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Two Ubuntu One cloud icons in the top bar
I recently upgraded my 12.10 to 13.04 and I noticed that my top bar now holds two Ubuntu One cloud icons.
I searched around on the internet and came up with a question that resembled mine.
However, ...
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icon assigned in .desktop file is NOT used when application is loaded and dsah icon appears
I am installing the newer application eclipse Juno on ubuntu 12.04 64bit, following this http://www.blogs.digitalworlds.net/softwarenotes/?p=54 .
I have already installed eclipse indigo in the past ...
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My desktop icons have gone out of view
I have just two icons on my desktop The Home folder and my Kindle.
Until recently they worked well, However,today, when I turned on my computer, they had vanished. I checked the settings and it said ...
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Unity, icon for applications run from folder
I recently switched to the snapshot versions of Minecraft. In the snapshot versions there is a launcher. From this launcher you choose a version of Minecraft to run. This then launches a .jar file ...
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Unity launcher uses generic icon for Firefox in Ubuntu 12.04
After upgrading my distribution from 11.04 to 11.10 to 12.04 when starting a Firefox instance (from Alt+F2, not having a fixed launcher element) the icon displayed for it in the launcher and ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 stuck on the home screen and not able to display any wallpapers and have problem closing down the appplications
I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 then on the same day to 13.04. The up-gradation happened successfully from 12.04 to 12.10 but while from 12.10 to 13.04 everything happened fine until the system got ...
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How to remove the Ubuntu One icon from the top bar
Ever since I created a Ubuntu One account, the top bar has had the little Ubuntu One cloud icon in it. I prefer not to have very many icons in the top bar, and since Ubuntu One is easy to access, I ...
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Open an Application without an icon showing up in Unity (Ubuntu 12.4)
I'm trying to set it up such that after I open Pidgin, the application opens without showing an icon in the unity launcher.
Because Pidgin already has a way to open the window through the top-bar, I ...
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Icons left on top menu bar
I have an icon left on the top menu after an application froze and required "xkill" to unfreeze it. That part worked. The problem is the solution left the icons from the killed application on the top ...
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How to refresh an icon that has been changed so the new one shows up?
I want to customize two icons in the top right indicator of the unity-panel, the one for everpad and the one for deluge.
I found this solution:
How do I merge two icon sets?
...and love it, it's ...
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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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Why does space between apps and trash grown in Unity panel?
I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 and love it, but I found a small thing that is making my OCD affect me.
When I add a new icon to the "side panel" it appears with the other icons are on the left ...
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How do I get the unity “file” shortcut to go to existing windows instead of opening new ones
The unity "files" icon when initially clicked will open to the home folder, if you navigate to another mounted device and click the files icon it will open another window to the home folder instead of ...
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How to make ubuntu black and white?
This might be a somewhat strange question.
I had an argument with a windows person and I told him that linux is so much more customization then he told me to prove it and I told him .....
Now I need ...
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Merge two different icons theme in Ubuntu [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 and I installed 2 icon themes: Faenza-Radiance and Myelementary. I want to use Myelementary icon theme as main one and Faenza-Radiance icon theme on top system panel. How can I ...
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I can't see my desktop icons in ubuntu 13.04
I just installed ubuntu 13.04 in my laptop Aspire-M3-5871TG and I can't see anything (neither icons, ...). Only is visible the desktop background but I can open and work with the terminal. Maybe the ...
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Is there any way to do not combine icons on taskbar in Uniti?
I would like to make this windows to display with two icons without merging it. I was searching for compiz settings and google and nothing was found.
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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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Dash icons didn't change when upgrading to 13.04
I've recently updated from 12.10 to 13.04, and everything is working fine but the icons at the bottom of the dash didn't change. Instead of the new ones shown in this link, I'm still getting the ones ...
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Why did I get two Ubuntu One cloud icons in the tray after the 13.04 upgrade?
I upgraded to 13.04, but now I have two Ubuntu One cloud icons in my tray. Can someone explain why and help me remove one of them?
See what I mean?
EDIT: The difference isn't so clear as "general ...
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Non-vector icons in Nautilus
I'm happy Acer AOD257 (2GB, Atom) netbook owner with Ubuntu 12.10.
I once saw that all Nautilus/Unity/Ubuntu icons are in raster and vector formats. BUT! I see vector only.
My netbook is weak, does ...
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Display application icon in the title bar
In Unity's default configuration the title bar looks like this:
I'd like to achieve this:
Is it possible to show the icon of the application in the title bar?
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Refresh desktop icons
I have used mount --bind to mirror my Windows desktop folder to Ubuntu. I have set it up to mount on boot but the desktop does not refresh the icons so I have to logout and log back in to make the ...
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Problem with changing icons in kde
I installed KDE in my Ubuntu 12.04 computer, but applications had already installed when I open, show with Debian icons (eg...Google Chrome)
and not with the icons I have in KDE, nor that I have in ...
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Icons and bars on desktop not showing
I am using ubuntu 12.10 and today after i updated my software, when the computer restarted, the icons and menu bars on the desktop did not show. The a icons on the desktop itself still showed but ...
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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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Hierarchy in Launcher?
Help! My launcher is full! And scrolling through the icons is so painfully slow!
Is there any possibility to apply a hierarchy in the launcher? Some folder-like icon where you can put in a bunch of ...
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Remove status option from gray post icon on top bar
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, and set configuration system.
On top bar is a gray post icon, and I can add for her other application: Gmail Notifer, Fbuntu ect. But I have one problem and I can't ...
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Skype and VLC icons disappear from the menu bar
I started using Ubuntu 3 days ago, but I don't know how to open Skype and VLC programs because their icons disappeared from the menu. I have already read answers to other people with similar problems, ...
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how to install KDE icon theme in ubuntu? (ROSA Icons)
I recently got the great ROSA icon theme from the ROSA repo, I extracted the archive and put it into the .icons folder, under KDE I can select the icons no problem, but under unity using gnome tweak ...
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Configure launcher so that program icons do not stack
I would like the icons in my launcher not to stack by program. If you have 2 terminals open, for example, there is one terminal icon in the launcher with 2 sub-categories.
I would like 2 separate ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 launcher icons missing
I just notice that the icons in the launcher are all missing. The launcher is there, but it is empty. Now I have to use Alt+Tab to switch between opened applications. I don't know what happened. I am ...
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Fix gear icon in Libreoffice 4 from ppa
I installed libreoffice 4 from the supply debs in their website, because it didn't have unity integration I decided to completely uninstall it.
Today I saw the ppa has libreoffice 4 with support for ...
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Rearrange icons in unity Ubuntu 12.04
Can someone help me in rearranging the icons in my Ubuntu 12.04 unity launcher. The left click hold and move is not working for me. Is there a better and clean way which would also survive a reboot?
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Why Ubuntu 12.10 displays launcher icons in different size, but 12.04 displays them in the same size? [duplicate]
On Ubuntu 12.10, the launcher icons are displayed in different size in Unity:
But on Ubuntu 12.04, they are all rendered nicely to the same size:
Is it a bug in Ubuntu 12.10? How can I change ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 new Launcher Icons don't launch
In the last week I upgrade Skype and installed MATLAB and neither of their launcher icons seem to work. They will flash as if they are trying to load the program but after a few seconds go back to ...
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Custom Eclipse.desktop launcher showing humongous icon in app lens [duplicate]
Followed the instructions from the accepted and highest voted answer of How to pin Eclipse to the Unity launcher? which created the wanted Eclipse launcher icon.
However, the likewise resulting ...
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How do I give my python shell an icon after I lock it to the unity laucher? [duplicate]
I wanted fast access to my python shell, so I locked it to the launcher, but the icon is just a question mark, which I assume means it doesn't have the necessary file. For the sake of aesthetics, I ...
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Why are there multiple copies of the same application in the Unity launcher?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10, and some applications have two launcher icons in the Unity launcher. There is one smaller, pixelated icon, and one regular one. It only happens with some apps though, but not ...
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left-click on launcher icon does not start the application
After upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid lynx) to Ubuntu 12.04 (precise pangolin) almost everything works fine, except launcher.
For most icons, left-click on the icon in the launcher does not ...
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How do I fix the icons after manually installing LibreOffice 4.0?
I removed the previous version of Libreoffice and installed the current Libreoffice 4.0 from http://www.libreoffice.org/download/. But now the icons and global-menubar are inactive: see screenshot.
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Wine logo appearing for every Crossover Application in Unity
If I start an application using Crossover (or Wine), the application will always be the Wine Logo instead of the application logo. This is the same independent of the application being run or using ...
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Dynamically change the application icon
The icon used for the app is in the .desktop file but is it possible to change this dynamically? You can change the count but not the icon. Is there an API for doing this like OS X?
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Is this a Unity Dash bug or Aptana Studio 3 bug? Icon in Dash being displayed really large.
I have installed Aptana studio 3 and you can see the icon in Unity Dash is being displayed, very large.
Is it a Unity Dash bug or just Aptana Studio 3 bug ?
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How to move icons in the Unity Launcher permanently, i.e. it survives a reboot
There are plenty of answered questions regarding this subject but how on earth can icons be moved permanently so that after the next boot they are where they were left? Some icons to programs I use a ...
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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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How to add drive/partition-icon to the launcher?
My dualboot-system (win7 / ubuntu 12.04) has a ntfs-formatted partition called "/share" for files I use both in win7 and ubuntu (e.g. pictures, music etc.).
I'd like to have a symbol of this drive in ...
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How to resize Unity Launcher Icons? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I resize the Unity launcher?
Ubuntu 12.04.
I want to resize the icons in the launcher. As shown in this picture there is a resize tab and a restore defaults ...
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13.04 Dash Icon and Ubuntu Gnome-Classic Issues
The dash icon for Ubuntu 13.04 was "released", and a how-to on OMG! Ubuntu! Was written. Now, I followed all of the instructions, and the assets installed fine. Oh they installed alright, and now I ...
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Is there a way to have translucent desktop icon label backgrounds in Unity?
This is my first post here, and I'm still new to Unity. I did a quick search and took a brief look at the suggested questions while posting this, and I can't seem to find an answer.
I've been using ...
