Questions tagged [mate]
A fork of GNOME 2 that offers a more traditional desktop environment.
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mailspring snap not launching
I tried to install mailspring, because thunderbird icons don't work with my pc (the icons and text size isn't taken from system preferences)
But when when launching the snap, I get the error:
/snap/...
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Using Ibus (Japanese input) with Ubuntu Mate and i3
I am currently using Ubuntu Mate (18.04 LTS) with the i3 tiling manager and want to add Japanese input.
I installed Ibus like this:
sudo apt-get install ibus ibus-anthy
Whenever I enter the setup ...
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How to lock items to Mutiny dock?
The dock in Mutiny is the element called launcher in Unity, the bar on the left side with applications icons. In Unity it was possible to "lock to launcher", meaning the icon would stay visible in the ...
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ubuntuMATE forgets "Always on Visible Workspace" setting on titlebar randomly
I switched from xfce to MATE about 2 months ago and really like it. However, the menubar option to keep a window on visible workspace stops working randomly on different windows.
For example, with ...
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MATE on 18.04 panel disappeared -- error on reset
I have re-installed mate desktop environment, but this issue persists. No panels, no menu.Hotkeys are responsive and GUI applications load without issue.
dconf editor browses the panel without ...
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Skype minify under Ubuntu-Mate
I am running Skype 8.20 under Ubuntu-MATE 16.04. It automatically starts after boot, but unlike defined in the settings: not minified / in-the-background, but as a regular window:
My question would ...
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mate-power-manager not showing battery tray icon after ubuntu 18.04 upgrade
After upgrading to 18.04, the battery tray icon from mate-power-manager simply disappeared
As everyone can imagine, a tray icon showing the battery load level is extremely important on laptops
How ...
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Listening for desktop events Ubuntu MATE
Is there user-level access to desktop or window manager events in MATE? I'm thinking specifically of the 'change workspace' event, but I have a general interest also, so if there is a listener ...
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Login screen: Mate is default but not selected
I changed the variable user-session=ubuntu to user-session=mate in the file /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf. On the login screen, although Mate is default, it is not selected by ...
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Mate panel not working with Compiz in 16.04
So, I tried to set up Compiz as my window manager in Mate. I am running Ubuntu 16.04, but I didn't install Ubuntu Mate. Instead, I installed a different flavor of Ubuntu and installed Mate in it. When ...
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Error message attempting to install ubuntu-MATE 17.04 to pc w/ Intel H110 chipset
Here is the error msg displayed before installation begins:
[ 0.018063] ACPI Error: [\SB_.PCI0.XHC_.RHUB.HS11] Namespace lookup failure. AE_NOT_FOUND (20160930/dwsload-210)
[ 0.018063] ACPI Exception:...
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Windows border problem in Unity and Mate
Since I installed Mate the windows on Unity have got this grayish color, as well as the login screen and some menus. The problem is also present in Mate, where some windows don't even have a border. ...
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Ubuntu Mate 16.04.2, Raspberry Pi 3b, ethernet not automatically connecting
I have looked at several posts on this issue but none seem to address what I am seeing.
First, I had issues with what this post details:
Raspberry Pi 3 - eth0 wrongfully named 'enx…'
Apparently, there ...
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Can't disable bluetooth on startup in 16.04 MATE
I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 MATE on my Thinkpad X240. In order to disable the automatic start of bluetooth, I did the following:
Attempt 1: sudo pluma /etc/rc.local, then add the line
rfkill ...
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xrdp on Ubuntu with separate de for each user
A colleague of mine installed Ubuntu Mate on our GPU-Server and xrdp for remote control. We can connect to this PC from Windows 7 using the Windows remote desktop software. Now, for his user almost ...
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ubuntu mate - unable to swich to other keyboard layout
I've just installed ubuntu 16.04 and installed ubuntu mate. I've added other keyboard layouts via language indicator on the right upper panel. The indicator shows different layouts, I can switch ...
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mate weather indication stopped working
some time ago, the service used by weather indicator was shut down: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/gnome-weather-forecast-not-available
but there is no update or fix. so my question is: how can i ...
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custom key sequence in ubuntu mate
I've been looking at custom key shortcuts on Ubuntu, but I haven't seen anything regarding custom key sequence in Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1.LTS:
Ideally, when I press:
the windows key + enter,
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Cannot mount ubuntu mate arm on /dev/loop0
I'm trying to customize ubuntu mate image for raspberry pi, by adding some software, which needs to be installed on OS install.
However, when trying to mount with command:
sudo mount -o loop ...
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Ubuntu MATE Raspberry Pi Kodi Broken
When I try to open Kodi in Ubuntu Mate 16.04 on my Raspberry Pi 3 it gives the following messages:
$ kodi
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/kodi/kodi-xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
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Eclipse and Spring Tool Suit (STS) hangs all the time in ubuntu mate
I find this problem with many of the linux and eclipse users who are facing this problem. When I use any other application like chrome, vlc or gimp, ubuntu mate 15.10 works fine. But when I run ...
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Optimize performance on Raspberry Pi 3 with Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS
I just got finished installing and configuring Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS on my new Raspberry Pi 3 and I'm loving it!
Is there anything else I can do to help make Ubuntu MATE not so strenuous on my Pi?
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Cannot convert .wav file to .txt file using pocketsphinx
I'm new to to this Ubuntu. I'm using Ubuntu mate:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: Xenial
Previously I had normal Ubuntu and I had installed ...
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thumbnail for list view?
I like the thumbnail view in icon view, and the sorting capabilities for list view in Ubuntu Mate. Is there a way to get thumbnails in the list view in Ubuntu Mate?
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Audio not working after switching to Ubuntu 15.10
I have some audio problems in my netbook (Asus eeepc). I used to work with lubuntu 14.04 and audio was perfectly working after pulseaudio installation. I decided to change to Ubuntu Mate 15.10. After ...
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vertical screen tearing when scrolling
I have a Radeon X800 XL GPU I have been using for a while. Today I gave my 24" monitor to a friend, and set up 2, 22" monitors rotated. Things seemed to be working well, but I just noticed there is ...
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Save folder configurations for each folder?
Is there any way to save folder configurations like icon size or to change to list view for each individual folder?
By the way I'm using Ubuntu Mate and it comes with Caja but this suppose to be ...
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How do you install mate 1.10 from source?
I have been trying to install mate 1.10. For several days. The ppa(s) give me 404 errors, and just don't work. the source packages give me an intertwined mess of dependency errors, missing m4 macros, ...
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External monitor not going to sleep (MATE 15.04)
System : Ubuntu MATE 15.04
Machine : Toshiba Radius P55W-C5200
External monitor : Lenovo 23" IPS LED HD
uname -a
3.19.0-25-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:16:27 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/...
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Is it possible to install Ubuntu Mate 15.04 on a Raspberry 2 without display and keyboard?
I read at https://ubuntu-mate.org/raspberry-pi/ the following:
NOTE! There are no predefined user accounts. The first time you boot
the Ubuntu MATE image it will run through a setup wizard where ...
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exspected new version alert did not appear on release date
I have run 15.04 from beta one +2. Now that the release date of 23rd April has come and gone, I tried sudo apt-get update and upgrade. I suspect the Vivid repositories in update manager need to ...
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Adjust window resize sensitivity
(Sorry for bad title)
I'm using Mate and I have this problem when if I want to resize a window, the mouse icon doesn't switch to "resize mode" unless I am literally on the border of the window. I ...
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How to upgrade Mate 1.6 to 1.8 in Ubuntu 12.04
I installed Mate using the official directions (http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download) but it installed 1.6 instead of 1.8. How can I upgrade in Ubuntu 12.04?
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Hack Battery Preference for Gnome 2 MATE on Ubuntu 13.10
I am using Ubuntu 13.10 on my 32-bit computer. However, I missed the Gnome Desktop Environment so I installed MATE 2. I have encountered a problem with the battery preferences. I don't want to put ...
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Mate desktop 20.04 hovering panel thumbnail causes excessive CPU usage
Observed on Mate 20.04 .iso install, host and VM.
When I hover over the windows on the panel, it is supposed to generate a thumbnail for the window. When that works correctly, there is no problem(...
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Can't log in to any desktop environment other than GNOME on Raspberry Pi 5
Raspberry Pi Imager only lets you install regular Ubuntu instead of Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, etc. Figuring that I could just change the desktop environment on the Pi itself I installed Ubuntu ...
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How do i use the sysrq key on chromebook running ubuntu mate?
Running ubuntu mate 22.04 on samsung chromebook 4 with mrchromebox's rwlegacy firmware.
I heard that the sysrq key for chromebook is alt+f10 (volume up) but when i try to do a reisub, the r makes the ...
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Caja crashes; blinking desktop icons
Caja -- the MATE Desktop file manager -- promptly crashes every time I open any folder
containing one or more JPGs or PDFs.
The folder disappears after a second or two -- I don't even get time to try ...
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How best to bring a broken desktop (MATE) back?
At power-up, the greeter window provides for each of my 4 login ID's these desktops: Gnome, Gnome Classic, Ubuntu, Ubuntu w/ Wayland, MATE, Budgie, KDE/Plasma, and a few others.
Something about the ...
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What is Zeitgeist Data Hub background process?
I am running Ubuntu MATE 22.10. I noticed the background process zeitgeist-datahub in htop. What is this process doing? Can I safely disable it?
I found a package of the same name. https://packages....
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Cursor stuck in position using MATE on Xubuntu
Every single time I log into the MATE Desktop, the cursor is always stuck in a position, and I can't move it. Pulling up a terminal with ctrl+alt+t and typing in sudo modprobe -r psmouse and sudo ...
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Is it possible to open files with a single click in touch screen and with usual double click when using mouse?
I am using Ubuntu MATE 22.04 in a touch screen chromebook.
Is it be possible to open files and directories with a single click when using the touch screen, and with the usual double clicks when using ...
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Items missing from desktop when using rdp
I access Ubuntu 22.04 Mate from Windows remote desktop. When I log in, the top and bottom bars are missing from the desktop. While searching for a solution, I found that the command mate-panel --...
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DVD drive activates every time I save a text file, and at other inappropriate times
I am writing a text file on my laptop.
However, every time I save the text file, the DVD drive activates. The DVD drive also activates at other inappropriate times.
I could eject the DVD of course, ...
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Firefox vanishes from apps menu unless I remove translations from .desktop file (MATE, non-snap FF)
Plain Ubuntu 22.04, removed snap, installed Firefox from Mozilla repository
Firefox works well and shows up in apps menu
Installed MATE 1.26.0 from the repositories, set it as default desktop
Firefox ...
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Mate IBus not accepting changes to "next input method"
I'm on Ubuntu Mate, and when I change the "Next Input method" to "Alt Shift" so that I can switch input methods like I do on Windows.
However, even after restarting, typing "...
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Mirror displays, but change orientation
Is there a simple way to mirror displays but change the orientation?
I'm on Ubuntu Mate 20.04, I have a smart board hooked up next to me,
the orientation of which is opposite the screen. I want ...
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How do I disable all keyboards for use on a tablet?
using Ubuntu+MATE-20.xx desktop on a tablet and super happy with it -- almost.
It assumes I have a keyboard so it checks for battery levels of, I am guessing, a BT keyboard. I am forever getting "...
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visualization of keyboard shortcut alt escape
Just found I can use alt+Escape to switch between programs that are not minimized.
Is there a way of getting a visualization of the open programs I can switch between using Alt+Escape eg the same way ...
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How to remove splash screen on both startup and shutdown in Ubuntu Mate?
I just did a fresh install of Mate 22.04. I want to completely remove all splash screens for both startup and logout+shutdown.
There are plenty of questions and posts that describe how to do this for ...
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