Questions tagged [background]
Questions about using desktop backgrounds in Ubuntu.
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Command dependent on background job finishing
I am trying to run a background-job that should send an email after it terminates. The background-job can run several hours and should run independent of the Shell it was started in (because SSH will ...
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I broke the Gnome Settings –> Background
I was working toward creating a new background image slideshow. I created a new XML pair for the settings and for the slideshow. My proof-of-concept files worked (two images and transitions moving ...
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How do I stop a job in the background from outputing to the terminal? [duplicate]
I ran make in the terminal for Kismet on my Pi and it's been outputting to the terminal every 10 to 15 seconds, regardless of it is being run in the background or not.
I tried using CTRL+Z and running ...
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Run interactive program from ssh then disconnect and reconnect [duplicate]
From my laptop I'd need to start a ssh terminal to a remote desktop in which I'll run a long running program testdisk or photorec, then once I setup my selections start the data recovery. Then I'd ...
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rare submenu behaviour
I use Ubuntu Studio 22.04.1 LTS.
Since a while (a month, or something) I can see a very rare behaviour of the submenu of some apps.
Normally, I hope to get a standard list, with grey (or something but ...
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does GNOME wayland poll the background image from the URI actively?
Does gnome on wayland poll the background image URI periodically while drawing the desktop
or does it load the image data once in the Daemon until next restart?
basically I like to know what happens ...
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how to ensure background process nohup by default
I usually uses ctrl+z with bg to set process to background.
I had a glance that in certain circumstances the background processes will be terminated when the terminal be closed. Some variable can be ...
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In 22.10 my background no longer spans multiple monitors. Is there a fix?
Before I upgraded to 22.10 I had a nice background (a map) designed to span my 3 monitors. I've had to change it as this option no longer seems to be available and the background was massively ...
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Make desktop background true black (OLED)
I am trying to set a totally black background on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine.
I have tried to set a black wallpaper image and have also tried to remove the image and set it via hex code.
My OLED screen is ...
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How to change App Drawer Opacity/Size Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop
I have the gnome-shell.css pulled up
/home/.themes/Nordic-bluish-accent-v40/gnome-shell/
I was able to add
background-color: rgba(71, 68, 68, 1);
but it doesn't make the background transparent instead,...
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Blur My Shell Overview is not working
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Blur My Shell is turned on and it's not blurring the Overview
not blurry
toggle is turned on
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How to change Ubuntu Logo on Login Screen?
I changed the logo named ubuntu-logo.png under /usr/share/plymouth
But, it reverts to the original logo (please click/tap on the "Image" for reference) after I rebooted my system.
GDM ...
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icons in the background in Ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]
I was using Ubuntu 20.04 with gnome and it worked perfectly for me. Now after upgrading to 22.04, my background is full of icons, those of the files and directories of my home directory: this is awful ...
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Changing Background in Mate/Ubuntu 22.04
I just updated to Mate 22.04 - successfully: Now I would like to change the initial background (I do not like the jellyfish) and would like to return to Mate 20.04's background. I thought I can do ...
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How to run "Source file.sql" command from MySQL CLI in the background?
I am currently on Ubuntu 22.04.
I have over 30 SQL files that creates new databases and some of them are over 10G.
I dont want to import those files into MySQL using "MySQL < File.sql" ...
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background on screen and terminal "window" in wrong place
I use Ubuntu 20.04 on a Linux x86_64 system. Two questions.
Recently the background on my screen started showing a lot of little white boxes with names of many files in my home directory. This is ...
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Change background color of Files-manager ubuntu 22.04
Is there any way to change the background color (white) of Files-manager in ubuntu 22.04?
I tried tweak-tools and dconf-editor but did not find any solution.
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Undesired background compilation of Nvidia kernel module
Recently, on a fresh boot, I noticed a 100% usage of my whole CPU. Quickly browsing with htop I saw 4 cc1 process compiling something, but can't know what. So I leave a script in my home to catch all ...
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"tile" option is missing in Gnome Teaks / Background / Appearance / Adjustment in Ubuntu 22.04
"tile" option is missing in Gnome Teaks / Background / Appearance / Adjustment in Ubuntu 22.04. Is it a bug or is it intended this way?
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Corrupt Background
I am using Lubuntu 20.04. One day I found that my background was no longer an image, but instead, it took on whatever was previously sitting there on the screen. I tried to set a new background, but I ...
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Changing background of ubuntu file manager
I am actually trying to change the background of the ubuntu file manager from white to some background picture (Not solid colors). I tried all the gnome and utility tweaks but they change it to solid ...
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Splashy wallpaper not working in ubuntu 22.04 dark mode
I installed Splashy wallpaper in Ubuntu 22.04 and for light mode it works really fine but whenever I change to dark mode it switches back to the default jellyfish wallpaper.
Thanks in advance.
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Desktop background mysteriously changed
When I booted my computer this morning, the wrong wallpaper appeared. The image file for my regular wallpaper was still where it was supposed to be, and it's still available in the Plasma Desktop ...
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How do I set user background for lightDM login screen?
I am quite lost on how to set user-specific background.
There does not seem to be many resources on this matter.
Setting background from gnome-control-center does not work.
org.gnome.settings-daemon....
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How to change desktop background from command line in Wayland?
What is the command to change the desktop background from the command line in Wayland (Ubuntu 22.04)?
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wallpaper/background switches back to default when in dark mode 22.04 LTS
After upgrading to 22.04, I realized that the wallpaper/background will switch back to default jammy wallpaper when in dark model even after removing and setting it to solid color. This problem doesn'...
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Variety not working in dark mode on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
hello update from Ubuntu 21.10 to 22.04 but it turns out that after updating I have noticed that variety stopped working and no longer shows me my custom backgrounds in dark mode instead it shows me ...
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Images glitch out after suspending
I have Ubuntu 21.10, after each sleep, the background glitches out like this:
Also, sometimes the application, WiFi, sound, some letters, and battery icons get glitched out as well.
After I installed ...
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Make desktop background true black
I want to make my desktop background true black--as in, the monitor emits no light. I can set the background to a black image or to the solid color black, but the monitor still emits a little bit of ...
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Automatically update desktop background when underlying image file is modified
In Ubuntu 20.04, I use a custom png file that graphically displays stats on CPU usage, disk space, etc as background image. It works fine to set the image as background (right click on desktop -> ...
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Gnome desktop pixeled and no icons
I was playing with xfce and kde with ubuntu 20.04. When I came back to gnome (ubuntu-desktop, same if I use gnome classic), the actual desktop has no icons (I cannot click on it) and there are 'green ...
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Is it possible to have a different background on mutliple displays-Lubuntu?
I am a casual Linux user here, so my knowledge is limited.
The default Lubuntu background is stretching itself across both of my displays. I followed the directions to install stitchwp here: How to ...
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Get the color of a cell through a LibreOffice Calc formula
I would like to get the color (background or foreground) of a particular cell in a formula (in LIBREOFFICE CALC) so that the result depends on that color.
I would be grateful for tips on how to ...
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How to set a custom picture background on Ubuntu touch?
Simple question, but I could not manage to do it:
I found in Settings->Background to change the background. However, I found not way to select a picture from a file location.
From file browser, ...
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How to adjust a background wallpaper?
Windows used to have a feature to fill, tile, center, stretch etc. a wallpaper to set in the background. I recently set a wallpaper as the background image of my Ubuntu desktop, however by default it ...
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Different background for each workspace
In the past, setting the different backgrounds for each desktop was rather an easy thing to do.
I have not tried that for the past 2 years, and now I have been struggling for a few days to find a way ...
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Not able to change the login screen background ubuntu 20.04
I am not able to change the background at my login screen. tried the gnome extension way. Not working even after i already change it there, the background is still the default one. Used ubuntu tweak ...
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jobs shows nothing even with processes running in the background
I ran this script that runs several processes in parallel
./train-eyecnn.sh 9 0.1 0 "key_relative_gaze" | tee "../tmp/9_0.1_0.txt" &
./train-eyecnn.sh 9 0 0 "...
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Graphic image rendering corrupted
I'm using lubuntu 18.04 and I keep it up to date to avoid problems.
However, latelly I wanted to enable the Radeon graphic card to off-load the CPU, but enabling it results in a corrupted image as ...
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How do I set the desktop background to a single color, instead of an image? [duplicate]
How can I get a monochrome desktop background?
The context menu on the desktop background contains
"Change background..." accessing the Settings section "Background".
I can select ...
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How do I change the background to one and the same color during the whole boot process?
I have just installed Xubuntu 20.04 (dual boot) and changed the purple background screen to green. Before I see the green login screen I see the "old" purple background for 0.5 second. Why ...
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Is it possible to remove Debian 8 GRUB background from Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS?
I have two laptops upgraded to Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS.
The first laptop was upgraded Ubuntu 10.04 LTS → 12.04 LTS → 14.04 LTS MATE → 16.04 LTS MATE and then to Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS. For some reason ...
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How can I change latte dock background to the white without installing any theme?
I want to change my latte theme to white in Kubuntu but I don't know how I can do it and also I don't like to install a new theme just for changing the background.
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Make a live wallpaper
I have a question for you. How can i import a video and insert it as a background. Or let's say a GIF or something like that. I have searched in the ubuntu forums and they propose me to download live ...
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Cannot draw-user-backgrounds on greeter, Mate 20.04
Fresh install of Ubuntu Mate 20.04.1. Issue did not exist on earlier Mate 20.04 version. I have been running multiple users on Ubuntu for 10+ years (mostly vanilla flavor) and have never had this ...
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Can I make my wallpaper a fully functioning terminal on Ubuntu 20.04?
I would like to turn my wallpaper into a fully functioning terminal so I don't have to open one when I start my computer. Is there any way I could do this? By wallpaper, I mean background of course.
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Ubuntu 20.04 background -- is there a way to make the screensaver rotate/change every five minutes? [duplicate]
I would like to rotate/change screen saver on my background on Ubuntu 20.04.
Is there a way to have it change/rotate every five minutes?
Thanks
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Edit Gnome GTK2 & GTK3 settings systemwide to change default white background color
I need to change the #FFFFFF white background color to #808080 system-wide on all Gnome gtk2 and gtk3 apps windows on Lubuntu 18.04 LTS. Apps such as Firefox, Gnome Disks, Gnome Software and many ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 change background to solid colour
There was an option to change background to solid color. However, I notice that that option is no longer there.
The only options available are to use existing image or to add picture.
Was this setting ...
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Change white window and menu background the lxappearance had no effect on
I use Lubuntu 18.04 and changed system colors with LXAppearance using customized color scheme. Most of the installed software, main menu and PCManFM file manager accepted the color change, however ...
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