GNOME is a desktop environment/graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system, most notably Linux and the Java Desktop System which is part of Solaris.
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Ctrl+T does not work in browsers
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04.
At the beginning I used Unity, I downloaded and installed Chrome, Ubuntu tweak (where I configured my favorite shortcuts) and decided to switch to Gnome-classic ...
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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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Mint 13 does nothing when laptop lid is closed
I have a laptop running Mint 13.
I have it hooked up to a 30" monitor and have no use for the laptop being open, so I put it on a shelf and close it. When I do that, the monitor goes blank. The ...
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How to find the default file manager?
as a Linux user, I see that some applications can request a path to be opened and this causes a file manager to be launched. I'd like to do this programmatically, but how can I know which is the ...
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Screen keeps turning off and on
I have Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) OS and I actually can't tell what has caused this weird thing to occur.
Sometimes, the screen just turns off. Then it immediately turns on thinking it's in digital mode ...
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Gnome search not working for moved files
My search box in gnome(by pressing Windows button) not working correctly.
I'd moved program to other directory after install but search index still shows old path to application and its cant be ...
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Linux configuration: How do I assign shortcuts to open applications?
As my first post in this forum recource I would like to ask a linux question. Also, this is something that I thought would be super straight forward, especially considering linux...
The Situation:
I ...
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Pixelated Flash (youtube) videos on Linux (debian) ever since upgrade to gnome 3.x
I upgraded my Debian recently and now in Youtube, all the flash videos are pixelated. Example:
I have tried both methods from here: Disable hardware acceleration for Flash player in Linux
I have
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how to allow netcat-like connection to graphical interface (KDE, GNOME)
I'd like to use my linux server KDE remotely. Is there anyway to do this?
It seems that KDM is running as a TCP service, but I am unsure whether I can use this to connect remotely to graphic ...
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Run GNOME in FreeBSD in a VM
I am looking for help getting Gnome running on a FreeBSD VM that I am setting up.
Presently when I log in, it takes me right to a console prompt for logging in instead of a GUI. If I log in as root ...
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Making gnome see xkb changes
This is on Oracle Linux 6.3, but I bet it applies to any Gnome based distros.
I have edited /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ru, to add a layout section:
partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "stdwin" {
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Why are xterm colors different than gnome-terminal colors?
In my work environment I use xterm, and sometimes gnome-terminal. I like gnome terminal, but some of the colors are much harder to read than those of my xterm.
I am wondering
why the colors ...
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How to disable gnome-xchat join/quit massage permanently?
I use the gnome-xchat comes with ubuntu 12.04.
Is there a way to disable join/quit-massage for all channels permanently?
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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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Infinite history in centos gnome terminal
I'm using Centos 5.x gnome terminal. I would like to know how to set the terminal to hold infinite history. It is possible in KDE terminal. Don't know how to do it in gnome.
Please help
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How to make HTML snippets available when working with PHP?
This question is not only about HTML and PHP, there are some files which are written in more than one language. Let's take example of HTML; here you can do CSS and JavaScript stuffs in it.
In ...
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GNOME: I've got problems mounting a WebDAV resource. Where does GVFS's store its error log?
On Ubuntu 11.10, I've got problems mounting a WebDAV resource (Places > Connect to Server). It doesn't tell me why via the GUI. Other resources work, so I'd like to debug where the error is coming ...
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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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nvidia ignores the resolution listed in xorg.conf, even though I have 'nvidia-settings --load-config-only' on startup
when my machine boots, I see a nice 1920X1080 resolution screen, but the minute I login to my user, it's reverted to an ugly 720Xwhatever. When I run nvidia-settings and select 1920X1080, it's ok ...
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Is it possible to run an interactive script before shutdown Linux in a GNOME session?
I wrote some utility interactive scripts and want them run before shutdown.
For a terminal-login session, I just add some entry in ~/.bash_logout, my login shell is bash BTW, which works. However, I ...
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Gnome 3 - Unable to change date and time
I am running Arch Linux with Gnome 3. Unfortunately, although my time and date settings in /etc/rc.conf show that HARDWARECLOCK='UTC' and TIMEZONE='America/LosAngeles'. I continue to get the timezone ...
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xubuntu, wmctrl listing a single large display when I have two monitors
I currently have two monitors connected to my computer, the following:
[ON LEFT] [ON RIGHT]
1920x1200 1600x900
When I run wmctrol -d I get the following output:
0 * DG: 1152x864 VP: 0,0 ...
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No network upsets gnome
An issue that has been bothering me for over a year now. My notebook, running ubuntu 10.04, is almost all the time using a wired connection, with static IP address. And a remote DNS server. Network is ...
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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 do avoid context menu in opensuse to open on mousepress
I am using opensuse 12.1 via a virtual maschine. I'm using Gnome 3.2.1 and having this annoying problem, that whenever I want to open the context menu with the right mouse button it opens directly ...
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How can I configure gdm to allow X connections to other servers/workstations?
I have an issue on all new installs of CentOS 6.2 on my network. Connecting to remote machines using X11 gui software fails for reasons associated with the xauth. I'm not sure how to diagnose but have ...
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How to install GNOME desktop from DVD on CentOS 6 using the command line?
I have installed CentOS 6 in Virtualbox. Although I have chosen to install General Purpose GNOME Desktop, the GNOME desktop does not start. All I get is a black and white text prompt. I would like to ...
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Linux, make shorcut keys and FN key always active
If I play full a screen game under Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 using GNOME Shell 3.4) I can not use some of my Fn keys, nor the GNOME Shell shortcuts.
For example the Fn+volume, or brightness doesn't work, ...
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VNC Black Screen
Two weeks ago I installed centos,gnome,xserver and vnc on my vps.
At first time I could start gnome with "VNC Viewer" but now whene I want start "VNC Viewer" vnc connect to vps fine but I have black ...
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Windows in GNOME stuck at top left corner of desktop
I'm using GNOME 2.16 on Red Hat. I was doing some work in the Terminal and, by accident I entered a command that made the windows for all programs to be stuck to the top-left corner of the desktop ...
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Where are the gnome panel launcher logs?
I started adding shell-scripts as launcher to the Gnome panel, and it works like a charm.
However, occasionally stuff in the scripts fail. When the script is launched from a terminal there is a ...
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How can I fix my broken system clock (battery dead)?
I have a very old laptop with a dead battery. So every time I unplug the laptop the system time is reset to 2008.
I installed both Windows 7 and Fedora 16, but every time I boot directly into Fedora ...
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Surrounding window frame disappeared after Ubuntu release upgrade
Surrounding window frame disappeared after Ubuntu release upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS so window maximize, minimize and close icons are not present anymore:
Note: Few months ago I switched from ...
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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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Make nautilus not show desktop via SSH
Most of the days I am connected to my home server (running Debian) via a ssh shell from my laptop. Most of the tasks are done in the prompt, but sometimes I like to have drag-and-drop-file managers, ...
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Disable Linux Mint system start sound?
How do I disable the system start sound in Linux Mint. I am talking about when you are presented with the login screen. There is a sound that accompanies the login screen. I tried to access a program ...
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Recording only one window in Gnomes 3 default desktop recorder
Gnome 3 has great feature under Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R shortcut1. I guess this is Istanbul. It appears that it's not istanbul... Yet I can't find any info about this program.
Where can I find man page? ...
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How can I complete remove gnome and all of its subprograms?
I have Kubuntu 12.04.
And I had installed gnome with sudo apt-get install gnome.
How can I complete remove this?
Looks like just put a sudo apt-get purge gnome will not solve the case. Because will ...
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x11 GNOME theme - look and feel of Apple OS X [closed]
I'm using GNOME that came w/:
[alexus@wcmisdlin02 Desktop]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Scientific Linux release 6.1 (Carbon)
[alexus@wcmisdlin02 Desktop]$
and I was wondering if I can make Apple OS ...
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If I am in gnome and I click logout from the menu during a VNC session, how do I get back in?
I am running a CentOS server. I made an SSH tunnel and used VNC to connect to my server. Then after I was done doing some 'things' I clicked logout from the gnome menu. Well I didn't actually leave, ...
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How to make GNOME 3 use suspend-hybrid?
How can I make GNOME 3 use pm-suspend-hybrid instead of pm-suspend when closing the lid or using suspend from the menu?
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Gnome file manager Nautilus: How to disable front end search window feature
I am using Nautilus 3.4.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.
What I normally like to do, if I am searching for all items in a
directory that have names that start with say the letter 'A' is the
following:
Suppose I ...
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Gnome 3 global keybinds gone after update
Yesterday I did a full system update (the old one dates back less than a month) and now all my global keybindings don't work anymore. They are created via "gconf-editor" and are located in ...
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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 to get Gnome to open CD automatically
Having switched from Ubuntu back to Debian (a), the one thing I miss is the auto-opening on CDs when inserted into the CD drive.
There's nothing immediately obvious under System | Preferences to do ...
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Webcam microphone input in Gnome/pulseaudio
Just got a "Trust" webcam, which gets recognized on my Ubuntu Lucid. It has a built in microphone - which also gets recognized - however, I cannot really get it to act as the system microphone input?
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After installing Ubuntu how do I get rid of unity and go back to gnome?
After I have installed the newest Ubuntu LTS release (12.04) I am greeted with an unfamiliar and difficult to use desktop environment. I believe it is called unity. However I have used gnome for a ...
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Import (ImageMagick) does not capture overlays
I've been using import from Imagemagick to take screenshot of my second monitor every 15 seconds, and then later assembled the images using mencoder - thus creating a timelapse of what has been going ...
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Add more than one keyboard shortcut for an action in GNOME
How can I map additional shortcuts to an action, without losing the existing shortcuts for that action?
I have some computers running GNOME (some version 2, some version 3) with multiple keyboards ...
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How do I edit previous lines in a multiple line command in GNOME Terminal?
When entering a command which spans multiple lines in Bash, how do I edit previous lines? I'm a Linux Mint (Lisa) user using GNOME Terminal.
For example, let's say I type:
$ echo "foo bar
> baz
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