Questions tagged [unity]
For questions regarding the Unity desktop environment, including configuring and using Unity. Unity has been the default Ubuntu desktop environment from Ubuntu 11.04 to Ubuntu 17.04.
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Ubuntu won't start up
Yesterday i had my computer pluged in to a tv screen and i watched a series. I fall asleep and forgot everything open as it was and pluged in (it happens to me sometimes). I woke up a few hours later ...
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Gnome Shell failed to load extensions after a black screen on Ubuntu 24.04.1
Since a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04.1, Gnome extensions disable themselves after a black screen (Energy Saving), including default Ubuntu extensions. When I leave the black screen, no icons or dock ...
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Is there a version of gnome-session-flashback that works with 24.04.1?
I cannot stand the standard gnome interface, so I have habitually used gnome-session-flashback to give me the menus and dock arrangements I like. But after installing ubuntu 24.04.1 and then ...
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install Unity desktop
Is there any danger installing the Unity desktop instead of using GNOME? Is it less secure? Is it fully compatible with Snap and all Ubuntu applications? I prefer the look of Unity over GNOME.
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Display icon on screen
I want to create an application or library to display icons like "back" and "forward" on the middle of the left and right edges of the screen, similar to how Chrome shows ...
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Applications won't open if some time after booting the system passes
Ubuntu 22.04
All apps launch normally right after booting my PC but after 30 minutes or so passes every way of starting anything just stops working. Favorites bar, global search and alt+f2 won't work (...
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How do I get my WiFi signal strength icon to appear in the top menu?
I upgraded from 22.04 to 24.04 yesterday via upgrade -d. My WiFi signal strength icon no longer appears in the top menu. How do I get it back?
Extra credit, and I'll gladly post another question if ...
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How do I force a particular window to always be on top?
Under Ubuntu 20.04, I have an application that runs Chromium in kiosk mode (under Docker, if it matters), and I would like it to ALWAYS stay on top. Sometimes, however, after restarting the browser, ...
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Ubuntu desktop environment is broken
English is not my native language, so this post may contain some grammatical and spelling errors, but not limited to.
If you find any, please let me know in the comments and I will fix it as soon as ...
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How to (manually) write the path in Nautilus/Files when downloading a document from browser using Ubuntu 22.04 with desktop environment GNOME 42.9
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 with desktop environment GNOME 42.9 and I find very handy to use Ctrl + l to (manually) write the path in Nautilus/Files to browse my file. However, If I want to download a ...
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24.04 - Erratic window sizing actions or mouse movement
Lately I started observing some strange behavior on my Dell XPS 13 9370. As for now it seems to be related to touchpad or touch screen IMHO. It looks like out of the sudden pointer starts clicking on ...
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How do you change application exec strings in Unity? [duplicate]
I've got a few programs that need to have --no-sandbox appended to their execution in the application drawer. How do I do this?
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Having to manually start gdm everytime
I recently installed lightdm, Big mistake. It was terrible, So i then un-installed it using systemctl remove lightdm.service.
However, I am still having issues. First is that on startup it still has ...
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XMind Snap latest/stable 24.1.14361 - Fonts not rendering in export file window
I've recently installed xMind on Ubuntu 24.04 and found a rather strange problem i've not encountered before using other Snap software. When trying to export a map as .png the file browser to save the ...
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Best way to install Ubuntu Unity 24.04
For those who want to use Unity 24.04.
What is best:
Install default Ubuntu 24.04 and after install Unity environment?
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Install directly Ubuntu Unity Flavor?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
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Missing icons in Dock after upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 [duplicate]
I have several program pinned to my Dock: some work perfectly, others behave strangely after updating. The .desktop files are configured properly.
I don't know exactly how to put it in words, I'll try ...
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Unable to switch user after upgrade to 24.04
I just upgraded from 23.10 to 24.04, after the upgrade dialog popped up. Since the upgrade, I'm unable to switch users.
At the login screen (lightdm), I can select any user, but once a session for the ...
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Ubuntu / Ubuntu Unity 24.04 blank desktop after installing caja file manager
I installed Ubuntu 24.04 with Unity and later Ubuntu Unity 24.04. Everything worked fine in both cases. I use Caja File Manager, so, I installed it and then rebooted the system. After the reboot, I ...
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I am trying to start Unity on AWS headless Linux Ubuntu 20.04. I have Unityhub installed, but the unity hub --headless install fails
Here is the full command I using unityhub --headless install --version 2022.3.1f1 -m android --cm. I get one of two errors, and the first one is:
Here is the error I get.
A JavaScript error occurred ...
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Does Ubuntu Unity Have an App That's the Equivelent of KDE's Device Notifier? Or Do I Have to Use Nautilus?
Is there an app that can be installed in the side panel of Ubuntu Unity 24.04 that manages external USB drives like the KDE app Device Notifier? Or do I have to open Files? Thanks in advance.
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Can I Use the Same Process for Adding Icons and Themes to Ubuntu Unity 24.04 as for Ubuntu Gnome?
All the search answers I've found so far for adding themes and icons to the Unity desktop (I'm running Ubuntu Unity 24.04, with Unity 7.7) are dated back to the original Unity. The links shown are ...
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Fixing title of xterm even during editing a file inside it
To write a document I need to put a picture that I can capture from the screen. The picture is supposed to have an xterm which displayout uart output during rtl simulation. But I didn't capture it ...
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Integrate Gnome Software in Unity
I installed the latest Ubuntu Unity. I saw on a video and on other articles that Gnome Software is kind of integrated (has the top bar with the min/max/close buttons, takes the correct dark theme if ...
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Minimize, maximize, close buttons on the Gnome's top bar
I am using Ubuntu 24.04 with the latest Gnome, and I am trying to make some use for the top panel which stays there just for some icons and nothing else.
Remembering the Unity desktop, which still ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 corrupt screen font
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 with gnome 42.09 on 2 different systems and they both have the same problem. From time to time I will notice that the words across the top where the clock and calendar are ...
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How can I customize the GTK desktop title bar?
How can I customize the GTK title bar for the Gnome/Unity desktop, in Ubuntu 22.04?
I have several VMs running under VirtualBox, all in fullscreen mode (which shouldn't be significant) and I want to ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Unity: clock in top bar flickers a few times before dissapearing completely upon login
Basically the post
Time is not displaying in the Top Bar
(grayed-out clock settings as well) but the solutions from that post do not work for me, perhaps due to being Ubuntu 22.04.
Any suggestions how ...
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One launch icon per Microsoft Edge profile
One of the feature of Microsoft Edge I love on windows (probably the same for other chromium products), is the ability to have one taskbar icon for each profile
However, using ubuntu, all profiles ...
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How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand in 22.04?
Yes, I know there's this question already.
But it's 10 years old and the proposed solution doesn't work for 22.04.
And without this stupid "karma" I can't even add a comment in there.
So my ...
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How to erase device connected through usb in terminal
Would you explain how to erase data from device connected through USB in terminal
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Turn off Ubuntu 23.10 window capture / gluing functionality
Is there any way to turn off the window capture / gluing functionality in Ubuntu 23.10?
What I mean is best demonstrated taking any window (i.e. Chrome Browser) and pressing + 🠰 and then taking a ...
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How to manage keyboard shortcuts apps priority in Linux
Having multiple apps open may introduce some conflicts at commons keyboard shortcuts. In order to control the behavior, I'm looking for a way to define the priority of these shortcuts/hotkeys. A more ...
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Icons disappearing/reappearing, causing input lag
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / AMD / Wayland
I have a problem that just started happening. Only certain icons in the Dock seem to disappear/re-appear every 15-30 seconds. Every time it happens, the mouse skips. I ...
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characters in terminal not 100% white and backgournd is not 100% black on terminator window on xfce4
I use two machines often using vnn. One is ubuntu 20.04 unity the other is ubuntu 22.04 xfce4.
I used terminator window on both systems.
But in the xfce4 case, the character is not 100% white and the ...
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Unified application switcher (browser tabs <--> native window)
I don't like that alt+tab only switches between native windows, and not between browser tabs.
I want to switch between applications with alt+tab, no matter if they are run in a browser tab or in a ...
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ld.so error requesting libgtk3-nocsd.so.0, but windows get double titlebars if I install it
After foolishly installing multiple desktop environments alongside my Gnome setup, including Xfce, Unity, and Cinnamon, I get an error message in my terminal whenever I execute any command or even ...
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Why does Ubuntu's terminal often cause glitching on progress bars
Very often when using the terminal in Ubuntu I notice the terminal will tear progress bars across multiple lines. Have other users been affected by this? Is this application specific (the screenshot I'...
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Problem with mounts?
A little while ago, I installed Unity Desktop on my pc (by way of "sudo apt install ubuntu-unity-desktop") . After removing it ("sudo apt autoremove '^unity' --purge) and rebooting to ...
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Why I continue to receive the "gnome-session-binary"?
I'm using Ubuntu Linux X40 6.2.0-33-generic #33~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC and GNOME Shell 42.9
The output of journalctl -xe | grep "gnome-session-binary":
set 27 07:26:35 X40 ...
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Cant get out from command window when accidentaly pressed Ctrl alt F1
When I pressed that command, I couldnt get out, I tried rebooting from command line, restarting the service gmd3 which is the graphics service, I tried ctrl alt f7-f12 and nothing happened, even with ...
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How to get Dock to work with AppImage Hyper?
I had an older version of vercel Hyper (xterm) working and on the dock. I deleted that folder and added a new one (with a different path). The dock doesn't seem able to find it.
I can run hyper from ...
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launch terminal applications, the aircrack tools, from the menu with desktop files
I am attempting to launch a terminal program from the menu. For example; "airmon-ng", I cannot launch from a desktop entry or find the correct syntax for the Exec. Below is an example of ...
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Changing font styles of lightdm-gtk-greeter
I can change my font using the following option in lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf:
font-name = ...
But I'm not sure how to change the size or weight. I tried putting the following CSS in my GTK theme:
#...
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Ubuntu 23.04 - Slack notification problem
Slack notifications in Ubuntu 23.04, won't go away
I have tried using:
settings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock show-icons-emblems false
But this seems to disable notifications for all ...
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Archived version of unity.ubuntu.com
is there an archived version of https://unity.ubuntu.com ?
The url doesn't work anymore and archive.org doesn't have a complete mirror https://web.archive.org/web/20170829034442/http://unity.ubuntu....
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22.04 put a desktop launcher in the favorites launcher bar?
I've created a .desktop launcher to run a .sh script file that launches a program.
The desktop shortcut works, but I don't want to have to go to the desktop every time to run it. I want to put it in ...
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Unwanted Applications Installed after Installing Desktop Environments on Ubuntu
Hello Ubuntu Community,
I recently installed additional desktop environments on my Ubuntu system using the following commands:
arduino
sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt install kubuntu-desktop #...
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Opening Unity doesn’t work out
I am new to Linux and wanted to get started in Unity. I have watched many tutorials and I have searched the docs. The problem is, that when I open Unity I always get an other screen than the one in ...
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Shift and Alt keys not working on Ubuntu Unity 23.04
I have an older Asus Laptop that I reformatted and installed Unity. First time using Linux. Got the OS installed pretty easily and it seemed to be working fine. I was poking around with the settings ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, installed Unity (7.5) from Universe, how to switch to Unity 7.6? (if advisable)
I've heard that great upgrades came with the latest release Unity 7.6.
I am using Unity since all the years, simply by having it installed from the Universe repo on the default Ubuntu (Gnome desktop) ...
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