Questions tagged [gui]
GUI stands for Graphical User Interface. An Ubuntu Desktop system includes a desktop environment (such as Unity), display manager, and many graphical applications, providing a GUI for many components of the operating system. A GUI is in contrast to a command line interface (CLI)
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Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, what is the name of the Default Desktop / GUI?
For Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
what is the name of the Default Desktop / GUI?
For the Default install of Ubuntu.
Is it Unity OR GNOME? Or something else?
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Snap install isn't working
ubuntu@localhost:~$ sudo snap install firefox
error: cannot communicate with server: Post "http://localhost/v2/snaps/firefox": dial unix /run/snapd.socket: connect: no such file or directory
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Ubuntu 22.04 boots into console instead of GUI
I have a Ubuntu 22.04.04
when booting he loads the console instead of the GUI
I tried to run sudo apt update sudo apt --fix-broken install and sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target i didnt get ...
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ubuntu not booting due to malformed MSFT vendor event
When attempting to boot ubuntu, I get the error message Bluetooth: hci0: Malformed MSFT vendor event: 0x02. Ctrl+alt+f3 works but I am unable to boot to the gui. Ubuntu is the only os on this device.
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Uptime clock on ubuntu 22.04
I was looking for a way to display my running uptime next to my clock in Ubuntu. I wanted to see if there were any applications out there in the ubuntu ecosystem that already did this. If not I wanted ...
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I uninstalled openssh-client and all my snap application have been erased
I uninstalled openssh-client and i didn't see that another apps were uninstalled too. Now all my snap app like Reemina, atom, etc (all snap app that i've installed with ubuntu software gui) were ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 not opening in GUI
I had some problems updating my old 20.04 to 22.04.
After my initial update my kernel was still at 5.4.0-174.
My system was starting but not everything was working.
I've upgraded my kernel using the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 loads to Command Line fails to Load GUI
After a recent set of upgrades Ubuntu will only load to command line. I have tried loading to older states by booting with Shift and selecting advanced start, without any luck.
I have tried to update ...
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How to restart graphical interface in frozen PC running Ubuntu 22.04
I have a computer running Ubuntu 22.04. For some reason, the screen and keyboard are frozen, but I still can SSH into that computer, and use it normally in this way. However, I need the GUI for one ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 only boots up to a terminal, gui not opening
I have very recently updated from 20.04 to 22.04.1 LTS on my HP elitebook 840 G8 through sudo do-release-upgrade.
The installation looked correct but when it asked me to reboot I could never access ...
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Tool for viewing available DBUS messages I can send to an application
Is there a graphical tool or maybe a command-line one that lists all the messages and parameters/arguments that I can send to a DBUS-enabled program?? I really want to try scripting some DBUS things ...
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(Some) applications not launching in Ubuntu using VNC on AWS EC2
I am using an Ubuntu 22.04 installation on an AWS EC2 instance (VM). I have installed VNC server and I am accessing the system using VNC Viewer.
Initially, applications like Byobu Terminal and gedit ...
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Is there any GUI tool for xdg-mime?
Usually, I should write a FileType.xml and use
xdg-mime install FileType.xml
then use
xdg-mime default xxx.desktop file-type
to set default application and
xdg-icon-resource install xxx
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GUI rendering problem in WINE with and without DXVK
I need to run together two windows programs inside Ubuntu/wine:
Omnisphere (GUI works with default wine rendering but not with DXVK (a Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11)-GUI renders ...
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set default size settings for cinnamon-settings
I have a custom keyboard set for cinnamon-settings sound however it always opens up at the same size, which is too small for me so I have to resize it.
Is it possible to set a default width/height ...
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unable to switch to GUI mode of my Ubuntu 22.04. LTS even after attempting to update, upgadre, ubuntu-desktop, slim etc
I am unable to switch to the GUI mode of my Ubuntu 22.04. LTS even after attempting to update, upgrade, ubuntu-desktop, slim, etc. In the command-line interface, ctrl+ALt+F7 is also not working. In ...
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Always boot to gui
I've got an old that sits and does some of the grunt work in the house. I've recently got it running 12.04 from 10.x, and everything seems to be working brilliantly.
Unfortunately though, it only ...
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Monitoring user activity restricted to GUI apps
I wish to monitor what all apps were opened on the PC at any time. I mostly use it for operating GUI apps like chrome, vlc media player, etc. Specifically, I would like to know which app I opened at ...
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How to enable or disable GUI in Ubuntu
Say if I wanted to replicate Ubuntu Server and have no GUI running what would I do to make this happen? Upon running htop/top from tty session I see both gnome and xorg are still running and sucking ...
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Switch from text mode to graphical mode [duplicate]
Suppose one boots their Ubuntu installation with systemd.unit=multi-user.target or text as a kernel boot option/parameter. They will eventually arrive at a terminal-based interface to login and ...
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Timeshift GUI not showing snapshots
I use Ubuntu 22.04.
I've been trying to create snapshots on my internal disk. Even though the snapshots are created, they are not shown in the GUI.
I've tried formatting the disk and reinstalling ...
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How can I hide directories or files without changing their names?
The OCD in me wants directories I do not like the name of to be hidden since I do not interact with them directly.
How can I hide directories without using the dot notation?
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teary screen while trying to use chromium in wsl2
a huge error appears when i try booting up chromium-browser through the terminal the worst part is that the browser is extremely teary.teary image
this occured last time i used any gui app in wsl2 ie. ...
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Cannot exit from login screen TTY1
I was trying to learn how TTY's (teletypes or virtual terminals) in Ubuntu 18.04 work, so I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F1 , and the Login screen showed. According to the post " How do I switch between console ...
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Chromium webscrapping through Ubuntu 20.04 server
When I run chromium on Mobax , here is what I get:
MoTTY X11 proxy: No authorisation provided
[34343:34343:0216/222655.134781:ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(239)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY
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How to remove the password from a PDF?
I have a password protected PDF file. I know the password but in order to share the file, I have to remove the password from the PDF and share an unprotected copy. How can I do this in Ubuntu with or ...
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Why does my Ubuntu look like a terminal and not like the nice-looking UI that I am expecting? [duplicate]
I recently installed Ubuntu on my old MacBook Pro 2016 (ubuntu-22.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso). Why does the UI look like a terminal (see the following picture) rather than all the pretty UIs that I ...
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Moving the menu bar to top bar ubuntu 20.10
Is it possible to move the menu bar up in Ubuntu 20.10 to save useful space on the screen and make the application look much better?
For example:
I tried this solution, but nothing happens when I run ...
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How to cleanly launch a GUI app via the Terminal?
Some GUI apps launch cleanly via the Terminal command line, but some don't, and they cause the Terminal to wait for the app to terminate. Even then, some don't "release" the command line.
The ...
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Monitor powered by Nvidia GPU only shows wallpaper
I have a Dell R720 home lab running Ubuntu 22.04. It is equipped with the following GPUs:
$ nvidia-smi -L
GPU 0: Tesla P40 (UUID: GPU-ac45b921-3664-d911-5dd7-e5b8d49551c3)
GPU 1: Tesla P40 (UUID: GPU-...
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Ubuntu 22.04 gui freezes intermittently and permanently. Restarting gdm via ssh fixes until next time it freezes
I have a Linux box, not a laptop.
Running "glxinfo -B" yields the following:
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer)...
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LTSP boots to command line only
I can boot to the command line on my thin client but no GUI at all. I have followed all the steps on the guides to install LTSP but still can only get here. Can anyone please help me get the GUI ...
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How to start a GUI software on a remote Linux PC via SSH
Sometimes I need to start XMBC media player or other GUI software on one of my remote PC (small Xubuntu PC used as a media center).
Usually, I do this by starting an X11vnc server on the remote PC via ...
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Failed to execute child process "/bin/sh" (input/output error)
I am using RedmiBook with ryzen 5 4500u, Ubuntu 22.10 (22.04 have same problem)
Every time after waking up from suspend and working correctly for few seconds, it starting to throw an error from title, ...
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Ubuntu 22 shell scripts on desktop open in text editor instead of launching
I have some shell scripts (files *.sh) on my Ubuntu desktop, eg. startdoublecmd.sh or startlazarus.sh.
When using Ubuntu 20, those scripts started automatically upon double clicking on them.
Now I ...
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How to exit from TTY mode
I accidentally changed the video driver on my Kubuntu from NVIDIA to Xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, rebooted my PC and now my GUI does not load after GRIB. Instead of GUI, I can see TTY mode.
I logged ...
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Thinkorswim and Ubuntu 22.04.1 jammy
Why is my thinkorswim graphic (GUI) not appearing?
I upgraded to 22.04.1 and doing so removed TD Ameritrade's Thinkorswim. I installed thinkorswim again successfully. However, it only fully open once ...
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How can I fix the new white border in Chrome
I am using Google Chrome 117.0.5938.132 (64 bits) and Ubuntu 23.04.
After an update in the operating system, Google Chrome has a white border.
This hadn't happened before, even when I was using gtk+ ...
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Set application to "always on top"
I am using Ubuntu 23.10 and I would like to set an application, in my case CuteCom Serial Monitor, to be always on top. At the moment if my IDE is fullscreen I have to launch CuteCom from the dash and ...
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Why are all button and menu icons gone?
Using Ubuntu 20.04 I found that - opposed to some other distributions - none of the menu icons or buttons icons are shown.
Is this another "tweak" of the Gnome team?
There has been a ...
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How can I restart the process that updates the desktop background?
I am not sure what I did, but something's caused the background of my desktop GUI (Lubuntu 22.04.3LTS, LXQt) to no longer refresh when a window closes or when I switch to a different virtual ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 lost GUI on booting after update
Ubuntu suggested to me to made updates and restarted the system. After that it never starts and the monitor gets stuck at this screen.
Nothing works except Ctr+Alt+F2 from where I am able to login to ...
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How to permanently enable top bar, even in fullscreen mode
I have the Peek Top Bar Extension, but that only partially solves my problem. I'd like for the top bar to be permanently visible, even in fullscreen mode. Preferrably, I'd like for applications to ...
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Help finding files with the same filename (except what's inside parenthesis) and deleting the smaller size ones
I need to know how to find one or more files with the same filename (except what's inside parenthesis) and delete the one(s) with the smaller size, in a folder. I don't care if it's a GUI app or ...
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What's the meaning of the 1 on the file folder icon on the sidebar? [duplicate]
What does the number 1 indicate on the folder icon? seems to be a sticky value.
Ubuntu 23.10 (mantic)
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Installing Gnome Classic on Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 64bit
I've installed Ubuntu Server Edition and setup open ssh,samba and lamp on my home desktop just to work on LAN. I also want setup a GUI on it for daily use.
I've already performed the following
sudo ...
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GUI not appeared in virtualbox ubuntu
I created a virtual Ubuntu machine in Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager. Previously, I could access the GUI. I could navigate to folders using the mouse pointer. But now I only receive a terminal. How to ...
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How to get back GUI? I removed it accidentally
I remove my GUI and I attempt a lot to fix that but when I want fix dependencies I got lots of errors.
please help me step by step to fix this:
apt install ubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... ...
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How to return Ubuntu to GUI mode after accidentally deleting network-manager?
My laptop recently couldn't enter GUI mode and could only enter CLI mode. I've looked for a solution on the internet but most people suggest doing:
sudo apt-get --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
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I killed my GUI and Startx cant find a "screen"
First off let me mention that this problem happened a while ago so i may have forgotten some of the details. A while ago I was trying to get used to backtrack5 and I was doing pretty well I think. I ...
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