is intense when for example I work ...
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How can I add an addional option to open URLs from GnomeTerminal using Chrome's "incognito" mode?
The menu is offering "Open Link" and "Copy Link", but for some cases (like Spam or Phishing E-Mails) I'd like to have a context-menu entry "Open Link in Incognito". How can this be done?
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`gnome-screenshot -a` doesn't copy anything to the clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04
For some reason,
gnome-screenshot -a
allows me to select a rectangle but doesn't seem to copy anything to the clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04. No errors are produced and the command returns 0.
I assume ...
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How to remove an icon from launchpad
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 (Standard Gnome). I recently was using app designer on MATLAB when all of a sudden, I started seeing an icon in my launchpad (image link here). I want to remove it but I can't ...
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The icon between settings and lock-screen in Gnome3 is acting abnormally? [duplicate]
Whenever I click on that 'lock' icon, it just freezes my screen for a few moments then everything gets back to normal. I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 from 16.04 and I vaguely remember that ...
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kdenlive appimage file: how to get it to show in list of applications
I downloaded kdenlive, a video editor, and I now have a kdenlive.appimage file on my Desktop now. How can I can get that .appimage file to show as an application in the apps view?
I tried dragging the ...
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Appfolders Management on Homepage
How can I add "appfolders" (folders in the view) on Ubuntu Homepage.
The GNOME shell extension named "Appfolders Management extension" able to create custom folder view but can't do it on the desktop ...
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Alt+F2 not working properly
While trying to restart the gnome shell, I entered r after pressing Alt+F2 and it responded with a message of 'restarting' but nothing happened. I have recently upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04.
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