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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Unusable 22.10 behaviour
I've had some problems since upgrading to 22.10, which have escalated in the past 2 weeks.
It started with Firefox, both normal and Nightly will suddenly freeze, but just the UI, the pages still work ...
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Tiling in Ubuntu Unity 22.10? [closed]
How can I switch on tiling in Ubuntu Unity 22.10? Offer please some apps for this. Tactile in Extension manager is not supported...kwin-bismuth was installed, but I don't understand how to use it =_=. ...
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How to force a application to use the right GTK version save dialog box
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.2, the long term support version, with unity/lightdm, and Chromium browser from the debian archives. Everything works great except for a couple of native integrations, for ...
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Installing chromeOS theme on ubuntu not working
sudo snap connect [other snap];gtk-3-themes chromeos-themes:gtk-3-themes
error: snap "snap]" is not installed
gtk-3-themes: command not found
and when I entered this
for i in $(snap ...
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Location of Ubuntu/Unity 22.10 window controls
On Ubuntu/Unity 22.10, is it possible to change the location of window controls to the right?
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Is it possible to open About Ubuntu window in Xubuntu?
I've been using Ubuntu for ages (Karmic or Lucid, I don't remember) and if my memory serves me well, the Details or Overview section was present in the system settings in GNOME 2 and Unity. But when I ...
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How to test if .desktop file is working?
Background
I have a script that changes the wallpaper on my Ubuntu 22 every 5 minutes:
#!/bin/bash
targetDir="/home/pedro/Pictures/Wallpapers"
function get_next_photo() {
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how can i install the mate login screen on ubuntu 20.04?
I just installed mate's desktop on ubuntu focal fossa 20.04. I already have ubuntu unity downloaded on my pc. so the login screen is unity's login screen. how do I change it to mate's login screen via ...
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How to make a .desktop file work on Ubuntu 22.04 where the executable file has a dependency on a folder?
I tried to create a .desktop file for my 2D shooting game made with sdl2.
the .desktop file looks like this
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=The Hunt For Red October
Comment=2D shooting game
Exec=/...
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How can I find out where an executable on my favorites bar is located?
On Windows the shortcuts can be right clicked and when properties is selected it will show you a window which tells you where the executable target is located.
I have a favorites bar which has a ...
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Add items to xdrp desktop
I set up xdrp server on Ubuntu. However, when I log in I cannot see anything in the desktop.For example, no left side-panel for apps or no directories on the Desktop, even though the Desktop folder in ...
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ChromeOS crouton Ubuntu Unity return with noexec error on 128GB SD card
I just installed Ubuntu Unity chroot on my HP 19"5' chromebook in dev mode and everything went fine until I tried to run it.
The SD is formatted to ext4 and already has Linux installed, but when ...
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How to get rid of double title bar in Unity on Ubuntu 22.04?
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and installed Unity alongside Gnome because of certain features which Gnome does not handle as well at this moment.
However, all apps which come with my Ubuntu ...
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what is the new command for sudo nautilus on ubuntu 22.10?
I'm on ubuntu kinetic kudu 22.10 unity and I want to know what command now replaces the old command ''nautilus''.
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How do I install dash plugins to search online from the dash in Ubuntu Unity?
I am on Ubuntu Unity 22.10 Kinetic Kudu. I enabled online searching in settings as you can see here:
Here are all the dash plugins that are on my computer:
How do I install the required dash plugins ...
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Google Drive opens in VS Code
I added my Google account in the Online services in Ubuntu Unity 22.10.
My Google drive showed up in the launcher, and was working fine until I installed VS Code. Now, clicking on the Google drive ...
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Turn my Unity Game into a .deb file?
I wanna publish my game for ubuntu(and other debian based distros) in a simpler way and for that, I wish to make a .deb installer for it. Despite my best efforts tho, I can't find ANY easy tutorial ...
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Why doesn't the dash work on Ubuntu's Unity desktop environment when I try to search online?
I use the Unity desktop environment on Ubuntu 20.04. I enable online searching in Settings, but it still does not let me search the web from the dash. When I tried installing dash plugins that would ...
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Running aplications that require the c++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2015
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 .
I can't figure out how to run applications that require the C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 to run.
What do I need to do to run them? I have tried wine and it didn'...
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No Ubuntu Desktop/desktop icons on ubuntu unity
I installed ubuntu-unity-desktop on my system to replace GNOME but after installation there were no desktop icons or the Ubuntu desktop itself. I also cannot add icons from the Unity Tweak Tool. I ...
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How to exit Emergency mode?
I was installing Unity to play some games, after rebooting as asked the computer got into this emergency mode. I ran the journalclt -xb and it showed some errors:
x86/cpu: SGX disabled by BIOS
MDS CPU ...
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New install of ubuntu 22.04.1LTS new machine, no desktop folder in files, only home & has everything on desktop there
I have since my last post got a new machine: Asus520M-Plus
16GiB Mem
AMD® Ryzen 5 5600 6-core processor × 12
NV167 Graphics
1.5 TB Disk
Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
64-bit
Gnome ver42.4
Wayland
Also got an Asus ...
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Problem with sound in Ubuntu 22.10
So, I just installed Ubuntu Unity 22.10. The installation was fine, but booting into the system, there was no sound. In the sound settings, I could only find an output called "Dummy Sound".
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How to change unit of temperature shown in GNOME Calendar?
I installed GNOME Calendar in Ubuntu Unity 22.10, and it shows the predicted temperature on each day in the calendar.
However, it is showing the temperature in Fahrenheit, and I want to view the ...
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How to reinstate window buttons in GNOME software and GNOME calendar in Ubuntu Unity?
I am running Ubuntu Unity 22.10. For some reason, GNOME Software (the one installed with apt, not the snap store) and GNOME Calendar do not have a titlebar, and do not have any window buttons. It ...
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Can't drag 'n drop terminal window on screen
Running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS with gnome desktop, fully updated.
If I open a terminal (ctrl+alt+t) it invariably opens in the upper-left corner of the screen and I cannot drag the window to a different ...
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xdotool windows tilling 3 x 3 grid
What I want to do?
I want to be able to click on a window (terminal window, any software window, etc...) to activate it and click on a shortcut key which will resize and move the active window to a ...
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What is the difference when running a program via terminal and via Desktop Launcher?
I wish to launch a program in Ubuntu 20.04.
If I run it from terminal:
$ /usr/bin/eclipse
Everything works perfectly.
However, I wish to run it from the desktop icon, so I created a desktop icon ...
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Ubuntu Unity crash due to glade2script-python3, can I remove it?
It happened twice in ~2 months, since I replaced Gnome with Unity (ubuntu 22.04.1).
While watching a YT video in Chrome, and Unity just froze. The video was looping (audio only), repeating the last 2 ...
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Ubuntu text is randomly corrupted
From time to time all the text in my Ubuntu Desktop menus gets corrupted. The text inside the applications is OK, but it looks like all, or most, of the text related to Gnome is corrupted.
This ...
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while opening VS code it is throwing error saying " Unable to write program user data"
Screenshot of the dialog box which comes while opening VSCode:
my question is about vscode error after the new update of ubuntu.
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I can't lock my session anymore on Ubuntu unity
I cannot lock my screen in any way :
Crtl + l or Super + l ;
Clicking on Lock in the top right menu (where you can also shut down the computer etc.)
Through commands such as gnome-screensaver-command ...
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How to disable icon wiggle animation in the dock?
Apparently there is this animation that let's your applications icon wiggle when there is an urgent notification. How do I disable this wiggle?
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Cleaning Unity from ubuntu 22.04
im still working on cleaning my upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04.1 ( i remember that my 20.04 came from upgrading 18.04 and this came from 16.04).
I want to delete Unity, as ubuntu 22.04 uses gnome 42/41.
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In Unity, how to see the "real window" when being dragged with the mouse?
In Unity, while moving a window, its "shadow" moves first, then, when the mouse is released, it's actually moved to the desired position.
Is there a way to have the actual window moving, ...
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Remove Gnome safely? (after installing Unity)
There are already some other threads about removing Gnome.
But my concern did not seem to be addressed anywhere, I think.
I installed Unity and couldn't be happier. Now the Gnome packages are totally ...
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Unity: select link
Have "migrated" from Gnome to Unity (22.04.1),
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-unity-desktop
and I must say that after a couple weeks of use Unity appears to be faster and less ...
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Client side decorations are not removed in some gtk apps
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 with Unity desktop and also have gtk3-nocsd package installed. But some programs like bulky which I have downloaded from Linux Mint website work with this and show CSD instead.
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What is the difference in between these two launching options, and how can I fix it?
I have to launch my eclipse with first setting LC_MESSAGES=C (long story, I need this variable, otherwise I will loose some functionality).
So, if I run eclipse from terminal:
$ LC_MESSAGES=C /usr/bin/...
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Blank screen after upgrade to 22.04 LTS
I recently upgraded from 18.04 to 22.04, and haven't been able to boot to the gui since. Instead, I get a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left. The servers I have running on the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 can't see system tray icons such as steam, teams icon
My bottom bar is like this:
This is session:
canerveg@canerVegan ~ loginctl
SESSION UID USER SEAT TTY
29 1000 canerveg seat0 tty2
c3 118 gdm seat0 tty1
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How to turn off fix Ubuntu UI issues?
I have been using Ubuntu 20.04 (dual booted with Windows) happily for a year. Recently, I didn't run Ubuntu for a week and was using Windows for long. Then I booted up Ubuntu and I started finding ...
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Current keyboard layout not shown in Unity system tray
I have Ubuntu 20.04 with Unity desktop installed and two keyboard layouts added (English and Russian). However, for some reason the indicator does not show which one is selected at the current moment. ...
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indicator-datetime blinks after turning on calendar syncronization
I'm using ubuntu 22.04 with Unity deskop, and when I add a new online account and enable calendar syncronization indicator-datetime blinks, looks like it's constantly crashing and restarting itself. ...
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Double Icon on the Ubuntu Unity Desktop dashboard
Installed qgis from flatpak during the first start it created three icons as shown in the image, of which only one qgis desktop is really the start icon. Wonder how I can delete those two remaining ...
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xfce: Prevent multiple instances of apps
What is really annoying in Ubuntu is that when some apps which don't need multiple instances such as 'appearance settings', a web browser, terminal window are loaded again when they are aready ...
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Is there a way to organize the window spread
Ubuntu 20.04
I usually have some 50+ windows open, and over time, the order of the windows in the spread changes, and I end up spending a lot of time looking for the window I need.
My Window Spread
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Unable to switch between AMD Radeon graphics and Intel HD
I have an old laptop Lenovo Z51-70 with Ubuntu-20.04 and am trying to switch between AMD graphics (Radeon HD 8890M / R9 M275X/M375X) from Intel using DRI_PRIME=1 random variable
I get this error when ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: Starting firefox through terminal Error "cannot change mount " & Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module", How to solve it?
System information:
Computer Summary
Ubuntu version:
philossefer@dell:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Release: 22.04
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Nautilus has a double title bar on ubuntu unity 22.04. Is there any config to hide the additional title bar?
Nautilus has a double title bar on ubuntu unity 22.04. Is there any config to hide the additional title bar?
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