Lightweight and fast free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms.
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Login takes ages after upgrade to XFCE 4.10
I updated my Xubuntu to XFCE 4.10. After that my first login after reboot takes up to several minutes.
How do I find out the culprit?
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How to increase audio levels on Xfce?
I have Ubuntu installed and installed Xfce as the interface which I run because it's faster.
Since I am using a laptop, my speakers are sometimes much lower than what I like them to be which is why ...
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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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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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Recommendation about screen lock application in xubuntu?
I'm using xubuntu 12.04 precise now, the default lock screen application is xsreensaver. Its lock screen window is so ugly that I decided to change a new one.
I have tried some other lock screen ...
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Trying to remap Caps Lock in Xubuntu, but Keyboard Layouts Plugin resets everything
I am using Keyboard Layouts Plugin to switch between two layouts.
I want to remap Caps Lock to underscore "_"
First I empty Caps Lock, or otherwise caps lock will do both – toggle caps and produce ...
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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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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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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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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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appmenu on Xubuntu 12.10
Is there anyone who succesfully use an appmenu on Xubuntu 12.10?
Before answering please note that I tried with xfapplet (which is no longer available on 12.10) and with this package XFCE appmenu, ...
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Switch windows only in current workspace and display
I have recently acquired a second display for use with my laptop running Ubuntu with xfce and compiz. However, one thing that has been bugging me is window switching: my second monitor has 2 windows ...
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Xbuntu Application Menu Not Refreshing
When a new program gets installed, the item is in the edit menu area, but does not show up in the applications menu. This is fixed if I close my session of xfce and log back in, but it seems ...
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XFCE running but core features not working
Suddenly, my xfce4 desktop manager is behaving very weird: the frame around windows for moving or closing them are missing, I cannot switch between windows or bring windows in the background by ...
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Is there a task switcher (alt-tab) for linux (xfce) that allows to select application by a mouse click
i feel that standard task switcher in linux (xfce) isn't very good. For example it doesn't allow you to select an application by mouse clicking on it. On windows for example, there is a program called ...
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How to make XFCE show the Shutdown Menu?
I have installed XFCE on an "Ubuntu Server" (in a Virtual Machine) so I have a small and fast environment. But when I want to log out, I usually (not always) see a gray shutdown and reboot button, but ...
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Nvidia-settings overrides my XFCE settings (styles,fonts,colors)
I added a monitor via the Nvidia settings tool and saved to /etc/X11/xorg.conf . When I restarted X all the WM styles seemed grey and "default" - basic.
I moved xorg.conf.backup to xorg.conf, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Device is busy error when trying to unmount tmpfs home area
I have been trying to get pam_mount to mount a tmpfs drive for domain users, so that it is volatile storage and is cleared on every logout. The problem I found was that although the area would mount ...
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How to increase icon size of xfce4-panel window buttons (panel-tasklist-menu)
After searching for a solution for a few days, I believe that this could be a bug. After increasing the height of the xfce-panel I noticed, that the icons of the window buttons remained small. Because ...
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XFCE on Nexus 7: onboard and closing windows
I have recently installed XFCE on my Nexus 7 Ubuntu installation and I really like the increased speed, but I just have two issues with it:
The onboard does not pop up automatically when I click on ...
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Can I add a shortcut in xubuntu to make a top panel (one with window buttons) appear on the screen even if in fulscreen mode?
When I used windows xp, when I pressed a key with the windows logo, start menu opened and the bottom panel with window buttons appeared no matter what. Even in a fullscreen mode it was possible to ...
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User Switching in XFCE 12.04 with LightDM and dumping unneeccesary Gnome libs
I'm an elder non-techie Mac-to-Linux convert trying to play the linux tech game by ear, so please be gentle! :)
I am running XFCE Ubuntu 12.04 totally on a 8-gig flash drive and it's fantastic. I am ...
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Missing icons in a GNOME app in XFCE
I'm running Xubuntu (12.10). I was looking for a simple standalone contacts manager and ended up installing gnome-contacts. Some of the icons appear don't seem to be showing up properly though:
Is ...
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what is the issue between VLC and Firefox in ubuntu 12.04?
In ubuntu with the XFCE interface when I have VLC loaded and attempt to load Firefox the video freezs and loops for almost a minute. I have a 64 bit AMD with 2 gb of ram. I am also running a nvidia ...
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xcalib doesn't take effect until after I suspend
I'm running xcalib to fix my colour profile in Ubuntu 12.10 xfce running on a macbook pro 13".
When I run xcalib nothing happens. If I then suspend and wake the laptop then the colour profile is ...
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Why are items missing from System Settings; how do I get them back?
My settings window currently looks like this:
Obviously, a lot of items should be there and they aren't. They have been present before in XFCE and in Unity. I've seen other questions about losing ...
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Suspend button only shows screensaver, Not suspending
Running Ubuntu 12.04 with xfce desktop.
When I do a suspend my monitor fades to black, prints some information to a console, and then shows the screensaver. It does not suspend.
This happens when ...
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How to setup a lightweight keyboard-friendly window manager with add ons
I was looking for a lightweight windows manager with focus on doing things by keyboard. Most of the lightweight desktop environment such as XFCE or window manager such as Fluxbox, etc., doesn't allow ...
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XFCE: preview windows while cycling
IN XFCE, while cycling through windows, you see only empty frames with location of window.
There is no content in it.
Is there a way to make windows semi-transparent during cycling so that to see ...
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How can i restore the 4 original workspaces in Ubuntustudio? Now i have only 1
Ubuntustudio 12.04, kernel 3.2.0-23-low latency Hp Pavillion MS 220la AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual core Processor 3250e 1500MHz.
When i last turned on the computer, i found only 1 workspace. At settings ...
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Distorted Audio in Xfce; Audio perfect in Unity
As the title suggests, when I am in an xfce session, my audio is distorted by quite a fair amount. However, under Unity, the audio is perfect.
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Customizing ubuntu studio 13.04
I have recently switched from original ubuntu 12.10 to ubuntu studio 13.04. After some research I found out I could install compiz to this as well. I have to go to the terminal and run compiz ...
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Program works on gnome 3, does not work on xfce
I wrote some C++ program, using qt and gstreamer, where I take photo from the webcam, then I open the folder with the saved image with image icon selected.
To open folder I have tried :
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Set XFCE Running Task Icons
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 with XFCE (not Xubuntu) and I can't figure out how to set the icons that are used in the task bar / task switcher. In the application menu, GVim has an icon, but in my task ...
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XFCE GTK themes not working at all
I cannot use any GTK themes at all in Xubuntu 13.04. It worked up until I tried to (unsuccessfully) setup 3 monitors.
EDIT: I ran gtk-window-decorator --replace and got
Window manager warning: ...
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Chrome automatically starts on boot while using xfce
As I said in title, when I boot my PC and after system loads, Chrome starts automatically. I checked in startup application, and I couldn't find Chrome entry. Can anyone tell me why Chrome starts ...
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Xubuntu 13.04 Thunar can't open files
I'm using Xubuntu 13.04 and I have problems with Thunar. when I double click on desktop icon (non folder) I get this error: Process /usr/bin/Thunar exited with status 1
But when I press right mouse ...
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Xubuntu XFCE switcher icons
Is it possible to somehow modify the XFCE alt+tab switcher?
What I'd like:
use theme icons (for some apps it uses some lowres-non-theme ones, for others it works nice)
don't make tiny previews for ...
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lsusb command does not showing anyting
I am entering the terminal command 'lsusb' in my ubunutu 10.04 with xfce desktop system. But it does not showing any driver or device information.
Is any thing wrong in my command. or are there any ...
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mouse focus signals on desktop notifications
As the title suggests is there any way to signal the application when the mouse is focused on the notification instance it created.
The code (Vala) that I'm using for that is as follows
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Chromebook: Map Search Key to ctrl, ubuntu
I've got ubuntu running on chromebook using crouton.
How do I map the search key to the ctrl action.
Similar to this, swapping the caps lock key and the ctrl key.
/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option ...
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The sound of my Ubuntu only works at the login screen and in the Xfce desktop enviroment
As stated in the title, the sound of my Ubuntu 12.04 only works at the login screen and in the Xfce desktop environment.
I have no clue what to do. I have already installed the correct drivers!
$ ...
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xfce-mixer does not work as expected
I am using ubuntu 12.04 and I chagne to xfce 4.6.
Then I found that I can get no voice when I play a mp3 using the audacious or watch some video in youtube.
And I found the xfce-mixer which is used ...
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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 ...
