GNOME is a full-featured, user-friendly desktop environment for Unix operating systems, based entirely on free software.
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Screen keeps dimming on Power (Dis-)Connect
I would like to disable the automatic screen dimming when I plug in our out my power adapter. Every time my laptop switches between battery/ac, my screen dims even though I have disabled it in every ...
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Gnome on an external hard drive?
I have a GuruPlug computer with an external HDD mounted. I would like to set up Gnome and try to access it via remote desktop. My first roadblock is installing Gnome. I tried running sudo apt-get ...
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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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Convert gnome window manager theme to xfwm4 theme
I found this link on ubuntu-art.org, it contains a metacity theme, title bar and other icons.
But how can I convert that to an xfwm4 theme?
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How do I set my login avatar in MATE? (Fedora 17)
Plain old GNOME 2 had a panel applet which displayed your user long name. It had a menu option under which you could set an image to be a login avatar, and it appeared in the gdm display manager (aka ...
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Debian 6 xsession hangs after login
Debian 6 amd64, Gnome desktop.
The logon screen appears regularly. After logon, the desktop background and mousecursor appears. Nothing else happens even after a lengthy wait (hours).
Same happens ...
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disabling mouse support in `vim` in a `gnome-terminal` environment
Edit: The problem of an enabled mouse in vim appears to be specific to gnome-terminal (version 3.4.1.1-1; I am using gnome 3 fallback mode). If I run xterm, mouse support in vim is disabled by ...
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Upgraded to Gnome 3.4 on Debian, can't login to my main user?
I get into this endless login-cycle if I attempt logging with my main user - I tried Gnome Classic and regular Gnome, but after I login it sends me back to the login.
The only way I can login is ...
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Alternative keyboard-triggred launcher for specific file type in file managers (Dolphin and/or nautilus)
Is it possible to have an (or some) alternative launchers (i.e. Open With) for each file type and be able to trigger them using keyboard modifier keys (Shift, Ctrl & Alt) in linux's KDE and/or ...
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Reload ~/.profile for desktop [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
how do i tell gnome to reread my ~/.profile
How to change environment variables without re-logging to UI?
I'm trying to reload my ~/.profile without login out.
I can ...
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Gnome saving dialogues keyboard shortcuts
For example when I try to save the destination of a link in firefox or save a copy of a pdf file in evince I get the following dialogue.
I find it annoying that I have to do some clicks (for ...
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Linux Mint freezes while downloading eclipse
I installed linux mint on parallels on my mac computer. It seemed to work fine and then, while downloading eclipse from Software Manager the entire system froze when it got to 40%. I've tried ...
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Gnome: how to close all applications?
I've configured the Debian system on my netbook to shut down whenever the battery runs too low. Problem is, shutting down kills all running applications without giving them any chance to save any ...
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Can I restrict a user to use special programs?
Is it possible to add a user and restrict him to run special programs?
For example after this user logs in, he can only open Firefox to use Internet and no other programs can be run by this user.
For ...
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GTK::Socket and Gtk::Plug unexpected behaviour under Gnome and FVWM2
The following code works fine if run within FVWM2. But if you change desktop to Gnome, then the embedded window is destroyed instead of being embedded.
Why is that? What am I missing?...
The code ...
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system volume is changed when vlc volume is increased over 100%
When I increase my vlc sound more than 100% and after stoping or pausing vlc if I use clementine to play music the volume is same as vlc, i.e, more than 100% but in the indicator it shows whatever the ...
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Official tools to save/restore gnome settings
Is there an official tool that can save and restore gnome-specific settings ? I know several applications uses ~/.config, I don't care about them, just settings for gnome, e.g panel applets, keyboard ...
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window minimize
In unity, when I click on any application icon on the left vertical application launcher toolbar -
that particular application bring to front. But If I click on the same icon again, why doesn't ...
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mousekeys is too slow in gnome3 fedora
Today I had to use mousekeys feature and tried it but it was very slow and unsusable, can I incerase the speed of my cursor while using mousekeys?
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Display problem - Random grid appears on screen
I have recently started using Arch with nvidia driver (I had a lot of problems getting nouveau to even work so I decided to try nvidia) and I started experiencing rather odd problems. Every now and ...
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Changing file associations in GNOME?
This blog post talks about how to change the default application to handle a file type in Nautilus for individual file types (right-click on the file, "open with", and select the new default ...
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How to run the terminal using keyboard shortcuts in Gnome 2?
I'm using Gnome 2. I use the terminal several times, and I lose a lot of time going in Applications / Utilities / Terminal to launch the terminal. I am wondering if I can launch the terminal using ...
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PNG Image not displaying for desktop icon on Fedora 16/17 with Gnome
I attempted to create a desktop icon in Fedora Gnome but I only get a generic binary icon for my application. Installing Gimp or OpenOffice magically makes my icon appear.
I used Google Chrome on ...
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Which GNOME themes are suitable for black and white printing?
I need to place some screenshots of GNOME applications, such as the file manager, in a book. The book will be printed in black and white, and, although shades of gray are okay, it is best that I avoid ...
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Problem with keyboard and mouse in gdm3 and lightdm
Linux anarki 3.2.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Jun 1 17:49:08 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint Debian Edition
Release: 1
Codename: debian
When my ...
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Lowres application icon on window switching (alt-tab)
I manually downloaded and installed Sublime Text 2 (instead of adding the repository and installing via apt-get install) and I'm having some trouble getting gnome to find the high res icons for ...
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Is it safe to install KDE along with Gnome?
I want to install KDE on my Linux Mint Debian Edition (which as of 10 June 2012 corresponds with Debian Wheezy). I already have Cinnamon (a Gnome Shell fork) installed, which has regular Gnome 3 ...
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gnome-open replaced by sublime?
Update: It seems that it has been automatically fixed, however the same applies whenever I try to sudo gnome-open or gksu gnome-open
Well, this is a really weird one. I'm currently running Mint 13 ...
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how do I enable fluxbox instead of Gnome by default in Ubuntu
I'm working on a VPS which I can control with PuTTY and FreeNX.
I don't have enough RAM for Gnome, so I want fluxbox to start by default instead of Gnome. how do I do that?
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Running script once when X is initialized
Where should I put a bash script if I want it to be executed once during X startup as part of system bootup. For example, I want to start up VPN on my machine as root user once X starts up.
When X ...
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What is “Print to File” and can it be used from command line?
When you select "Print to File" in a Gnome print dialog (not cups-pdf):
... what is the actual command that gets executed? (I'm interested in the postscript variant, as on the image)
On the other ...
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Why does F10 in gnome-terminal open the right-click menu?
I am running Fedora 17 gnome (shell) 3 and gnome terminal 3.4.1.1.
I am a user of both gnome-terminal and midnight commander. As default gnome-terminal has always used F10 (which I need while using ...
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Porting GNOME keyboard shortcuts to URXVT
I recently switched from gnome terminal to urxvt. I am also a heavy emacs w. tabs user which uses a lot of key combinations similar to urxvt (tab related stuff) like Shift-Left and Shift-Right. These ...
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Smallest GUI VNC setup
I'm setting up VNC on my VPS with 768mb ram.
What would be the best setup to save the most memory?
Right now I tried Gnome-core with vncserver but it uses a lot of RAM.
I remember having a VNC ...
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How to disable wifi and bluetooth keyboard switches in GNOME?
My (capacitive) media keys have recently become autonomous, causing my wifi to switch on and off at random intervals and effectively rendering the machine unusable.
How can I disable those keys? My ...
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How to specify printer paper size in mm instead of inches?
In eog (Eye of Gnome) 2.30.2, I found no way to specify size unit in mm in Print... and Page Setup dialogs:
So I have to convert these sizes in inches to sizes in mm.
I'm using CUPS as the print ...
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How to “zoom out” screen windows, everything looks too big?
I bought new laptop Dell Inspiron and first thing I installed Linux Mint and Eclipse for Java development. But I didn't like the look of Eclipse, everything just looks too big on the screen. Half of ...
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Debian: Must pkill -9 twm and then login with twm
I was experimenting with my Debian system (it says wheezy/sid when I log in with tty), and broke it somehow.
When I start, there is a black screen with a watch cursor. It stays like that, but if I ...
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Is it possible to retrieve the active window process/title in Gnome?
I need a solution for getting the current active (focused) window information on a Gnome 2 desktop. I'm mostly interested in the process running that window and window title.
Is it possible?
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Can I have different desktop directories on different workspaces on Gnome?
I am running Linux Mint with "Gnome Classic", I guess it's Gnome 2. I am currently using 3 workspaces, and I have nautilus handling my desktop.
The problem is that my desktop is overloaded with ...
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Linux Mint 12 claims to come with Gnome 3 but gnome-about says it is Gnome 2
Can anyone help me explain this?
Just installed a fresh copy of Linux Mint 12 downloaded from their website only a few days ago. They claim that it uses Gnome 3 but gnome-about says it is Gnome 2.
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Gnome-sound-applet not detecting sound card
Everything was working until today, the gnome-sound-applet does not detect any sound card. Alsamixer however is working and I can change volume.
I noticed that pulseaudio is not running and that ...
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Is there is tool similar to ShiftIt on OS X?
I'm looking for a keyboard controlled window sizing utility similar to ShiftIt on Mac OS X: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt
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gnome-open creates /bin/bash -ic (uname) which uses 100% CPU to open gvim
When I execute gnome-open textfile I expect gvim to open up. Instead what happens is that a command /bin/bash -ic (uname) > /tmp/{some random string of characters} uses 100% of the CPU. When I kill ...
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Gnome update-notifier doesn't show updates when user not in sudo group (Debian Squeeze)
Gnome desktop notifications of new updates is not working on my system. I noticed that the notifications stopped working when I removed my desktop user from the sudo group (I prefer to have a separate ...
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Debian “sid”/Gnome: bash + browser cursor blink
I'm struggling to make the cursor in bash stop blinking. Also, the cursor in Iceweasel has started blinking again, but, for some reason, a lot slower than in bash :) I got those problems since I ...
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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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Open PDF previewer width specific size and position and “always on top” from command line
I'm using latexmk -pdf -pvc to keep compiling my LaTeX files to PDFs while they are displayed in evince. I'm doing that a lot with different files and I keep needing to zoom the PDF content, resize ...
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Disable autoscrolling in gnome 3.4
I've recently updated my gnome to 3.4 and a problem appears.
When I start scrolling, scroll never ends and even continues to scroll when I switch to another window.
How can I disable this annoying ...
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log remote X session from ssh (PuTTY)
I've googled alot about this and can't find a way to do this (or if it's even possible)
I want to log a user on a remote machine in his X session (Gnome) from a ssh in a windows machine with PuTTY.
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