Questions tagged [mutter]
Mutter the default window manager in GNOME 3. It was initially designed and implemented for the X Window System, but then evolved to be a Wayland compositor.
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How can I snap a window in a corner with 18.04?
Super + left/right snaps windows to fit half the screen.
I'd like to be able to snap four windows in all corners.
CompizConfig Settings Manager doesn't seem to be an option since 18.04 uses the GNOME ...
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How do I move child windows without moving or minimizing parent in GNOME 3?
I have Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME 3.
What happens:
I have (for example) LibreOffice Calc open, with some data columns in it. I highlight the columns I want to chart, then I select INSERT > CHART. The ...
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How To Disable the "Window not responding" Dialog
When debugging UI programs, I see frequently the "Wait or force quit" Dialog.
This is super annoying, since this dialog blocks basically everything. The whole graphical system is not usable anymore ...
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Is there a settings manager available for Mutter?
Is there a GUI settings manager for Mutter? Something where I can adjust the window shadow size, or the hot corners, or opacity, etc...
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Mutter: Global menu integration
Is it possible to have Mutter merge the title bar of maximized windows and the panel, like happens with Compiz and Metacity? I want to try to replace Metacity with Mutter in Unity 2D, and so far it ...
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Mathematica 10.2 - Window not responding
I have Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome-Shell running and use Mathematica 10.2. Whenever I open a mathematica file and select some lines in it, I get a message from the system that mathematica is not ...
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No login screen/Stuck at Ubuntu logo in 18.04
My system stuck at ubuntu logo while booting. To resolve it, I've set nomodeset.
But now it occurs a resolution issue to 1024x768.
Here are the necessary information:
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
00:...
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How do I use Mutter with GNOME Shell?
I'm new to the whole GNOME Shell. I recently installed it, and I read somewhere a while ago that Compiz is completely broken with GNOME Shell so I have to use Mutter instead. I have no idea where to ...
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How to modify Gnome-Shell animations?
I use docky in Gnome-Shell and it's annoying that when I minimise a window, it goes up to the top left corner. I know mutter isn't that customisable but is it possible to get a minimise effect similar ...
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How to use Compiz as the window manager for Unity
When I tried to enable compiz, it said that I can't because of mutter. How may I enable compiz?
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Set a specific workspace on an external monitor
My laptop is connected to an external monitor and I am using an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I have several workspaces and I would like to clone one of the workspace on the external monitor.
To specify the ...
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Disabling vsync in Unity/Mutter/Compiz?
Yesterday I was still using Natty with Compiz. I had noticed that disabling Vsync in Compiz made dragging windows much more smooth and responsive (I don't mind the tearing).
I installed Ocelot this ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: does "draggable-border-width" work only for some applications?
After reading Resizing a window should be easier - increase boarder pixel count? and the links cited there, I looked at what dconf-editor had. There is "/org/gnome/mutter/draggable-border-width" with ...
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Auto_raise broken in GNOME 3.4.1?
Since dist-upgrading 12.04 LTS in such a manner as resulted in an upgrade of GNOME from 3.2.x to 3.4.1, auto_raise is broken.
I have the usual auto_raise* settings set in gconf, in apps -> metacity ...
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Gnome-session broken for specific account, works for other accounts
Running Ubuntu 12.04, I installed gnome-shell (GNOME 3) and used it for some days with no problem.
Yesterday, I broke it following this sequence of events:
I played with the accessibility menu in the ...