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How are Gnome shell extensions supposed to be managed?
I'm having trouble understanding the intended way of managing Gnome shell extensions.
I can't find any appropriate programs in the Dash for doing that. The only way I can actually manage extensions ...
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crazy layout with GNOME 3 in Mint 14
I've installed GNOME 3 in Mint 14 with sudo apt-get install gnome-shell but now I have a problem. The general functionality is ok, but the windows look like the windows in Mint or rather like the ...
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Is it possible to execute a sub-command from a Gnome Shell launcher?
I've got an alias set up to launch my text editor in a way that keeps it local to the specific desktop I'm working on in Gnome Shell:
alias geany="geany --socket-file=/tmp/geany-sock-$(xprop -root ...
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One PC, several users, Gnome 3 and Awesome. How to easy switch users via GDM
I'm using Arch Linux with Gnome 3.6 installed. There are several users on this PC with their own accounts. We used to use just switch user button instead of logging out. So almost always several users ...
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Duplicating Opera icon in Gnome Shell Dash
When I launch Opera manually I have a single icon in the Dash (red icon on top). But when restarting Gnome Shell (with Opera running) or having Opera restored from saved session on login, another ...
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Run metacity without gnome-shell (gnome 3)
Hi how can i use metacity with composite manager without gnome-shell. I'm trying to do so in my custom xsession
#!/bin/bash
if test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
eval `dbus-launch --sh-syntax ...
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Tray Icon Missing Rssowl Fedora 18
I have been an avid user of RSSOwl & now have ported mine OS to Fedora 18. Everything works fine including the transfer of .rssowl2 (backup folder) to new Fedora. However when minimised or exited ...
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Give an icon to the Gnome Shell 3.6 activities button
In previous versions of gnome-shell in Gnome 3, it was possible to use an icon in place of the "Activities" text in the left upper corner. These tutorials tell how to achieve this, the second one even ...
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How do I add eclipse to my gnome shell favorites?
I run gnome shell 3.6 and Eclipse 4.2. I installed Eclipse manually, in my /opt directory, because the Ubuntu package for Eclipse is very outdated.
I've created a .desktop file for it, and placed in ...
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Does Gnome Shell use Mutter?
In Wikipedia is written that Gnome Shell in Gnome 3 uses Mutter window manager.
But ps x | grep mutter shows that Mutter is not running. Moreover I had experience with working Gnome Shell before I ...
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Sound events in Gnome 3
I've installed Gnome 3 yesterday. I use Gnome Shell.
There are no any sound when a window closes and no any sound when I switch windows.
Can sound be added (at least when I close a window)?
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Remove old icons in Gnome 3
I have been installing several version of Komodo editor. (The installation consist of extracting a .tar.gz archive and then running an .sh script as root.)
Yesterday I installed Gnome 3.
Now I see ...
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Force Epiphany to open links in Chrome (in Gnome 3)
Chrome Web Apps don't get a separate dock icon in Gnome 3. A way around this is to use Epiphany for web apps, but the downside is that all links will open in a new Epiphany window.
How can I have ...
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How to place Empathy in Gnome 3's messaging bar?
For consistency between Skype and Empathy, I'd like to put Empathy into the bottom messaging bar in Gnome 3 (Gnome Shell, if you will). Is there a way to do this?
(I use Gnome 3.4, although answers ...
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How can I switch window managers in Gnome 3?
I normally enjoy using Gnome 3 and gnome-shell in Fedora 16. However, I would like to temporarily run a non-compositing window manager such as metacity so that some wine games can have full control of ...
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Where does gnome-session/gnome-shell store its configuration?
Long story short; I have a debian system that's been running the unstable tree for over a decade straight (through fire, flames, and multiple hardware upgrades, but that aside). However, a while ago ...
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How can I make the Gnome3 calendar use Thunderbird instead of Evolution?
Can it be done? I don't want to use Evolution's calendar... I want to keep using Thunderbird... I have to add some addons (like lightning) first right?
My goal is to have some calendar-like on ...
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extensions.gnome.org is not working on fedora 17
Using fedora 17, when I click an extension to install from gnome shell extensions site, it wont install!
How to know what the problem is?
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1answer
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How to create a custom region in gnome3?
Gnome3 doesn't include my region. I need:
calendar week to start on monday
british-english spelling
8.5x11 as the default document size for printing
celsius for temperatures
miles for distances
...
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1answer
790 views
Install Gnome-Shell theme without gnome-tweak-tool?
I've just installed fedora 17 and gnome-tweak-tool, but it crashes everytime and I can't change the theme. Any other way to do that?
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1answer
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keyboard shortcuts only work with left super-key
I recently had to change the keyboard-shortcuts after updating my system. I had to use dconf-editor to manually set the shortcut from <Super>+R to <Mod4>+R in order to get them to work ...
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Can I prevent “Disable touchpad while typing” from affecting mouse movements?
When I click my name in the upper right, then click "System Settings", then "Mouse and Touchpad", and then "Disable touchpad while typing" it affects my mouse movements. I have to wait two seconds ...
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How can I autostart GDM on Fedora 15?
I am trying to load Compiz on my Fedora 15 desktop. When I finished installing the compiz packages, I restarted. However, it started in text terminal mode and the gui didn't load automatically.
I ...
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Linux Mint - Gnome Shell with dual monitor switch main screen
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T420 with Linux Mint 12 and gnome-shell on it.
Its a Intel HD 3000 Graphics card in there.
When I'm at home, I have another Screen plugged in (19" 4:3) and everything works ...
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How to add additional Gnome-Shell and Unity workspace navigation shortcuts
I am very familiar with (and love) the workspace switching in Gnome-Shell and Unity (using Ctrl+Alt+[Up/Down/Right/Left]), but being a vim fan, it would also be great if I could add an additional ...
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How do I disable the left-(meta|windows) key binding in gnome-shell
I changed the keybinding to Show the activities overview in the panel System Settings / Keyboard / Shortcuts to Shift-ESC, but the left-meta or left-windows key is still bringing it up.
How do I ...
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Gnome 3 on FreeBSD 9
I recently installed FreeBSD 9-Release and I want to install Gnome 3 after having installed marcuscom ports. However after a long time, it stops with an error in libgdata.
How can I solve this ...
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How do I install user theme extension in Gnome in Fedora 16?
Upon going to the user themes extension webpage, I get the following message:
This extension is incompatible with your version of GNOME. This extension supports the GNOME unstable release, 3.3.2
I ...
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Is there any gnome-shell mixer icon relying on alsa and not pulseaudio?
So, long story short, when I installed Mint 12 on my Dell laptop I realized my HDA-intel sound board have problems with pulseaudio. I uninstalled pulseaudio and got my sound back, but removing ...
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Where is the “About Gnome” dialog in gnome-shell?
I'm used to Gnome 2 in Debian and Fedora. But recently I've been using Gnome 3 and Gnome-shell (3.0.2). Today I noticed I wasn't able to find the About Gnome dialog. It's been helpful in the past ...
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Meta key does not open “Activities” menu in Gnome 3
I've started using the Gnome 3 packages that just came through the Debian testing repositories, and encountered a problem.
Hitting the Super/Meta/Windows key would not open "Activities" menu. Other ...
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Will Docky run on gnome 3 with gnome shell?
This is not Ubuntu specific (as I no longer use Ubuntu) but will Docky ( http://wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Docky_wiki ) which is in the Ubuntu repos run on gnome shell? I know it ...
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Gnome3 defaults to fallback
I'm new to Arch Linux and I've installed Gnome3. When I start it, it just offered me a fallback mode, that's not bad, I mean I've been using it for several days. But I'd like to try the standard mode ...
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Slow response time with Gnome shell in Virtualbox fullscreen mode
Today I installed Fedora 15 in a VBox VM to try out Gnome 3. After installing the guest extensions almost everything works fine. Except for the slow response time in fullscreen mode (HOST+F).
By that ...
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Why is clutter not working?
I've managed to install Gnome 3 on Debian testing. However, it is just running in fallback-mode.
When want to start mutter or gnome-shell, there seems to be a problem with Clutter:
# mutter ...
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How to use third party notification area with gnome shell
I'm using gnome-shell 3.0.2 on Arch Linux and I want to use AWN's notification area plugin. However when I try to activate the plugin it complains that there's already a notification area running.
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Gnome3: How to add more search options
In gnome3, when I hit Windows button a new view with windows/applications appear. I can also do some search there and can choose from two options: wiki and google. Is there any way to add some other ...
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Difference between Gnome3 and Gnome-shell
What is the difference between gnome3 and gnome-shell, if any?
