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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Kali Linux: Texts are squeezed
I am using Kali Linux and I installed gnome-tweak-tool for applying lid-close-action but after installing that, all the menu texts are squeezed now and also scrollbar in terminal is not there anymore. ...
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How to install or upgrade to gnome v3.20.X in Kali Linux?
I am running gnome v3.18.1 on Kali Linux & want to upgrade to gnome v3.20.X.
Steps I followed:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install gnome-shell
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How do you disable touchscreen gestures on Fedora/GNOME?
I'm creating a touchscreen project on Fedora 23 (using GNOME 3.18.2) that requires a fullscreen Firefox (or Chrome) window that the user cannot close using the touchscreen.
However, we realized that ...
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My icons, mouse pointer etc are small on in Gnome on Ubuntu 14.04. How can I fix this?
My mouse pointer and toolbar icons (quit, minimize, maximize) are really small in Gnome on Ubuntu 14.04:
..even after I set the scaling factor as:
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Gnome/Mate programs keep copies of seen pictures - when are those deleted?
Mate's file manager Caja stores copies of almost every picture file shown to the user (preview thumbnails) in the user's home directory. So does Gnome's image viewer "Eye of Gnome" (eog) for every ...
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Changing refresh rate in gnome to anything but zero
I have an older Red Hat Enterprise box (2012) here running Gnome 2.28.2 with Metacity 2.28.0. I connected a Samsung 1920 x 1080 screen with a VGA cable but when it's connected, the refresh rate is 0Hz ...
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Opening new terminal window also switches to last tab
I'm using Gnome Terminal 2.31.3 and RHEL6. Like the title says, when I open a new terminal window, my current terminal switches to the last tab in its window instead of keeping the current tab active. ...
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KDE and Kali 2.0 - restoring GNOME
How do I remove the KDE login screen and restore it back to GNOME?
I ran this command:
apt-get remove
And it said it removed the desktop.
Yet I still have the option to login to KDE plasma?
How ...
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How can I share a GNOME Boxes VM with another user account?
I am using GNOME Boxes on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10. I have a Windows 7 Virtual machine. I would like to have both of my users have access to the VM. The user which the VM was created on is an "Administrator"...
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Open Host applications from VMWare guest
I have a Windows 7 host and a Linux (CentOS) guest VMWare installation. I often use gnome-open in the guest to open a URL in the default browser. Is there a way to open the host’s browser instead?
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Gnome password dialog not showing up
I have a HP Probook 4545s notebook with a some weeks old Arch Linux installation. Most of the time when I want to use Filezilla or SSH, the Gnome password dialog does not appear to ask for the SSH key ...
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How can i change opened windows list placement to vertical in gnome?
Can't find this option in gnome-tweak-tool. Should I install any extension?
I need something like this:
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Change windows border on Gnome 3 on CentOS 7?
I've downloaded new GTK3 themes and installed to the .theme folder, I can see that I can select the new theme under Gtk+ theme in Tweak tool, but it doesn't change the border.
I can see that Current ...
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Xorg and setting mouse properties
I bought myself a Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse and found some information about how to configure the buttons. I settled on the following configuration:
xinput set-button-map "Logitech USB ...
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run xrandr commands at startup in Debian Jessie with Gnome 3.14.4
I try to run this script after boot so I can use the monitor right away.
It works if I run it manually after Gnome started. But putting the commands in ~/.xinitrc as stated on many pages it does not ...
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Display management in Gnome not working.
I've just installed Fedora 22 (64bit).
I have to monitors, one recognized as #1 (on my right) and one as #2 (on my left). Assigning the monitors to right hand side worked fine.
I do though often ...
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How to move specific icons from message tray to top panel in Gnome 3.14?
I'm using Fedora 21 with GNOME shell 3.14.
I found an extension called TopIcons which works well but it moves all icons, whereas I need only specific ones.
I found an instruction but it seems to be ...
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How to set up an OpenVPN Access Server inside of NetworkManager for GNOME?
I have an OpenVPN server running on a VPS I rent out from Atlanta. It is running CentOS 7 and is using the latest version of the OpenVPN Access Server software.
I want to set up my VPN inside of the ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 task-bar content not right aligned in virtual box
I installed Ubuntu 10.04 in VirtualBox.
I installed the guest additions.
My display resolution is set to 1920x1080
For some reason, my task-bar content doesn't right align. Have a look at the picture ...
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Unable to Scroll In Arch Virtual Machine Running Gnome Shell
In my Arch VM (on VirtualBox), I cannot scroll in any program.
System:
Windows 10 with VirtualBox v4.3.20, r96997
Razor Deathadder Chroma mouse
The VM is Arch Linux 64-bit, running gnome-shell and ...
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Fedora 20 Gnome upgrade - cannot login anymore
I started to use Fedora with with Gnome 2x. I started to upgrade to gnome 3x when I had some electric energy problem in my build and my machine turned off.
Now I cannot log in any more - message
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ThinkPad X230 X230T X220 X220T reach over 100% volume with keyboard shortcut in GNOME?
My ThinkPad speakers aren't that loud and gnome on ubuntu 14.04 doesn't let me go over 100% volume using volume keys. I can go over 100 percent by going to settings > sound. is there any way go over ...
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Kali Linux: gnome-control-center (System Settings) not opening
When I run 'gnome-control-center' in terminal, I get the following error
(gnome-control-center:30344): Gdk-WARNING **: The program 'gnome-control-center' received an X Window System error.
This ...
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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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CentOS 6.3 and GNOME 3 (gnome-shell) installation from repository
Is there any possibility to install GNOME 3 (gnome-shell) from repository on CentOS 6.3, e.g. does some extra repository with GNOME 3 exist?
I've read the thread about installing GNOME 3 on CentOS 6....
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How do I set different background images for different monitors in Gnome 3.10?
How do I set different background images for different monitors in Gnome 3.10?
As one monitor is 1360x768 and another is 1920x1080 it is not possible to use the Span feature and keep proper aspect ...
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What are those white circles on the desktop in Gnome 3?
I have Fedora 20 with GNOME 3.10.2.
On the desktop background (i.e. where the wallpaper is), there are five small white circles centered at the very bottom of the screen. The first is filled, the ...
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Why does Prison Architect work in the gnome DE but not in DWM?
I have a laptop running Arch Linux and primarily use dwm as the window manager. The first time I played Prison Architect (a game on steam) for the first time, it ran fine. After a later reboot I ...
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Does Centos 6 and gnome support i7 hardware?
I have installed Centos 6 on a new HP laptop HP PROBOOK 430G1. While booting I see the message
Detected CPU model 6 family 69
unsupported hardware device : Intel CPU model
Inspite of Centos ...
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How to open tty or execute some script when the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6] doesn't work and X11 is partially frozen but system is still working?
I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 with Gnome on Acer Aspire One netbook. The X11 or just some parts of Gnome like panels and partially windows (details described below) are frozen which doesn't allow to do ...
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NX Client behaves differently for GNOME and KDE
When using NXClient on KDE (Fedora) to connect to a Ubuntu machine with GNOME, NX works flawlessly, and automatically resizes the display to match the client window. However, when I change the ...
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Authentication Failure Upon Successful Login
I was reveiwing the logs when I was successful in logging into a workstation - however in the in the var/log/secure log it is logged as > gnome-screensaver-dialog:pam_unix(gnome-screensaver:auth): ...
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Long wait after login Ubuntu Gnome 13.04, probably network related
Some basic information about my computer:
Ubuntu Gnome 13.04, Gnome 3.6.2.
Linux 3.8.0-34-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 18:00:10 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Recently it takes very ...
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Linux boot fails after install
I got an hp pavilion 15 e070sl laptop, bought a week ago and i wanted to install ubuntu alongside windows, (then the installer erased the whole HDD for a bug, but that's another story)
The fact is, ...
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How to change gnome session locale?
How do I change the default locale for my gnome session? I created /etc/default/locale-local with this content:
LANG=pt_PT.UTf-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
and added this to /etc/pam.d/gdm3, /etc/pam.d/...
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Gnome fallback panel Color
I'm running fedora 19 and I want to use the gnome fallback (classic) mode but I don't like the panel colors. I want black panels and in gnome 2 you can configure them but not in gnome fallback. How do ...
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Fedora 19 Terminal Icon
I was tweaking fedora and accidentally changed the icon for the terminal and now I cant find the real Icon. I've checked /usr/share/pixmaps /home/ME/.local/* and /usr/share/icons but I can't find it.
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Why isn't my custom GNOME launcher showing
I'm trying to get a launcher to show up on Arch linux with Gnome 3.8 but for some reason it doesn't show up on the menu. I have to strip down the version of the original sublime_text.desktop file
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Gnome 3.8 icons on the desktop (Nautilus managed) are on the wrong monitor
I'm running GNOME 3.8 with a multi-monitor setup. In Gnome 3, it's possible to get the icons in ~/Desktop back on one's desktop by changing a setting in gnome-tweak-tool:
http://wiki.gentoo.org/...
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Why doesn't Ubuntu Gnome work properly in a Virtual Machine?
I've tried installing Ubuntu Gnome in VirtualBox and VMware Player. In both cases I end up with a weird graphical bug on the desktop. Everything else seems to be working as it should, although ...
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Enable display manager selection in Red Hat 6 gnome login
We use Red Hat 6 at work and I've a desktop that's a dedicated as my development environment. I routinely use wmii and have NXServer and client running within its own session that allows me to ...
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Prevent Screenshot in gnome using xmodmap
I want to prevent screenshots from being taken in GNOME using keyboard shortcuts.
I need to do this by running a script in such a manner that it can be reverted later.
I tried to do this using ...
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Linux - How to set up a shortcut to move window to different monitor?
I am using CentOS 6.4.
I am aware the similar question has been raised before for Windows and OS X, but so far, the only solution I found for Linux is to press Alt+F7 and move it pixel-by-pixel, ...
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How to extend selection in gnome-terminal? Depends on version?
I just moved this question I made some time ago, from StackOverflow to here:
In a terminal I can select a single line, double clicking with the Left Mouse Button.
With xterm, I can extend that ...
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(Linux) Gnome-Screenshot & Cairo-dock
I've been trying to add a gnome-screenshot launcher to cairo dock. I would like it to generate a random filename and save the screen after I've selected the screengrab area.
These are the 2 ...
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Under gnome (from debian 6.0.7 Squeeze) my space acts like the PowerDown button
I installed a debian squeeze on my computer and when I strike the spacebar under X11-gnome a window appears explaining that my computer is about to stop (within 60 secondes). Here I can cancel, ...
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Gnome 3 "Oh no!" error on login
On Fedora 17, after instaling the Java runtime and (L)AMP (I do not think it is even related, I didn't restart for quite a while) and restart and login the "Oh no! Something went wrong." message ...
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Three fingers not detected and auto drag only using Touchégg
I got Touchégg working for my touchpad using evdev but now I am having two issues. I am using Ubuntu 12.10 with GNOME 3.6.
Moving the cursor is automatically seen as a drag, which means it auto ...
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Gnome-Shell, use the hot corner to display Application
I'm currently tweaking my new Gnome-Shell inside a VM before doing it on my current laptop and I would like to know how to display the application drawer when the mouse go on the hot corner instead of ...
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Cinnamon vs. "System Settings" duplicate shorcut setting modules?
I'm running Linux Mint 14 with Cinnamon. I want to change some keyboard shortcuts, so I type "keyboard" in the search bar, and the "System Settings" -> All -> Keyboard menu shows up.
However, if I ...
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