Questions tagged [gsettings]
Questions about using gsettings, the command-line version of dconf-editor, to read or modify the dconf database. Using gsettings, the schemas and keys of various programs can be viewed and altered. Sometimes hidden settings (that are not in the gui of a program) can be discovered this way.
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Centering the gnome terminal or console window on start-up
Using Ubuntu 22.04, I want either my gnome terminal or console to start centered on the screen. Bard AI told me to use this command:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences center-new-...
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Export dconf settings by reading .config/dconf of another user
Is there a way to export dconf settings by reading some .config/dconf/ tree from another user (say, user2), instead of the current user1?
I have a problem whereby I cannot log into a Gnome session ...
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What are the available key types in glib schemas?
In a glib schema.xml, keys should have a name and a type, like this:
<key name="keyname" type="b">
<default>true</default>
<summary>...</summary&...
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60 Sec shutdown delay in ubuntu 20.04
I want to remove 60 sec delay when i press power button. I used "gsettings set org.gnome.SessionManager logout-prompt false". After i entered that line in terminal it works except lock on ...
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What is the key for workspace count in Ubuntu 22.04?
I want to automate the workspace count mentioned in How to disable multiple workspaces on Ubuntu 22.04?
I would prefer to use gsettings but I can't find the key.
What is the key there?
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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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Enabling VNC server by script
First sorry for the english translated via google translator.
I'm in an environment where there are windows domain controllers and ubuntu 22.04 workstations, different users use the same desktops ...
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Switching between same application windows with scroll wheel on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Dock
I searched a lot and couldn't really find an answer how to switch between windows of the same application in the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Dock (See screenshot).
ATTEMPT 1
Configure gsettings (based on answers ...
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deactivate touchpad (ubuntu 22.04)
I have a touchpad which I would like to deactivate. My OS is Ubuntu 22.04. It uses xwayland. Unfortunately, neither setting
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad send-events disabled
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Some xkb variants missing from Gnome Settings in Ubuntu 22.04
I've been trying to get the Swedish nodeadkeys layout to work on Ubuntu 22.04 (Wayland).
With X11 it's easy:
setxkbmap -variant nodeadkeys se
On Wayland however, this doesn't work.
Going to the Gnome ...
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Exploring gnome settings of a non-running system disk
I've read, e.g. here: How to save GNOME settings in a file? that gnome settings are stored in a binary database, therefore I guess I won't be able to look at those binary files manually (I don't even ...
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How to disable Save-As Dialog dropdown menu?
When I go to save stuff, a dropdown appears that I want to disable. I never use the dropdown and it gets in the way of functional use by requiring additional clicks to get rid of it.
How can I disable ...
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How to edit terminal word boundary characters?
Highlighted text in the default gnome terminal incorrectly includes word boundary characters which should be ignored
for example when I double click on
&freq_domain_magnitude_buffer_a2i
it ...
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I can't disable the "click to minimize" feature
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 and, following an online guide, I activated the "click to minimize" feature. I don't exactly remember, but I believe I used the CLI way, executing the ...
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How to fix Middle Click could not be turned off
I've tried to turn off this extremely annoying feature using the guide:
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-middle-mouse-button-click-paste-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux
But neither using gnome-...
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Update Background via the commandline Ubuntu 22.04
I have a script that I have been running for years on my computer that updates the background image to a new image every minute and functions as a clock. I was wondering how to update the desktop ...
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Which gsettings keys are modified when changing the color from the Appearance menu? [duplicate]
I'm working on a shell script that simultaneously changes the theme and color palette of the system and some applications like guake. The script uses gsettings for the system theme and should be able ...
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gnome app grid incomplete applcation names
In the applications view, the app names are truncated. I can't seem to find a setting relating to this with gsettings or Google. All I found was "this issue was fixed in GNOME 40," although ...
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How can I always show the mouse pointer on a touchscreen laptop?
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04, and when I touch the screen, the mouse pointer disappears until I use the trackpad to move it outside the current window. I'd prefer to have the pointer visible at all ...
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Update system gsettings programmatically in C++
I'm running a service that needs to update the system wide proxy settings on Ubuntu.
$ gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.http host 'my.proxy.com'
$ gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.http port ...
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Defaulting to or Persisting "Always on Visible Workspace"
How do I make the "Always on Visible Workspace" option persist across Suspend, login, and reboot? I use this option daily with the same few app windows. The "AoVW" option resets to ...
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Login loop: Gnome keyring.SystemPrompter exited with status 1 after recursive reset of gsettings
I was on this site looking for a solution to a segmentation fault that occurred when attempting to run gnome-control-center. I made the poor mistake of blindly following the solution posted here ...
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Every keystroke in the Gnome Activities search bar opens a new terminal
I've been experiencing this weird behaviour for about a month and a half -- Every time a key is pressed within the Activities search bar of Gnome, a new Terminator tab is opened.
For instance, if I ...
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Can I make my own .deb's that modify files created by other .debs?
For example, I'd like all the Ubuntu Desktops that I deploy to have some customization's to the settings found in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/, but if i edit those files, and then do apt update &&...
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How to make clicking the sidebar icon to show a quickview of all of the opened instances of the similar app? [duplicate]
In Ubuntu 20.04,is it possible to make clicking the sidebar icon to show a glance of all of the opened instances of the similar app?
Is there any plugin or other OTC GNOMEish desktop manager with ...
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Why are my gnome extensions not listed in gsettings?
I want to automate my Ubuntu install and for that I also want to automatically install extensions and apply my settings.
Unfortunately, if I install my extensions via the browser, I can not get my ...
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gsettings command not affecting settings
I was trying to write a script that would enable and disable Do Not Disturb. As such, I was using the gsettings command to enable and disable notifications
I used these two commands:
gsettings set org....
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Ubuntu 21.04 remove trash, user and drive icon from desktop?
I want to remove the trash icon, the home icon as well as the drives from my desktop. I've removed them in Ubuntu 20.04, but after updating, they were there again:
I tried:
gsettings set org.gnome....
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Move and remove icons in the Unity Dock
Is there an easy way to add or remove icons in the Unity Dock from the command line?
I would have expected something like gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions..., but most solutions require Python ...
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Can I give filenames an opaque background on the desktop? They are hard to read against a busy wallpaper pattern
In Ubuntu 20.10, it's hard to read the names of items on my desktop when I use a busy wallpaper background image. Can I change a setting or something to make the text blocks have an opaque background?
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How to compare dconf files of two computers and intelligently merge them with `dconf dump` or `gsettings`
I have several computers running MATE desktop and I want to merge their setup (and keep them in sync afterwards). With dconf dump / I can get configuration details, but comparing the output (with meld)...
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How Can I Disable Spesific Hotkeys With GSettings in Ubuntu?
I could not find the right schema and commands to disable hotkeys in Ubuntu with gsettings.
How can I disable some hotkeys? For example if I want to disable ALT+TAB what command should I use on ...
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How do gsettings interact and/or conflict with exported enviroment variables? (Ubuntu 20.04)
I am behind a corporate fire wall and have been trying to set up my proxy settings by using export in a shell script located in /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh (see, e.g., How to set system-wide proxy ...
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How to completely disable Pop_OS plugin? [duplicate]
I don't remember how I installed the Pop_OS theme on my Ubuntu, but I want to get rid of it as when I restarted my laptop after installing this it's causing malfunctioning. My settings won't open, but ...
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Command-Line Way to Make Update Notifier Check Daily
Is there a way to make the update notifier check for updates daily (like you could in Software & Updates) from the command line or by editing a file? I checked the GSettings schemas, but didn't ...
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Can we change the default mouse cursor highlight color
If we enable mouse highlight
❯ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse locate-pointer true
on pressing and releasing Ctrl key the mouse cursor gets highlighted.
Can we change the ...
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Command to switch on/off sharing Ubuntu desktop
I'm looking for the command for switch on or off sharing from Ubuntu settings, to be able to share image, audio, or complete remote desktop control.
In Ubuntu bionic, for example, default desktop, up ...
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GSettings key hi-dpi-factor not found in schema
I am almost a beginner to ubuntu. I installed a "netspeed" extension using the guide from here ubuntuhandbook. Its working fine but when I open gnome-tweaks to configure its settings, it ...
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Why is output from gsettings list-recursively slightly different when run from cron
I have run gsettings list-recursively locally from the terminal while logged into X11 on Ubuntu 20.04. Then I also configured a user-based cron job to run gsettings list-recursively from the cron and ...
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How to fetch the proxy configuration of the root and other users with GSettings cmd
I have an rpm package which runs with sudo rights, that application wants to fetch the proxy configuration of the machine (should fetch the proxy configuration of users level as well), As we know we ...
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Gnome dock icons remain after closing program
When I close a program, the program's icon on my dock will remain for a few seconds. In the included image, I've closed Terminal, but it hasn't removed the icon from my dock yet.
How can I make the ...
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Define Proxy settings GNOME3
Last month I created a script I use to connect to a SOCKS proxy, when I ran the following commands -
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy mode manual
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy.socks host ...
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Display scaling setting - difference between Gnome Tweaks and Gnome Display settings
Both gnome-tweak-tool and Display settings tools seem to offer a way to change the scaling of the display (See screenshot below), however it is not clear to me how they are related and which controls ...
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Setting Gnome extension from C shell (csh)
I want to set the enabled-extension but when I do this, it doesn't work. echo just prints to console and exec either say "File name too long" or shows me the usage for gsettings.
But if I ...
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How to properly configure a dconf schema from a gschema.xml file?
Well, looking for manners of manipulate dconf keys without a GUI I realize that, only when correctly setup a dconf schema enables its key management through GSettings CLI.
I also observed that ANY ...
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Modify gnome-flashback panels in ubuntu 20.04 LTS from the terminal
I have a fresh installation of 20.04 LTS, I have installed gnome-flashback with:
sudo apt-get install gnome-session-flashback -qq
After logging in in the gnome-flashback Xsession I would like to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS UI Scale settings - using cmdline
I set up my Display Settings to scale for 200% like so:
When I run some apps (e.g. some games using Steam in Full Screen) it resets this setting after I exit the app.
I would like to create a shell ...
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What is the difference between always-on-top and toggle-above dconf variables on GNOME 3?
In Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver with GNOME 3 org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings is the path to manipulate default window management dconf variables.
Inside this path we can find always-on-top and toggle-...
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Settings not changing through gsettings command
I'm trying to customize my Ubuntu installation using gsettings but upon new changes nothing happens using the gsettings command.
For example I go to the terminal and I type
gsettings set org.gnome....
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Why do gsettings and dconf return different values?
According to this post, it seems like gsettings uses dconf as a backend. I would therefore expect the following commands to output the same result:
$ gsettings get org.compiz.core:/org/compiz/...
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