Version 3 of the GNOME desktop environment
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Disable Hardware acceleration on Gnome 3 or fix VNC
I've just upgraded my openSUSE to 12.1, which ships with gnome3. Previously, I had gnome2 running with vino-server as a vnc server that starts upon login. With gnome3 this works too, but the vnc ...
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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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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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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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Regaining usage of volume control media keys after removing pulseaudio
I am running a GNOME 3 fallback desktop in Debian testing, and I removed some pulseaudio packages, for I don't need the advanced functionality. That resulted in my multimedia keys that control speaker ...
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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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What editor can be used to provide highlighting for Mallard project files?
I normally switch between Geany, vim and Emacs (depending on my mood. LOL) when editing on a linux platform.
Recently, I have begun exploring the Mallard Project, but have been unable to find the ...
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nm-applet not showing until NetworkManager restart in GNOME 3
I have recently installed Arch Linux and GNOME 3 on my new laptop and have a problem whereby nm-applet is not showing in gnome-panel, unless I manually restart the NetworkManager daemon.
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Wheezy locales problem - gnome-control-center region crashes with segfault
In the last couple of days my locales have a serious issue. I normally am "en_GB.UTF-8". Suddenly when running apt, error messages are appearing saying
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ...
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Set Default/Global Gnome Preferences (Gnome 3)
I have recently switched to Gnome 3 from Gnome 2 (and switched to Linux recently before that), and Gnome 3 doesn't give me as many options to change settings via the GUI, and especially not to change ...
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gnome 3 system sounds not working
On my System (Debian Wheezy x64, Gnome 3) I don't have any system sounds. Other audio is working well.
When I go to settings > Audio > Sounds (hope it is called like this in english) as normal user, ...
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System menu and desktop right click dont appear in Gnome3
I run Arch Linux with Gnome3. I need to escape from the "routine" and change to Gnome for some weeks or even months. When I open it I can't see the system menu (which is supposed to be right of ...
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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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Adding shortcuts to docky on Gnome 3
So I have been using docky on Linux for a while and really enjoy it. However, with the introduction of Gnome 3 I can still run docky but the ability to be able to drag shortcuts from the menu to the ...
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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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No gnome-power-manager command but it is installed on arch
I'm running latest Arch, have gnome and fluxbox and my main windows manager is Fluxbox. I wanted to manage my power settings in fluxbox and i added gnome-power-manager in startup but is says there ...
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kde install destroys gnome desktop
I recently installed KDE 4.7 on my wife's computer. I did not use the recommended Debian 'install task' method, which emulates the full install-from-.iso process.
Instead I just did:
# apt-get ...
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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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Gnome 3 notification not working after switching back from XFCE 4
I'm using Archlinux. I've recently switched back from XFCE 4 to Gnome 3. So i reinstalled notification-daemon (since there was a conflict between it and XFCE 4 notification daemon)
pacman -S ...
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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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Gnome 3 gnome-control-center empty
I recently installed GNOME 3 on my Mint installation. I finally cracked under pressure from my friends to upgrade back to GNOME 3 (I actually went Unity > GNOME 3 > Mint)
I've customized it to my ...
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What are the benefits of running Gnome 3 + awesome compared with awesome alone?
What are the benefits to running awesome as my window manager in Gnome 3? I am interested in identifying what features/functionality gnome3+awesome provides that can not be easily (if not identical) ...
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How to make Nautilus search useful outside of /home?
Nautilus search returns no results for anything outside of my home directory. I've had this problem with both Ubuntu 10.10 Nautilus and the new Nautilus in Gnome 3.2. I asked my friend using Fedora ...
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Change behaviour of numpad to dpad in GNOME 3.2
I'm a long-time Windows user who uses the numeric keypad with the numlock off for navigating text, highlighting it, etc. Shift + Home (7 on the numpad) selects all text till the beginning of the line. ...
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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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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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A distro with Ubuntu 11.04 and Gnome 3 installed by default
I remember reading a comment ages ago about a distro that was created with Gnome 3 on top of Ubuntu 11.04. What was that distribution named/where can I find 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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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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Is there a way to adjust the formatting of the date/time in the GNOME 3 login screen and desktop?
I'm specifically looking to change the formatting in two places:
On the desktop, the date/time reads "Sat 21:05". I would like it to read "23-Jul-11 21:05" or "23 Jul 11 21:05". In other words, I ...
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where is log file of Gnome 3?
I've just installed gnome3 on openSUSE 11.4 following these instructions but when from kdm I try to load gnome3, it just shows me a page saying that it cannot load and it doesn't give me any further ...
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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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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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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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Will I be able to use old fashion interface in Gnome 3?
If i wish to use old-style interface (like Gnome 2 with global-menu and awn) in Gnome 3, will it be much of customizing and pain, or is just possible with a few clicks?
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How to save a GNOME 3 session
GNOME 2 allows one to either save the session automatically or manually (i.e. save the session as it looks right now). This is a nice feature because it restores the various desktop states between ...
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In GNOME 3, how does one assign keyboard shortcuts for applications besides the default applications?
In GNOME 3, there's a facility to assign keyboard shortcuts for applications like your default browser, default email client, default terminal etc. How do I do this for other applications?
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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?
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How to install color schemas for Kate running on GNOME
How do I install schemas(like this one; for syntax highlighting, etc) for Kate (which is originally for KDE) running on GNOME 3? Trying to install with the install.sh script took no effect. Also, if ...
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How do I refresh Gnome 3 applications
I just added and modified a .desktop file in my /home/user/.local/share/applications folder.
Is there any way to refresh the icon and caption in the list of applications without logging out?
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What app can I use to change sound levels in GNOME 3 (fallback)?
With GNOME 2, I use my the volume control applet to change loudness levels. It doesn't load on GNOME 3 (fallback) applet, so I wonder what other UI can I use for this, preferably a GNOME one.
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How do I browse for available gsettings options?
There are certain gsettings keys that can have multiple values (e.g. a key like verbosity could be assigned to one error, info, or debug). I want to be able to list them, but my dconf-editor (0.7.3) ...
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How do I set GNOME 3 (fallback) icon theme to Tango?
I tried setting it using dconf-editor and failed.
