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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Shorter name for my home directory
I have 2 versions of Ubuntu-Mate, 18.04 and 20.04.
This is my home directory for 20.04.
/media/andy/81353260-b5a5-4b72-9fce-432e7c620fdc/home/andy/
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
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How to set up Ubuntu Mate for suspension after inactivity?
I'm using Ubuntu Mate 20.04. In the settings, there is the option of putting the computer to sleep after inactivity, but not to suspend it (and putting it to sleep uses considerably more battery). Is ...
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MATE System Monitor does not display CPU usage correctly
I've noticed that the CPU usage display on Ubuntu MATE's built in system monitor (mate-system-monitor) does not display cpu usage correctly. The %CPU field appears to always display as all zeros (...
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Does Marco's compositor affect battery life and/or performance?
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux, so please bear with me. I am using Ubuntu MATE on a laptop, and I'd like to optimize battery life as much as I can. I noticed that the Marco window manager can be set to have ...
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Where desktop icon positions are saved in MATE?
I'm using Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS. There are a lot carefully aligned icons on my desktop. Something like shown below:
I can't find icon positions attributes in dconf / gsettings.
How can I backup their ...
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Taking screenshots is suddenly very slow
Lately, I have noticed that mate-screenshot has become very slow. I keep up with the 20.04 LTS updates, and I don't know what packages were updated recently that caused this.
Interestingly, the ...
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Script does not execute when returning from sleep state
I have this in /usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/ but it does not execute when returning from the sleep state.
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/bin/:/usr/share/sounds/
case "$1" in
resume|thaw)
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Ubuntu OS name changed to Elementary OS
I have been using Ubuntu MATE 20.04 with Kubuntu desktop environment installed on top. I installed Elementary desktop just to get a feel of it, i didn't like and then I tried to remove the PPAs and ...
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Is it possible to remove Debian 8 GRUB background from Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS?
I have two laptops upgraded to Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS.
The first laptop was upgraded Ubuntu 10.04 LTS → 12.04 LTS → 14.04 LTS MATE → 16.04 LTS MATE and then to Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS. For some reason ...
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Change background for login screen for 18.04
I want to change the background for my login screen for 18.04.
I tried to change my login screen background via modifying /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/ubuntu.css
but that file does not exist.
I found ...
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Losing indicator applet complete from my panel
Sometimes I lose the indicator applet complete from my panel.
I looked in syslog, but there is no entry showing it closing down.
I need help diagnosing how to fix that problem.
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Passwordless login keyring not being unlocked upon login
In Ubuntu Mate 18.04 32 bit, when I inspect my Login keyring in Users and Groups ("seahorse") and hover over it it displays the description "A keyring that is automatically unlocked on ...
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Lost all desktop icons
I was cleaning my keys and I managed to lose all of my desktop icons.
One of those keys was the space bar.
I also can not add any new programs to the desktop.
When I right click on the desktop, ...
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How to schedule task on Linux Desktop
How to schedule task on Ubuntu Mate 20.04 Desktop, to run bash script.sh once a day on Tu/We/Thu/Fri/Sat, after laptop startup?
Note:
I can run job once a day by Anacron on laptop starup:
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Ubuntu keeps trying to execute text files in shared NTFS drive, forgets default application
Until recently, I was using Ubuntu Mate 14.04. Last week, I did a fresh install of Mate 20.04. I have a dual boot with Windows, and I use a shared partition between both OS's. The shared partition is ...
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Find location for the icon for software updater
I made a script to start software updater. Now I am trying to find the icon for it.
However, my search found many such icons. Such as in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/ etc.
How can I find the icon that ...
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Using Caja file manager on Ubuntu MATE, and every time i rename a file and push the right arrow key, i get moved back to the first file in the folder?
I'm renaming a lot of files, and anytime I finish typing the name and hit enter and right to go to the next file, I go back to the first file in the folder. Is this a bug?
EDIT: Ubuntu 20.04.1, MATE 1....
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Keyboard shortcut to select full file name including extension
Is there a shortcut to select the full name of a file when copying or renaming using a graphical interface?
F2 only select the file name excluding the extension.
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Need to manually boot linux vmlinuz casper from USB live pendrive
Hello sorry for the question title, I'll edit later
On a damn Asus netbook model X205TA you can't boot the common USB live made with e.g. unetbootin or rufus
GOAL: wipe the existing Windows 10 32bit ...
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MATE: How to show additional existing keyboard layouts?
In Ubuntu Mate 18.04.5 there exist keyboard layouts (in the files in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols) that I simply cannot Add in the GUI where I configure my keyboard (mate-keyboard-properties). The ...
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ubuntu is extremely laggy and choppy
so I restored and upgraded a 14 dollar dell laptop from 2008, and I installed ubuntu 16.04 and it ran fine, I had no WIFI, so I did some updates to 16.04 and it became really really laggy, loading up ...
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Not all updates can be installed
Every time I run software updater, Upgrade manager says not all updates can be installed and wants me to do a partial upgrade.
I have tried sudo dpkg --configure -a and sudo apt-get update && ...
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Window decorations, e.g., the minimise, maximise and close buttons are oversized
Sometimes when I turn on my laptop the window decorations are blown,
This only happens on/while connected to an external monitor whose resolution is lower than my laptop's which is 4K. I can fix it ...
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Unable to change desktop environment with Lightdm in Ubuntu 20.10
I just shifted to Ubuntu Mate 20.10. I prefer to use i3 as my window manager. However I am unable to login into i3 through lightdm!
Even if I select i3 from the gear icon on the login screen, it keeps ...
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Mate Desktop freezes on login
I got a new laptop, and swapped my hard drive into it. it booted right up. when I log in with my typical user account, the screen goes black, and it eventually shuts down.
I can log in via the ...
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The first boot: Automate wizard and optimize
I have raspberry and Ubuntu Mate 20.04 (I could also use Ubuntu desktop for raspberry):
I am wondering if there is a way to automate "the first run wizard"? The first boot will prompt end-...
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Thunar stopped working
Thunar has stopped working. I tried re-installing it.
What can I check?
andy@7_~/Downloads$ thunar /media/storagedrive/Ubuntu_Mate_18.04
Failed to register: Timeout was reached
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Trying to update python3.9 giving errors
What I've done :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3.9
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /usr/bin/python3.8 1
sudo update-...
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stable octave on MATE
I installed Octave on my RPi400 running 32-bit Ubuntu MATE for Raspberry Pi with the following commands,
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install octave
It installed fine the first time but flaked ...
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Dot matrix printer on USB to parallel converter stopping halfway through the job
I am trying to use an old portable printer with a present-day computer.
The printer is a Citizen PN 48, a portable dot-matrix printer. It has two emulation modes, IBM and Epson LQ500/850; it is ...
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Why can't I use the mouse at all?
This morning, on restarting my laptop (Ubuntu Mate 20.04) my mouse stopped working completely under Linux, both the physical buttons and tapping the trackpad (although the trackpad still works to ...
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Disable tab preview / thumbnail on bottom panel? - Ubuntu 20.04 Mate
Since the upgrade to 20.04, the version of GNOME I was using as the interface was no longer supported very well and MATE seemed the most similar to it, so that is what I have switched to.
One of the ...
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Is it possible to have modelica compiler installed on the arm64 build of scilab for Ubuntu 20.10?
I'm using Raspberry Pi 4 with 4 Gb of RAM with Ubuntu MATE 20.10 arm64 installed.
What is interesting the Scilab package for 64-bit ARM does not contain modelica compiler. While 32-bit package has it ...
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How to unpin docklets in ubuntu mate 20.04
I tried to use the battery and CPU monitor dock-let, just for curiosity... Once I had done it, I wasn't able to remove it, I have seen other such questions but the solutions didn't help me, I use ...
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Unallocated Partition is not showing while installing ubuntu
I have a new Dell desktop which has 512 GB SSD. Now I have inserted an additional 1 TB HDD and from this HDD I have unallocated 100 GB. Please check the screenshot attached. But while installing ...
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Partition not showing while installing dual boot Ubuntu Mate
I have brought a new desktop which has pre-installed windows 10. I want to install Ubuntu along with windows(dual boot). I have inserted an additional hard disk and unallocated 100GB for Ubuntu.
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Temporary files from Caja/Engrampa taking up space
I was trying to add a major amount of data from an MTP volume to an archive using the Caja context menu. I first got a notification that files for the archive were being “copied” (no idea what that ...
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mate-terminal always opens maximized, want open at size specified by defined default profile (not install default)
Linux OasisMega1 5.4.0-52-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 15 10:57:00 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
mate-terminal Version 1.24.0.2ubuntu1
In panel button, having set my preferred profile to &...
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True Kiosk Mode
I am trying to run Ubuntu Mate as a kiosk. I can get the chromium to go into kiosk at login but I can still access the launcher with shortcuts and other shortcuts using the keyboard. How can I make it ...
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no shutdown or restart possible in ubuntu 20.04
I have an Acer Aspire E17 installed Ubuntu 18.04 together with Windows 10
my Windows 10 broke down because I was not using Windows frequently I decided to make a new installation from disk for Ubuntu ...
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Screen distorted when installing Ubuntu Mate 20.04.1
I want to move from Ubunut to Ubuntu MATE because my laptop is getting old. Booting from a USB though the screen is badly distorted, similar but not the same as this. It is unreadable. I can blindly ...
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how to connect ubuntu 18.04 to wifi
I am trying to connect my computer with Ubuntu 18.04 to a wifi network using the option System/Control Center/Internet and Network/Network Connections, but I only see a dialog with networks already ...
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Snap VSCode no space left on device
I have installed snapcraft's VSCode for a long time.
It has crashed like this before but I had managed to fix that by setting:
sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
But now it has crashed ...
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Display IP address in panel ubuntu
I need to display my ip address in my ubuntu panel and it's doable when you install giplet, but from what I understand, giplet is no longer supported by GNOME3.
Is there another way to display my ip ...
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Load Ubuntu 20.04
Helo, i am jecute the instalation of mate sudo apt install tasksel and sudo tasksel install ubuntu-mate-desktop the firts err to start don't load the ubuntu for default, i use de ubuntu Errors and ...
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Broken graphics after upgrading to 20.04
I have just upgraded to Ubuntu MATE 20.04 (from version 18) and my graphics are broken. I think it might be the composer's fault, since I saw Compton was uninstalled. How could I fix this?
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Icon not shown on gnome(originally ubuntu mate) desktop
I installed downloaded ubuntu mate and installed gnome for better UI. Now no desktop icons are shown on it. And on
right-click only
Change background
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Settings
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How do I restore minimized windows behavior?
My wife (or one of our cats) stroke the wrong combination of keyboard keys and now I'm having a hell of a time to get her windows back to the "old-fashioned minimization style", that is, she ...
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My keyboard stops taking inputs suddenly. How can I debug the issue?
I can't find a pattern in it, when it happens. Everything's working fine and suddenly keyboard stops responding. Mouse works well. Possible fixs I have tried:
Restart solves the issue( I used it for ...
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Keyboard shortcut for openning ~/Downloads on Linux [closed]
Is there a way to create custom shortcut to open ~/Downloads on Linux mint 20? I think Ubuntu mate 20.04 will have similar solution. I tried adding custom shortcut with command /home/username/...
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