GNOME is the name for a collection of software that provides the desktop environment used by Ubuntu (but not Kubuntu or Xubuntu). This is a very general tag that should only be used for questions referring to GNOME in general, and not a specific component.
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Can you run Linux Mint in a virtual box on Linux Mint?
Ok, so to clarify, say I was running Mint 14, and I made a VBox, could I have the VBox run
Mint 14? The reason I am asking this is because I am trying to run different GUIs on Mint,
currently I'm ...
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Cannot start GDM
I am using Ubuntu 11.10.
I was not able to remove a directory as root so I used the Ubuntu 11.10 install disk and chose the "Repair broken system" option. Far from repairing the system, it made it ...
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Gnome-Shell, use the hot corner to display Application
I'm currently tweaking my new Gnome-Shell inside a VM before doing it on my current laptop and I would like to know how to display the application drawer when the mouse go on the hot corner instead of ...
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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 disable nautilus from handling the desktop?
As it is the only way to activate transparent themes in Gnome-shell:
How to disable Nautilus from handling the desktop?
Can I make it handle the desktop again?
What will happen to the unity and ...
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How to setup Awesome WM with GNOME services on arbitrary Ubuntu?
tl;dr Is there a generic guide to set up GNOME background services to work with Awesome WM on any Ubuntu?
The official guide doesn't seem to have been updated since Ubuntu 11.10. Another guide is ...
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What is the purpose of /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/mimetypes/?
Adding an Icon section in AddingMimeTypes has this:
Now we need to associate an icon with the MIME type. Get an SVG icon
and name it "text/extension .svg", or whatever your modified MIME type
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gnome-tweak-tool doesn't start due to “ImportError: No module named gi” error
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome Shell and have a problem with gnome-tweak-tool. When I click on it, it does nothing and when I try to open with terminal it gives this error:
Traceback (most recent ...
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How can schedule to run 'deluge BT client' in ubuntu 12.1 using gnome schedule
Since it's a GUI there is bit of complication. Can you guys help? Thanks.
(I need a recurrent task btw)
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GNOME Does Not Enforce Password Complexity in 12.04
I'm lost on this:
I have password complexity configured in /etc/pam.d/common-password and /etc/pam.d/common-auth. While logged in as a regular user I can reset a password from a terminal window and ...
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Workspaces in GNOME and Unity dont work
I'm on Ubuntu 13.04 and use Unity, but I've got the same problem with Gnome 3, too. A few days after installing the new version, workspaces got black and useless. When I go for "Display Workspace", ...
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Dont move X-unikey in ubuntu 12.10
help me
dont remove x-unikey msg err:
" The package x-unikey needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
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I cant use Ubuntu Software Center, I start Ubuntu software center and it ...
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Can I upgrade to another desktop environment?
I'm currently running a Vanilla Ubuntu 12.04 LTS that had Unity replaced with with gnome-shell. What I'd like to do is to do a do-release-upgrade that will install a specific flavor of Ubuntu (GNOME ...
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Is there transparency of windows in GNOME?
Sometimes ago I had used KDE 3.5 I think, and really liked the transparency option for windows, which gave all my text editor a really killer look and feel, really nice/ethereal environment for ...
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Background color of kate's search/replace input fields
I'm using kate on my ubuntu 13.04 unity without any problems. Even the dark mediterranean-themes (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=156782) look great inside kate.
As you may see in the ...
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Gnome shell and unity dont show up at the login screen
I am running kubuntu 13.04 and installed xfce desktop environment in it. From the ubuntu software center I tried to install gnome shell and unity. But when I logout I cant login to those. They both ...
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GNOME 3.8 blacks out the screen when Ubuntu asks for password
In Unity: When Ubuntu asks for your administrator password, a dialog box appears that don't interfere with your work. You can switch to other applications or minimize that dialog box.
In GNOME (GNOME ...
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How to use KDE or Gnome hardware/network detection in another desktop environment?
I like to run light Window Managers, like Fluxbox, not for performance just because I find them simpler to configure and they fit better my working style. But having automatic hardware and network ...
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How do I add minimize / maximize buttons to GNOME shell windows?
Just installed Ubuntu 12.04, then I did
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
and windows have only a close button, how can I enable minimize / maximize? The old gconf-editor doesn't seem to work cause ...
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Duplicate icons in GNOME Shell
A fellow user came across a problem, and it's the exact same one that I'm having. I'm just reposting here to see if there's a faster response (original Ubuntu Forums post):
So I have upgraded to ...
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Set text direction in gnome-shell?
How can I change the text direction in gnome-shell back and forth between right-to-left and left-to-right?
(Mine is in left-to-right. I have tried changing the language to Chinese (using the "Region ...
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Unable to VNC into Lubuntu
I have Ubuntu Server 12.04 with both the GNOME and Lubuntu desktop environments installed. I'm using the Lubuntu desktop as GNOME was taxing the capabilities of the onboard video controller too much. ...
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GEdit not working for some users
I am using GEdit 3.8.2 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail with GNOME 3.8. I have two user accounts on my computer.
When I launch GEdit in my account, I get a window that is blank, and am not able to ...
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Is possible to split an nautilus window in horizontal?
The window splits vertically when we press the F3 key, it's possible to split the window horizontally?
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How to start eclipse while in gnome shell?
I upgraded my Ubuntu from 10.04 to 11.10 using a USB stick. On 10.04 I had a manual Eclipse installation, that got correctly integrated into the Unity launch bar (meaning that I can start and run it). ...
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Ubuntu session crashes: Gdk-WARNING: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11
This happens on an Acer 7535 notebook with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 cpu and ATI radeon HD3200 graphics, Ubuntu 12.40 64-bit.
Every now and then, the unity 2D session crashes and the user is sent to the ...
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Can't download Gnome 3 for Ubuntu 12.10
How can I install Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 12.10? I tried to apt-get install gnome-panel, but it errors out because of unmet dependencies, even if I pass -f:
kanha@kanha-Aspire-5580:~$ sudo apt-get -f ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 indicator-datetime-service loads 100% CPU
Ubuntu 13.04 64bits desktop (freshly downloaded from the site a couple of days ago)
indicator-datetime-service
loads CPU up to 100%( 1-2 core)
and
gnome-settings-daemon
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Is there a way to fetch a gtk app's gsettings values?
For example, I have Devhelp installed. According to the source code, Devhelp
creates a gsettings id called org.gnome.devhelp.fonts, I would like to know
if it's possible to read the value for ...
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Using gnome-keyring with svn via ssh and mysql-workbench
Problem: mysql-workbench fails to connect to the keyring to connect to mysql.
I'm trying to get my svn command (which uses an svn+ssh uri) to prompt me to enter my password for my local rsa secrets. ...
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I can't install gnome-shell and edubuntu secondary bundle for ubuntu
I tryed to install Gnome-Shell and Edubuntu Secondary Bundle for ubuntu but in place of showing install it shows "Available from the 'universe' source".
Please tell how to install.
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How can I find the location (on the desktop) of a window on the command line?
I'm trying to write a little script to help manage my windows via keyboard shortcuts.
In order to do what I want, I need to be able to find the current location and size of the "active" (focused) ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 don't boot with Windows 7
So I just installed the Gnome, I used the Gparted to make the partitions because the basic mode to install side by side with windows was not working. Ok, I made the partitions and installed, no ...
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Screenshot of current window
When I select to "Grab the current window" using the Screenshot app which comes with Ubuntu, the image is b0rked.
The same window captured with "Select area to grab" looks normal:
I am using ...
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How to switch window controls to the left?
Is there a way to the switch gnome-shell window buttons to the left? I've gotten so used to them being on the left that them being on the right has thrown me way off.
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add comment feature — what is the file manager support it ?? — ubuntu 12.04
I need to write comment on file ..
assume I have .mp3 , I want to write comment as example : " I listen to 50 min"
I want to write comments like that on many file extensions (PDF , DOC , ... ...
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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 remove the window borders from modal dialogs in Cinnamon?
System: Ubuntu 13.04, with Cinnamon 1.8.
Whenever a modal dialog like the one below (password prompt in GDebi) pops up, it always has an annoying border around it. Is there any way to fix this?
I ...
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Broken file type associations after running update-mime-database
After running sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime my gnome doesn't recognize any file types anymore. In Nautilus all files are now text/plain type and all now open with gedit by default. ...
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Is there a way to use firefox favicons with alt-tab?
At work, I tend to have multiple instances of firefox open at once -- one for outlook web app, one for jira, another one or two for some in-house web apps... on top of this, I will often have a few ...
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How to change QT (KDE) application icons for gnome?
I'm running gnome3 on Ubuntu 12.04 and my dolphin looks like this:
I really don't like these oxygen themed icons and want to use the Faenza icons.
I tried backing up the oxygen icons and ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 Bumped Gnome 3.8 - Software Center Crashing [closed]
Running Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 and bumped Gnome to 3.8 following the method given here:
How To Upgrade to GNOME 3.8 in Ubuntu 13.04
Now every time I try to run the Ubuntu Software Center app, it ...
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Gnome dash shows only first 8 letters of application names
The overview of unity shows only cropped versions of the application, see here:
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with gnome 3.2 gnome shell.
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How to disable bottom panel/message tray in Gnome Shell 3.4?
Running Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome Shell 3.4. After enabling Bottom panel extension (to remove annoying Message tray/bottom panel/hot-corner at the bottom; You know what I am talking about(: ), still a ...
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Change text field editing in GNOME 3 to use Control and Meta keys like Emacs or bash
A while ago I did this on my Mac and I was able to use Emacs controls in all Cocoa Text Widgets. I'm a big Emacs user and it's really been great to do such lightning fast editing in email and web text ...
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How do I install the GNOME sensors-applet package in Unity?
I want to install sensors-applet onto my Ubuntu 12.04 computer. The instructions on this (and other) webpages says to enter this command in a command terminal:
sudo apt-get install sensors-applet
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go back from Gnome 3.8 to Gnome 3.6 in LUBUNTU 13.04
I had Lubuntu 12.04 and wanted to try Gnome Shell. When I added the Gnome3 PPA, that got me on 3.4. I wanted to use 3.6 though and follow new releases from there, but from what I gathered about this ...
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Gnome broken splash screen
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 today with gnome(First Ubuntu 13.04, then apt-get install gnome-shell). After this my boot screen is broken, you can see this here:
This happened at Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu ...
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Can't do anything with Ubuntu Gnome after installation, what to do?
I installed Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 from DVD. It's the only os. When I start the PC it boots and then I see the login screen, but cannot do anything. I see the mouse, and when I move it this also is shown. ...
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Ubuntu Server Manager Installation Fails on 13.04 - Why
Installation of Server Manager Utility on 13.04 fails. Have tried many combination of loading packages to fix. Dependency Problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-server. Denpendency on on ...
