Questions tagged [gnome]
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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Gnome change virtual desktops by moving mouse to edge of the screen - Delay
In Gnome change virtual desktops by moving mouse to edge of the screen is described how to switch virtual desktops by mouse. Is it posible to define delay after which vdestop is switched? Respectively ...
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How to customize Seahorse plugin behavior in Nautilus?
I use Fedora 14. The seahorse-plugins package adds a nifty context menu option in Nautilus that allows you to encrypt/decrypt files easily with your GPG key. But is it possible to customize its ...
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Is there a way to group and hide tray/notification area icons in Ubuntu?
tray icons take a lot of space. is there a solution that is similar to windows 7, where the tray icons are grouped together and hidden?
any other way to reduce the number of tray icons? one way i can ...
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"Network unreachable" using Linux NetworkManager
I just moved my Linux/Windows dual-booting laptop from a desk with an Ethernet jack to a desk that is within the WiFi range of our 2WIRE integrated modem/WiFi/ethernet router. I use GNOME with ...
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How to drag and drop files to a (places|launcher) gnome applet
I made a shortcut to my home folder by dragging and dropping it to the panel.
Is there a way that I can drag and drop files to that applet in order to save the file in the folder location?
What I ...
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Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V malfunctioning
Sometimes, I select an item, hit Ctrl+C, browse to a folder, hit Ctrl+V, but no item is copied to the folder or some other item is copied to the folder (eg from a previous select + Ctrl+C).
For ...
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How can I change Nautilus's delete behavior?
I want to make it so that nautilus requires me to press a key combination to delete files - so that I do not accidentally delete files on a network share with no confirmation again.
Ideally I would ...
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How to handle rarely used keyboard layouts in gnome?
I use 2 keyboard layouts regularly, and another 1 a bit more rarely. It would be really nice if I could set the switch-layout key combination to alter only between the 2 I use often, and have another ...
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Change Gnome popup menus / combo boxes mouse click behaviour
Whe right clicking in windows that have popup menus you can hold mouse button, wait until popup appears and release above the desired item to click it. This is different from Windows that have popup ...
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Are there long term support distros that offer Gnome 3 as their primary desktop environment?
Are there long term support distros that offer Gnome 3 as their primary desktop environment? I know ubuntu offers native Gnome3, for example, but since the focus of Ubuntu is on Unity, I'd be afraid ...
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GNOME 44.10: Drag-and-drop breaks Alt + Tab window switching in numerous ways
I am running a pretty fresh install of a Bluefin-based Fedora Silverblue atomic desktop with a GNOME shell using Wayland, and mostly Flatpak applications. (For what it's worth, I recently migrated my ...
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How to remove searchbar from gnome activites overview?
This is one of those things that are pobably really easy, but you still can't figure it out.
I am not a fan of the regular applications menu in gnome, so I got the Arc Menu extention and removed the ...
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External keyboard connected to laptop running Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition) wont type any text after using Switch User in gnome
When I click on Switch User in gnome the external keyboard no longer works. It doesn't work in the password field, and it doesn't work anywhere else such as on firefox.
The external keyboard is an ...
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Suspend Mode on Pop OS not working
I installed the latest version of PopOS on my gaming PC.
If I click on "suspend", everything is shutting down except the PC itself. Any ideas what is wrong and how to address it?
My PC uses ...
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specify Gnome Display Manager (GDM) to show the login on a specific monitor with nvidia card
I'm using Gentoo Linux and I have Nvidia GTX3060 video card and i connect 3 monitors to it, to with DP and one with HDMI.
My desktop is gnome under wayland with Gnome Display Manager (gdm)
now the ...
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GnuCash v5.4 - (GNOME Dark Mode only) after the description text is highlighted, the actual text blurs (Cannot read it clearly)
For example, In the General Journal view, when I select a text in the description, I cannot the read it clearly.
(trying to copy manually, though i know, GnuCash autofills the description when ...
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VNC desktop freezes when I try to change screen resolution
I'm using MobaXterm to connect to a remote Ubuntu 22.04 GNOME GUI desktop through VNC. The VNC server is started with the following command:
vncserver -localhost no -geometry 3840x2160 :5
The VNC ...
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`gio open` fails to use its own mime config
I'm struggling with gio failing to open an url using default browser under XFCE4 desktop environment. What could be the reason and how to fix it?
gio info http://google.com identifies the link as text/...
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Display settings in Awesome WM are missing
I'm trying to start using awesome WM on my dell xps laptop (+ external display) running pop os, but I'm having trouble with the display settings: they are not shown.
I opened these settings from the ...
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Paste from Gnome clipboard, but replace newlines with spaces
I sometimes copy text from a PDF to another file and am annoyed when all the newlines are copied over as well. Is there someway to create a custom keyboard shortcut that intercepts what I'm pasting ...
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Is there any way to display terminal output value on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04) window top bar (GNOME Shell)?
First of all, I just need to view the outcome of vnstat -t continually. This command terminal output looks like this:
I tried using a tool called "Argos". I created an Argos script to ...
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Are gnome shortcut keys case-sensitive?
I've noticed some inconsistency in case sensitivity of gnome shortcuts and am looking for some help and clarification...
From what I can tell, shortcuts are case-sensitive but must be assigned (using ...
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Using mimetypes: How to use offset in magic?
I know that to add a mimetype whose file extension is used for other mimetype I can use magic like that:
<mime-type type="audio/x-gtp">
<magic priority="50">
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Connect to GNOME Online Accounts with commande line
I write a bash script who perform post-installation configuration of my Fedora Workstation.
I would connect my Nextcloud server with GNOME Online Accounts.
Is it possible to make that with command ...
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How to move all windows to a different monitor with Gnome / wayland?
It's all in the title. My computer has an 8 inches screen. I often plug/unplugged it to a bigger 22 inches monitor. I also usually have many (dozens) windows of various things opened in 5 workspaces. ...
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Fix Segate's SeaTools' bad GUI scaling on Gnome desktop?
I am using Gnome 42.3 and 200% display scaling (4K screen). I have some Seagate disks, so I guess I have to use SeaTools to check/fix disk errors (is there any alternative tool?). The problem is that ...
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Stop windows from changing geometry directly after being opened in GNOME using fly-pie?
I recently noticed that when I start an application using fly-pie on Ubuntu, the window either opens in the top left corner or in the center (depending on the org.gnome.mutter center-new-windows ...
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Create windows which I can cycle with Alt-~?
I can make several Firefox windows (Ctrl-N) and cycle them using Alt-~ (Alt-). Emacs frames behave the same way. I'd like to know how to create windows (system, library, or other calls) which do the ...
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Fedora 35 Gnome Has No Sound
I am unable to get sound to come out of my speakers or USB Headset but only when using the Gnome desktop (which is my preferred). I initially planned to switch to Cinnamon, get sound working and ...
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Filezilla tabs are hard to read with dark theme
The tabs with the "Queued Files" etc. are displayed inconsistently to the rest of the theme (see image). Everything else uses a more "flat" design, whereas those tabs have a ...
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Is it possible to let multiple applications run in "fullscreen mode" side by side major window managers?
Asking this question I'm having Gnome 4 on Fedora 35 on my mind and it would be nice to have a solution for Gnome but I'm not emotionally attached to it - but first things first, here is the question:
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Launch GUI application on remote host (Linux CentOS 8) via SSH
I'm having some questions trying to run an GUI app remotely from SSH. My Linux skills are limited and I'm having some issues trying to achieve it through the following scenario:
I have a host with ...
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Gnome Desktop Shortcuts to Files on Removable Media keep Disappearing. How to prevent?
Problem exists on: Ubuntu 20.04/21.04
Whenever I create desktop shortcuts (in /home/username/.local/share/applications) to scripts that are located on removable media, they keep disappearing after ...
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Manage Keyboard Shortcut Conflicts in Linux (KDE, Gnome, POPOS...)
If I have a program that needs a specific shortcut, I cannot use this shortcut unless I disable the system wide shortcut. so if I want to press ctrl+shift+E and I have a shortcut to open task manager ...
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Why is gnome-control-center trying to access a gsettings key that doesn't exist?
I am using GNOME Shell 3.38.6 on Kali GNU/Linux Rolling 2021.3. I've recently started having an odd problem with gnome-control-center. The program completely crashes if I try to access the Power tab,...
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How to disable the "hide all windows" button on the top right of Gnome
After upgrading my desktop to Debian 11 (from 10), Gnome (3.38) has an invisible button on the top right that hides all windows. How can I disable that?
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Tightvnc on Ubuntu 20.04 doesn't start gnome-session
I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 and tightvncserver however, when I connect to the desktop, I see a grey desktop. I have tried some ideas to manually start gnome-session in the xstartup file, but wasn't ...
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gnome-terminal not openning in Ubuntu 20.04
Terminal does not open in Ubuntu 20.04, this is possibly after an upgrade of the software (apt upgrade). I am getting the following error when trying to execute /usr/bin.gnome-terminal in a xterm.
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NIS users can not start xserver, Ubuntu 20, gdm, gnome
I am connected with my Ubuntu 20.04.1 machine to a NIS server and have a local user as well. Homedirectories of NIS users is mounted via NFS. Users can connect via ssh, login and find their ...
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Focus hell on Gnome
I am using lastest Pop!_OS with gnome-shell. And I came across a focus problem. The "Window is Ready" window is not working properly. The problem is that often after applications finish ...
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Bus error (core dumped) Nautilus not working
I was downloading php docs from Firefox and suddenly it hung and I had to kill it and after that to see if anything downloaded or not.
I started Nautilus but it didn't open and when I looked into the ...
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What to do when an Ubuntu auto-update breaks my system?
Yesterday I auto-updated software pushed via Ubuntu Software & Updates. Now my sound is broken and the application launcher thing freezes. I'm on Focal Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS. GNOME 3.36.3.
How do I ...
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Is it possible to switch between disconnected in user sessions in CentOS 7?
I have a CentOS 7 Virtual Machine that I access using xRDP (through a Guacamole server) from a Windows machine.
Occasionally my xRDP session will timeout and I'll be disconnected. When I re-connect to ...
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Custom shortcuts (gnome/kde/linux styled) in osx
I have recently changed jobs and they gave me a MacBook to work with. The problem is that I have zero experience with this OS (I have used different linux boxes since I can recall) and I cannot get ...
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I'm stuck on the "Show Applications" menu until shutdown
If I press Mega or click the "Show Applications" button, the Show Applications menu will open mostly as it's supposed to (I won't see my installed programs, but they appear when searched for)...
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tmux ctrl-a stopped working after upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04
I have had my tmux prefix set to c-a for as long as I can remember. Immediately after upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, ctrl-a no longer works. My terminal (gnome and xterm) simply display ^A. If I change ...
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Lenovo X1: How to get 100% scaling on the external monitor and 200% on the primary monitor?
I'm using Debian Bullseye with Xorg and Gnome on a new Lenovo X1 Carbon 7th w/ a 4k display.
Gnome scales the primary display to 200% which works but it applies the same scaling to the external ...
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What tools and kernel features some desktop environments use, to monitor battery level
I have noticed some strange behavior of battery charge indicator in Gnome and Cinnamon. When you plug charger into laptop, it updates battery charging status(charging/discharging) only when battery ...
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How to remove the top left black transparent box in firefox? (Gnome/Centos7)
How to remove that glitch from Firefox in gnome with Centos 7? This box appears only when the window is maximized.
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Ubuntu 18.04 Mouse button mapping
I'm difficulty programming button mappings for my anker A7851 mouse which has multiple non standard buttons, not all of which are recognized.
So far, I have tried using the standard gnome settings, ...
