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Mutter the default window manager in GNOME 3. It was initially designed and implemented for the X Window System, but then evolved to be a Wayland compositor.

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Wacom tablet causing crashing/freezing on Mutter X11

I have been having consistent issues with Wacom tablets on Ubuntu 23.10. On some applications such as Krita, whenever the pen touches the tablet, the window will immediately freeze and become ...
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How to permanently set a custom keyboard layout for Linux console, login screen (GDM) and desktop session (GNOME/Wayland/XWayland)

I'd like to have simple instructions of how to permanently and consistently set up a custom keyboard layout configuration for all of these user interfaces in a standard Ubuntu desktop installation ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 gnome-shell v45.0/v45.1 crashes on restart

I just upgraded from Ubuntu 23.04 to Ubuntu 23.10. New problem that I didn't have before. When I restart gnome-shell with Alt + F2, then r, then Enter, it totally crashes gnome-shell, and shows a full ...
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Strange app behavior on wayland

I am trying wayland for the first few times on ubuntu 23-10, but I am experiencing some problems with apps. For starters, if I open several windows in chrome, and some of them contain media (video) ...
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Disabling/customizing display scaling on a per-app basis? (23.10)

I recently installed 23.10 with whatever the default DE is (I think this is mutter/Gnome). I run with Wayland. Because of the DPI of my laptop screen, for things to look good I need to run at about ...
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apt update can't find http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mutter/mutter_42.9-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

I ran apt update today after maybe 6 months and it can't find mutter_42.9-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb. If I browse the archive URL with Firefox, I can see the following: mutter_42.9-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb 2023-09-...
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Ubuntu 23.04 : Mutter 44.3-0ubuntu1 + "any" Nvidia drivers crashes at boot

Ubuntu 23.04 fresh install works on my laptop (DELL precision 7550 / Quatro T2000 Mobile). After a fresh install, if I make all currently available updates, the PC crashes during next boot, in graphic ...
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Install mutter-rounded

I have recently upgraded my ubuntu from 22.04 to 22.10. I'm trying to customize it but mutter-rounded is not supported on 22.10, is there any other packages that I can use as alternative of mutter-...
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Desktop icons appear over windows when unlocking screen

I have a laptop running Ubuntu 22.04.1 with the following specifications: CPU: Intel i7-7700HQ GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile (With nvidia-driver-525) RAM: 16GB Kernel: 5.15.0-60-generic DE: ...
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Cant launch mutter to get it to return errors after installing it

I just downloaded and installed mutter rounded on Ubuntu 22.04 but after installation, I can't launch mutter to get it to return errors. (gjs:7213): Gjs-CRITICAL **: 10:01:03.396: JS ERROR: Error: ...
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Getting mutter debug logs

Mutter has these debug topics: META_DEBUG_FOCUS = 1 << 0, META_DEBUG_WORKAREA = 1 << 1, META_DEBUG_STACK = 1 << 2, META_DEBUG_SM = 1 &...
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Testing a new mutter build

I am testing out a patch for mutter, and for this purpose built mutter and installed this in /opt/mutter on my machine. Now, I want to test it out, with: $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mutter/lib/...
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mutter-rounded gets misconfigured when system updates

Every time that I have an update or upgrade on Ubuntu 22.04, mutter-rounded gets misconfigured, and I have to re-install it for it to work. I go to the installation process stated on GitHub, but every ...
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How to update Mutter to a new version in Ubuntu 22.04

I am currently using Ubuntu 22.04. I am trying to update libmutter-10-0 to version 42.2-0ubuntu1, but even after doing apt update and apt show mutter it shows: Package: libmutter-10-0 Version: 42.0-...
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Hello guys I'm trying to install mutter rounded setting (for transparent theme customization) I can't run mutter rounded setting

enter image description here This is what I receive
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Mouse cursor disappears after using touch screen; Ubuntu 22.04

Reddit Post When I'm using the touch screen on my laptop, the mouse cursor disappears as expected. But then, when I switch back to the touch pad the cursor remains invisible while selecting objects ...
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How do I make all application windows open in the middle?

I have /org/gnome/mutter/center-new-windows set to true, but many applications do not support this feature and open randomly in different places. I'm wondering how I can make applications like ...
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force mutter to draw windows separately

I'm currently using a tools (cssh) to open a lot of different xterm windows on my monitor at once. But some of them are drawn on top of each other, though there is free space to have them separate. (...
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Transparent container on half screen in Ubuntu 20.04

Basically, I closed my laptop lid at night and normally it would go to sleep. But, in morning when I opened it, it didn't started at the login screen but on the page where I left it and was ...
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Session crashes when unplugging USB-C hub with HDMI monitor

Ubuntu 21.04, Wayland Session on Gnome 3.38 via Mutter 3.38.4. Dell XPS 13 9300. I have a USB-C hub which provides power, HID, and HDMI connectivity. Nine times out of ten, when I unplug this dongle, ...
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How do I install libmutter-dev? [closed]

I am trying to build gala, however make outputs this error: meson.build:128:4: ERROR: Problem encountered: No supported mutter library found! I tried installing libmutter-dev sudo apt install ...
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GNOME Shell crashes repeatedly since Groovy upgrade

Since I've upgraded to Groovy, my window manager repeatedly crashes. I've found a simple and reliable way to repeat the crash, so here it is : Install the qemu-system-x86 package Run the following ...
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Show only active windows in workspace

If I move Spotify or Gedit next workspace, it would still show me. I want to show those items only if I switch to the next workspace.
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Mutter mapping not working

Hello Ubuntu community, I try to create a setup script for all my settings that I fire after a fresh installation to restore all of my settings. The script includes: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter....
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How to open gnome-terminal in a nested mutter(wayland) window

Following these instructions I succeeded in opening a new empty window and verified that a new wayland socket had appeared: $ ls -alt /run/user/1000 ... -rw------- 1 craig craig 120 Oct 31 13:54 ....
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How do I make mutter use my nouveau GPU

I am using a laptop which has a discrete nvidia GPU along with the Intel GPU. $ inxi -G Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 driver: i915 v: kernel Device-2: NVIDIA GM107M [GeForce ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 abruptly logs user out

I noticed a very strange problem on Ubuntu 18.04 after Ubuntu recently had an apt update and apt upgrade. After the user has been logged in to the system for a while, the system seems to abruptly log ...
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Will Gnome Window Rendering fixes be backported to Bionic Ubuntu 18.04?

Does anyone know officially if the recently identified bugs by Canonical's Daniel Van Vugt and applied fixes to GNOME and Mutter; will get backported to all Ubuntu LTS versions; in my case ...
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Set Maximum Size for Maximized Windows

Is there a way to set the maximum allowed size for maximized windows? Let me explain, I wish that the maximized windows do not cover the entire desktop, but I can set a margin or area to leave a part ...
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new windows position on dual monitor setup ubuntu 20.04

is there any shell-extension or something that can force new windows to open on the monitor where the mouse pointer is in a dual monitor setup? even if it is a new instance of an open app like a new ...
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Use Mutter on Gnome Flashback

I would like to use Mutter as a window manager on Gnome Flashback. According to GNOME website, this should be possible: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeFlashback "Metacity: The window manager ...
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Window not visible, New maximized window are moved to new workspace but not drawn Ubuntu 19.10

I am working on an extension for moving workspace, https://github.com/raonetwo/MaximizeToWorkspace. For the windows that start maximized, the workspace switching is happening as expected. The new ...
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Ubuntu stopping to work aleatory

Everyone. English isn't my first language (I told you before read rs) I'm experiencing aleatory freezing on my Ubuntu. I haven't noted if it happen in a specific situation. Bellow there are two ...
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Set a specific workspace on an external monitor

My laptop is connected to an external monitor and I am using an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I have several workspaces and I would like to clone one of the workspace on the external monitor. To specify the ...
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Is it just me or has Mutter stopped unredirecting full screen program displays?

In 19.04, in X sessions, fullscreen displays such as Youtube videos were unredirected from Mutter compositing. That was obvious while using the intel modesetting driver, from the tearing. However, ...
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Where to get Gnome Night Light source code?

I had thought of asking this question on Stackoverflow but there all the "Night Light" references are for Windows 10 Night Light. Too bad Microsoft and Gnome Developers didn't draw straws for who ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 gnome-shell crashes after changing keyboard

Updated to Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan, changing keyboard (from zh-cn to es-es) crashes gnome-shell, and displays that logoff is needed, but clicking logoff button is useless (won't work). Reboot, log in, and a ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 gnome-shell in login crash loop with libmutter-2

I have a problem with the login with GNOME3 (3.28.4) since one day ago. I have Ubuntu 18.04, my default desktop is GNOME. At some point, without any change in my configuration files, I could not login ...
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18.04 Gnome Mutter: Change workspace switcher animation duration

Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome 3.28.2 (with the default Mutter, I believe) The workspace switcher animation is nice, and I find the switcher overlay useful, but it takes too long for my workflow. I am not asking ...
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Mutter cause crash down

If I had to upgrade the package 'mutter', the system will be stuck before login, and here is the screenshot. VM: VMware® Workstation 14 Pro 14.1.3 build-9474260 Host OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
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Ubuntu 18.04: does "draggable-border-width" work only for some applications?

After reading Resizing a window should be easier - increase boarder pixel count? and the links cited there, I looked at what dconf-editor had. There is "/org/gnome/mutter/draggable-border-width" with ...
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How to maximize or make fullscreen a window across dual monitors?

Is there any way to do this in GNOME desktop environment?
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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 do I enable snap window to corner in Ubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]

I've just upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 where Unity Tweaks had this dialog: (I would normally have the top and bottom "do nothing"'s set to "top" and "bottom" as well) Working with both large monitors ...
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Deiconify an application does not update its content with Mutter and X11

I have a java graphic application using Swing library. If the application is minimized and the graphic content changes (color or whatever), I should see the modification when restoring the window. ...
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How can I snap a window in a corner with 18.04?

Super + left/right snaps windows to fit half the screen. I'd like to be able to snap four windows in all corners. CompizConfig Settings Manager doesn't seem to be an option since 18.04 uses the GNOME ...
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No login screen/Stuck at Ubuntu logo in 18.04

My system stuck at ubuntu logo while booting. To resolve it, I've set nomodeset. But now it occurs a resolution issue to 1024x768. Here are the necessary information: lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga 00:...
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Where is GNOME device configuration? - Ubuntu 17.10

I recently install Ubuntu 17.10 on my Dell XPS 13 9365. With GNOME Shell, from what I understand, Mutter is the default compositor, which supports the Wayland protocol. I haven't been able to find ...
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How do I move child windows without moving or minimizing parent in GNOME 3?

I have Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME 3. What happens: I have (for example) LibreOffice Calc open, with some data columns in it. I highlight the columns I want to chart, then I select INSERT > CHART. The ...
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Remove Decoration of single window in Gnome 3

How can decoration for a single window be removed using a bash or third party program in gnome 3?
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