Questions tagged [gnome-control-center]
Use this tag to ask questions about `gnome-control-center` - a graphical user interface to configure various aspects of GNOME.
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Wine32 conflicts with gnome control center
I tried install wine32 on my ubuntu 22.04 it setting option disappeared. I reinstall gnome-control-center with colord and libgd3, now settings came but wine stopped working. How can I keep both ...
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Issues trying to install gnome-control-center [duplicate]
Trying to reinstall gncome control center and keep getting the following issue:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not ...
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Can't open gnome-control-center: gtk_style_context_add_provider_for_screen: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed cannot open display: :1
when I used gnome-control-center it gave me a segfault error, so I tried sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-control-center but nothing changed.
After searching I tried export CLUTTER_BACKEND=gdk ...
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Screen Display settings empty after upgrade to 22.04 with Unity instead of GNOME
For reasons, I installed Unity on top of my 20.10 Ubuntu, so I could use ccsm. When I upgraded to 22.04, the unity-control-center would no longer run or install because it's missing pulseaudio.
But ...
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How to fix gnome control center (monitor submenu) showing duplicate refresh rates
My gnome-control-center show up duplicate refresh rates, like: 50Hz,50Hz; 59,54Hz/59,54Hz; 60Hz,60Hz ... (under xorg, wayland no issue)
xrandr command returns fine refresh rates for specified display.
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Ubuntu 20.04 doesn't show external display options
I am trying to connect my laptop to an external display (TV/projector) using a Ugreen HDMI-to-USB C adapter. This process has worked on my windows system but ubuntu doesn't show this option for me at ...
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gnome-control-center was removed without me knowing
As a new user of Ubuntu 22.04, I update my system on a daily basis. Today, I found that my Gnome control center has been removed from my system without my knowledge. I want to know if this is related ...
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Settings is displayed on the top right and is also opened but not displayed in the screen
Tried all the answers, removed gnome-control-center and installed it again, did the killall gnome-control-center answer too, did not work. The settings is opened but it is not displayed. The preview ...
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System broke, most things aren't opening
In my system many apps are not working the terminal fails to start and Settings disappeared from app menu. I tried searching for the
settings app in file explorer and there's only one option in it.
I ...
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gnome-control center fails with "Unable to initialize Clutter" on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Full error:
$ gnome-control-center
(gnome-control-center:850129): Clutter-CRITICAL **: 11:37:01.083: Unable to initialize Clutter: Unable to initialize the Clutter backend: no available drivers ...
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gnome-control-center won't start
starting gnome-control-center returns with an error
gnome-control-center: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/samba/libsamdb-common.so.0: undefined symbol: ldb_msg_element_add_value, ...
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Adding Google Account in Ubuntu 22.04 produces error in gnome-control-center
In Ubuntu 22.04 (Gnome 42.2) "gnome-control-center/add account" when adding Google account produces following error:
$ gnome-control-center
libEGL warning: DRI2: failed to authenticate
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22.04 gnome-control-center GLib segmentation fault
Since updating to 22.04, the settings menu segfaults every time I try to start it. I see some other threads with this issue - one who stopped using ubuntu as a solution, and the other answers did not ...
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gnome-control-center segfaults aftter pressing "sound" tab
I have ubuntu 20.04 with LightDM and custom WM. Lately, the gnome-control-center app started to crash whenever I open "sound" tab. Since the app always open on the last tab, whenever I try ...
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libpython3.10 : Depends: libpython3.10-stdlib (= 3.10.4-3ubuntu0.1) but 3.10.6-1+focal1 is to be installed (Ubuntu 22.04 missing settings)
Fresh from upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, the Gnome-control-center (settings) was missing. I could not find anyone who resolved this specific issue.
I tried installing gnome-control-center sudo ...
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System Settings window is not accessible
System setting iconI am using 18.04, and system settings window is not accessible but icon is appearing. I have tried every method available on askubuntu but none of them is working. How can I fix ...
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Pop-up window goes blank when adding Google account in GNOME Control Center
I just updated to the 22.04 point release from 20.04, and noticed that my Google account in GNOME control center was not logged in (Geary wasn't able to connect to my email account).
When I try to add ...
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Settings window does not open in Ubuntu 22.04
I've been an ubuntu user for the last 5 years, I newly upgrade from 20.1 to 22.04 and my settings aren't working, I tried to install the gnome-control-center but the terminal reply me with the ...
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22.04 gnome control center segmentation fault
After a recent update, I am getting seg fault when opening Settings, gnome control center. Anyone else having this issue?
Kinda disappointed with linux now, decided to start using linux again after ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 gnome-control-center or Gnome system Settings not opening
New, and updated, installation of Ubuntu 22.04 on a Asus K52J Pc (2010). The gnome-control-center (aka Gnome system Settings) is not opening.
I can see the icon on the left bar, and if I right-click ...
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How to set dark/light mode from the GNOME session in Ubuntu 22.04?
Back on 21.10, just picking whichever theme, dark or not, in GNOME Tweaks, set the desktop to that theme.
Now on 22.04, due to the switch of some apps to libadwaita I assume, you need to set Dark/...
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gnome-control-center appearance tab broken
When opening the appearance tab in gnome-control-center, it crashes.
Then it won't open again, until in dconf-editor I overwrite the value org.gnome.control-center.last-panel from "ubuntu", ...
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getting error Error: module pwquality: child process exited with code 1 while building gnome-control-center repository
I m new in GTK development with the meson build system and have built a gnome-control-center repository that is using meson build system and built-in c on my system's virtual machine but on a VPS it's ...
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can not open settings from GUI
I can launch gnome-control-center from terminal without problem.
But I can not launch settings from activity by searching it.
My os information:ubuntu 20.04 LTS
after click settings from activity ...
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Multiple monitor identifier
I have a multiple monitor setup running Ubuntu 20.04 with gnome. The settings app display section shows a small pop up at the left top with a number to identify individual monitor. Is there a way to ...
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settings control by keyboard impossible?
situation:
Having a bluetooth mouse on Ubuntu 20.04, I sometimes attach it to another computer.
When wanting to re-attach, one has to go to settings without an easily reachable mouse and take the ...
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System language (login screen display language) overwrites my user's language set by GNOME Settings after (re)boot
Edit 1: I'm running Ubuntu GNOME 20.04. I'm trying to set a display language for my user's session different from the system's language (login screen display language) but I've been unsuccessful so ...
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Problems reinstalling MySQL
I tried to reinstall MySQL but I was having problems. Initially I tried to solve the problem by reinstalling GNOME control center, but this didn't work and I am still experiencing problems trying to ...
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gnome-control-center segmentation faults when launched
For some weeks now, maybe since upgrading to 21.04 (maybe earlier, not sure), gnome-control-center has been segfaulting every time I try to run it, right at start up. The gnome-control-center package ...
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Can't Install Gnome-Control-Center on Ubuntu
I installed xfce4 on my ubuntu today i removed it and installed Gnome back, but after that i had issues where my setting was not able to open i searched about it and found that gnome-control-center ...
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Installing "gnome-control-center" after Upgrade to 20 yields "pkgProblemResolver" error
I upgraded to Ubuntu 20 from 18 and the settings where missing. I tried to install them with:
sudo apt install gnome-control-center
Which fails with:
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated ...
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System settings won't start in Ubuntu
My settings didn't work from the new update in my Ubuntu software. Whenever I try to run it, it just doesn't run at all.
When I try to open my settings in my terminal,
$ gnome-control-center
This was ...
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gnome-control-center: symbol lookup error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstvideo-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: gst_aggregator_simple_get_next_time
A few days back I was trying to build wxWidgets-3.15 library on Ubuntu 21.04 with multiple flags enabled. I've had some issues with the build so I made a ticket on that on stackoverflow.
Unfortunately,...
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gnome-control-center won't load in Ubuntu 20
After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, my gnome-control-center no longer loads due to a symbol lookup error:
$ gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/...
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Error while trying to run "gnome-control-center display"
I have an issue opening the settings on my Ubuntu, getting back this:
gnome-control-center: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so.37: undefined symbol: sqlite3_errstr
I ...
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Limit the available options in Control center
I wish I can run a control-center-like application with just a few very common settings in it. Language, date and time, keyboard etc.
Is there any package providing that feature? Or is there a way to ...
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System settings won't open with Ubuntu 20.04
OK so from the gui, system settings won't open. When opening settings from the command line I get the following:
(gnome-control-center:71314): Clutter-CRITICAL **: 18:12:01.949: Unable to initialize ...
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Gnome control center not opening from command line as root user
I am trying to open user settings to unlock the user's ability to edit their user settings
When I try to open the Gnome control center with my root account I get the following error
root@penguin:~# ...
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Adding Custom Item to System Settings? (gnome-control-center)
How i can adding custom items to gnome-control-center ?
I want adding a item and click to execute something. ("pkexec myapp --settings")
I tryed this but not working : Is it possible to add ...
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(gnome-control-center:24694) | bluethoot & App error |
When I was trying to open settings nothing happened. So I have reinstalled the data packages with apt-get install --reinstall gnome-control-center. When I tried to manually search for settings, I ...
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I installed gnome-control-center from command line. It is saying 'Unable to init: could not connect: connection refused'
I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10. I installed gnome-control-center from command line. It is saying 'Unable to init: could not connect: connection refused' . Wanted to change the colors of ...
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gnome-control-center won't open after upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04
Ever since I upgrade Ubuntu to 20.04 I get an error when trying to open gnome-control-center:
gnome-control-center: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/libclutter-gtk-1.0.so.0: undefined ...
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USB-C to HDMI Adapter disconnects/reconnects when gnome-control-center starts
Lenovo Thinkpad T15
Intel Core i7-10510U @ 1.80GHz × 8
Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
16GB RAM
Ubuntu 20.04 (minimal install w/3rd party drivers)
GNOME 3.36.3
X11
I have a USB-C 7-in-1 adapter ...
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How to reconnect network without opening gnome-control-center
I am using ubuntu 20.04, and my problem is that the network connection sometimes terminate. I want to reconnect to the same network, but when I click the wifi icon at the header bar and choose "...
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Cannot open gnome-control-center in ubuntu 18.04
I cannot open the settings from the applications and also cannot open from terminal by typing gnome-control-center. Trying to open it from terminal gives the following error:
gnome-control-center: ...
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Can't open system settings in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
I'm getting this error when I try to start system settings (in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) from command line using gnome-control-center -v:
(gnome-control-center:19769): user-accounts-cc-panel-ERROR **: 16:58:...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS two wired networks not working
I need to connect two wired ethernet segments to my 20.04 LTS desktop. One goes to a house private network of embedded systems I'm debugging; the other to the outside world. I added a second USB based ...
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Gnome control center (system settings) after upgrade missing
After yesterdays upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 I am missing my system settings in main menu (gnome-control-center?). When upgrading I had few errors and had to remove 2 packages: xserver-xorg-video and ...
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Prevent adding users via gnome-control-center
We require users to be added using a special script and therefore adding users via GUI (i.e. gnome-control-center user-accounts) should be blocked to prevent someone accidentally not using the script.
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Upgraded to 20.04 and can't install gnome-control-center
I've just upgraded my ubuntu from 18.04 to 20.04 and immediately realized that I could not open settings. I read that the problem has to do with gnome-control-center, but when I use
sudo apt install ...
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