Questions tagged [gnome-shell]
the primary user interface and compositing manager of the GNOME 3 desktop environment, this tag is for questions about using and troubleshooting gnome-shell, theming it, etc. Extensions should be additionally tagged with [gnome-shell-extension].
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Can I have unity space saving features in gnome?
I really liked unity. Because unity saves lot of space in bars. Current gnome-shell has lot of wasted space in bars. System information bar (weekday, clock etc.), program's titlebar and program's ...
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fix gnome-terminal for a user
gnome-terminal will not start for a user, but will start for root or other users. What can I reset or delete to get it back to initial state? I tried reinstalling gnome-terminal it did not help. Then ...
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18.04 Change Workspace Keyboard shortcut, conflicting with that for switching apps on the dash [duplicate]
I followed the steps mentioned in: 18.04 Change shortcut for switching workspace - Ask Ubuntu, to change Keyboard shortcuts to switch to another workspace, as can be seen in the following picture:
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Dash to Dock doesn't disable even uninstalled
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04, and I installed the "Dash to Dock" extension. It worked, but I didn't like it, so I removed it.
But the dock is same as before, and I checked if the "Ubuntu Dock" is on, but ...
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How do I prevent pop up dialog appearing when connecting an encrypted disk?
Every time I connect an external disk with an encrypted partition a fullscreen pop up dialog appears:
Enter a passphrase to unlock the volume
I usually do not want to decrypt this partition so the ...
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Increase number of workspace with shortcuts on Ubuntu 18.04
I currently use shortcuts Super+F1 to Super+F6 to switch over my six workspaces. It was possible in Ubuntu 16.04 (System -> Keyboard -> Navigation) but in 18.04, we can define shortcuts for only 4 ...
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Changing shell for root
I've been following this guide to switch my shell to zhs. However when I get to running this:
chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh root
I get the following error:
You may not change the shell for 'root'.
Is this ...
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Xorg laggy with AMD GPU
THE PROBLEM
I recently installed Ubuntu 19.10 on my desktop PC. For some odd reason, whenever I log into Gnome in Xorg mode, everything lags to the point where it's unusable. This doesn't happen when ...
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Why image files don't appear in loginscreen but appear in the Unlockscreen?
I have a customized "mytheme.css" that used to be able to show the loginscreen and unlockscreen wallpapers or any other icons using the url command. Their paths used were specified relative to the "...
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"Applications" and "places" instead of logos on panel on ubuntu 18.04
How can I get "Applications" and "places" menus instead of logos (application icons) on my panel ?
What I would like :
I'd like something minimal like this,
What I have :
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Hacking the Ubuntu 18 Dock to not group windows of the same application
I'm trying to hack my way into not having multiple windows of the same application grouped in the Dock in Ubuntu 18 since it seems this is not an available feature natively or with dash-to-dock. I've ...
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Add app to favorites from command line
I am aware that you can right-click on an application and choose "Add to Favorites". I am trying to add it to the favorites section without using the GUI at all. Everything needs to be done in the ...
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GtkMessageDialog delay on Ubuntu 19.10
Initially when an application opens a GtkMessageDialog on my Ubuntu 19.10 system there is a delay of about 1-2 seconds for which the application freezes, before showing the dialog and playing the ...
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Problems after upgrading to Ubuntu 19.10 from 18.04
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 19.10 from 18.04 (after going through 19.04) and I have a few problems.
1) The dock with icons is not showing up. I tried the solution here, but it didn't work for me.
2) ...
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Missing icon with gnome-recipes
I am a bit lost with the gnome-recipes title bar missing an icon in my VM compared to the host system, both running Ubuntu 19.10 (though desktop is an upgrade when VM is a fresh install) and Gnome-...
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Disable screenshots and leave only the icons while Alt-TAB on Ubuntu 19.04
I just upgraded from 18.04 to 19.04 and noticed that when alt tabbing, a preview of the app is shown instead of the icon. Can I set the Alt-TAB switcher to display only icons instead?
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Backup of Ubuntu dock launcher
Is there a way that I may backup the Ubuntu dock launcher?
I have Ubuntu 18.04, but I like to get Ubuntu 19.10. I want to keep all my settings and everything. Is that possible ?
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How to create user without any application access
I want to create a user with less privileges like that new user should only have the certain application access, all other application menus should be disabled or hide from the main menu.
For ...
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Prevent double icons with custom .desktop file in dock [duplicate]
I have created a custom .desktop file to launch Chrome in dark mode.
Here is what the file looks like:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Dark Chrome
Exec=google-chrome-stable --enable-features=WebUIDarkMode --...
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How to prevent desktop items from going behind the dock
When I save files to the Desktop, sometimes they end up behind the dock. Is there a way restrict the x or y positions of the icons?
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How to switch windows of the application in Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
How do I switch between windows of the same application in GNOME in Ubuntu 18.04? For example, if you have two Nautilus windows open, Alt+Tab will go to the next application (say, browser), but not to ...
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Workspace Tweak [duplicate]
I just switched over from Linux Mint 19.2 (best decision ever), and there is one difference between the Ubuntu workspaces and the Mint workspaces that I don't like. On Mint when I switched workspaces, ...
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frequent gnome shell crashes at boot
Ubuntu 18.04.3
gnome-shell 3.28.4
x11 (X.Org 1.19.6)
I have struggled with this for many months, but recently it is getting much worse.
When I start up the computer, the process of booting ...
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How can I remove Accessibility icon GDM3 (Login Screen)
I want to remove Accessibility" icon on GDM3 login screen.
Google cannot help me with this.
How I can do this?
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How do I change the GDM Theme in 19.10?
This question has been asked before, but for an old version f ubuntu, I tried those solutions, and they did not seem to work.
Is there any way to change the GDM theme, icon theme, and cursor theme?
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Windows cut off at the bottom of screen in overview [duplicate]
When I enter the window overview by pressing the super key, I keep having windows on the bottom row of the overview cut off at the bottom edge of the screen, like the overview is reaching past the ...
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Ubuntu dash on second monitor
Ubuntu's dash is only showing on my primary, big display. Can I somehow make it so I can access it from my second screen too?
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How to disable auto display detection on Ubuntu 19.10
I've found several issues similar since 18.04 it seems hard to disable and on 19.04 I've found a proper solution.
I have 3 displays 2 being active all the time the third one only being use every now ...
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Can't install "Desktop Icons" because this extension is enabled by my current mode, I can't install manually any update in this session
In Firefox, I tried to install GNOME Shell extension Desktop Icons made by Rastersoft, but I got this error:
I need some icons my Desktop which include both folder & Indicator-sticky-notes. ...
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How do I switch between windows on one desktop on Ubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 and find in very inconvenient: Alt-Tab (switch between applications) can bring you to a different desktop.
Usually I keep windows related to different activities on different ...
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How do you configure such that window focus follows the mouse in 18.04? [duplicate]
How do you configure so that window focus goes to the window under the mouse position? I see only answers relating to arcane versions of Ubuntu. Should you install the gnome tweak tool? is it ...
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Creating distinct duplicates of applications in Gnome3
Previously on Ubuntu 16 I had 3 duplicates of Terminator in /usr/share/applications/ (t3.desktop, t4.desktop, and t5.desktop) so that I could use each for a different use case - vim for coding, vim ...
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How do I open an app in a certain workspace from terminal?
I use Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver with the GNOME Desktop environment. I would like to use keyboard shortcuts to open a webpage in a certain Chrome person in another workspace. Opening the webpage is no ...
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GNOME extensions are no longer working after activating Intel TearFree
I have a notebook with an Intel i3 and have screen-tearing. After consulting Arch Linux wiki on "Intel graphics" I found the recommendation to enable TearFree in Xorg:
Section "Device"
Identifier "...
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Ubuntu 19.10 change gnome-shell font
In Ubuntu 19.10 the gnome-shell.css location is:
/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/Yaru/gnome-shell.css
Edit gnome-shell.css as administrator. Then search for
stage {
font-family:
Just add your ...
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How to make gnome-control-panel run on awesomewm?
Gnome control panel does not properly run on awesomewm. Before GNOME 3, I used to run something called gnome-settings-daemon to get stuff like this working. How do I do this with GNOME 3, so that I ...
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Cannot save files or links to the desktop in Ubuntu 19.10
Since upgrading to Ubuntu 19.10 I cannot save files and links to the desktop. With Ubuntu 19.04 I used a GNOME extension called "Desktop icons" to do this but it doesn't work in 19.10. I can't find ...
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Can't see the dock bar when starting desktop environment with startx
I'm using Ubuntu version 19.04. I would like to log into gnome desktop environment from TTY terminal. I used startx to initialize the desktop environment. I can see the top bar and run gui ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 Top GNOME bar [duplicate]
I've been browsing but haven't been able to find anything related to this, I want to know if it's possible to make changes to the size and spacing between icons.
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Custom keystroke button on Ubuntu dock or panel
With a touchy laptop in mind, and also a physical keyboard with some missing buttons (like, delete, caps lock, etc.),
is it possible to create custom launchers, or panel indicators that can perform ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 teminal launcher from desktop changed to "Open in terminal"
After upgrading from 18.10 to 19.04, I noticed my terminals keep starting up in the Desktop folder instead of home.
Finally I realized, out of years of habit, I start up terminals by right-clicking ...
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How to customize 19.10 Desktop Icon Font Size
I'm searching how to customize the desktop icons font size on Ubuntu 19.10 GNOME (standard) edition. For example, i Want 8px.
With 18.04, it was as simple as
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus....
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How do I make notifications that don't get saved?
Some scripts I wrote show notifications like "Volume up" or "Reset brightness" for example, using notify-send. However, the notifications get saved in the notification menu on Ubuntu 18.04, which I ...
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Is it possible to show input source in top bar with single keyboard layout in GNOME Shell?
When we have multiple keyboard layouts, the topbar in GNOME shows indicator like this:
Is there a way to show the indicator even there is single input source/language?
Running Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04 ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 gnome-shell crashes after changing keyboard
Updated to Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan, changing keyboard (from zh-cn to es-es) crashes gnome-shell, and displays that logoff is needed, but clicking logoff button is useless (won't work). Reboot, log in, and a ...
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Arc menu hot key not working while having windows opend
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 19.10 from 19.04. I noticed that if I minimize all windows and press the hot key (Window key) Arc menu gets open.
But if any of program window is floating on ...
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How do I move the window menu to the window title bar in Ubuntu 18.04?
I use multiple monitors so having the window menu move to the top bar now I've finally upgraded to 18.04 is not good for me because it moves the window menu options a long way away from the window.
I'...
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How do I drag and drop a link to the desktop? [duplicate]
I was just trying Ubuntu 19.10 last week, and tried something that frustrated me on Linux Mint a few months ago: dragging a link to the desktop from the browser.
Using the default installed browser (...
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Display arrangement for second monitor on top of laptop
When I try to set up a second monitor on top of my laptop display in Ubuntu 18.04, it is not working.
What should I be doing to get this to work?
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Window title in bottom of Activities overview is not visible when opening multiple windows [closed]
Ubuntu Dock on Left of screen with no window title:
Ubuntu Dock on Bottom of screen with window title:
I would like some help in fixing this behavior: with the Ubuntu dock on the left or right of ...
