GNOME shell is the default user interace for the GNOME 3 desktop.
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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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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 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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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 to use better driver (nouveau) instead of generic VESA with NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M?
I've got laptop with NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M and have no Gnome-shell which I like very well.
I use:
Debian GNU/Linux jessie /sid \n \l
When I run Debian as live USB everything works fine.
How to ...
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Fedora 15 Gnome Shell Pauses on certain wireless networks
Whenever I connect to my girlfriend's wireless network, gnome shell will "pause" randomly. Gnome shell quits updating or drawing. The clock is set to use seconds, and will pause for anywhere from 1 to ...
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Low display resolution Ubuntu Gnome remix 12.10
I'm running Ubuntu Gnome remix 12.10 and it can't recognize my display. My HW is:
Intel i3 3225 with HD 4000 onboard
/ is on a OCZ Vertex 4 SSD
display is an old IBM Thinkvision with vga connector ...
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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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How to get the latest gnome shell in fedora?
I want to try gnome-shell 3.5 but I dont see it in the repos, I'm using fedora 17, is there any way adding gnome-shell 3.5 to my repos?
Regards
Update:
please note the question was asked on aug ...
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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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Ubuntu 11.10 with gnome shell - suspend wake up sound
I would like to be able to enable some sound file to play whenever I suspend and wake up my netbook (MSI Wind u100) but I can't found a way to do this in gnome shell.
I'm using PinguyOS 11.10, which ...
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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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Reset Nautilus “Computer” folder list
In my setup I tend to symlink major user folders in Linux to their Windows equivalents, IE Downloads, Documents, Pictures, Videos, etc. Usually I make sure nautilus isn't running before I do it and ...
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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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Turn off autohide feature of GNOME shell bottom panel
This one is specific to Gnome shell 3. I like bottom panel of GNOME Shell, but its autohide feature is a turn-offs. There are a lots of extensions out there, but none provides this facility.
You can ...
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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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gnome-tweak-tool
Gnome tweak tool is reporting an error that the extension to choose your GNOME shell theme is not enabled, although it is.
Is there any way to manually override it, other than through the tool ...
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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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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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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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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 upgrade to gnome-shell 3.6 from 3.2?
I have Linux Mint 12 which has gnome-shell 3.2.2.1 but I would like to update it to 3.6.
So my question is how do I upgrade it?
And also, AltF2 doesn't doesn't do anything, how can I get that ...
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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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Install Cinnamon on Debian
Is it possible to install Cinnamon on Debian unstable?
There is no packages for Debian on their official download page, and when i tried to add PPA to my repositories list, it won't install because ...
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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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Focus “mouse” or “sloppy” do the same thing on gnome-shell
My problem is actually very annoying.
I am very familiar with the mouse focus but right now it's not working.
Inside gnome-tweak-tool the last option "windows" has the "windows focus mode" switch. ...
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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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How do I resize GNOME shell top bar
I am on Ubuntu 12.04 and installed gnome-shell, but I found the top bar is larger than it normally is, how can I change its size?
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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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Preloading gnome-shell before getting login dialog from gdm, is it possible?
Is there anyway to (pre)load gnome-shell before getting user account login dialog from gdm?
The problem is after login from gdm I have to wait for gnome-shell to be ready with non-responsive , no ...
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Gnome shell Alt+Tab
I am using Gnome-shell on arch linux. I use Alt+Tab frequently to switch between applications. Recently, I have assigned the language switcher to Left Alt+Left shift. This breaks Alt+Shift+Tab to ...
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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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Screen locks right after login [closed]
After I disabled some daemons (I have no idea what I did) this happens:
When a user logs in to any of 'gnome shell', 'gnome classic' or 'lxde',
the screen fades to black and locks. The user password ...
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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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Why do Mono applications only start from their own directory?
If I want to run the application monodevelop, I need to chdir to /usr/lib/monodevelop/Bin and then execute ./MonoDevelop.exe. This is the same for all other Mono applications such as banshee, tomboy, ...
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Wrong Opera Icon in Gnome Shell
I am using Opera 11.60 on ArchLinux (64bit) with Gnome3 and KDE4. Since I installed KDE4 last week Gnome3 shows the wrong Icon for Opera in the upper left corner and in the task switcher (alt+tab).
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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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GNOME Shell - display path of files in Activities window
One feature that I really like of GNOME Shell is the possibility to just type the name of a file in the Activities window and have a list of matching files shown, so that you can open them.
However, ...
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How to format a curl command for a special task?
There is a search page in a form http://site.com/search.php and it sends a search query via POST request. I want to fetch this request via curl command line tool to inspect a POST request.
The HTML ...
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Is Pidgin integrated with Gnome Shell?
Does Pidgin integrate well with Gnome Shell, compared to Empathy? I'm using Linux Mint 12 right now. Would I be better off installing Empathy?
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How to get alt+right mouse to resize windows again!
I'm frustrated that this was removed/altered in gnome-shell3. There are certain key bindings for resizing and moving windows like alt+right click etc, that I'd like back. I've tried to use the system ...
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3D Acceleration/Compiz Failure
I've installed Linux Mint 12 & Fedora 16 in VB 4.1.10 on a Windows 7 Host which has a Intel i3 processor and Intel HD 3000 graphics card. For both Linux installations I've enabled 3D acceleration ...
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How does GNOME Shell Extensions work?
I have switched over to GNOME Shell, and use GNOME Shell Extensions to tweak the looks and functionality of my distribution.
However, I have not yet found out what technology is used to install, ...
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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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How do I disable a keyboard shortcut in gnome-shell?
There are tutorials all over the web on how to set various functionalities to activate on a keyboard shortcut, but so far I'm unable to figure out how to un-set a keyboard shortcut. That is, how do I ...
