Questions tagged [unity-2d]
Unity 2D is an implementation of Unity desktop interface in Qt and QML.
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Text in title bar buttons
This "NORMAL" text appears in the bar where the minimize and close buttons:
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Disable compositing completely ubuntu 16.04
I have a clean install of ubuntu 16.04.1. I would like to disable compositing completely. I need to run ABAQUS, and the graphics window becomes transparent if compositing is enabled. Previously I used ...
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Unity desktop environment and Georgian (MESS) layout
I've installed Ubuntu 15.10 on my laptop with Unity desktop environment. I'm Georgian and often use Georgian (MESS) layout on keyboard. When I use LibreOffice and Georgian (MESS) layout in Unity ...
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Show Copy dialog by default
In Unity, when i move files, I see this:
icon that tells me there is a transfer going on. I would rather see the window with multiple progress bars that tells me what the disk write speed is, and the ...
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Change number of workspaces in ubuntu 12.04LTS to just one?
I am new to using ubuntu. I am running ubuntu 12.04LTS in VmWare. By default I see multiple copies(3) of Desktop/workspaces when I login to ubuntu using my user account. This is making my system ...
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Failed to load session 'unity 2-d'
When logging in Ubuntu 12.04 it says "Failed to load session 'unity 2-d'" and there is only an option to log out...
Now the problem occurred when I was fixing a simple medibuntu problem, after some ...
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Unity 3D Suddenly Disabled Ubuntu 12.04
My Unity was always OK since first install in 2012. I always use Unity 3D session, never use 2D session. But now, I have only Unity 2D session. I don't want 2D session, I want my 3D session back. I ...
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Is it possible to change Unity 3D to 2D and will I gain any performance boost after that?
How to change Unity 3D to 2D on Ubuntu 14.04? And, will I get any improvements in performance if do that? What software utilities will I lose if I switch to from Unity 3D to 2D?
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Unable to reinstall unity-2d on Ubuntu 14.04 desktop LTS?
It is wiered that I'm not able to reinstall unity-2d on my system.
I removed it as it was not ready to go into the 2D mode. I have XRDP install for which I need Unity-2D.
after removing the unity-2d ...
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Ubuntu 14.04: How to install Unity2d?
I love Unity, but would like to use Unity2d because it doesn't run compiz. How do I do this?
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How to enable alternative log in sessions (e.g. Unity 2D or others) in Trusty?
I have just upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS to 14.04 LTS on an i386 system (Dell Optiplex 740, with an integrated nvidia quadro NVS 210S chipset).
The upgrade proceeded smoothly without any problem.
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Unity Launcher/Gnome panel overlap issue on Gnome desktop
I use Gnome desktop and have the Unity launcher running as well. I was able to achieve this by installing Gnome and doing this. After I did it, the Gnome panel at the top and the Unity launcher on ...
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Arrows next to Launcher Icons in Unity 2D
What do the tiny white arrows next to the icons in the Unity 2D launcher mean? Sometimes there is one, often more. Do they indicate the number of windows of that application that are open?
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will unity 3d on older computers work with 13.10
Basically, i have an older computer which is why i put ubuntu on for its speed. At first i had 12.04 that ran ubuntu 2D because 3D was very slow on the Nvidia GeForce 5200 card in it. when i updated ...
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Unity-2d on Trusty 14.04 [duplicate]
I recently got a laptop for uni work, I had trouble with installation of the normal supported versions of Ubuntu and had to use Trusty 14.04 to get running, my question now is how can I set it to ...
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Ubuntu will not leave 2d mode
I am running 12.04 LTS, have received all of the updates, and cannot switch back to 3d mode. After restarting and notifying the GUI that I would like to start in Ubuntu (3d) mode, it goes to 2d mode ...
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Display resolution & Unity: were perfect before restart
Today I rebooted my system, after an uptime of 11+ days (suspending once daily) and after an update a few days ago that invlolved fglrx, to see that the screen resolution has changed.
In "Displays" ...
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Unity stopped working after update
After I updated my 12.04.3 installation yesterday normal Unity didnt show up.
It keeps falling back to Unity2D.
Also /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p says my graphic card AMD Radeon HD 6700 ...
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How to enable Unity Launcher on startup?
My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS laptop has the Unity 2D along with the classic GNOME interface but it wouldn't launch automatically on startup, Only after I type 'unity' on the terminal the Unity 2D Launcher as ...
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How to remove the switch user account option in Unity 2D?
We are looking for a way to permanently remove the Switch User Account function from our install of Ubuntu Unity. Note, this function appears when you right or left click on the user name in the upper ...
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What is the latest version of Unity-2d
i would like to have the latest version of unity-2d installed on my system.
i can see some references to a version 6 in some places e.g.
http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/u/unity-2d/
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Upgrading from 12.04 LTS to 12.10
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my VAIO, alongside Windows 7.
I know Ubuntu upgrades won't damage my Windows drive and I'm fine about it, but I've seen people saying 'Unity 2D removal' and 'purge ...
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Steam dosen't start, an X error occured
whenever I try to run steam, it doesn't open, but it doesn't give an error message. Running it through the consle, I get this...
Running Steam on ubuntu 12.04 32-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled ...
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No unity shell , no unity panel and no dual monitors
I did something terrible this morning you can see here.
Now that problem was fixed , apt was working fine and so was the update manager .
after installing all updates , I rebooted.
And I could not ...
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I can not move icons in Unity Launcher.
My Launcher was very smooth.But yesterday onwards Launcher become darker and not smooth.I can't move the icons as to rearrange it's position.
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Resizing the unity side bar on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
How can we resize the unity side bar on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
I would like to make it as small as possible.
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No Unity 3D in VirtualBox
I'm having trouble running Unity 3D in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in VirtualBox.
I tried enabling 3D acceleration, it still does not show 3D. Only 2D.
I tried installing VBox Guest additions, won't show 3D.
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Could Unity 2D speed up 3D games on Ubuntu 13.04?
I know that Ubuntu 12.04 allows for specifying Unity 2D or 3D at login. Using Unity 2D when playing 3D games is supposed to make things work faster. Does this also apply to Ubuntu 13.04? If so, how ...
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12.04 Unity 2D - dragging windows barely works
I'm currently running 12.04 in VMWare Player on a Windows 7 64bit machine and I'm experiencing a lot of trouble with dragging windows around.
One of my biggest issues is that very often I'll snap a ...
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Falling back to unity-2D after an update
I have a laptop with nvidia optimus technology and I had installed bumblebee (running ubuntu 12.04 64bit).
After an update ubuntu-2d is loaded (I verified that with echo $DESKTOP_SESSION printing ...
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Unity lost almost all shortcuts
I have a Dell latitude E6530 laptop with NVidia video card that was working fine with the default video driver.
After a normal package update (~1 week ago) and a restart, boot resulted in a blank ...
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How to roll up windows with mouse wheel with unity-2d
How can I roll up windows by mouse wheel up on title bar ?
This solution for Ubuntu 11.10 does not work :
gconftool-2 -s -t string /apps/gwd/mouse_wheel_action shade
I am on ubuntu 12.04 with ...
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After Ubuntu 12.04 LTS update, Only Unity 2D ... bug?
I have no clue why this happened, but I would really like to fix it.
I ran a bunch of updates (25+...I hadn't updated in a while) and for some reason after I restarted to install the updates, I could ...
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Your Ubuntu 12.04 is running in 2D mode. Many features will not be available.(Ubuntu 12.04)
What does that means and how to switch from 2D to 3D.
I have a AMD Radeon7670M
I tried installing and re installed the driver it recommended in additional drivers
and i have checked synaptic package ...
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12.04 updates caused blue screen after login with taskbar or icons
i'm still new to linux and have been testing it out on my laptop.
i ran updates on ubuntu 12.04lts and something failed along the way. after reboot, when i log in, the screen is blue and the icons ...
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Not returning focus to previously focused window
This has been bothering me a lot. When closing a window, the system does not give the focus to the previously focused window. Let me give an example.
Right now, I'm working with Google Chrome and it ...
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Will I lose Unity-2d if I upgrade to 12.10
I want to continue to use Unity-2d which I have setup on my 12.04 install...but some of the new 12.10 features I would like to use.
new Disk utility with auto mount settings built in
easier printer ...
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Is Unity 2D ever coming back?
I have some computers which only operate on Unity 2D because of their hardware, so I rely on Unity 2D and Ubuntu 12.04. In the future I could use Gnome Shell, I could use Unity 3D via llvmpipe (which ...
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Is there a way that I can make people have to input an administrators password to change the desktop background?
I have a problem of lots of people changing my desktop background. Is there a way that I can make people have to input an administrators password to change the desktop background. I am running ...
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How can I reliably kill / restart XBMC in a way my mom can use?
I have a laptop running Ubuntu and XBMC for my parents can use. Occasionally, XBMC will freeze and they have no way of restarting XBMC. The desktop is unresponsive.
If this was on Windows, my parents ...
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How do I remove the unity 2D option in lightdm (login sceen) in ubuntu 12.04?
Because I wish to view my full username at login, I want to remove the "Unity 2D" option at the login screen. Currently the last part of the username (after the 20th digit) is hidden behind the Ubuntu-...
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Applications not showing in Unity Dash
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on an IBM ThnkPad T42. I just installed Gnome and Cinnamon but I am still using Unity. The only problem is that in dash when I search for any application they don't appear. ...
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How to create terminal program launcher (desktop shortcut)?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 win Unity 2D.
I want to have a launcher which launches application (sh file) which outputs many things to console.
gnome-desktop-item-edit can't help.
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gksudo keeps asking for my password when using a custom Unity launcher
I wrote a custom .desktop file that contains an Exec line
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
(...)
Exec=gksudo /my/path/to/bash_script.sh
(...)
This script launches some zenity calls.
Then I ...
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Keyboard shortcuts are not working when unity plugin in ccsm is disabled?
I am using ubuntu 11.10 with unity 2d , I dont like the unity launcher and use Docky .
So , i have created a new seeion and using some tweaking and playing around i have been successful to get rid of ...
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Unity 2D for 12.10
I'm using 12.10 with Unity 3D on my laptop and it's really laggy compared to when I used 12.04 with Unity 2D
How can I install Unity 2D for 12.10?
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Show desktop icon in lancher in unity 2D
I would like to have a "Show desktop" icon in my launcher. I've seen that there are already some threads about this issue but none of them solve the problem for Unity 2D (which I'm forced to use), ...
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Metacity malfunction preventing custom Gnome session from launching?
When I try to run Metacity in Ubuntu2D(12.04), I get the following message:
alisa@ubuntu:~$ metacity
Window manager warning: Screen 0 on display ":2.0" already has a window manager;
try using the --...
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Ubuntu 12.10 on Eee PC 1000?
I have an old Asus netbook (an Eee PC 1000) that has been a traveling companion of mine for quite some time. I installed Ubuntu on it after I bought it back in 2008, and have been updating it with ...
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How to use unity-2d-panel standalone with global menu
Can anyone tell me how to use only unity-2d-panel with global menu. When I load only unity-2d-panel I have problems with global menu, for example: I have close, minimize and maximize buttons on unity ...