Questions tagged [ubuntu-gnome]
Only for Ubuntu 17.04 or older releases. Ubuntu GNOME was an official Ubuntu flavor that provides a GNOME desktop environment based on the Ubuntu distribution.
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Gnome extensions reset after each reboot
Disclaimer: Ubuntu is not my main distro.
My company manages my laptop, and every time I reboot it, all (Gnome) user extensions get disabled, and all system extensions get enabled. (One of the two ...
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Google chrome white screen
Getting white screen on google chrome, chrome beta and Firefox are working fine. Have tried uninstalling and reinstalling chrome. Unable to access chrome settings, same issue, the letters are not ...
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Need help to install Gnome
Recently I managed to install ubuntu(22.04), but when updating the applications in the Ubuntu software I had several connection problems and while clicking on update, several messages appeared (like ...
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Dashboard icon classification lose efficacy after restart
I can drag the icon together to classify the same applications that effectivem, however once I cut off the power, everything got disarranged, and the classification folder disappeared. This ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 is not directing to the main desktop screen after starting up
Every time, I start up my Ubuntu, I always need to click this workspace screen in order to get the main desktop. How do I get rid of this? After starting up, I want it to direct me to the main ...
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Gnome Shell failed to load extensions after Ubuntu 23.04 upgrade
I've just upgraded my Ubuntu 22.10 to 23.04 and the upgrade went well but, just after the reboot, Gnome Shell didn't load any extension, even Ubuntu Dock. Using journalctl to see what could be ...
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Apps can't be minimized/closed when those buttons are on a specific position
Just as the title says, I can't minimize/maximize/close some apps (tested with firefox and discord) because the DE aparently thinks my mouse is on the top bar on the system tray icons (whenever I have ...
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App icons are not shown in top bar after upgrade Ubuntu to 22.04
There are several apps such as slack, safeeyes, skype and etc. that when running in background, you can see the icon on the top bar. But after updatig my Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04 it is not shown any ...
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Applications headbar is acting weird and changing color
Recently a few of my applications got their top bars acting weird. I thought that it only happened to my terminal, but turned out there were more. GNOME Terminal, LibreOffice, Task Manager, and ...
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Boot stuck after journal recovery
[0.105662] x86/cpu: VMX (outside TXT) disabled by BIOS
[0.105666] x86/cpu: SGX disabled by BIOS.
[0.761716] integrity: Problem loading X.509 certificate -65
[0.761731] integrity: Problem loading X.509 ...
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cant controll brightness using f2 or any other keyboard
when I was using windows, I could decrease or increase brightness by pressing f2 and f3,
how do I configure Ubuntu to use f2 and f3 for controlling brightness.
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How to change the desktop back to normal (Gnome or Unity, or Wayland)
Recently, there has been some incident, and I searched through online to finally get my computer back (from not being able to open to now posting this question from the same Ubuntu machine)
while I ...
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black screen on Ubuntu 20.04 after login
Problem: After typing in my credentials I am greeted by a black screen with a cursor. My desktop environment does not load although the folder names are present they don't work at all and the terminal ...
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I run dconf reset -f / and lost all new gnome features for ubuntu 2022.10
I run the dconf reset -f / and i have lost all the new look and features that come with ubuntu 2022.10. any idea how I revert them, for example:
The top bar reverted to the old style, the dock ...
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Window folding with titlebar still open in Nautilus like Thunar in Xfce
I recently migrated to Ubuntu from Manjaro. Is there a window folding (not minimize) feature that I can configure or install a package to make it available in Ubuntu? Thank you.
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I deleted the X11 folder that has symlink to /bin folder, can I recover this system without losing everything I have in this computer
I am using Ubuntu latest version (currently I believe 22.10 with latest build, I update periodically)
Recently,I got too absent minded while I was fixing some error, and after spent couple of hours ...
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22.04: Sytem file dialogue broken
You can see in the attached gif, when I try to type in the new file name, it opens up search.
I can't view the location bar with CTRL-L, and there is no bookmarks section.
It's very hard to save ...
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Fractional display scaling: get and set in terminal
How do I get current fractional scaling value via terminal?
E.g. with GUI set to 125%:
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor returns 0
gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface text-...
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Dash to Panel extension keeps freezing my system
I have installed dash to panel extension. But every 20-25min or so my laptop will freeze, then a black screen then it logs me out. When I sign back it all my open applications etc are close as if I ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 VM on VirtualBox incompatible with "hardinfo" app
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 VM on Oracle VirtualBox 7.0 (from Win10 host OS), and would like to see the HW elements via some GUI app (not from command line). From this Q: Does Ubuntu have a "device ...
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Screen glitches after an apt update
This happened this afternoon, Dec 5th 2022.
I did an apt update at noon and this happened after reboot.
I am using ubuntu 20.04 5.15.0-56-generic #62~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 22 21:24:20 UTC 2022 ...
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Duplicate char when searching through apps [duplicate]
When I press Meta and then start typing to look for an app, the first letter is written twice.For example, if I type "firefox", the search bar will display "ffirefox". I can ...
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Calendar button is not working on HP Zbook 14u G5
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 on HP Zbook 14u G5. F12 key on my keyboard has a calendar image on it. When I press this key on Windows, calendar starts. But on Ubuntu this feature is not working. First of all,...
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Low FPS with i7 EVO (12th gen)
I have installed Ubuntu 22.10 on a Huawei Matebook Pro X 2022 and I am having issues with the gnome shell running at really low FPS and glitching, screen blinking black, sometimes green, sometimes ...
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Unable to arrange monitors on top of each-other for 6 monitor setup in Ubuntu 22.04
I have a 6 monitor setup with Ubuntu 22.04. I finally got ubuntu to even recognize them by installing the NVIDIA Quadro P620 drivers manually from the website via this method shown below. Before ...
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how to use taskbar on lock screen ubuntu 20
Colleagues, how to connect to wifi on the locked screen of ubuntu 20.04
I don't have the dropdown options enabled.
Ubuntu 20.04 gnome
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Fix messed up ubuntu 22.04 icons
For some reason nautilus crashed and when it recovered by icons were messed up. See picture below.
The problem is somewhere in my config folder but I don't know which file. I can't delete my entire ...
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dconf Key Bind Is Visible But Doesn't Work
Since im a new ubuntu user, and am still using windows as my primary, I wanted to set the "Switch to next input source" keybind to Alt+Shift, but for some reason the settings dont allow that....
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How do I open a CLI session to run an interactive program from Gnome Files browser?
I have a simple Java program that interacts with the user in the CLI. The program runs fine from a shell script (play.sh), when the shell script is executed from the CLI.
Is there a way to rewrite the ...
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Gnome To-Do does not list Tasks with no Date set
So I'm trying to switch from Windows to Ubuntu (20.04) and I wanted to use the Gnome To-Do App.
When creating tasks without due-date, they won't be listed in the "scheduled" tab, although ...
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Camera doesn't move right in Dota
My screen resolution is 1360x768. In Linux the setting 1366x768 is used. When I tried to move camera to the right in the game it doesn't move as well as in other directions.
I tried to add 1360x768 as ...
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Unable to use KDE desktop due to autologin
I recently moved from Windows to Ubuntu but now I want to use a different dekstop (KDE rather than GNOME). I installed KDE Plasma Desktop using the instructions here: https://itsfoss.com/install-kde-...
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Enable 2540*1440 resolution on Ubuntu 22 over VirtualBox
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS x86_64 on a VM using VirtualBox 6.1 then I have install Guest Addition using ISO provide by virtualBox. My OS Host is Windows 10.
The definition of my ubuntu window ...
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100% CPU usage caused by upowerd
On my Thinkpad (L490) notebook I have installed Ubuntu 22.04. Except for Docker it is basically the default setup of Ubuntu desktop.
Periodically I have a CPU utilization of all cores of 100%. Looking ...
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Launch using dedicated graphics card option disappeared
I had that menu option on my Ubuntu 20.04 laptop with an Nvidia GPU, and it disappeared. It existed before which makes this really strange.
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Is there a GUI-based MIME-type editor?
I remember seeing on some other distro this file type editor. What it had was a table, containing MIME types, their associated names (e.g. text/plain would show as "plain text document"), ...
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How to install Gnome for Ubuntu 22.04 on WSL2? [duplicate]
I am not an advanced user when it comes to Linux; I am a beginner so please be understanding. Namely, I installed the latest version of Ubuntu 22.04 under WSL2, but now I would like to be able to ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, only display side-bar when activities button clicked/windows key pressed
I'm struggling to figure out how/if-it-is-possible to disable the side-bar appearing in ubuntu if my mouse ventures to the left-most edge of the screen. I still want to be able to view the side bar in ...
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Can't find terminal and other apps in ubuntu [duplicate]
I have ubuntu 22 and it was working properly. today I opened it and found that the terminal was not found and also the dock of ubuntu was not in its proper position. I found it down and its shape is ...
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When I reboot my Ubuntu 22.04 VirtualBox, I have to set the screen resolution again. How do I make the resolution stick?
I've installed a new Ubuntu 22.04 server with Gnome on a VirtualBox system and the size of the screen is reset to 800x600 on each reboot (both in the login screen and once logged in).
I change the ...
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recover Ubuntu session after lock screen hangs
I've been using a session for over a month and last time I logged back in, the screen froze. The session itself hasn't crashed (ps -A and loginctl list-sessions confirms it). I tried running loginctl ...
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How to make Ubuntu to not suspend when laptop lid is closed
I am using ubuntu 22.04 on my dell laptop with processor intel core i3 4gb and 1tb storage.
I want to make my laptop to not suspend when I close laptop lid. I don't know how to do it.
I have used some ...
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Multiple GNOMEs [duplicate]
I was on gnome software and saw this:
GNOME 3.2.8 Runtime| gnome-3-38-2004
Are these the same things? Do I need both?
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Gnome metacity flashback "Appearance" Menu gone after 22.04 upgrade
I'm running Gnome metacity flashback on Ubuntu 22.04. After the upgrade, I had some issues: upgrade to 22.04 made Gnome metacity-flashback clock disappear
the problem is that "Appearance" ...
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How can I stop Ubuntu GUI apps like Synapic and Shutdown from asking root password
I know I can add 'NOPASSWD' to '/usr/sudoers'. But it only works with command line commands such as sudo vim ~/test. How can I stop GUI applications like when shutting down the computer?
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Dock window preview becomes too large when multiple instances of the same app is open
When multiple instances of the same app is opened, I get to see the preview of the opened instances. Before it was alright. Recently, it happened like this.
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How to remove the color bar in the Ubuntu 22.04 Settings app
How can I remove the color bar in the Appearance category of the Settings app in Ubuntu 22.04?
I want to create an Ubuntu remix with Cubic based on Ubuntu 22.04, but the theme I want to use doesn't ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Keyboard shortcut to open new window
Super+(number) can be used to interact with programs on the dock. On my system, for example, nautilus is the first, so I can use Super+1 to either
open a new window of nautilus if none are open, or
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Ubuntu doesn't want to start WhatsUpp for Ubuntu. Error: "GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotAllowed: ..."
I use WhatsUpp for Linux and one day when started I got the following message:
"GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotAllowed: This call is not available inside the sandbox"
The ...
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Custom Dvorak keyboard layout is still QWERTY
I am trying to setup a custom keyboard layout from here , after following his steps, I couldn't get it working
I tried:
Sys linking from my dotfiles to ~/.config/xkb/real-programmers-dvorak
Adding ...
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