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Forcing Skype window resize (under Gnome)
Using Skype 2.2 on Linux, the video which is reproduced seems to be limited to 320x240; the default options to resize the window are disabled.
Is there a way to force a resize of this window? Just ...
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Mint 12, workspaces and two screens
I have two screens connected to my machine, using the NVIDIA X Server Settings program I set them up with TwinView.
I had the same exact set up in Mint 11 and it all worked well, today after ...
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Notification out of screen
The notifications extrude the screen. Anyone could help? I am on Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome3.2.
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Restore from wastebasket shortcut?
Is there a shortcut for GNOME desktop to restore a file which has been sent to wastebasket?
I did this on windows with ctrl + y, I just wonder if someone uses something similar on Linux?
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Setting gnome themes inside xfce
I have a few apps (such as Aisleriot) that are GNOME based, therefore they use the gnome defaults (which is some light theme), but I use xfce4 with compiz. My xfce theme is a dark one (atolm to be ...
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What happened to my desktop?
I have Linux Mint 12 Gnome desktop, everything was normal yesterday. I shut my PC down yesterday and went to sleep, I turned it on today, and see what happened
You see how everything is messed up? ...
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How to check if an application is running with a bash script
I have the gnome-run application in my home folder. I have now added the application to run when I press Meta+R (i added it in in ccsm). The problem is that if I have the gnome-run program open and I ...
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Enabling Compiz Viewport Switcher key bindings
I'm running compiz 0.8.2 with compizconfig on Scientific Linux 6.2 with Gnome 2.28.2. In the compizconfig "General Options" I have "Desktop Size" set as follows:
Horizontal Virtual Size: 6
Vertical ...
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Change default title bar icon
How do I set the default title bar icon for X11 applications? The xterm on my machine is displaying an icon with a red x instead of the normal application-default icon. Changing themes in gnome ...
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xdg-open ignores my application definitions
I am running compiz-gnome session with xfdesktop on fc16, don't ask why, but I have this weird problem. Some of the applications (e.g. tracker, or evolution )do not start the proper application for ...
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Change default applications used by gnome-open, exo-open, xdg-open, gvfs-open and kde-open
How to change the applications associated with certain file-types for gnome-open, exo-open, xdg-open, gvfs-open and kde-open?
Is there a way by editing config files or by a command-line command?
Is ...
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Clicking on Gtk apps menu bar kills mouse
I'm using the following configuration:
Ubuntu 11.10 x64
Awesome Window Manager v3.4.10
Gnome 3.2
...and I got the following problem:
Every time I click on the empty space in a menubar or ...
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Debian Squeeze: Left mouse click stops working
After starting a new session in my Debian Squeeze (6.0.4, always updated) running in a VM (VMWare Workstation) there comes the point in time where the left mouse click stops working, so that I cannot ...
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Enabling Numeric Keypad
I have trouble with the numeric keypad (NumLock keys) being unusable while typing.
While I don't think it's GUI specific, this happens both in Gnome and KDE. Sometimes it works in TTY, other times it ...
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Mouse clicks stop working after random time, using Awesome WM + Gnome
I'm using the Awesome Window Manager together with Gnome in Linux Mint. I experience the following problem several times a day:
Suddenly the mouse partially stops working, which means that I'm still ...
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How to turn off all screensaver/display power saving methods under Scientific Linux 6.1?
How can I ensure that my screen won't go "black" after given time?
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How to replace icons in Linux Mint?
I have a problem with linux mint. The icons, I am trying to genericize my computer, with Tux logos. But some way or another, the icons reverted to linuxmint after a reboot (files were overwritten with ...
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Terminal resizes itself
I've recently installed Linux Mint 12 ("Lisa", i.e. not the KDE or Debian version) on a Zotac Mini-PC (Which has an AMD Video card. I'm not using the proprietary drivers as they don't work very ...
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Where to supply authentication details to the Network Proxy (Central Proxy) on Fedora?
My system is running Fedora 16 and I live in a campus where we use LAN to connect to the Internet. And for this, we use an http proxy with authentication (username & password).
I tried putting the ...
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Locked out of Linux Mint
I am running Linux Mint 12 with Cinnamon and sometimes when I leave my computer idle for a while, it will lock the screen. Usually, when I move the mouse a login prompt will pop up, but sometimes it ...
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How to force Gnome's WM (metacity) to open a program window on a specific monitor?
I need to configure a dual-head machine using Debian 6 (and, hence, Gnome 2.30.2 and xrandr 1.3.3) so that it opens applications reliably on a certain screen.
While it is trivial to move normal ...
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In Gnome, how do I decide whether to accept a PackageKit software source?
When I try to install software in the Gnome environment of Linux (mine is openSUSE) from a repository that I have not used before, PackageKit asks me to respond "Yes" or "Cancel" to a dialog "Software ...
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Does GNOME 3 support desktop zoom?
GNOME 3 is not compatible with Compiz, so I cannot use the desktop zoom feature from Compiz. I googled for a long time, and it seems GNOME still does not support desktop zoom -- does it? I am using ...
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problem exporting /media as an nfs share: why does it happen?
I've got two netbooks. One netbook has two installed Linux systems: openSUSE 11.04 and Debian testing. By default, in Debian, gnome mounts the /home filesystem for openSUSE, which shows up in gnome's ...
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How to remove gnome-games package without removing other packages?
So I want to remove (more exactly purge) some packages like gnome-games from Debian 6. As already expected and know by research Aptitude also wants to remove in example the meta-package gnome, as ...
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FreeBSD 9.0 with GNOME 3
Is this possible , to install GNOME 3 on FreeBSD , at the moment ? I did not find a clear answer about this.
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How to log user in to Gnome Desktop from remote ssh terminal?
I'm using CentOS 5.5 with Gnome Desktop Enironment.
By default, after system boot i get Gnome's login screen. Independently, I can log in through SSH and execute commands.
Is there any command line ...
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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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Calling a script in ~/.profile stops my logging in
I placed a call to a bash script in my ~/.profile.
The script executes a CLI program to dim my screen at login. However, Gnome doesn't continue to log me in to my standard desktop after running the ...
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Ctrl+F2 no longer opens the app launcher in Gnome 2
In KDE I press Alt+F2 and the app launcher opens. In Gnome, however, I press Ctrl+F2, it doesn't work. When I first installed Mint 12, it was working, but I think it stopped working when I installed ...
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I can't login to Crunchbang Linux
I rebooted my VM and now I can't login. It gives me the following error:
Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some ...
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Linux mint 12: change default editor and terminal
I have the sublime text editor located in usr/bin. How can I make it the default editor so I can do sublime /var/www/test.php?
And can I change the default terminal to yakuake?
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Fedora 16 desktop missing workspaces, Applications and Desktop menus at top of window
My last system was Fedora 12, and I don't recall doing anything special to get
Applications Places Desktop
at the top and having multiple workspaces (also switchable at the top). I can't find any ...
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How to find Nautilus wastebasket in the file system
It looks like I can get to the waste-basket through nautilus, but when I look at the location given by properties, I see "trash:///".
But I can't "cd trash:///". Where is the waste-basket? And in ...
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GNOME 3 Ctrl+Alt+D (show desktop)
I recently upgraded my system to GNOME 3. In previous versions of GNOME, the key combination Ctrl+Alt+D would hide all open windows and show the Desktop. This shortcut was eliminated from GNOME 3 ...
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Too many open files in system in FreeBSD 9
I just installed FreeBSD 9 version with GNOME interface. Each time I want to open a folder from root a message box pops up and warns me with this message: Too many open files in system. What is the ...
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Is there a way to assign a shortcut key to nautilus' right click context menu?
Does anyone know of a way to assign a shortcut key combination to the menu items in the context menu that pops up in nautilus when you click on a file?
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Having xwin start by default on system boot
My system boots into a console, from which I can launch my gnome desktop by issuing the command startx. How can X be instructed to start by default upon boot? The commands /etc/init.d/gdm3 start and ...
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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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Default GNOME cursors package?
I installed a minimal version of Debian (wheezy), and then installed GNOME on top. However, it doesn't come with any special mouse cursors except for a non-descript black cursor.
I was wondering if ...
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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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Latest Debian wheezy/testing ISOs defaulting to KDE?
I've usually been using Debian Squeeze, as I've never really had any reason to go after the latest & greatest, and if I wanted to, I always had backported packages to rely on.
However, my new ...
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How can I use GNOME's keyboard settings in Fluxbox?
My GNOME keyboard settings do two main things:
Switch CMD and CTRL (I'm on a Macbook)
Give me a third level (for special characters)
This is really the only functionality I'm missing in Fluxbox. ...
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What does GNOME do with multimedia keys?
GNOME makes multimedia keys, such as fn+directional keys on my laptop, maybe dedicated keys on your keyboard, into very useful keys. They seem to work with a large number of application. What can I do ...
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Full screen mode for Chromium or other applications on FreeBSD with Gnome 2
Can I set Chromium and some other applications on Gnome 2 in FreeBSD 9 to run in
full screen mode? I mean a window that covers the top panel, not Chrome full screen or toggle full screen key binding.
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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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How can I find what is interfering with CTRL+F?
I'm running LinuxMint12 with Gnome with Cario-Dock and I have a logitech G15 keyboard. I set up a bash script with the extra keys to take the active window, resize it, and move it to a specific ...
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gnome-dictionary no-window option does not work
I would like to have a bash dictionary so I found gnome-dictionary. However, just typing gnome-dictionary will bring up a GUI box. In gnome-dictionary --help, and in the man file, it says a -n or ...
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Nautilus Global Settings
I'm trying to figure out a way to set a flag on Nautilus for all/new users. It's just set always_use_browser to True. I didn't find any way to set it globally, just locally. I spent hours doing a ...
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How to clean a home directory to install from scratch a previously installed distro?
I am using linuxmint-10-KDE.
I have several partitions that I will reuse. One of them is /home.
This /home/nomikos has a lot of gnome related files that I want to delete before install the new ...
