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"Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected" error in 22.04
Ubuntu 22.04 forces the Firefox Snap default for everyone, across every flavour. Sadly the Snap version of Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04 won’t (currently) let you install GNOME extensions from the GNOME ...
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"Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected" error in 22.04
After the upgrade, your Firefox browser was changed to a snap version. One of the current issues with the snap version is that the Gnome Shell extensions website does not work.
Extension manager ...
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How do I disable 'Activities' hot corner in GNOME shell?
Funny how an ancient post pops up and does not have a recent answer, non of the solutions work for recent versions of Gnome Shell.
For Fedora Worstation 36 with Gnome Shell 42.4, this can be found in ...
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Ubuntu notebook computer lost its GUI
The problem was fixed after purging and reinstalling gdm3:
$ sudo apt purge gdm3
$ sudo apt install gdm3 ubuntu-desktop
After the above, I noticed that a file named /etc/X11/default-display-manager ...
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How to disable GNOME Screenshot UI, selection frame, necessity to click something to make a screenshot of an area in Ubuntu 22.04?
It functions pretty much the same now. You press PtrSc, then select the area you want a screenshot of, and hit Enter when done. The result is available both in the clipboard and as a file, so you do ...
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How to disable GNOME Screenshot UI, selection frame, necessity to click something to make a screenshot of an area in Ubuntu 22.04?
You cannot delete the new screenshot app, as it is built-in to GNOME Shell. However, you can install the gnome-screenshot app, which is the app that was used in Ubuntu before 22.04, using this command:...
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How can I automatically resize a window to 1/4 of the screen and snap it to a corner in Ubuntu 22.04?
I have discovered how to install and use two really good extensions for this:
Awesome Tiles - allows window snapping via shortcut keys, just like "Compiz" in Unity in Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04,...
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Highlight window position with Alt-tab window switching (GNOME shell)
The AATWS - Advanced Alt-Tab Window Switcher Gnome Extension does what you're asking I think. You can change the setting “Show Selected Window” to “Show Preview” and then as you cycle through windows ...
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Ubuntu 18 - how to ungroup apps in dock?
Follow up for previous answers. To install Dash to Panel extension (and others extensions) in Ubuntu 22.04 at first there is a need to install standalone Extension Manager (since installing extensions ...
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Can I map a shortcut to move to the previous workspace?
For Ubuntu versions up to 21.10 (GNOME 40)
You can use the Go To Last Workspace extension. Just install it and you should be able to use the keyboard shortcut Super+Esc to switch between the last two ...
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File upload freezes in all the applications in Ubuntu 22.04
I had the same issue and I think I found the solution.
Try changing chrome://flags/#ozone-platform-hint to "Wayland" and relaunching Chrome
EDIT:
otherwise, try launching Chrome from the CLI ...
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Is there a way to get a workspace grid in Gnome 3.x, Gnome 40, Gnome 41, Gnome 42, Gnome 43?
I'm using GNOME Shell version 42, extension version 34 and I just upgraded by ubuntu release from 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS.
If anyone is using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and cannot get grid workspaces to work ...
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dbus calls to gnome shell don't work under Ubuntu 22.04
Like everywhere else, stricter security is also being implemented in Gnome Shell.
The org.gnome.Shell interface provides a private API to other core
components to implement desktop functionalities ...
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How to remove the outer border of applications folders in GNOME with the Blur my Shell extension?
You can do the following:
Open Blur my Shell's options.
Go to the Overview tab.
In Application folder dialogs style select Transparent from the drop-down menu.
Your applications folders should ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 and later: can't change the input switching shortcut to alt+shift
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS; the problem exists here as well; all answers and suggestions fail here; except: @rubmz's comment above:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-...
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Can I have 2x2 workspaces in GNOME 3?
Update: Ubuntu 22.04
It seems the old reliable "Workspace Grid" is no longer maintained, and (at this time of typing) not working on 22.04.
There is a fairly nice alternative in Workspace ...
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gnome-shell process high ram usage in 17.10
Several years later and after the question was closed and reopened, I have a pretty good idea of what the issue was. So I'm answering my own question.
Does anyone else notice the same behavior? Why ...
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Why are my wallpaper settings, tile, zoom, center, scale, fill or span options no longer available?
The work-around provided by @pomsky no longer works for Ubuntu 22.04. The wallpaper files using the Tweaks application have no effect any more and are overwritten by the default Background settings.
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Ubuntu 17.10 not showing Spring Tool Suite icon in the Dock
In March 2022, latest STS download
Spring Tool Suite 4
Version: 4.14.0.RELEASE
i had to change :
Exec=/PATH_TO_MY_EXTRACT_DIRECTORY/sts-bundle/sts-3.9.1.RELEASE/STS
To:
Exec=/...
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Invoking GNOME Activities overview from command line
The safe answer, which doesn't rely on the Eval() method for GNOME > 41 is:
dbus-send --session --dest=org.gnome.Shell --type=method_call /org/gnome/Shell org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set string:...
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Super key not working in Ubuntu 20.04
If you have a Corsair K95 (or similar keyboard) there is a lock button to disable the Windows/super key.
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Cannot dim external monitor brightness
There is the awesome Soft brightness extension that does exactly what you want!
It uses a combination of hardware and software brightness control that allows the simultaneous brightness/backlight ...
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What is this circular orange spot in GNOME's top bar menu?
As mentioned in the accepted answer, the orange spot means your screen is being recorded.
I had the problem that I could not turn it off due to a malfunctioning Wayland screencast recording on (GNOME) ...
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How to order app picker alphabetically in 22.04?
Use Alphabetical App Grid to alpha sort your apps... https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4269/alphabetical-app-grid/
Use Favourites in AppGrid to put your favorites in... https://extensions.gnome....
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/var/log/syslog suddenly grew to 44 GB due to gnome-shell (actually: Chromium or Chrome) error logs
Update: This bug has been fixed on Tue Jul 26 20:37:31 2022. See this comment response to my bug report here and this commit here: c565dd300a910b199ddef6ea83dcf4a3414525bf. Please update your Chromium-...
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make mirroring displays the default in gnome
When an external display connect, we need to trigger a shell script
We can do this by using udev
First, if you don't have udev on your Ubuntu
Run the following command:
sudo apt install udev
Monitor (...
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gnome-shell crashes repeatedly after virtualbox update
This bug is apparently caused by some updates in the 5.15.0-47 kernel. There is a bug report here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1988473
Reportedly, switching to an earlier ...
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Need help with Ubuntu 22.04 top bar
If you mess with your desktop, it is difficult to hint how to precisely unmess it. You may try resetting the settings to factory defaults to see if this solves the issue.
Try first resetting ...
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Is there a CLI for the default Wayland Screenshot tool? How is that tool called?
The new screenshot tool is not anymore a separate utility, but is part of Gnome Shell. Like other Gnome Shell components, it may internally be addressed using obscure and hardly undocumented dbus ...
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Alt+Space window menu to be circular
This behavior cannot currently be changed by the end user, because this is how GNOME developers have decided that the Window menu (aka Alt+Space menu) should work. There is a feature request for this ...
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