Questions tagged [ubuntu-unity]
Unity is Ubuntu's default shell interface for the GNOME desktop environment
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Double monitors, different scales
I have recently replaced one of my 24' monitors with a 32' 4K. Here is my current xrandr output
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 5760 x 2160, maximum 8192 x 8192
HDMI-1 ...
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Installing Unity desktop into Centos 7
I am very much familiar with Ubuntu's Unity desktop and my company uses Centos 7 for development which is not controlled by me.
Are there any manuals or wikipages that instructs about installing ...
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Always show application menu bar in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
Is there a way to force the application menu to always be visible (as opposed to only showing when the cursor is hovered over the top panel)? I'm talking about the application-specific "File", "Edit", ...
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Ubuntu Unity annoying wrapping applications
I have problems with Unity wrapping of application windows that have offscreen bytes.
In the example image, the dotted gray line represents the virtual desktops, and the purpled line reprents a ...
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Gnome music pop-up window on Ubuntu 14.04
I recently installed Gnome music on a Ubuntu 14.04 system with Unity desktop. However, there is a peculiar issue. Every time I play a song several windows pop up (six same windows for each song). So ...
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Launching Animations for Unity dock not working after installing Numix-Circle Icons
After installing Numix theme and Numix-Circle Icons there are no animations (pulse, jump, etc.) in the Unity dock even though the Unity Tweak Tool says they're activated. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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gvim (version 7.4.52 and 7.4.622) doesn't refresh properly on Ubuntu (14.04 LTS)
The problem is happening on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS running Unity desktop under vmware on Windows 7 host.
My gvim is sometimes not refreshing its display unless I force it to using Ctrl+L. For example, when ...
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Why does Ubuntu's Unity Desktop take so long to Log Out?
You can install almost any other desktop onto Ubuntu 12.10, and it will logout way quicker than the Unity desktop does:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1074758
Why is this, and ...
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Unity freezes while training ML agents
I am trying to train ball example in Unity on Mac, after running mlagents-learn command in terminal, and pressing play in scene Unity just freezes there. I also tried waiting few hours if Unity will ...
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Is there any way to only undecorate the main window in an application while keeping nested windows decorated?
I'm wanting to remove the title bar/min/max/close buttons from just the main window of an application running on XFCE (though I am able to switch to a different desktop environment if necessary).
I ...
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Firefox menu bar is not visible when hovering in full screen mode
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 and then I installed Firefox 59 on it.
Now the problem I'm having is , Firefox does not show the menu bar when I hover the title of the webpage.
For other applications (...
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When I run "sudo compiz" on Windows Subsystem for Linux
unity.debug.interface DebugDBusInterface.cpp:216 Unable to load entry point in libxpathselect: libxpathselect.so.1.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
WARN 2017-07-04 09:07:...
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remote connection only works when I'm logged in
I'm using ubuntu 15 + vncserver for a remote connection. But it only works when i'm physically logged in. Which means if I go to the computer > log in and then try to remotely connect to it - it works....
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Compiz/Unity - Focus window on specific monitor?
I'm on Ubuntu 15.10 using 4 monitors via an nvidia graphics card (dell XPS 8900). I almost always keep 4 full-screen applications (usually one of terminal, chrome or skype). Often I'll have multiples ...
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Installing Unity shell on Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon
ref: http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/development/unity/#build-nux
While trying to install the build dependencies, I get:
"E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list"
Anyone know how ...
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How to turn my Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty (unity) to look like GNOME Ubuntu?
I am a beginner to Linux environment.
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 (unity) alongside windows.
I would like to make my Ubuntu look like GNOME version of Ubuntu.
What should i do to turn it look like ...
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Unity closes on Ubuntu Logout, but does not complete logout. (Crouton on Chromebook)
I've got a Chromebook 14 "dual-booting" Ubuntu 14.04 using Crouton with the stock Chrome OS. I've had it like this for a while with everything operating fine. As you know, Linux Distros are kind of ...
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A screen virtual LED on linux
We have some LEDs on our machine to indicate the status of Caps Lock, Num Lock etc. Now I need a virtual LED in Linux to notify something.
For example, I wrote a script to monitor a website. When ...
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How to add unity-greeter in Debian wheezy with GDM 3
There are two questions I would like to ask.
1) How do we install unity-greeter in Debian wheezy with GDM 3 to have an Ubuntu style login screen ?
2) How do we have a rounded-styled login box with ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.10, Unity, AMD 12.11 beta drivers, AMD APP SDK 2.7 and OpenCL detection of multiple gpus
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10, AMD 12.11 beta drivers, AMD APP SDK 2.7 and OpenCL. I have three amd radeon 7990s plugged in each of which are a dual 7970 so I have six gpus altogether. I plan to go up to ...
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Best Linux Graphics Card drivers for a Dell M1210 / Nvidia GeForce Go 7400?
I've tried both Nouveau and the NVIDIA Binary Blob, and both are terrible in terms of performance, lag and graphics corruption. The binary also doesn't support the native resolution in console mode ...
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Desktop folder and files disappeared
I restarted my computer, and when I logged back in to my user, I noticed that all of my files that were on the desktop are gone. Instead, icons of all of my home folder are showed on my Desktop gui.
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Can't use copy&paste while using VMWare unity
I'd like to use vmware unity function, which all screens in same place,so I don't need to switch between vmware and windows. But when using unity, I can't copy text from the original windows window to ...
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Ubuntu switched to classic mode after install ccsm and enable OpenGL
I am running Ubuntu 11.04 and I have installed ccsm for advanced effects and enable OpenGL (ATI graphic card), but then my windows doesn't have bar and I cannot open anything. When I start Ubuntu I am ...
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Script to revert to classic desktop and remove Unity in Ubuntu
In Ubuntu 11.04, is it possible to revert to the classic desktop and disable Unity using a script instead of logging out and setting it via the GUI?
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Unity build deletes all files on desktop
I finished a Unity project and decided to build it. I clicked build and it told me to select a folder. I selected desktop and clicked build. After a few minutes my project was built, but all files on ...
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Inconsistency detected error while launching UnityHub.AppImage on Kali Linux?
I am using kali Linux and I want to install unityHUb.AppImage. First I Did is
chmod +x UnityHub.AppImage
but when I tried to launch the image by command
./UnityHub.AppImage
It gives the following ...
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How do I uninstall Ubuntu's Unity login screen or fix its mistaken idea of my password?
New install of full Ubuntu Server. Then manually added minimal install of Unity desktop. It was painfully slow, so I uninstalled it (using remove and purge options) and installed Enlightenment.
But ...
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How to break out of Unity? Jail a user to a program
I am trying to setup a media center that I also want to be able to use for some other stuff. My idea was that I would just make it so that when the Media Center user logs in it just launches a program ...
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how can I get ubuntu to boot with a specific setting
I was wondering how could I get ubuntu to keep this setting
xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
the issue is that every time I boot the computer i have to enter it again
thanks :D
I apologize for being ...
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I install Ubuntu 13.10 and reboot and im on KDE desktop?
Hi I'm Jacob and I have no idea what's going on. I installed Ubuntu 13.10 today and was playing around with it for a while and dl'd a bunch of apps from software center and stuff. Eventually I ...
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xwindows working but not unity desktop
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit w/ unity desktop
What I'm experiencing: When I turn on my computer, the Ubuntu loading screen appears but disappears in wake of a shell which I can log into.
Once ...
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Make program invisible in other Workspaces
I am looking on how to move a program (eg. firefox, or a PDf Viewer) to a workspace, without being displayed in the program bar (KDE default bottom, Ubuntu-Unitiy default left) of the other workspaces....
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Why does compiz window decorator crashes unity
I used to run Unity 2D on my work machine. Now I am trying to use Unity. Everthing looks fine except for the missing window decoration. I have installed the compiz manager. Every time I activate the ...
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Trackpad does not work in Ubuntu 11.10
I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Inspiron 1525. Now the trackpad no longer works and I have to use a USB mouse. Would changing the Desktop environment from Unity back to GNOME help or is there ...
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Prevent Unity Grid from expanding different windows behind dock in Ubuntu 11.10
Is there a way to keep windows in Ubuntu 11.10/Unity from left-docking behind the Unity dock? I want to cut off those pixels entirely and always show the dock, and I want window-resizes to respect ...
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Unity: Keyboard Shortcut for "Open Terminal" doesn't work anymore
Ctrl-Alt-T doesn't open a terminal. How can I fix this? Where can I verify/change the shortcuts?
I had a lot of problems with the focus behaviour of my unity desktop. This problems have gone now - I ...
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unity --reset is crashing
When I fire command unity --reset it crashes.
How do I fix it?
Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 1
Window created on XQueryTree, map state isViewable? 1
Window created on XQueryTree,...
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Unity build errors
I am getting the following error when trying to build for PC/Windows:
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow+BuildMethodException: Error building Player because scripts have compile errors in the editor
at ...
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Bad HD video deinterlacing processing
I have Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit with Unity. My system configuration is:
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz)
RAM: 8192 Mb DDR2 Kingston
Video: Palit GeForce GTX 260 216 SP, and my screen resolution is ...