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Latest Ubuntu 12.04 LTS kernel update (updated today, May 24, 2013) broke my dashboard search
I just updated my Ubuntu VM installation with that latest kernel, and usually I've had no problem with my VM updates. This change today, and now I can't search for any of my applications in the ...
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Application windows randomly redrawing
Windows* redraw frantically (blink white) for a couple minutes and then it stops. Sometimes the whole windows, sometimes just part of them.. very weird behaviour.
What is even strange (or a clue?) is ...
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Graphic Interface doesn't start
I came back to work after a week away and this is what greets me:
If I press enter it displays the tty1 login prompt.
I have booted using a 12.04.2 Live USB and it seems to work fine, I`m using it ...
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Source code for the tray on top right corner. Ubuntu 12.04
I am looking for source code for the top right corner tray icons. I want to know how they are being executed and wanted to make few modifications of my own if i can. I am on Ubuntu 12.04
The image ...
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How can I set up hot keys to launch applications? [duplicate]
How can I set up hot keys to launch applications?
I have created a bunch of launchers for my favorite apps that I keep on the desktop - would really like to be able to launch them with keystrokes. ...
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Installing ubuntu without any OS
Is it possible to install ubuntu without having a operating system?
I have tried to install through usb and do not have access to dvd/cd at the moment.
can anyone help?
i got the following error ...
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How can I change Chrome's title bar text?
I have chromium web browser open and I don't want it to say Chromium Web Browser in the title bar in unity. It can be blank for any app I have open as well using 12.04
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Unity HUD/Menu loses menu sometimes
Not all the time but intermittently Unity will drop the menu from the HUD. Most often this is with GIMP but it has happened to other programs too. The menu choices are there but the content of the ...
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Install latest version of Unity in ubuntu 12.04
Is there anyway I can install the latest Unity (used in Ubuntu 13.04) in Ubuntu 12.04?
I do not want to upgrade my super stable 12.04 just to get the Unity.
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Unity Music Lens duplicates entries on Ubuntu 12.04
I had been using Clementine and its clementine-scope for a while, but a week ago I decided to switch back to Rhythmbox (better Unity integration, easier to use). The problem is that now the music lens ...
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the ...
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Major Console Bug! No fix anywhere on google?
Ctrl + Alt + F1-F6 consoles are not working for me. The only thing it's bringing up is a black screen (Nothing can be typed or done whatsoever at all). It has done this since ubuntu 12.04? (I don't ...
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gedit opens different window though it should not
It's a follow-up of Why does gedit keep randomly opening new instances when opening files from nautilus? On Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity:
I double click on a text file on the desktop or through Nautilus. ...
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Missing keystrokes in ubuntu 13.04
This has only been a problem since upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 from 12.10. For some reason, when typing I lose lots of keystrokes. It doesn't seem to matter which application I'm typing in. It ...
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Black screen on startup after update
My current system is based on :
Ubuntu 12.04
VirtualBox 4.2.12 (Windows 7 Host / Ubuntu Guest)
VirtualBox additions 4.2.13-85100 (because additions 4.2.12 are buggy with Ubuntu 12.04)
But since my ...
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Why does CTRL key resize window in Unity desktop?
I have an almost out-of-the-box install of 12.04 Precise. I am familiar with assigning and reassigning keyboard shortcuts, as I interact with my computer almost entirely through the keyboard.
I am ...
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Why does the Launcher & Dash and Main toolbar disappears!
My question is regarding to the dash and launcher and toolbar top bar with name and time. My problem that I have noticed at least three times this month. My Dash and Laucher and toolbar disappear for ...
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Why does Ubuntu 12.04 randomly reboot in unity and gnome, but not in xfce?
Currently running 12.04 LTS and i find that on a fresh install the system reboots when using Unity or Gnome, but runs stable when using Xfce. This piqued my interest as to why this would be? Hoe does ...
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NVIDIA GeForce 8300GS Drivers seem unstable
My system is a Dell Vostro 400 with the nvidia 8300GS card connected to a Dell 20" monitor on the DVI port and an ACER 22" screen on the xVGA?(15 pin blue) port.
I have run through the suggestion on ...
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Shortcuts no longer work for move window to left/right of screen in 12.04
I used to be able to send windows to the left/right half of the screen with ctrl-windows-left and ctrl-windows-right in 12.04. Now the left/right shortcuts do not work, but ctrl-windows-up / down ...
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Unity is very low speeds In Ubuntu 13.04
My system specs are as follows:
Ram: 3GB
CPU: AMD Sempron (tm) Processor 140 Processor 2.69 Ghz
Graphic: Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 1Gb
I've installed Ubuntu 13.04, and Unity is working very slow. ...
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Why do I get “Unity not supported” error message on Ubuntu 12.04? [closed]
I can't access Unity in Ubuntu 12.04. I just get this message:
Unity is not supported on this Guest operating system.
Any pointers?
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Can I prevent title bar going blank on non-active full-screen app? (multiple monitors)
Eclipse displays the full path to the selected file in its titlebar, for example, "Java - product/src/com/whatever/Widget.java - Eclipse Platform". When I switch to another window, this disappears. ...
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Alarm clock for 12.04
Looking for a Alarm Clock for Ubuntu 12.04 with following
Repeat an alarm after user defined period of time
Can be paused
Can be reset
Shows a visual indication at alarm time
Visual indication ...
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Unity Freezes when pressing Control-S in a program
I don't really know where to start but this is sequence:
I press Control S in Geany / Libre Office, etc.
Suddenly, I loose tob bar and side bar. I can't select anything. Keybinds don't respond. I ...
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Save and restore window positions
Here is my configuration:
Ubuntu 12.04 (with Unity)
Laptop
External screen to use the laptop in dual screen mode
Several windows spread on both screens and on 4 workspaces
When I have meetings I ...
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Faience GTK theme breaks tabs
I installed this theme in my Ubuntu 12.04 + Unity and all tabs are definitively wrong:
Any idea to make this theme work properly?
Thanks.
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How to enable unity 3d in 12.04?
I installed the graphic card driver:
But Unity is still in 2d mode:
How can I bring it into 3d mode?
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How to run audio settings program without Unity?
In Unity desktop, there is a sound menu at the top of the screen where I can change volume and input/output devices (screenshot).
I'm wondering how can I run this program without Unity?
(Just in ...
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Desktop Switcher like MacOS or PearOS 7?
I saw the Desktop Switcher in PearOS like this:
Can I have the same in my Ubuntu 12.04? I installed a PearOS, but I find no name to this Desktop Switcher.
Thank for help.
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Emacs 24.3 won't lock to unity bar [duplicate]
I'm running a Ubuntu 12.04. I just installed emacs 24.3 from Damian's Cassou's emacs PPA.
Before I doing this, I completely removed all emacs with the following command:
sudo apt-get remove emacs*
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Can I make the task switcher icons bigger in 12.04?
Perhaps just because it's jarring moving between my Mac laptop and my desktop, I'd like to have larger icons in the task switcher that appears when using alt-tab. I'm running 12.04 with Unity. I don't ...
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Nautilus trash icon sidebar width
When I open nautilus with the Unity launcher the sidebar width is coherent :
but when I open nautilus with the trash icon in the Unity launcher the sidebar width isn't coherent :
If I press F9 ...
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How do I remove video files that are stuck on the applications/places toolbar?
Moving some video files around I mistakenly pushed them onto the applications/places toolbar. There they stay. I can't get rid of them. (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
/home/peter/Pictures/Screenshot from ...
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Lightdm-gtk-greeter's background wallpaper is distorted in Ubuntu 12.04 (How I can correct background wallpaper errors in “lightdm-gtk-greeter”?
Changed my settings into "lightdm-gtk-greeter" to be able to select different languages at login each time I wish.
Everything is fine with my PC. It logins correctly after a while with an exception ...
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Where is Unity Launcher
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 using Wubi. It gets installed successfully but now I am only able to see an empty desktop. I could not find any softwares anywhere in home etc, no where. Where are ...
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How do I get my clock applet back?
I'm using 12.04 LTS and it appears that I've killed my clock. How do I get it back? I've tried right clicking on the panel but either that's not a feature in 12.04 LTS or I killed that too. (The panel ...
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Chrome shows two icons in Unity Launcher
I am a new Ubuntu user. I just installed 12.04. To get Chrome on the Launcher, I clicked the BFB and searched for Chrome, then dragged that icon to the Launcher. However, when I run Chrome, it creates ...
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Unity simple doesn't work: Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04 [closed]
My notebook is an Asus N43SN (i7-2630QM), GT550M CUDA 1GB.
It doesn't matter which Ubuntu I tried to install, inevitably when I login for the first time, there is no icons, no Unity, no nothing.
I ...
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What does it mean that I have a green “LV” cicular logo/symbol on my mounted drive
I have a local mounted disk which bears my Ubuntu 12.04 OS. The disk icon on the Unity dock has a green "LV" circular label on it.
Any ideas what this label means ..I cannot find any documentation on ...
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No more Unity after AMD Graphics Driver
I seem to have a problem. I am running ubuntu 12.04(64 bit) on my HP ProBooK 4530s (i5-core, 8GB, ATI RADEON HD6790) and I had some heating problems. I've managed to install the graphics driver from ...
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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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How do I remove the Dash Icon Dock when hitting the top left corner of the screen?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome3 (i didn't remove Unity, just switched while logging in).
I love the feature of hitting the top left corner of the screen to see an overview of my open windows and ...
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Problem with ubuntu 12.04 installation — synaptic does not run
I am trying to repair my daughters ubuntu machine 12.04. I am not
very familiar with the gnome 3 system, using lubuntu myself.
The machine has some problems:
I can not find the gnome 3 applications ...
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raise and focus running application when opening file in nautilus?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with and would like to know how I can configure it so that when I double click on a file, and it opens it with an already running program, it will raise and focus that program. ...
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How to fix Ubuntu 12.04 display artefacts/freezes after switching users?
Some time ago I noticed a strange behaviour on my computer running Ubuntu 12.04.
Here's a detailed description of the problem: I log into my account, work for some time, and then somebody else wants ...
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gnome 3 and unity not working after vlc crash
i'm pretty much a newbie to Ubuntu, and i'm stuck right now
i'm running 12.04 on an HP with NVidia 8500gt (12.10 was giving me loads of problems with software center and update manager).
small detail, ...
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Switching monitors as in Windows 7
One thing I loved in Windows 7 was the ease of switching between single monitors/extending/mirroring them using Win+P. This shortcut produced the following:
Is there something similar in Ubuntu? ...
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How to stop reordering of the same kind multiple preview windows in task switching?
When using task switching in the default graphical mode of Ubuntu 12.04, if they are multiple windows of the same kind, eg. multiple Terminal windows, you can see them all together and select which ...
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ubuntu 12.04 x64 slow start up [closed]
hey i am experiencing very slow start up. i cannot seem to find out why.i notice a high cpu usage (up to 74%)when it "idle". i have do have unity and compiz cube running. but it was all running fine ...
