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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Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
When I login, nothing happens.
I am presented with my desktop wallpaper.
No Dash, no Launcher, nothing.
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How do I reset my Unity configuration?
I've been messing around with Unity and broke something, how do I "start over"?
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How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand?
Will Unity allow making custom launcher icons from .desktop files or via menu editing system? (Right now the launcher doesn't give the option to "keep in launcher" on all programs.
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What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts?
In Unity, are there any pre-defined shortcuts, e.g. to open the dash or unhide the launcher?
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How can I configure Unity?
Are there any configuration options for the Unity desktop?
There are multiple valid answers for this question spanning over several versions of Ubuntu. For your convenience an index of each below (...
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What are some of the issues with CCSM and why would I want to avoid it?
I've seen some people complaining about how unstable CompizConfig Settings Manager ("CCSM") is and how it can break people's desktops if they're not careful.
What are some of the known problems with ...
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How can I uninstall a nvidia driver completely ?
As expected, Nvidia drivers have reduced my customizations. I can't login to Unity 3D session. I can't find any content to help me to uninstall the driver and I don't know what to do as I have never ...
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What Custom Launchers and Unity Quicklists are available?
Please note that right now, most of the information contained below is outdated and cannot be updated. Be careful, most of this won't work on Ubuntu 12.04 and newer.
Creating a custom launcher for ...
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Can I move the Unity launcher?
I can’t get used to the new Unity system. I’d like to move the left Unity panel to the bottom of screen (like Windows 7 – more similar is better).
But I can't find a way. Is it possible?
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How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key?
A number of games, Emacs, and the terminal make extensive use of the Alt key. Can Unity be configured to respect this key, rather than launching the HUD with it?
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What's the right terminology for Unity's UI elements?
I've sent a few mails to the Ayatana mailing list regarding some UI suggestions for Unity, but I'm afraid I keep confusing the right terms for the UI element, so I would like to have some ...
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How do I change the default session for when using auto-logins?
When autologon is active, lightdm will start the Unity 3D session, not the 2D (or any other shell that I want to auto-login to).
Is there a way to start the shell I want automatically (autologon)?
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Creating a .desktop file for a new application
I just installed the lastest version of UGENE. I works fine but in order to use it, I have to enter the following in the terminal: cd ugene-1.11.5/ then execute ./ugene -ui to launch UGENE GUI.
This ...
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How do I enable or disable the global application menu?
I'm fairly excited for Unity, as it looks like a promising new direction for Ubuntu. However, I do have a concern - will it be possible to use Unity without the global menu?
I have my window manager ...
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GUI/Unity crashing in 16.04 LTS after updates 2018-01-04, compiz segfaults
The latest updates (4/1/2018) make my laptop constantly crash the GUI/Unity:
(Intel Pentium su4100 processor)
syslog:
Jan 5 11:38:53 1810 kernel: [ 1850.327738] compiz[11911]: segfault at 0 ip ...
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How can you remove Unity?
In previous versions of Netbook Remix I was able to disable the netbook-launcher and just have a blank desktop. I liked the speed of the Netbook version but not the interface, this worked well for me....
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Am I using Unity or Unity 2D?
Unity and Unity 2D look very much alike, so how can new users easily find out whether they are running Unity or Unity 2D?
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Dash search gives no result
I just upgraded my Ubuntu 11.10 (x86) to Ubuntu 12.04 (x86). The upgrade completed without any errors.
Since then, I am unable to access any of the applications in the Dash. The Dash seems to be ...
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How do I change to a theme not listed in the Appearance screen?
I've downloaded some nice themes, icon packages, and pointers from sites like gnome-look.
Now, what do I do to use this theme? Do I have to save it in /usr/share/themes?
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How to pin Eclipse to the Unity launcher?
How can I pin eclipse indigo 3.7 I have 'installed' at /opt/ to the taskbar?
I have tried launching eclipse and right-clicking to choose the 'keep in launcher' option. But when I click that icon, ...
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How can I reduce or increase the number of workspaces in Unity?
I was reading about how to get multiple workspaces in the mutter version of Unity, however since Compiz is replacing Mutter how do I go about adding and removing workspaces in Compiz version of Unity?
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How can I configure Unity's launcher auto-hide behavior?
This has been an issue for me with Unity since its release.
I'd like to make the the launcher auto-hide. Especially on Netbooks, where screens are small, the launcher is quite wide, making it ...
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How to find out the terminal command of an application?
I want to use some applications shown on the Unity Launcher in a terminal, but I need to know the appropriate command to run them. How can I achieve that?
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How can I make Ubuntu 18.04 / 18.10 desktop use Unity (be like Ubuntu 14.04)?
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 and I'm not keen on the desktop environment. I want the desktop env. I used to have in Ubuntu 14.04. How can I get it?
I've attempted to use this answer, but when I ...
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How can I move all the window controls to the right (or left)?
Downloaded Ubuntu tweak and set window controls to the right side. Only some programs follow the rule. Pidgin as an example has window controls on the right. But Chrome, Thunderbird, Geany, still have ...
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How do I access and enable more icons to be in the system tray?
So I'm messing around with Natty a little, and I noticed that all the apps that would normally use the system tray (or "notification area"?) aren't displaying there. Is that a bug, or is that the way ...
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2/15/18 compiz update broke unity
This compiz update forced removal of unity and ubuntu-desktop on my 16.04 Ubuntu system.
The offending package that is missing, but unity needs, seems to be compiz-core-abiversion-20151010. It seems ...
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How can I remove Amazon search results from the dash or disable the feature?
How can I disable Amazon search results in the Dash?
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What lenses for Unity are available?
This question is present as a matter of historical interest. While you are encouraged to help maintain its answers, please understand that "big list" questions are not generally allowed on AskUbuntu ...
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Can auto-hide for the application menu be turned off in Unity?
Will there be a way to disable auto-hide behavior of global application menu in Unity. While I would prefer to have this behavior disabled by default (as it is bad UX), it looks like it's here to stay,...
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How to rename partitions?
I'm new at Ubuntu; I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and the partitions appear like 30 GB volume and like 78EF-2C5E in task bar. I tried to rename it but rename and remove buttons are deactivated so I tried by ...
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Problems after upgrading to 14.04 (only background and pointer after login) [duplicate]
After upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04 I could log in to my X session (albeit with really low graphics). While trying to fix the graphics, I managed to break the X session.
Now, after typing my password ...
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How can I start up an application with a pre-defined window size and position?
I'm wondering is there any way to achieve the affect of the Ctrl-Alt-Keypad shortcuts in Unity using terminal commands instead? I want a command that sets a gui window to half the size of the screen, ...
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Unity: How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?
Enabling Bias alt-tab sorting to prefer windows on the current viewport as described here made no difference. How can I get back the exact same behavior as 11.04, so that alt-tab only switches between ...
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How do I remove the Unity launcher?
How can we remove the launcher that come with Unity on this new Ubuntu version ?
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How to correctly enable Desktop Cube in Unity 3D?
I have read several questions regarding how to fix an already enabled desktop cube or the problems it had in 11.04. But in 11.10, how can I correctly enable desktop cube in Unity 3D?
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How can I set default terminal used in Unity?
How can I set the default terminal used in Unity?
I would like to use the Ctrl+Alt+T hotkey to start a non-default terminal. The default terminal is gnome-terminal.
Where can I change the default ...
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How do I build Unity from source?
I'd like to know how I would build Unity from source code in the current development release. Please cover the following topics:
Which packages are needed to compile Unity?
Where would I get the ...
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How do I reinstall Unity?
I tested out Unity 5, and of course, it broke things, so I tried downgrading by
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:unity-team/staging
It removed Unity completely.
apt-get install ...
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How can I keep recent files from appearing in Unity?
I sometimes browse erotic media files but I would like to avoid having them appear in files & folders / recent. How can I do that?
The old "making .recently-used.xbel a folder" trick from 10.10 ...
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Can I apply a different GTK3 theme from the main one to an individual application?
For example, can I keep Ambiance as main theme but assign elementary theme to elementary's app?
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How to remove icons/shortcuts from Unity menu?
I have installed Chromium and Tweet Deck on it (trough Chrome Store), now I uninstalled Tweet Deck and after that Chromium, the problem is, when I installed Tweet Deck it asked me if I want to create ...
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How to change desktop background from command line in Unity?
I have a script that updates my desktop background every day with the NASA APOD. Since upgrading to 11.10, that script stopped working, presumably because I'm using gconftool-2 to actually update the ...
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How do I make a Theme from scratch for Unity?
I'd like to make a theme from scratch for Unity.
What knowledge and information/skills are needed? Are there any tools or templates out there for something like this already? I don't have any Python ...
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Unity Launcher and Top Panel disappeared in 14.04
The top panel and Unity launcher have disappeared in Ubuntu 14.04. Also cannot access the terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T.
I have tried every solution for this issue that I can find, from re-installing unity ...
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How can I disable arbitrary default multitouch gestures in Unity?
I'm using a custom Touchégg multitouch gesture setup in Ubuntu 11.04 with a Magic Trackpad. Since the default gestures (such as 3-finger tap and drag to move windows, 4 finger tap to reveal the dash, ...
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How do I add an application to the dash?
I just installed Oneiric Ocelot, and I can't figure out how to add an application, which is stored in my home directory, to the dash. I can create a launcher, but I want it in the dash also.
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How do I add and remove the Workspace Switcher launcher from the Unity launcher?
How can I remove the Workspace Switcher launcher from the Unity dock?
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How do I add a custom launcher?
I started by searching guides. I found this guide but neither of the main methods works anymore in 11.10.
The first solution, I have created the desktop file, however the file location given as ....
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How do I configure the launcher to "dodge windows"?
I don't like the auto hide launcher for it is too annoying for me. The launcher stays hidden and to reveal it, the mouse pointer has to be moved to the default hot spot. I'd instead like to have the ...
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