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Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar" Ubuntu 17.10
In my computer with Ubuntu 16.04, I solved it installing the package overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall overlay-scrollbar-gtk2
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How to remove overlay-scrollbars in Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04?
The reason why solutions working in older Ubuntu versions do not work anymore are changes in CSS which GTK+ uses for styling and layout.
Put this into your ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css (create the file, ...
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scrollbar Issue in Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop
Thanks to DK Bose the problem is solve, and this is what I did..
To fix the slider magnet problem, I installed a tool called "Unity Tweak Tool"
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
Launch the app,...
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How do I get rid of the Ubuntu scrollbars and theming in Firefox 46.0?
This appears to be a bug with the GTK3 theme, probably Firefox is using the wrong theme information for the pop-ups and the scroll bar.
I partially fixed this for myself by switching the theme for ...
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Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar" Ubuntu 17.10
You have three options here:
Ignore the warnings
Remove overlay-scrollbar stuff
#Step 1
echo "export GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0" >> ~/.profile
#Step 2
mkdir -p ~/.config/gtk-3.0
cat <<EOF &...
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Is there any way in ubuntu 22.04 to add up/down arrows to all scrollbars (default)?
to add scrollbar arrows to all ubuntu 22.04 themes:
Create a file in /home/yourusername/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css containing the following:
*{
-GtkScrollbar-has-backward-stepper: 1;
-GtkScrollbar-has-...
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Failed to load modules Matlab R2019a
Re the overlay scrollbar message, you have 3 options:
Ignore it, as it is harmless; you'll just get normal scrollbars.
Install overlay-scrollbar-gtk2 so you have the overlay scrollbar module for GTK2 ...
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How do I get rid of the Ubuntu scrollbars and theming in Firefox 46.0?
What you could do is to install and use a complete theme for Firefox that includes its own scrollbars etc. This won't look like the old default, but I bet you can find something similar or even nicer.
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How to disable the hiding of scrollbars in version 16.04 and up
With 15.10 Ubuntu switched to Gnome-scrollbars. Searching for this topic I found https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/37bp1r/how_do_i_disable_316s_overlay_scrollbars/ where it is suggested to use ...
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How to remove overlay-scrollbars in Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04?
Possible solution is to switch theme from Ambiance or Radiance to Adwaita with gnome-tweaks:
Install gnome-tweaks with sudo apt-get install gnome-tweaks
Launch gnome-tweaks
Go to Appearance tab, in ...
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Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar" Ubuntu 17.10
on 64bit LTS18.04, overlay-scrollbar-gtk2 did not get rid of the gtk-message Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar while overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386 did the job, that is:
sudo apt-get install --...
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Is there a way to blacklist an individual application from using overlay-scrollbars?
I have got the following working in Ubuntu 14.04 with Eclipse Mars 4.5.2, thanks to http://osdir.com/ml/ubuntu-bugs/2015-05/msg10672.html
$ more ~/.local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
[Desktop ...
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