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Missing icons in Gnome-Shell overview
There are applications icons missing in my Gnome-Shell 3.8.2 overview, but this wasn't like that on a fresh install with Gnome3-PPA enabled. I do not have or had the Gnome3-Staging-PPA enabled.
I had ...
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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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Change color of Applet context menu font or background
As seen here http://i.imgur.com/9tySBEi.png, theres little contrast between the greys.
I'm using the FlatStudio theme with Faenza Dark icons. I'm assuming it's because the icons are for a dark theme, ...
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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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Context menu icons in some Qt apps missing
The context (right click) menu icons are missing in some Qt apps like Virtualbox or Skype.
Using:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface menus-have-icons true
fixes this problem for KDE apps ...
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Why do my Gnome Shell icons on the bar replicate and how can I stop it?
Why do my Gnome Shell icons on the right hand side of the top bar replicate themselves and what can I do to stop it?
On first start up there is the normal single set of icons but after hibernating ...
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System Settings has two online account icons?
I have two Online Accounts icons in System Settings. I'm pretty sure it's a bug.
Clicking the red one shows me my facebook account, Clicking the blue shows nothing, so I can probably deduce those ...
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All my desktop icons have disappeared in gnome shell ubuntu 12.10 after 6 March update
I have lost all Desktop icons after updating on 6 March. I updated from Canonical's archive directly as I thought they would test software before they release it. When I run gnome tweak tool it says ...
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Creating Icon Themes Gnome 3
I want to keep all the icons included in the gnome 3 icon theme "Ubuntu mono-dark" except the icons which appear when I alter the brightness or sound using fn keys. I haven't found any tutorial about ...
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Unity equivalent to gnome drawers and/or unique icons
Back when I was using gnome I had a number of quick shortcuts to various applications with custom switches tucked away in "drawers". It meant a two-click distance to things like starting and stopping ...
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Size of icons on Ubuntu 12.04 with GNOME 3
I have never had any difficulties changing size of icons. Now the main trouble is that change of -shell-grid-item-size does not take effect. I was sure that -shell-grid-item-size defined the size of ...
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Nautilus suddenly looks different after a restart
Nautilus now looks different, and I don't like it. Before I restarted, I installed a few things, so that could of caused it.
(the buttons are outlined and my icon pack isn't working for the 16x ...
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desktop icon not showing
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 and using it with gnome.
I can not see my computer icon, home folder icon in my desktop.
In Cinnamon settings the options to show them is enabled.
Thank you!
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How to replace tray icons for applications in cinnamon
I have my cinnamon bar with tray icons (skype, pidgin, dropbox) next to cinnamon ones. I'd like to replace them with my own icons so that they have similar design to those remaining.
Where should I ...
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How to change the width of desktop icon title in Gnome?
I want to make the title of the icon (from the screenshot below) narrower. How can this be done?
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Gnome Shell task switcher and Wine applications: only generic icon displayed
When switching applications with the task switcher in Gnome Shell, only the generic "glass of wine" icon is displayed. This is the same for all Wine apps I tried. Icons in the activities menu are ...
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Where is Nautilus icon file located and how is it chosen?
When I plug my Garmin Nuvi 265 GPS device into my computer via a USB cable, it mounts as a drive with a blue triangle icon instead of the default gray hard drive icon. HOW does Nautilus know how to do ...
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How to change the default application icons of Gnome Shell's top right area
Im using Gnome 3 with Gnome Shell, my problem is some of the applications that have indicators in the top right area dont have icons that fit with the others.
This is how my indicator icons look ...
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How do I remove ugly google chrome icon in the Gnome3 applications tab?
When I search in applications of Gnome for Chrome, I get two entries: the left one in the picture is OK with a high resolution icon, the right one has a low resolution icon.
I couldn't figure out ...
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How do I make “add icons to the desktop” work in 10.04?
This question is closely related to other two questions: "How to Add a Shortcut On Desktop" and "How do I add icons to the desktop in 10.04?" (this being a closed question). And I know the answers ...
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Restore Keyboard Layout Icon and locale
I'm an Ubuntu 12.04 user, using Gnome Classic (with no effects).
I don't know what I did, but lately instead of the keyboard layout with the locale (for example, IT, UK and so on) a strange "no ...
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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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Nautilus File Names
Upgraded to 12.04 with gnome 3, how do i get the file names to be shown under or beside folders and files.
I have Configuration Editor but i just can't find it! I must have done this in 11.10 but i'm ...
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persistent accidental icons on gnome (fallback) top panel
I accidentally dragged (twice) the "shut down" icon onto the top bar, and am not managing to get of them.
I already tried:
1. pressing alt or alt+win and right clicked them (nothing happens)
2. ...
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Missing icons in Gnome System Settings
I have installed a Ubuntu 12.04 AMD64 server, and Gnome Shell on top of it.
Now I am missing some icons from the Gnome System Settings dialog.
The missing icons is marked with red circles, on this ...
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How to add right click menu item to create a launcher in Gnome 3 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I create launchers on my desktop?
When I create desktop icon launchers I need to use an extensive workaround.
Using "dconf editor" is a workaround to enable ...
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How can I remove icons from the GNOME Shell panel?
I tried to use the gmenu-simple editor, but it said it can't find it. It's just for a good look.
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Big ugly icons in notification area [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to revert to GNOME Classic?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, with Gnome classic DE and Ambiance theme.
I really like it, but one thing is driving me crazy - there are big ...
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Why don't my desktop icons stay in place? [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and a few days ago I switched to gnome3. Now I have still a few folders I'm using for everyday work on my desktop. I want to group them in specific areas of the desktop to ...
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Gnome shell network manager notification missing icon
I am using ubuntu 11.10 + gnome shell, and when I disconnect from a network the notification icon is missing, here is a screenshot:
Does someone knows where can I find which icon the notification ...
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Why can't I change my icon theme in gnome-classic?
I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 (updated) and gnome-classic (I missed it :3)
I've tried setting my icon theme, GTK theme, and window theme in gnome-tweak-tool, as well as Ubuntu Tweak, gconf-editor, and ...
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Can I use GNOME 3 themes and icons with Unity too?
I like to play around with themes and icons to make my desktop looking more lovely. Can I use the themes and icons also for Unity 3D/2D, or what do I have to look for to know when and how I have to ...
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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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Gnome shell with desktop icons without unity file manager [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Problem with gnome3-shell (top taskbar)
I have new Ubuntu 11.10 and I installed gnome-shell instead Unity. I want to add some icons to desktop, but when I enable file ...
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How to reduce the size of all gnome-shell icons?
Is it me or is the size of icons in Gnome 3.2 huge? It makes my 1200*800 resolution look like a netbook interface. Please how do I reduce icons size?
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Use user's icons in a bash script
I am looking for a way to use the icons from the users theme (in gnome) in a bash script.
The solution could be a environment variable or a file where the path to the users icon set is written.
Eg. ...
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Everything Unity & Gnome gets reset on reboot / logoff / shutdown [closed]
Really odd issue here, Whenever I log out, Ubuntu looses all settings for the launcher preferences - I get the defaults again, that is, from the top - Home, Firefox, Libreoffice Writer, Calc and ...
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Where can I download the Gnome 3 Icons?
After poking around on the Internet for awhile, I haven't been able to find the default icons used in Gnome 3 anywhere. My requirements are fairly simple:
SVGs would be nice, but not necessary
This ...
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How can I disable truncated long filename in icon view?
I would like to know how I can disable the feature in nautilus which truncates long filenames in icon view? I beleive there may be a gconf key which controls this but I'm not sure which specific key, ...
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How I can create a icon pack for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or Gnome? [closed]
I try to create a icon set to Ubuntu 10.04 and the only way I found to show my icons in the system are change the icons from other icon set and this is not what I want, I need to know all the process ...
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Firefox icon keeps going generic
On my main Natty installation running Gnome3, the Firefox icon keeps turning to a generic icon. Yesterday, I fixed it by changing my icon theme from adwaita to unity-icon-theme, logging off, and ...
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Extract icon from Mono executable
I am running Mono executables from the Launch panel in Gnome, but I can't set the right icon. How to do that?
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Stop sign in notification area instead of language icon [closed]
I have a "stop sign" instead of a language icon in my notification area. How can I fix it?
It also a stop sign instead of a language icon in the login window after suspend
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custom icon in “Places” menu
I'm pretty new to Ubuntu, but I know the basics.
I read the "How do I change the folder icons in the “Places” menu?" but it didn't help, did the option #2 since I want to specify it for a single ...
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How do you fix a broken/missing icon (in this case, typing break icon)?
It used to work fine in another install of Maverick, I don't know why it's broken now.
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How can I set portable icons in Nautilus?
Let's assume that I have a portable storage device that I use on multiple machines (running GNOME and otherwise, but let's focus on GNOME + Nautilus). Is there any way to set an icon for a folder in ...
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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?
