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How do I prevent these errors from showing up with GNOME keyring?
Background
Trying to update a repository, after a fresh install of Xubuntu 12.04, using:
git pull
Problem
The following message appeared:
WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: ...
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50 views
Is it possible to rename keyboard layouts as they appear in Xfce panel list?
I use four different keyboard layouts and three of them look too similar; it becomes confusing in practice.
In fact, one of these (ro_cedilla) is almost identical to US English keyboard, with ...
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Xfce forgets desktop icons positions
Sometimes, after logging out and in, Xubuntu forgets the positions of the desktop icons and re-arranges them on top-left as default.
I have tried a proposed solution on a similar subject. This locks ...
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How to install insync-beta-xfce, the Google Drive client for Xfce (thunarx-python missing)?
There are different types of Insync available for Ubuntu (see here).
I am trying to use it under Xfce, so the first choice would be to install the Xfce version.
But I get this error:
How to solve ...
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wmctrl ignore other workspaces
My question is very similar to Make wmctrl ignore other-than-current workspace's windows.
The fact is I use XFCE so wmctrl actually sees more desktops.
petr@sova:~$ wmctrl -d
0 * DG: 1600x900 ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 freezes way too often
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit desktop on a Lenovo E430 ( ThinkPad Edge ) laptop, with XFCE desktop. But it freezes very often. Usually when playing videos, browsing the web and viewing pictures ( or ...
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default application to open text file in Thunar under Awesome WM
I'm on Xubuntu 12.04 and using Awesome WM. In Awesome session, If I double click a plain text file(txt, asc, rb, py etc.) in Thunar, it opens with Abi Word. But I want it to open with a text editor ...
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How do I recover deleted entries from Xubuntu Settings Manager?
While playing with the "Edit Menu" (Application menu), I deleted some entries for settings (like "Display", "Appearance", "Desktop" etc.). This also deleted the entries in the Settings Manager.
How ...
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Xubuntu: Unable to bind arbitrary shortcut keys
I used to be able to bind any arbitrary shortcut key to launching external applications; in particular, I used to bind Ctrl+Shift+hjkl to a small utility which moves the mouse cursor around.
However, ...
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Xubuntu - how to disable SHIFT toggles numpad keys?
By default In Ubuntu I can perform SHIFT+HOME to select content from caret to start of string, while NUMLOCK is turned off. But if in that case I press just HOME, it will type 1 instead of moving ...
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142 views
XFCE, TTY, blank screen, not working shortcuts
I've got a strange problem with keyboard shortcuts.
After turning on my computer (or rebooting), and logging in, shortcuts don't work. To get them working, I have to log out and log in again. Then ...
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Keyboard volume shortcuts in XUBUNTU don't work
I have a Logitech K270 but I can't get the volume button shortcuts to work.
Actually when I click them, I see the popup on the top left of the window but the volume is not changed...
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Dual monitors: how to get the application switcher to show up only on monitor with active window?
I've seen questions looking for an answer to the exact opposite to what I'm asking now.
I've got Xubuntu 12.10 with a dual monitor setup.
Currently, when pressing Alt + Tab, the app switcher ...
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143 views
Nexus 7 can't rotate in xfce?
I installed xfce4 on my Nexus 7 running Ubuntu and after logging into it, I noticed that the desktop is basically stuck in portrait mode because auto-rotation doesn't work in it (I tried logging in ...
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132 views
Why did I stop getting Thunderbird email notifications?
I'm not getting notifications anymore, when a new email in Thunderbird arrives.
How can I fix this and continue getting notifications? I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 with the Xfce desktop environment.
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Ubuntuone-indicator icon missing in XFCE4 bar
I know for a fact that before I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 from 11 the ubuntuone-indicator icon worked just fine. I upgraded to the new Ubuntu and XFCE4 instead of Gnome and now the icon is a nothing ...
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Conky not showing desktop icons
I have installed the Inifinity style to Conky on my Ubuntu 12.04 system using XFCE4 as my WM and Desktop.
http://www.unixmen.com/infinity-a-stunning-theme-for-conky-ubuntu-linuxmint-fedora/
It works ...
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How do I solve a problem with opening the application menu?
I have a new problem that I can't find an answer to anywhere.
I am running Xubuntu 12.10 Xfce.
When I click on the top left icon, which is known as the Application menu, it gives me this error:
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219 views
static ip address from XFCE GUI
I'm interested in the IOGear Universal Wi-Fi N Adapter as a wifi adapter. The fine manual states:
Installation without WPS - Mac
Step 1: Turn off your computer’s wireless connection (if applicable) ...
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167 views
XFCE Display Setup
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on another PC, and decided to install XFCE (by installing xubuntu-desktop)
Everything works great, except XFCE refuses to store my screen resolution and setup.
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What are the different power modes in xfce?
I use xubuntu on a small netbook. I want to conserve the maximum amount of battery. I have turned down the brightness, but what is the difference between 'normal' and 'presentation' power modes in the ...
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Xubuntu 12.10 : Can't add account to network application
When I try to add an account to Gwibber/Pidgin (which are not system apps), it sends me to the "System parameters". It is impossible for me to add account to this apps. Any idea where it can come from ...
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I don't have a volume taskbar icon&keyboard shortcuts not doing anything
I don't have a volume shortcut to my taskbar.
When I use my Logitech's VOL+ and VOL- keys, I see the transparent popup icon but the actual volume is not changing.
I tried experimenting with ...
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How to detect html5 video playing in Chrome?
I am using a script to delay screensaver in xubuntu 12.04 while video playing.
However, the script can only detect flash player in Google Chrome. I want to add a new function to detect html5 video ...
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Is there any way to hide or remove the backup files in Xfce desktop
In my Xubuntu 12.04 I already updated to XFCE 4.10, but when I put text files on the desktop there is always backup files created.
Even though I use the shortcut link of that text file on my desktop, ...
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Keyboard repeat/delay is reset when plugging in usb keyboard in Ubuntu 12.10 xfce
Every time I plug in an external keyboard to my laptop the keyboard repeat and delay are set to the slow default. My current workaround is to open the keyboard settings dialog and slightly move the ...
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1answer
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How can I hide mounted volumes when I still want USB volumes to appear on the desktop?
Xubuntu 12.10
XFCE 4.10 with Thunar 1.6.2
I have two greyed out mounted (or "mountable") volumes on my desktop:
If I right-click on them, I can mount them, implying they appear not be mounted ...
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355 views
How can I change GTK3 themes from XFCE or Openbox?
Running Ubuntu 12.10, the problem I'm having is that when running XFCE or Openbox as my desktop I cannot seem to switch the gtk theme away from the default Ambiance.
I've tried gtk-theme-switch, ...
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167 views
How to use Xfce4-display-settings terminal commands?
What I want is a terminal command that would activate internal display in case it is de-activated in Xfce. (Then, I could run this command by a script+shortkey and get a solution to this problem). The ...
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158 views
Make Xfce display manager use internal monitor after restart
By default, if I connect an external display under Xfce, it is not activated until I choose to in xfce4-display-settings or lxrandr.
If set to use external display only and then restart with that ...
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Xfce power manager does not follow GUI setting not to shut down the display
I want my laptop not to turn off monitor when on AC power under any circumstance.
And yet it becomes dark after a while - 10 minutes I guess.
I think the Xfce GUI settings involved are these here:
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How to remove Mathematica menu from xfce applications menu?
How can I remove the Wolfram Mathematica menu from the Xfce applications menu? The Mathematica menu doesn't show up in alacarte... I'm using Xubuntu 12.10 64-bit.
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Home folder got deleted after XFCE reinstall
I messed with some files and I broke xfce, and I did these 2 commands:
apt-get install --reinstall xfce4 and apt-get install --reinstall xfce4-session
Now my home folder got completely wiped out and ...
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Removed some directories being root and Xubuntu won't start
I had some problems before doing this where xfce won't start (applications started, but no borders and couldn't type anything on the keyboard) and someone told me to use this command sudo rm -rf ...
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I broke my .nvidia-settings-rc file - can't see X
I was changing something in Nvidia Settings/COnfig in XFCE and now when I book to X screen is blank. I tried to book in console mode, worked, and when I try to launch nvidia-settings from the term I ...
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Problems after system upgrade in XUBUNTU
I did the following in my computer :-
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get upgrade
After restarting the computer, I see the visuals of my Desktop changed. Also, there is not even single ...
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Resolution will NOT change. xfce-bug
I have this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/331751?comments=all in Ubuntu 12.10.
I've played Teeworld, and after I exitted it, the screen was in 640X480.
It does not ...
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xfce windows are missing toolbar, focus is broken
It's subtle, but as you can see in the screenshot:
there are no min, max or close buttons on the windows. The edges of windows can be resized, but it doesn't help the situation. Clicking on a ...
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xubuntu & kde 12.10 switch to black screen/console - mouse pointer still visible - what can I do
So I am experiencing similar symptoms to this bug. It clearly states that it's fixed and similar symptoms should be reported as new.
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Xubuntu 12.10 vs Linux Mint 14 XFCE [closed]
How are these two distributions different: Xubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint 14 XFCE given that the latter is based on Ubuntu 12.10? Simply the changes made to the XFCE desktop made by the Mint team and ...
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Should I use ZimageZ in Xubuntu xfce to store my screenshots? [closed]
xfce4-screenshooter is offering to upload your screenshots automatically to zimagez.com but how long will they keep your screenshots there?
See this article about the tool on webud8.org
If it is not ...
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Can I change the color of tabs in gedit?
under Xfce 4 (Xubuntu 4.8) the tabs of gedit appear black with dark grey writing (at least on my PC it does). Obviously this makes it pretty hard reading the file names that are open. Changing the ...
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Why isnt IBus functional (in Xfce)?
I'm trying to use IBus to type in Japanese. I have set up the Anthy IME properly, and the "enable or disable" setting to function when pressing ctrl+space.
In any case, it's simply not working.
I ...
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Can a script starting with a bad shebang line work?
Creating certain scripts to use in Lubuntu/LXDE as described here that should look like this
and were made to be run by shortcut as described in the last part of that answer, in order to search on ...
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How to configure xfce4-screenshooter settings
xfce4-screenshooter is the standard screenshot program in XFCE on Xubuntu.
how can I configure the settings about which format it saves the screenshot in and in which folder?
I noticed, that my ...
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Can I change the look of the panel icons in XFCE?
I'd like to make the notification and workspaces symbols (all in the so-called Panel 1) a bit brighter. Or change them to whatever makes them a bit more distinguishable.
Currently, it looks like ...
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Every time I start Mythbuntu the xfce menu shows, I have to restart MythTV to get it full screen
I'm running an up-to-date (I did an apt-get upgrade last night) Mythbuntu install (myth 0.26) as a combined backend/frontend.
Every night I shut down the machine and turn it back on in the morning. I ...
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how can i update xfce 4.8 to 4.10 in Ubuntu Studio?
I would like to know how can i update xfce 4.8 to 4.10 in Ubuntu Studio?
Also Just Xfce desktop update not other software.
Thanks
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Xubuntu 12.10: Possible to use animated gifs as a background?
I really, really want to use
http://www.reddit.com/r/cinemagraphs
I've done a lot of research on this, but the answers seem to vary greatly and I haven't had much success with any of the other ...
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XFCE panel overlaying windows
I have set up a panel (panel no.2, from 0,1,2 ) in xfce ubuntu, and I want it to be at desktop level - covered by windows. I found something about it on the archlinux wiki.
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