GNOME is a desktop environment / graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. GNOME 3 is the latest major release of GNOME Desktop Environment
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How to remove gnome 3 and all its dependencies from a debian wheezy netinst
I downloaded a Debian wheezy netinstall iso file, and just made a very minimal installation with no Display manager or desktop environment.
I was using the terminal for testing purpose. I later ...
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Blurred icons and no tab grouping Fedora 18
I'm using fedora 18, which I recently installed via a liveUSB on a ThinkPad T430
I'm having a strange issue, the icons (firefox, terminal, vlc) that I get when I do Alt+Tab are blurred and ...
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How to enable mobile broadband in networkmanager applet
I am using Gnome 3.8 desktop. as a previous Gnome 2 user i know that to enable mobile broadband by entering the context menu with Alt + right click.
However with Gnome 3 i am unable to do so .
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Debian Wheezy - VMWare Player and Gnome3
I have installed Debian Wheezy in VMWare Player 5.0.2 build-1031769 and all is fine. Except the "Failed to load Gome3" messages keep on coming. This is what I did so far:
Installed VMWare Tools ...
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Fullscreen application over two monitors
I have a dual-head setup running Ubuntu 13.04 with Gnome/Unity (the default desktop). What I'm trying to achieve is to display Firefox in "fullscreen" mode (e.g. hit F11 after it is launched), and ...
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How can I force VNC server to use GNONE 3 fallback mode in Fedora 17?
I set up VNC server on Fedora 17 but when I login the GNOME 3 session is completely unresponsive.
How can you force VNC server to use the GNOME 3 fallback mode?
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Keyboard shortcut to launch applications from the GNOME3 Favourites
I have just switched from Unity to GNOME 3. The main feature I'm missing is being able to launch the xth application on my Unity Panel with Super+X.
Is there a similar set of shortcuts, or a way to ...
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How to install GNOME 3.8 on my ubuntu 12.04?
I just saw UI of GNome 3.8 and it is awesome. I want to have it, but I don't want to disturb my current setup of ubuntu 12.04. Please tell me if I can install GNOME 3.8 UI on my ubuntu 12.04 without ...
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How to use Gnome Shell with multiple monitors?
I'm desperately trying to make Gnome Shell work with multiple monitors. I'm on Gentoo. I'm using the proprietary ATI drivers.
I did the configuration with the aticonfig tool.
I tried using ...
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How can I show the date in the gnome 3 menubar?
Gnome 3 has a menu bar that includes the day of the week and the time. The date and time settings allow the time to be shown in 24 hour or AM/PM style.
There do not appear, however, to be any options ...
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Missed scrolls in Gedit and nautilus
After I type anything in GEdit, it ignores the next 6 ticks of my scrollwheel in a direction. If I scroll 6 times up, it will then let me scroll up, but not down. To scroll down I will have to scroll ...
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Gnome3 Classic and Window Snap
Is there any way to enable Windows Snap in Gnome3 Classic? I've been using KDE4 and there it's out of the box. Right now I'm testing Kali Llinux and I'm trying to get it work.
I want a lightweight ...
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How to enable window dragging with Alt+click drag in Gnome 3.6.2?
I liked this feature in previous releases of Gnome 2/3. It no longer works in Gnome 3.6.2 in Fedora-18.
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Update to gnome 3.6 from 3.4 in debian wheezy
So I have a gnome 3.4 with my debian wheezy distro.
How can I upgrade it to 3.6? I tried searching repos, but could not find anything. The only thing I found was for Ubuntu, and the solution 404'd on ...
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How to switch between monitors' foreground windows with the keyboard in GNOME 3?
I often work with the command line, with two terminals open on different monitors. I want to be able to switch between foreground terminal windows on screens.
Example: when I need to interact with ...
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gparted ntfs support on opensuse 12.2 with gnome 3
When I open gparted it shows no ntfs support, informing ntfs-3g and ntfsprogs packages need to be installed in order to provide this support. The packages are already installed, though.
Nobody else ...
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Keep Gnome 3 top bar (menu bar) during fullscreen mode
I want to modify Gnome 3 to support the following:
Full-screen applications expand into the area below the top bar.
I'd like to use full-screen applications while also using the functionality ...
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Is it possible to change GNOME 3's window resizing mode from stretch to rectangle?
I want mutter's resizing to act the same way as in compiz, yet it seems that there's no such option available in gnome-tweak-tool.
Is there any way to change that? Stretching windows (default) is ...
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How to disable all Gnome 3 notifications?
A pop up shows up at the bottom on the screen in Gnome 3, when ever there are software updates or when I plug in an USB device.
I have disabled notifications in the menu in the top right corner, bit ...
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Connect Evolution to Exchange in Fedora 18
I just installed Fedora 18 x86_64 on my laptop and trying to set up my email and calendar from work. We are on a Microsoft Exchange 2010 server, but I'm able to connect to the email/calendar from my ...
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How to make GNOME 3 hibernate from timeout using pm-hibernate
I am running Fedora 17 with GNOME 3 as my desktop, and have set up the machine to hibernate after idle for 1 hour. However, instead of switching off the machine appears to be on with the fan running. ...
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X11/Gnome/TrackPoint: custom button mapping not working
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T430s running with Arch Linux/Gnome 3.6 and I want to switch the left and right button of the trackpoint buttons (the upper ones). I can switch the left/right buttons of ALL ...
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Debian/Gnome stop auto-open of mounted volumes
Since upgrading from Debian stable to Debian testing, every time I issue a mount command from the terminal, the file manager opens a window to the mounted path, interfering with my scripts (volume is ...
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How do I launch (pdf) documents with Evince from the Activities Overview in Gnome 3?
Evince is already set as the default document viewer. Clicking on a document while in Nautilus will open Evince to view them. However, this is not the case when clicking on a document that appears ...
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ArchLinux(Guest) Installation VMWare 8 (Windows 7 Host) - Accessing Gnome3 DE using VNC, How?
I have installed ArchLinux as guest OS on VMWare running on Windows 7 host.
I want to have a Gnome 3 GUI running.
I want to achieve that in a way that VMWare itself does not show the GUI.
Instead I ...
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How to make “delete” key work in Gnome 3/Nautilus and make the change stick
In Gnome 3/Nautilus (in Fedora 17), the keyboard shortcut for moving a file to trash is ctrl + delete. How do I change it to just delete?
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How to override GTK3 / Gnome Shell themes per application
I'm using both Cinnamon and Gnome Shell (Gnome 3) on Fedora 17 with the dark theme Blapple. Quite a few applications can't handle dark themes very good.
In Gnome 2 I had a simple solution for these ...
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Adjusting gnome for pythons interactive interpreter?
I'm running lisa mint 3.0.0-12-generic with gnome 3.2.1 as my Desktop Environment. Whenever I open my python 2.7.2 interactive interpreter to try out some code snippets, using the tab-key has strange ...
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configure gnome-screensaver's start time
I have gentoo linux amd64 with a gnome3 desktop.
I was wondering how can I change the minutes to wait before the screensaver starts.
for now it starts after like 5 minutes which is too soon for me.
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Gnome 3 screensaver (not suspend) resume hook?
Since whenever my laptop screen resumes sleeping (i.e. wakes up from screensaving) some settings are reset, such as keyboard backlight, I'd like to run some scripts each time this happens. I'm using ...
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How to prevent Gnome apps from removing title bar when maximized?
As of Gnome 3.6, Files (previously known as Nautilus) removes its title bar when maximized. Several other Gnome apps that I generally don't use also do this, e.g. Epiphany.
Is there a way I can stop ...
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Gnome 3 fallback (gnome-panel): multiple copies of all UI elements
I just switched from an NVIDIA to an ATI graphics card and changed the graphics
drivers on my Gentoo distro accordingly. Surprisingly, gnome-shell worked
without any noticeable problems (I know there ...
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Debian Wheezy wireless wont accept password
I have upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy. . When I enter the wireless password, It is not accepted. I can connect on other devices. I am not sure how to find out where the fault lies.
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In Linux, is there a way to get a warning if I forget to unplug my pendrive?
I forgot my pendrive plugged in when leaving the computer lab yesterday, and I would have lost it if it wasn't for a kind soul finding and returning it. I want to avoid this in the future and ...
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Open application in background without losing current window focus. Fedora 17, Gnome 3
I'm running a script in the background which loads an image with feh depending on which application is currently in focus. However, whenever the script opens the image, window focus is lost to feh. ...
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How can I install GNOME 3 on CentOS 6.3?
Would be possible to install GNOME 3 (instead of 2.28 that ships with CentOS) on a minimal CentOS 6.3 install? Is there any repository that provides packages for the new version?
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shell extensions - how to move and edit
I lately discovered shell extensions to gnome, however I don't know how to move them around, edit their properties and so on... How is it made? Btw, I install extensions by suse package manager and ...
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Gentoo Gnome 3 Bluetooth cannot receive file
My system is Gentoo Gnome3, all up to date. After my phone has paired with my computer, I can send files to my phone, I can also browse the files on my phone. But I cannot use my phone to send a file ...
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How to fix program and file association?
My system is Gentoo amd64, with Gnome3. I found some of the files/actions are associated with the wrong program.
e.g.: when I plug in my usb drive, the associated program is RawTherapee, a raw ...
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How can I change the color of fillable squares in GNOME Sudoku 3.4.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 to anything less “white”?
I play Sudoku on my laptop but I find that the white color of the blank squares that we have to fill is hurtful to my eyes. I would like to change the color to something less white, say #777777.
I ...
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How to achieve users are no longer allowed to shutdown the computer in Gnome 3?
I am using Gnome 3 with Debian Wheezy. I am looking for a way to make the user ask at least for the root password when using the shutdown button from the menu.
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GNOME 3, reset GNOME 2 look and feel
I just installed and started GNOME 3, and after starting it I notice that all applications using GTK2 are still maintaining the old look-and-feel. I would like to make this consistent.
I'm thinking ...
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GNOME 2 + Compiz equivalent?
Running Fedora 14 and realize I need to either change distros or find an alternative to GNOME 3 in Fedora 17.
Based on what I have read to-date, XFCE and KDE are the go-to WMs if I want to avoid ...
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Gnome Settings - gsettings vs gconftool-2
In Gnome 3 desktop icons are hidden by default. I tried to show them this way
gconftool-2 --set -t bool /org/gnome/desktop/background/show-desktop-icons true
It didn't work. So i tried:
gsettings ...
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Gnome3 session logout
With gnome 2 there was the possibility to logout from a session by executing
gnome-session-save --force-logout
Unfortunately this gnome-session-save doesn't exist in Gnome3. Is there a different ...
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System-wide Gnome3 fallback on Fedora Core 17
I know how to switch to fallback mode using the system-info setting,
and also via gsettings.
However, both those methods are per user.
I want to set the fallback mode as default for all of my users.
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Gnome 3 wifi hotspot does not connect with WPA & WPA2 [closed]
I am creating a wifi hotspot. It does connect with adhoc connection but that my android does not detect.
When I select security type to WPA & WPA2 Personal. It keeps connecting and never ...
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Fedora 17 Gnome3 tweak tools are not working
I have having trouble getting the minimize button enabled in Gnome3 on Fedora 17. None of the tweak tools are working, setting the option via terminal is not working at all. Yes I have reloaded ...
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How can I install Gnome 3 on Debian Squeeze?
I would like to replace Gnome 2 with Gnome 3, but I do not want to upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy. How can I do that?
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How to change the lockscreen background in Gnome 3 (Fedora 17)?
While seeking a solution to my login background question I realized that the lockscreen has to be configured seperately. But how? On a quick google search I only found the suggestion to replace the ...
