Questions tagged [ubuntu-mate]
Ubuntu MATE is an official flavor of Ubuntu, using the MATE desktop environment. Use this tag for questions specific to this flavor.
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Elements not showing in Brave browser after updating Ubuntu MATE
I recently installed Ubuntu MATE on an old laptop, and installed Brave on it. I used it with no problems for about a week and today I was prompted to perform a system update. After I did, Brave is ...
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ubuntu 23.04 (original) is not installed with vmware and virtualbox
good afternoon
I have a problem with both vmware and virtualbox, if I install an ubuntu flavor that is 23.04 in a vmware virtual machine, it lets it install until the end, however if it is ubuntu 23....
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How can I batch convert some .jpgs to .pngs
I would like to convert some .jpgs to a 640x480 size.
I looked through my Ubuntu_Tips.odt file and found this.
Convert png to a 640x480 png.
convert Screenshot_1360x768.png -resize 640x480! ...
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After upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 Control Center no longer opens and Appearance no longer available
Least technical post you may find.
Upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04.
Control center now fails to open even though it shows as being installed and up-to-date. Therefore I can't change my appearance or ...
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What is the File Operation Progress popup?
I frequently get a popup box saying File Operation Progress when using Thunar to copy files.
Another small box shows on the upper right side.
When I right click it, a box opens saying "File ...
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Display manager not working in Ubuntu 22.04 on Digital Ocean
I have running VM on Digital Ocean which runs Ubuntu 22.04, since GNOME desktop is really slow i decided to install xfce and mate but after successful installation i cannot change the display manager ...
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Table borders are not printing
I created a table but when I print it, there are no table boundaries that are printed.
I am using Libre Office Writer on Ubuntu Mate.
Table Boundaries are checked off.
How can I get those borders to ...
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Error with Brother hl 2240
When I tried to print a document, I got a blinking light on the Brother hl 2240 printer showing error.
It has paper and I could find no jam.
What else can I check for ?
Using ubuntu mate 20.04.
This ...
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Stop MATE panel being dragged with touch
I have a touch screen computer running Ubuntu MATE 22.04.
When I accidentally touch on the MATE panel, the panel is dragged to another location, which is very inconvenient, because sometimes I end up ...
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Screen is slightly blurred after rotating upside down
I am using Ubuntu MATE 22.04 in a laptop. After rotating the screen upside down in Displays, the screen becomes slightly blurred (and becomes normal after restoring the orientation).
Is there any way ...
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Touch sensor does not rotate after flipping the screen orientation
This question is for computers without a rotation sensor. For computers with a rotation sensor, autorotate can work in GNOME and KDE. See this question.
I have a touch screen Chromebook (natively) ...
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Cupertino/Pantheon task bar (panel) does not show 22.04
I love the mac styled Ubuntu Mate taskbar (or panel as they call it in MATE).
However, it has been (all since Ubuntu 18.04) a pain in the neck how lazy it shows up, when I give it a mouse trigger - by ...
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How to make redshift even more red in Ubuntu MATE 22.04? [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu MATE 22.04. Towards night, redshift sets a color temperature of 4500K.
How to reduce the color temperature even further? Unlike the Night Light feature in GNOME/KDE, Redshift does ...
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What is Zeitgeist Data Hub background process?
I am running Ubuntu MATE 22.10. I noticed the background process zeitgeist-datahub in htop. What is this process doing? Can I safely disable it?
I found a package of the same name. https://packages....
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Items missing from desktop when using rdp
I access Ubuntu 22.04 Mate from Windows remote desktop. When I log in, the top and bottom bars are missing from the desktop. While searching for a solution, I found that the command mate-panel --...
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DVD drive activates every time I save a text file, and at other inappropriate times
I am writing a text file on my laptop.
However, every time I save the text file, the DVD drive activates. The DVD drive also activates at other inappropriate times.
I could eject the DVD of course, ...
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Change the default action when a CD or DVD is inserted - Ubuntu Mate 20.04
When you insert a CD or DVD into the optical drive while running Ubuntu, a dialogue box pops up, asking what you'd like to do. A while ago, I told it to run a specific program, and that this should be ...
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Ubuntu MATE Battery percentage shows up in lightdm but not available after logging in
I am using Ubuntu MATE 22.04 in a laptop.
While the battery percentage shows up in the login screen (lightdm), after logging in, it only shows the estimated time remaining.
Login Screen
After ...
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How to make ubuntu show image previews for image icons
I updated my Ubuntu Mate 20.04 to 22.04, and my settings, themes and general appearances all changed. My pictures, formerly would show the image as a preview. now its some icon which makes things ...
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Attached monitor is off, but window is still there, and I can't move the application back to active monitor
I sometimes use an external monitor on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. However, the monitor is off now.
The problem is that sometimes application windows will get sent to the deactivated monitor, upon which they ...
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Consistently unable to connect to Odroid N2+ with remote desktop with xRDP (Please help me! D:<)
So I've been trying to get xrdp to work on my Odroid N2+ for a few weeks now and it's pulling teeth, but you never fully pull them out (no release, just constant pain). I really would like to be able ...
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Audio output doesn't switch when headphones connect or disconnect
I am using Ubuntu 22.04.
When I log in to Ubuntu, the audio output is set to whatever is in when I log in, and will not change whether or not I put in the headphones.
If I login with the headphones in,...
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Using xbindkeys to assign suspend to Pause/Break key
Xbindkeys sure has a person doing some "fancy dancing" trying to get a command assigned to a key.
Using material from here,
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xbindkeys#GUI_method
This is in ....
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New keyboard has no sleep button
I got a new keyboard(Lenovo) but it has no sleep key which I use very frequently.
I have a script to do the suspension.
Can I take a rarely used key, like the Pause/Break key and cause it's pressing ...
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Install older version of thunar on Ubuntu Mate 20.04
When I use the up arrow in thunar, it is not moving up.
Also, pressing the Enter key sometimes doesn't do anything.
I am using 4.16.10 with Ubuntu Mate 20.04.
I would like to install a different ...
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Up arrow in thunar does not advance up to the next file
When I use the up arrow in thunar, it is not moving up.
Sometimes using the enter key does not open the file, etc ??
What is frustrating is sometimes both actions work.
I am using 4.16.10 with Ubuntu ...
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How do you run the alexa snap?
I installed the alexa snap.
How do I run it?
snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
alexa 1.1 ...
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Automatic/unattended installation of Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop
I would like to provide to my students a Virtual Machine several software pre-installed. The software is updated quite regularly so an automated way to generate a VM would be very useful. I plan to ...
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Need to get more info on my sensors, fan speed etc
I had sensors working in 18.04 but having difficulties with 20.04
I installed sensors and ran sensors-detect selecting the default choices.
I would appreciate the opportunity to learn what I need to ...
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Criteria used by update-notifier
I did a search for "update-notifier criteria used for determining when to update" but did not find anything.
I have always been curious about the criteria used to determine when an update is ...
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No such file or directory - file is present
enter code hereI do not understand why I am getting the "No such file..." error.
fstab is in home/andy/Downloads/
Here is what is relevant in my backup script.
# Backup fstab
cat /etc/fstab &...
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Creating tar files without including the directories
I am fairly new using tar having used zip files in the past.
I want to just create the tar file without the directories being included.
I went here, but found it a bit confusing.
https://www.baeldung....
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Time to execute a backup script to determine efficiency
Creating the tar file seems slow to me. ( I learned 2 days ago that files in zip files do not retain file permissions.)
The tar file is 15 Mb in size.
It spends around 2 seconds to create the tar file....
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Make phone calls from desktop computer
I have a microphone and camera on my desktop system.
I would like to be able to make phone calls using the computer.
I use zoom, so it seems like it should be doable.
Is it possible using Ubuntu Mate?
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Get crontab -l output into a text file
How can I get this to create a text file?
I am getting a permission error.
crontab -l > crontab_backup.txt
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File is not being copied to a valid directory
Ubuntu_Documents.zip is not being copied to Local_Backup_Dir?
/home/andy/Backup/Ubuntu_Mate_20.04/ does exist.
Other files are being copied to that directory.
Can someone offer some things I can check?...
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Re create "rotating icon" that popped up during the establishment of an internet connection
Is there a way to Re create the "rotating icon" that popped up during the establishment of an internet connection. It was last seen in 18.04. I have ubuntu mate 20.04? It was last in 18.04 ...
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Ubuntu Mate - serious problems with windows management
my Ubuntu Mate (19 Tara) has lost its window manager - Firefox window is frozen to the upper left of the display, other menu functions do not close their windows, some of the menu functions no longer ...
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Ubuntu Mate theme has no "Traditional" option after update to Jammy
I updated my computer, and now the theme is all screwed up. The panel applets in Mate don't work, the icons are wrong or missing. In Mate-Tweak, the option I would usually choose, "Traditional&...
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How to install Kazam 1.5.3 in Ubuntu 22.04?
My version is Kazam 1.4.5.
I tried this link to update but I can't add ppa to my sources list due to this error:
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/sylvain-pineau/kazam/ubuntu jammy ...
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Restore previously opened windows after shutdown
This may be difficult to explain.
The scenario is that I shutdown the computer while there are open programs, for example:
a minimized terminal
a document I am working on
gimp open as well
Is there ...
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Can not uncheck autohide from a panel
I have 3 panels at the top of my screen.
I set all 3 to autohide.
I wanted to uncheck autohide, and was successful for 2 of the 3 panels.
How can I uncheck autohide for that 3rd panel ?
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Set time before computer goes to sleep to a time other that what Power Management offers
Is there a way set my computer to go to sleep in an interval other than what Power Management offers?
I want it to sleep after 5 minutes of inactivity?
There is no pick for that in Power Management. ...
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Non responsive screen brightness setting
I have Ubuntu Mate 22.04 installed on a 2013 imac 27". The brightness setting available thru the Mate Control Center does not modify the actual screen brightness. The screen remains almost ...
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Where is my Grub start menu after upgrade to 22.04?
I made all upgrades from 16.04 Ubuntu Mate to 22.04 successfully.
From the first upgrade I noticed that I can't see my Grub start menu.
Also I noticed that my system takes longer to startup and first ...
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Shortcut to specific profile mate-terminal
As you can see, I have in the upper bar a shortcut to open mate terminal:
Here you can see the shortcut properties:
I have some profiles which I use frequently, and would like to have shortcuts for ...
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Can not print larger size of image using Gimp
I scanned an insurance card and want to print it larger than it's actual size so the picture is easier to read.
I tried scanning at a higher dpi.
Is there a way to do so?
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Can't upgrade Ubuntu Mate from 18.04 to 20.04
I managed to upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04.
Now I can't upgrade from 18.04.
I receive authentication failed.
Any ideas?
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: ...
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Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/andy/MAXTOR_SDB1:wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock
Since going to 20.04 I have been seeing some odd behaviors.
Thunar and Caja are not seeing Maxtor_SDB1.
lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 63.2M 1 loop /snap/core20/...
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Delete one partition
I have 2 different Ubuntu Mate installations on /dev/sda.
I want to delete /dev/sda1 and reclaim that space while leaving the other Ubuntu Mate installation intact. I do not want to have to re-install ...
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