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launcher for a program not working - ubuntu 13.04
I'm using a program named "robomongo" (a mongoDB UI), but to run it I need to type in the terminal "./robomongo.sh".
I tried to add the file ~/.local/share/applications/robomongo.desktop
Like this:
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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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Unity start menu
I've been wrapping my head around this for a long time and still haven't found a way to do this tweak:
is there a way I can have Unity Dash menu display my "Applications" lens as default, instead of ...
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After removing smart scopes Unity with Active Blur becomes very slow
Before testing smart scopes my computer ran Unity perfectly. The dash opened instantly when either pressing the super key or clicking the icon. I tried out smart scopes and attempted to use it but ...
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How to change dash size in 13.04?
It appears that support had been dropped for configuring the dash size in the latest Unity release, and now the Desktop option has no effect (i.e. Netbook size is always used).
Just to illustrate, ...
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Can Lenses Slow the Dash?
Just curious if adding extra lenses can slow down the dash.
Opening the dash has never been snappy on my laptop, but usually it just hangs. Since upgrading to 13.04, opening the dash doesn't hang, ...
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Opening program in Unity Dash opens about:blank tab in browser?
I'm not sure what's causing it, but it's a right pain in the neck.
Every time I open a program from the dash, it doesn't matter what it is it opens a new tab in the browser. This shows the ...
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Completely removing smart scopes
I want to know if it's possible to remove the Unity Smart Scopes?
Basically I like to keep a lean machine. I always remove just about everything I can - I actually only use the app and file lens', I ...
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about:blank opens in Chromium when I type into the dash
Here's a rather odd problem I'm having. Whenever I open the dash and type into it, Chromium opens up and opens an "about:blank" tab for just about every letter I write into the dash. Why is it doing ...
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What happened to no indexing certain directories?
Ubuntu 13.04 no longer has an option to keep certain folders from being indexed. Why was this removed and how do you reinstate it?
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The dash doesn't agree with software center
Software center shows an application installed.
When I go to the dash and search for that application to open it, it shows up as available for download (not installed).
How do I get the dash and ...
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How can I make Dash search unopened files in Ubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]
One of the things that I can't seem to work out is how to do a full search of my documents in Ubuntu 13.04. The way it is now is that the search results from the dash seem quite random.
Ideally, I ...
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how do I activate the dash to display feeds from my online accounts in the social media lense?
Just upgraded to 13.04. I was hoping that the dash would replace gwibber, but I cannot even see my facebook or twitter accounts in the social media lense. All my online accounts are there, but ...
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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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13.04 Unity - dash loses keyboard focus while typing
I recently updated to 13.04. About half the times when I open Unity dash (super / windows key) and start typing the input field loses focus after a couple of keystrokes. I'll then have to set the ...
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How come the dash seems to hesitate, and sometimes doesn't come up at all?
Everytime I move my mouse to the left (dash is set to revel itself) it either hesitates before it comes out, and sometimes it fails to come up at all... Also dash is set to very high sensitivity but ...
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How to get Google Drive (Docs) search to work in Unity Dash?
How to get Google Drive (Docs) search to work in Unity Dash?
I've added my Google account in the Online Accounts System Settings panel.
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with the following packages installed:
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Clicking the Dash Home causes computer to freeze up?
Literally every time I use the Dash Home it causes my computer to freeze up and become useless, until I restart it. It's a shame because I can't really look through my apps or anything using it, and ...
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Dash transparency doesn't look right
Well, I don't know what words to express this problem but here's the picture..
as you can see, there is a problem with the background opacity of unity...
how to solve this?? I'm using the april 21 ...
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How do you change the Dash icon in 13.04? [duplicate]
Now I ask this and I consider it distinct in that the related question How to change the Dash icon in the Unity Launcher? is about old ubuntu versions like 11.10 this one is specifically for 13.04.
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How to make my desktop file appear as an application only?
I wrote a desktop file - /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Exec=gksudo -k -u root /opt/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=eclipse
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Ubuntu 13.04 lenses missing
This is what my dash currently looks like!
I have no clue why the other lenses are not being shown.
$ sudo apt-get install unity-lens-friends unity-lens-files unity-lens-help unity-lens-movie ...
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How to List all available apps on my machine
I am using Ubuntu 12.10, with the unity dash. I would like to List all available apps on my machine. Start menu style in other words.
Dash is hard for me to use unless I know the name of what I am ...
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How do I open the dash when a fullscreen application has the focus? (12.10 13.04)
When I press the "windows" key the dash normally opens. When I press it when a fullscreen window has the focus, it doesn't seem to do anything. How do I open the dash when a fullscreen window has the ...
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Dash wont change color with background and desktop is white no matter what I change it to [duplicate]
How do I fix this? Please note I am using quantal. I performed the change shown here.
Edit: I upgraded to raring and the problem went away. A little while later I logged off and logged back on. ...
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How to make dash search in all directories? [duplicate]
I have mounted partition and when I search through dash for files, it doesn't look into that partition. I've tried to change the scope of the searching lens "Files & folders", but I can't find ...
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Why my dash became blue? [closed]
Before I re-installed Ubuntu, my Unity Dash had turned blue. what made it turn blue and how do I make it look like that again?
EDIT: According to the comments about being too specific and since I got ...
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How do you make a program that doesn't need to be installed searchable in the unity dash. (ubuntu 12.10)
I've come across this a few times, but I will use a specific example. When I downloaded the ADT bundle from Google it came with programs that just ran without needing to be installed, i.e. I can run ...
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Transparency bug in the dash
I'm using ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop acer aspire 5742zg with an optimus nvdia card (bumblebee is running perfectly) and I have a problem with the transparency in the dash. When I open the dash all the ...
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Dual desktop problem with dash not showing
I am using Toshiba laptop,Ubuntu 12.04.
Trying to install Mac theme via instructions on link
When I restart,I see two desktop bar in upper top,see photo:-dual desktop problem,all folders & files ...
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How to hide unity dash “More suggestions” (NOT unity-lens-shopping)
After removing "unity-lens-shopping" remain some annoying tips from the Software Center.
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Dash has become slow and unresponsive
I installed Quantal on my old box (Intel Pentium E2180, 1 GB RAM). Dash was working fine and was very responsive. I then installed unity-scope-audacious package from the repositories.
Dash became ...
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Hot to disable key shortcut for “alt+the button above tab”
I am comfortable using alt up and alt down after typing alt tab, so I don't need the short cut "alt+the button above tab" to do that. And this is my favourite shortcut for maybe my most heavily used ...
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Why doesn't Gimp show in Unity Dash?
Gimp doesn't show in the Unity Dash, despite having it installed, and having the appropriate desktop file (shown below) in /usr/share/applications.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
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Disable Dash searching for files
I've looked fairly extensively, so I hope this isn't a duplicate.
I'm wondering how to disable the Dash search from searching for individual files; I am fine with searching for folders and ...
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How get nautilus don't change nautilus-home launcher in dash
Whant to use my own custom menu for nautilus-home, but nautilus change it when it's running. How can I disable it?
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dash search results not showing my files
I am using the dash search to find files(mostly video files) but its only displaying recently played files.My files are in a different partition,and yes I have mounted those drives.How do I get the ...
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Unity dash has incorrect search results
After messing around with drivers for a bit, my Unity plugin from Compiz became disabled and I had to turn it back on. After that happened, my dash started giving me weird responses to my searches.
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Ubuntu restarts if Dash menu is clicked
glad I have a serious problem with my 12.10 because whenever the dash menu is clicked, it causes my computer to restart.
How can I fix this issue?
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Is there a command to refresh the applications listed on the dash?
Sometimes, after installing an application (Codeweavers Crossover to be more specific on this case) it fails to show on the dash until you logout and back on, that happens with Unity and GNOME Shell, ...
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How to delete “blank links”/“dead links” from Dash search? [duplicate]
After removing the old version of Netbeans and installing the new version, I've being getting the problem. Looks like the Netbeans uninstaller removed everything related with it, except the ...
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Unity dash terribly slow [duplicate]
Unity dash is very slow for me, and completely useless.
It needs more then 5 seconds to open, and after that I cant type smoothly.
It used to work better before, but probably broke with some ...
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Unity dashboard does not start on desktop
If I've focused any application or my mouse is over launcher or top panel, dashboard works just fine. But when my mouse is on the desktop background, dashboard does not show on super-key-tap. What ...
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Launcher and Dash Bug Out When Windows are Minimised; Compiz setting?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 on a ZaReason AMD Breeze (Phenom II X4) and despite multiple reinstalls, for whatever reason, the Unity launcher, Dash, and window buttons start repeatedly blinking when ...
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Lenses & Scopes - Is it possible to copy content by clicking on it in the Dash?
I just got an idea to create a lense that would work as a Character Map. I need character copying very often, and on Windows there was a very useful programme (PopChar), but on Ubuntu I haven't found ...
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Untiy, resolution 800x600 and VNC
I have a tablet with 800x600 resolution. And I want to use it through VNC with my Ubuntu PC. Unity have a bug/feature that when resolution set to 800x600 dash gets bigger than a screen, and user ...
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Unity-Tweak-Tool is not starting from Ubuntu Dash
I've installed the tool unity-tweak-tool, but I couldn't start it from Dash.
I can launch it from terminal though. Please advise how can I make the dash icon work?
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Can I access unity's dash without revealing launcher?
What I'm trying to do is to replace unity's launcher with docky.
In order to do that, I chose auto-hide + lowest sensitivity for revealing launcher. Is there a way to use the dash without revealing ...
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How can I move the dash home button up to that space in the image? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to move the Dash launcher home button to the panel?
I have seen several screenshots where the dash home button is not on the side bar...but on the panel. Like in ...
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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 ?
