Questions tagged [unity]

For questions regarding the Unity desktop environment, including configuring and using Unity. Unity has been the default Ubuntu desktop environment from Ubuntu 11.04 to Ubuntu 17.04.

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GNOME Desktop: Shortcut to move window to "the next screen"

In the Unity desktop (e.g. Ubuntu 16.04) it is possible to create a shortcut (with a Unity tweaking tool) to move the selected window to "the next screen" (or "the other screen"). ...
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Can't drag 'n drop terminal window on screen

Running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS with gnome desktop, fully updated. If I open a terminal (ctrl+alt+t) it invariably opens in the upper-left corner of the screen and I cannot drag the window to a different ...
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New install of ubuntu 22.04.1LTS new machine, no desktop folder in files, only home & has everything on desktop there

I have since my last post got a new machine: Asus520M-Plus 16GiB Mem AMD® Ryzen 5 5600 6-core processor × 12 NV167 Graphics 1.5 TB Disk Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS 64-bit Gnome ver42.4 Wayland Also got an Asus ...
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Is it possible to restart the unity panel without restarting compiz?

I'm being hit (quite often) by that bug where you can't click on some indicators. It's easy to fix by restarting unity, but that usually also means running to the risk of upsetting some window on re-...
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How to launch application as root from Unity Launcher?

Mainly I am looking for a way to pin an application to the Unity launch bar, and run it as root. Currently, even if I start the application with sudo, and pin it after it starts, it will start as ...
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xdotool windows tilling 3 x 3 grid

What I want to do? I want to be able to click on a window (terminal window, any software window, etc...) to activate it and click on a shortcut key which will resize and move the active window to a ...
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How to keep terminal open after launching desktop file

I'm running a python script and its only output is to the terminal. The problem is, when launched from a desktop file, the terminal closes before I can scroll through the output to read it. What's a ...
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How to reinstate window buttons in GNOME software and GNOME calendar in Ubuntu Unity?

I am running Ubuntu Unity 22.10. For some reason, GNOME Software (the one installed with apt, not the snap store) and GNOME Calendar do not have a titlebar, and do not have any window buttons. It ...
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Clickable Gnome-style notifications in Unity

I was looking for a way to get gnome style notifications in Unity. Or at least, if there´s a way of making the default Unity notifications interactive and clickable? As it is by default only a ...
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Make wmctrl ignore other-than-current workspace's windows

I rely on wmctrl a lot to switch between windows, basically to avoid typing alt-tab many times. I've always used one workspace but now I want to begin using more than one. I was wondering if it is ...
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Plank issues: not showing active programs nor reopen minimized windows

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity and Plank 0.11.3, with the GTK theme. Plank won't show the active apps -even the pinned ones- and, if I switch to a different window/program, instead of reopening ...
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Ubuntu Unity crash due to glade2script-python3, can I remove it?

It happened twice in ~2 months, since I replaced Gnome with Unity (ubuntu 22.04.1). While watching a YT video in Chrome, and Unity just froze. The video was looping (audio only), repeating the last 2 ...
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two monitors and unity workspaces settings

I have two monitors on my Ubuntu system. Ubuntu recognized two monitors perfectly well. I use unity for workspace settings. The issue is when I seperate the screen on workspace settings in unity, two ...
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What is the difference when running a program via terminal and via Desktop Launcher?

I wish to launch a program in Ubuntu 20.04. If I run it from terminal: $ /usr/bin/eclipse Everything works perfectly. However, I wish to run it from the desktop icon, so I created a desktop icon ...
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How can I edit tooltips for unity launcher icons

I want to change the tooltips for some icons in unity launcher. Is there any way we can do that?
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Desktop and Nautilus fonts suddenly HUGE

I am running 14.04 (x64) with an nVidia card. About a week ago, the desktop and Nautilus fonts both ballooned in size, and I have been unable to find compiz or unity settings that address this. ...
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Ubuntu text is randomly corrupted

From time to time all the text in my Ubuntu Desktop menus gets corrupted. The text inside the applications is OK, but it looks like all, or most, of the text related to Gnome is corrupted. This ...
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while opening VS code it is throwing error saying " Unable to write program user data"

Screenshot of the dialog box which comes while opening VSCode: my question is about vscode error after the new update of ubuntu.
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How do I put a web application on the Launcher?

Sometimes I see pictures of screenshots with people with web applications and nice icons on their launcher, how can I set this up?
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Cleaning Unity from ubuntu 22.04

im still working on cleaning my upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04.1 ( i remember that my 20.04 came from upgrading 18.04 and this came from 16.04). I want to delete Unity, as ubuntu 22.04 uses gnome 42/41. ...
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How to install Pinegrow 3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.2?

How to install Pinegrow 3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.2? Pinegrow has changed the way the packaged .zip file gets installed. I cannot find a .deb file and cannot seem to run program from command line. I can't ...
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Is there any Auto-scroll focus in Ubuntu?

In Windows 10, there is a nice new behavior with the scrolling: When you start to scroll on a window who aren't focus, window acquire the focus and scroll automatically. In the previous Window and ...
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In Unity, how to see the "real window" when being dragged with the mouse?

In Unity, while moving a window, its "shadow" moves first, then, when the mouse is released, it's actually moved to the desired position. Is there a way to have the actual window moving, ...
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Brand logo after login

I changed my desktop to Ubuntu Mate and came back to Ubuntu default desktop. Now after entering my password I see my laptop brand logo for a few seconds. After that Ubuntu starts normally so is not a ...
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Multiple chromium icons in launcher of 14.04 LTS

EDIT 2014-04-19: To add a little extra context to my question, these are the original instructions I followed http://ricardofeliciano.me/how-to-create-a-unity-launcher-icon-for-each-chromechromium-...
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Switching workspaces on primary display only

I'd like to be able to switch workspaces only on the primary monitor and make the secondary monitor static. If I remember correctly this can easily be done in Gnome but I can't find this option in ...
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How can I fix garbled text and icons in gnome-shell title bar, task bar, and prompts without reseting the session?

gnome-shell crashed at some point and, upon reloading, all the text and almost all icons in the title bar, task bar, menus, and prompts are garbled. I have a process that's been running for a week now;...
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How to turn off fix Ubuntu UI issues?

I have been using Ubuntu 20.04 (dual booted with Windows) happily for a year. Recently, I didn't run Ubuntu for a week and was using Windows for long. Then I booted up Ubuntu and I started finding ...
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Remove Gnome safely? (after installing Unity)

There are already some other threads about removing Gnome. But my concern did not seem to be addressed anywhere, I think. I installed Unity and couldn't be happier. Now the Gnome packages are totally ...
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How to configure GNOME 3 to show icons on desktop

In Ubuntu 11.04, files in /home/user/Desktop appear as icons on the desktop. It seems that they do not under GNOME 3 using GNOME Shell (for example on Fedora 15). How do I configure that? Update: ...
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Unity: select link

Have "migrated" from Gnome to Unity (22.04.1), sudo apt update sudo apt install ubuntu-unity-desktop and I must say that after a couple weeks of use Unity appears to be faster and less ...
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Client side decorations are not removed in some gtk apps

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 with Unity desktop and also have gtk3-nocsd package installed. But some programs like bulky which I have downloaded from Linux Mint website work with this and show CSD instead. ...
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What is the difference in between these two launching options, and how can I fix it?

I have to launch my eclipse with first setting LC_MESSAGES=C (long story, I need this variable, otherwise I will loose some functionality). So, if I run eclipse from terminal: $ LC_MESSAGES=C /usr/bin/...
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Chrome opens offscreen, does not retain position on close

I recently got a ThinkPad X260 with i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 1920x1080 resolution, and a 500GB Samsung SSD that I put in it. After spending some time distro hopping I have returned to the Canonical ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 can't see system tray icons such as steam, teams icon

My bottom bar is like this: This is session: canerveg@canerVegan  ~  loginctl SESSION UID USER SEAT TTY 29 1000 canerveg seat0 tty2 c3 118 gdm seat0 tty1 ...
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How do I reboot login screen?

After locking Ubuntu 14.04 and invoking login screen sometimes I get the page with disabled password field. How can I restart login screen in command line without restarting whole X server?
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indicator-datetime blinks after turning on calendar syncronization

I'm using ubuntu 22.04 with Unity deskop, and when I add a new online account and enable calendar syncronization indicator-datetime blinks, looks like it's constantly crashing and restarting itself. ...
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Show all windows from all workspaces [Super + Shift + w] in Ubuntu 18.04.2 as in Ubuntu 16.04

After switching to Ubuntu 18.04 from Ubuntu 16.04 most of the shortcuts associated with the Super key (Windows logo key) stopped working. It was pretty convenient to press Super+w to show all windows ...
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How to show (raise) all windows of an application?

I have an application using multiple windows. How can I quickly bring all the windows of that application to the foreground? When I scroll through the applications with the scroll-wheel it only ...
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What is this "forbidden" icon in my systray?

The following is a systray applet icon that appeared in my Unity session after I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.10. Its menu is tall, narrow and empty. What is it?
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Double Icon on the Ubuntu Unity Desktop dashboard

Installed qgis from flatpak during the first start it created three icons as shown in the image, of which only one qgis desktop is really the start icon. Wonder how I can delete those two remaining ...
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How to enable tap-to-click in libinput on Ubuntu 19.04 x11 Unity

How to enable tap to click, double tap to right click and other such behaviours in libinput on Ubuntu 19.04 x11 Unity. Enabing Tap to click in Mouse and Touchpad settings makes no difference. The ...
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How can I remove launcher drive icons?

I can't disable showing drive's icons in Launcher bar. I have looked for that option both in CCSM (it used to be in Experimental tab) and in dconf-editor (desktop->unity) and it is missing. How can I ...
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How to get Aero Glass effect in Unity?

How can I enable an effect like Aero Glass in Windows, applied to the Unity dash and top panel in Ubuntu 12.10?
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Ubuntu 22.04 how do I remove google drive from favorites

Yesterday I updated to 22.04, which looks very nice. There is one thing which I would like to change on my system. On the Ubuntu dock is a link to Nautilus opening my Google Drive. While having ...
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Netbeans shows two icons on Launcher

I use netbeans in Ubuntu Natty. I have added it in the launcher and it works. But there is an issue. When I start netbeans it shows two Icons. One is for the launcher and the other for the active ...
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dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: The given address is empty

So I got this script change_wallpaper, based from the answer from this: Automatically change Ubuntu wallpaper at a certain hour and ran it through cron. # For changing wallpaper at a certain time */1 ...
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What is your favorite HexEditor? [closed]

What are the most available open source GUI hex-editor for the Ubuntu LTS 14.04 Desktop? I have HexEdit running on OS X, and am looking for something similar. A bit more modern perhaps, with good ...
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20.04 LTS -- unity or appmenu?

20.04 LTS current. I keep seeing the diagnostic Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" Failed to load module appmenu-gtk-module + canberra-gtk-module suggests sudo apt install appmenu-...
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Increase mouse cursor size on Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

I tried all the suggestions here but none seem to work for me (after reboot/logout). Interesting that the "Budgie Desktop Settings" are 'honored' (change Style/Cursors/DMZ-Black|White) but ...

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