Questions tagged [settings]
Settings are options in a program that allow you to configure the program to suit your needs.
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How to access application preference files?
A while ago I saw this video which explained how automating was better and faster than backing up your entire disk. It went into how one would, in the event of a major data loss, run a backup script ...
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Libre Writer showing only blank icons, how to get the file menu (and tools to change setting)
I recently opened Libre Write (LibreOffice), and noticed that the entire top bar is just a set of icons. I can get to a more contextual menu by right clicking the top bar, but "file", "...
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Bluetooth Settings Issue After Updating?
I've installed Ubuntu 21.04 in a dual boot configuration alongside an existing installation of Windows 10.
Since using it for about one week I've applied all offered official updates and then ...
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Cannot open settings and gnome-control-center in Ubuntu 18.04
When I attempt to open settings, the icon spins for some seconds and disappears afterwards.
In terminal I used the command
gnome-control-center
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gnome-control-center: error ...
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Where are fonts determined besides System Settings and my browser?
I'm running Kubuntu 20.04. Two places where the font sizes used in an application are determined are the Fonts section of Appearance within System Settings and the browser I'm using (plus the ...
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Software and Updates option is not in System Settings in Ubuntu18.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 from 17.10, I am not able to see a Software and Updates option in System Settings.
Where is it?
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Desktop settings (background and applets) disappear in Kubuntu 20.1
I just installed Kubuntu 20.1 but every time I log in the desktop background disappears along with any applet that I set up earlier.
Every time I restart or turn off my laptop I get a black desktop ...
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How to reach Caffeine settings
According to https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Caffeine/ there should appear a settings dialog, after rightclicking the Caffeine symbol. That does not work for me with Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS and Caffeine 2.9.4
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System settings won't start in Ubuntu
My settings didn't work from the new update in my Ubuntu software. Whenever I try to run it, it just doesn't run at all.
When I try to open my settings in my terminal,
$ gnome-control-center
This was ...
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Ubuntu 20.4 Settings opens slow, battery indicator disappeared, power statistics won't open
I have 3 issues that I suspect are related.
The Power and Displays pages in settings take 5 to 10 seconds to load
The battery indicator in the upper right corner is missing.
Power Statistics refuses ...
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How to disable arrow key in my keyboard in Ubuntu
Here is the keymapping of my keyboard. Please help me find my arrow keys. I want to disable it so can you also tell me which command should I use to disable my arrow keys.
keycode 8 =
keycode 9 = ...
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Mouse navigation showing some white page symbols
I selected Large Text option in seeing of Universal Access in Ubuntu settings.
After selecting it, whenever I move my mouse, it is showing some small blank page symbols floating along with mouse. It ...
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Touchscreen keyboard appears even when turned off
I never want to use a touchscreen keyboard, but I do want to use my touchscreen as a mouse.
In settings, under universal access and typing, I've turned off the on-screen keyboard.
But whether the ...
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Second monitor isn't available in display settings
I just installed Ubuntu and connected a second monitor, but the display settings is not showing properly. The settings simply do not show the option for a second monitor.
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No “Performance” option in “Power Mode” in Ubuntu 21.04
I have Ubuntu 21.04 installed on my laptop. There is supposed to be a “Performance” option in Settings > Power Mode, but I am only given the options for “Balanced Power” and “Power Saver”, ...
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Saving and restoring Ubuntu settings for fresh Ubuntu installations
I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS whose GUI allows customization. These include
Launcher Icon Size
Behaviour of the launcher (hides, size of launcher, reveal sensitivity)
System Language
My dual display ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 - how do I turn off hot top edge maximising windows [duplicate]
How do I turn off the top edge of the display from maximising windows in Ubuntu 21.04?
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how to seperate the configuration files of Ubuntu 20.04 and KDE Plasma Desktop Environment?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 focal and I have KDE plasma (Kubuntu 21.04) installed on it.I want to know that is there any way so that if I change settings in the KDE then it does not affect the settings in ...
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Fusion 360 : VirtualBox: the best settings for performance?
I have now set up with VirtualBox under Ubuntu 20.04 a Windows machine 10 Pro with Fusion 360.
The performance is not quite so good, what optimizations can you recommend here that I can get more ...
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How do I change the cursor and its size?
I have recently created an Ubuntu 12.04 partition on my Windows 7 laptop. When installing it, I switched to "high contrast" mode, which has rather large cursors (by large I mean about twice as large ...
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Kubuntu 20.04 Screen Edges Preview/Selection broken
I'm trying to remove the top-left corner screen edge action, however when I launch the Screen Edges settings window in any way (main settings app, through the search box, using kcmshell5 ...
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Unable to open gnome-control-center in Ubuntu 18.04
When I attempt to open settings, nothing happens.
In terminal I use the command
gnome-control-center
And I get the error
gnome-control-center: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/...
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persistant live-USB doesn't save my wifi password
I have a persistant live-USB with an almost empty casper-rw part. And I know the persistant part works because when I open firefox, it opens the tabs from my last session. But each time I reboot, I ...
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How to change the username in Ubuntu 18.04?
I need to change the username from the linux (Not admin).
I changed in settings ->Users. But how to change the "home folder" name or root user in linux.
I tried using
usermod -l <...
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Problem with disabling F1 key
I want to disable the commands associated to my Fn keys in particular the F1 command which activates the sleep mode.
In addition, Fn keys alone are not present in the Keyboard Shortcuts (in the ...
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Programatically modify file associations using standard interface (cases where mimetype does not matter)
I know that I can use xdg-mime default codium.desktop text/plain to change association for text\plain mimetype ( Programatically modify file associations using standard interface (using mimetype) )
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How to disable alert sounds on Ubuntu 20.04
This question is similar to:
Disable alert sounds on Ubuntu 20.04
In Ubuntu 18.04, one could disable alert sounds directly in the settings. In Ubuntu 20.04, in the settings you can change the alert ...
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Can't open gnome-control-center on Ubuntu 17.10
So I just installed Ubuntu 17.10 and I noticed that "settings" looks limited.
Also if I go in the terminal and I write gnome-control-center nothing happens, no errors, nothing.
I tried to check if ...
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Fresh OS install - Restore everything from a copy
I recently installed Ubuntu Budgie 20.04.2 LTS but for some issues I had to format my disk. Before that I copied the entire Ubuntu folder "/" and all sub-folders on a separate drive. Now I ...
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I see a strange Icon when I load the system using GRUB and when I open about the system in settings, I see the same icon and it is not Ubuntu's icon
I don't know if this is normal or not, but I am a bit scared cause I don't know if I installed a modified version of ubuntu. I just downloaded from the official website: ubuntu.com but I don't know ...
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How do I set the desktop background to a single color, instead of an image? [duplicate]
How can I get a monochrome desktop background?
The context menu on the desktop background contains
"Change background..." accessing the Settings section "Background".
I can select ...
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Mouse Setting Won't Save - Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
I just updated to Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS and the mouse settings obviously re-set to the defaults where the left button is the primary. I mouse left handed and want the right button to be the primary. I ...
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Why is apt-get autoremove failing to remove my old kernels?
According to the Ubuntu help wiki:
You can remove old kernels with a simple autoremove command in a terminal:
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
For some reason, this doesn't work for me, and the ...
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Simple question how to limit logging out
Ubuntu Studio 20.04.2LTS logs out automatically after inactivity of about 5 minutes. I can't find the setting for this and would like to change the value to, say, 20-30 minutes of inactivity. This is ...
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Set DNS settings Ubuntu Touch
Is there a way to change the DNS settings in Ubuntu Touch?
If it's possible, is it possible to use other DNS settings when connected via 3G than the settings used when connected via WIFI?
I cannot ...
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How can I learn all that CompizConfig has to offer for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? (Gnome)
I have installed CompizConfig on my system. If there is any detailed usage video or may be tutorial on all basic aspects of ConpizConfig for Ubuntu 20.04 TLS, it would be marvellous. This application ...
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Battery Icon missing and settings slow 20.04
the battery icon in the topbar is missing. There is a place for it but it is blank. The pull down menu has a blank line that expands to show "Power Settings". When I go to power settings, it ...
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How can I reset to Ubuntu Studio default desktop and settings?
After some issues and an upgrade I have a very different appearance in my Ubuntu Studio. I just want to reset to the defaults just like if the installation is brand new.
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Is it possible to use monitor presets in Ubuntu 20.10?
I use Ubuntu 20.10. I have 2 scenarios of using monitors. For example the first scenario is using laptop display and external monitor. The second one - is to use only external monitor plugged to the ...
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Settings cannot be modified LightDM GTK+ for Lubuntu 18.04
I installed Lubuntu 18.04 on an old 32 bits computer. I do not like the default UI and its weird icons (including those for Firefox and other famous ones) eg for gnome's but the LightDM GTK+ settings ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 settings will not open
My Settings will not open.
When I enter sudo gnome-control-center
I get this error
gnome-control-center: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37: undefined symbol: ...
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Ubuntu 20.04LTS - Jabra Talk 25 - earpiece works but mic doesn't
Jabra Talk 25 connects to Bluetooth ok. Ear piece works and can hear sound. However the microphone doesn't work. It can be selected in Bluetooth settings, but there is no sound.
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Why does Wired Network Settings say Link Speed 10 Mb/s
I am quite sure my Lenovo Thinkpad L570 has a Gigabit (1000 Mb/s) Ethernet interface. So why does the wired Network Settings say Link Speed 10 Mb/s? (Speedtests often say more than 200 Mb/s upload and ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 jumps to single display mode on opening terminal
Every time I'm open regular terminal or open bash inside VCode or inside any other programs that are using/opening regular terminal - I'm loosing secondary display connection and staying with single ...
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Press and Hold keyboard function
When I press and hold keys, for example "Backspase" It registers only one time and I have to press it repeatedly instead of just holding it. Same with other keys: numerals, space, letters ...
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Printing from Brave browser
Axel Lieber suggests 2021jan07 to solve printing under Brave browser: In /Settings/Applications (of Ubuntu, not the browser) there are two entries for the Brave browser, one of them for "...
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Transfer Evolution Settings
I have Evolution (mostly) set up on my desktop. I want to import the settings (mail servers, IMAp subscriptions and especially junk learning) to my new laptop.
ETA: I have several gig of old email in ...
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Change terminal opened by "open in terminal" in Nautilus
what I've tried:
set my default terminal to terminator using
sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
and
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec /usr/bin/...
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Disable GRUB setting itself to the first boot option on updates
I use rEFInd as my bootloader, but I have ubuntu's kernel inside an lvm logic volume, so I use GRUB to call it from refind and boot ubuntu. But every time I update GRUB (via apt or update-grub) it ...
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No wifi in dropdown options
I am getting this:
Failed to Set MokListRT: Invalid Parameter
Could not create mokListRT: Invalid Parameter
Importing MOK states has failed: import_mok_state() failed: Invalid Parameter
Continuing ...
