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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Issues with Menu Editor in GNOME 3
I'm currently using Fedora 16 w/ GNOME 3. I've created a new application entry for Xilinx ISE using Alacarte.
Here it is below:
The application itself runs perfectly, however there is an issue with ...
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Gnome Shell doesn't display applications
Applications will not show up in Gnome Shell, however they show up on the "Favourites" bar, and can be searched for.
For example, if I search for something spelled incorrectly ("chrmium"), it shows ...
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How can I extend Lisa's taskbar across both monitors?
I've just installed Linux Mint 12 Lisa and would like to extend the bottom taskbar to both monitors.
Lisa uses a fork of Gnome Shell (Gnome 3) called Cinnamon
How can I do this?
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Disable autohide for Gnome 3's bottom bar
I like to work with maximized shell windows, and very often notifications I care little about appear at the bottom of the screen, right on top of my command line that I'm writing.
It would be much ...
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GNOME Shell Global Menu Extension broke my GTK
I've been playing around with the GNOME 3 Shell and like it very much so far.
But I've installed an extension that provides application menu pushing to the topbar. I think it's a great idea to allow ...
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How do I setup a Gnome 3.2 VPN connection (Fedora 16)
I just switched to Gnome 3 on a new laptop to try it out. Lots of things are different, but I think I can get used to them. But I'm having a real problem trying to figure out how to get the new ...
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Chrome windows don't remember size after closing and re-opening
Running GNOME 3 (GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1) on Ubuntu 11.10 , I'm seeing a problem with Google Chrome where sometime in the past a pop-under ad has resized my browser window to something like 640x400 , and ...
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Emacs transparent background on gnome-shell?
I'm using emacs gui on gnome-shell(3.2). I just set transparent background as the guide shows. It actually works on xfce4 (with compositor turned on). But failed on my gnome-shell laptop.
So is there ...
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Add old top and bottom panels on Gnome 3 without downgrading
I am testing Ubuntu 11.10, I am using Unity so far but I am not 100% convinced I want to use this desktop. I also installed gnome 3, but I find Unity easier to use than gnome 3.
But I would like to ...
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Taking a proper screen shot with GNOME-Shell non-disruptively
Running Fedora 15 (moving to 16 soon) - 2.6.40.6-0.fc15.x86_64
I would like to take a screen shot every few seconds - something like:
$ while true; do import -w root png:$(date +%F_%R:%S).png; sleep ...
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Commandline options in Gnome 3 launchers
I have several firefox profiles and I would like to be asked which to load when I start firefox.
In Gnome2, I had a launcher with the command
firefox -ProfileManager -no-remote
How can I do this ...
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Gnome-shell Application Menu customization?
I just recently switched to Fedora 15 with Gnome 3 and the Gnome Shell, but I haven't been able to successfully change the Applications menu shortcuts and groupings. I've tried both the alacarte ...
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GNOME 3 Num Lock & KVM switch
I'm using Arch Linux, and I just upgraded to GNOME 3 with GNOME Shell. I have a KVM switch, which says in the instruction manual to press the Scroll Lock key twice to switch modes. Scroll Locks has ...
