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Why is Gnome Shell sending data over my wireless network?
I have been checking which processes under my Fedora Linux 18 are using my upload bandwidth and I occasionally see that Gnome Shell is one of them. Why should it be sending data over my wireless ...
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Getting xmonad and gnome-panel working with Fedora 18
I have been using fedora 18 lately and trying to get xmonad working with gnome-panel. On my ubuntu and kali installations this works perfectly fine, but in fedora I have yet to get gnome-panels to ...
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Gnome3.6.2 - empathy chats do not appear in the notification bar after a while in fedora 18
I am using fedora 18 with Gnome 3.6.2 and I've updated empathy to the latest version (Empathy 3.6.4) yesterday. it works fine at first, but after a while, the notification bar which is at the down ...
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Cinnamon + Gnome = Ignored settings?
I recently switched from Gnome to Cinnamon in Fedora 17, and I feel like I did something wrong because it seems as though Cinnamon ignores any Gnome settings, despite being Gnome-based (as far as I ...
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How do I remove a simple piece of software?
I want to get rid of the automatically installed solitaire "games" in my brand new Fedora 18. I tried the gnome way, but nothing gets listed when I search for "silitaire". I tried the command line ...
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Fedora17 record screencast doesn't work
I can't start embedded GNOME screencast recorder in F17. I tried to start it using Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R but nothing happened (I can't see any red icon and there isn't any file in my video folder). Could ...
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Removing LXDE and installing GNOME 3
I have a 700MB CD on which I'm putting the LXDE version of Fedora 18, and I wanted to know what happened when I remove LXDE and install GNOME 3, as the GNOME 3 version is too big for my CD.
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Understanding Gnome various Icons
The question is about customizing the way icon appears at
desktop shell
notification area
file associations
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Mathematica 9
Comment=Technical ...
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Connecting 2 monitors to a laptop
I have a laptop running Fedora 15, Gnome 3.0.1, and Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset. I have a VGA monitor connected to it, as well as a DisplayPort to DVI adapter to connect a second monitor. Both ...
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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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Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
I have an Apple bluetooth keyboard and want to use it with Fedora 15.
I turn on the bluetooth on the both devices. Click 'Setup new device' via Gnome3's GUI. The computer detects the keyboard but it ...
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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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Group and lock certain windows to a workspace in Gnome 3
Is it possible to group certain windows to always occupy the same area and always be in the same workspace? If so, how?
For example I'm using Eclipse and I have multiple detached windows and for ...
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How can I disable the user list login screen in Gnome 3 on Fedora 16 or 17?
Our login screen requirements include a warning / disclaimer and a basic login, showing just a username and password field. Sadly, Gnome 3 seems to be ignoring the ...
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How do you implement a login warning banner in Gnome 3?
This question documents how we used to inflict the mandatory login banners required on our Linux machines at work. Unfortunately, this procedure is no longer effective with Gnome 3 in Fedora 15, 16 or ...
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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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Downgrade Gnome 3 to Gnome 2
I have installed fedora16 recently. I don't like the Gnome3 that my fedora got shipped with. I want to downgrade it to Gnome2 as i haven't used any other desktop environment before. Any knowledge ...
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Have shotwell go through pictures in directory in order?
This has been bothering me for a long time. I have a fairly default installation of Fedora 16 with Gnome 3. I know that since Fedora 15 (don't know about before) I have never been able to view ...
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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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Apple keyboard in openbox
I just upgraded from Fedora 15 to 16.
I am using openbox as an alternative to gnome 3. The problem is that I cannot find a way of using the multimedia keys properly in openbox. Changing the keyboard ...
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How to force 1920x1080 resolution - Fedora 16, VMPlayer, 9800GTX
I'm running F16 on VMplayer, I don't think the drivers I'm using are for my nvidia card. I'm getting a max resolution of 1280*768.
My card is EVGA 9800GTX+ --- I need instructions on how to change my ...
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Fedora15/Gnome3 - Exit elevated priviliges mode
While using Fedora 14 (Gnome2), Each time if I was doing some privileged task (ex - mounting a new hard drive), I would be prompted for password and then there would appear an icon (like keys) on the ...
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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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Will switching from Gnome to LXDE improve battery life?
I currently have Fedora 14 and the battery life is not so good. I am planning to switch to Fedora 16. Will I get significantly more battery life if I go for the LXDE spin instead of GNOME?
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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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Where should I put a script that needs to execute once when the user logs in graphically?
Using Gnome 3 on Fedora 15, where should I put a script that needs to execute once when the user logs in graphically?
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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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Toggle going to sleep when laptop lid closes?
I'm running Fedora 15 Gnome on a laptop. I can't seem to find an option to toggle if the laptop goes to sleep when the lid closes. There are certain times where I want to put the laptop away or close ...
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How can I improve battery life in Fedora 15?
I am seeing a horrible battery life with Fedora 15 (lovelock) with Gnome Shell 3 on my laptop. I keep the screen brightness, back light pretty low. I still get about 1 hr 50 minutes battery life out ...
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Default applications (Gnome 3)
I'm trying to associate a custom application to a file type in Gnome 3 (FC15).
In Gnome 2 one could go in the "Open with" pane of the file properties dialog and add a custom command there. The custom ...
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My laptop cannot adjust brightness
I have a problem adjusting my laptop's brightness. This is a hardware problem but I can solve it with ccsm, but other programs do not work for me, e.g., xgamma, etc.
Now I am running Fedora 15 and ...
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Gnome 3 notification doesn't appear While vlc is runnig
I am using Gnome3 on Fedora 15.
One of the good features of Gnome3 is Notifications from empathy will appear while you are watching a movie in the movie player and you can reply without changing the ...
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Which Repository do I add to install Gnome 3 on Fedora 14
I can't seem to find this anywhere.
Also is there a list of repositories for third party software apart from livna? and is there a better package manager like Ubuntu's for Linux?
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Gnome 3 Software Center
Just installed Fedora 15 with Gnome 3. Is there like a software center like in Ubuntu?
