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How to copy text from vim to an external program?
I'm trying to copy-paste some text from vim. I'm doing v to enter visual mode, then y once I selected my block.
It appears to copy the text into vim's clipboard, because p will paste it.
But in ...
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How is the linux graphics stack organised?
Can anybody explain(hopefully with a picture), how is the linux graphics stack organised? I hear all the time about X/GTK/GNOME/KDE etc., but I really don't have any idea what they actually do and how ...
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Why do most linux distros default gnome?
Why the default desktop environment of most popular linux distros is gnome? KDE seems to me an equally good desktop environment. Is it for licence reason? historic? or else?
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Run script on screen lock/unlock
I'd like to run a screen if the Gnome session is locked and unlocked. Is there a way that I can intercept this and perform certain actions when the desktop is locked or unlocked?
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How do font managers work in Fedora?
I am looking to do some font management on my Fedora system. I have installed both Font Manager and Fontmatrix. My goal was to be able to have more fonts installed than I wanted displayed, and to be ...
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How can I tell *which* application is asking for access to gnome-keyring/Seahorse?
Whenever I log in on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 I get a Seahorse/gnome-keyring prompt telling me an application wants to access my keyring. It isn't the network manager, because if I cancel the request ...
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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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Is is possible to use KDE as well as Gnome on a machine?
Is it possible to install KDE and Gnome on your machine (using Fedora) in such a way that when you boot, you can specify whether you want to use KDE or Gnome.
Even better would be if you can switch ...
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Can a Gnome Terminal profile use UTF-8 by default?
I am on an Ubuntu (I think) system. I don't have root, so I can't change the locale. I want to make my default terminal profile use UTF-8 by default. There should be a way to do this, either in the ...
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Portable encrypted container
I want to store some data encrypted to carry around with me (this includes some scans of relevant paperwork, my TAN List for online banking, my gnupg and ssh keys and stuff like that). So not really a ...
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How do I make a gnome window only available on some workspaces?
Disclaimer: Actually using Debian here, not Ubuntu, but I am knowledgeable enough to find the right packages, and compile my own if needed.
I am a rather heavy user of the Multiple Desktops ...
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how do i tell gnome to reread my ~/.profile
gnome reads ~/.profile upon login. when i change something in .profile (for example the LC_MESSAGES) i want gnome to reread the .profile file without logging out and back in. in bash i can tell bash ...
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Is there any way to assign shortcuts to Nautilus bookmarks?
I have added several dirs as bookmarks to nautilus and I want to know if there a way to assign keyboard shortcuts to some of them.
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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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What happens when I press “Shut Down” from the GUI?
I have been banging my head against this for quite a while now. It's related to this question. I would like to find out exactly what happens when I choose to shut down my Linux box from the GUI. This ...
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Is locking the screen safe?
See USB driver bug exposed as "Linux plug&pwn", or this link
Two choices [GNOME, Fedora 14]:
Use the gnome-screensaver
Use the "switch user" function [gnome menu -> log out -> switch user]
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Logitech MX-510: Some extra buttons not usable
I have a Logitech MX-510, that I've been using for about six years.
The Mouse has several extra buttons, that I'd like to use in Gnome, but I have problems with the button codes, that the mouse ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to make a window occupy half the screen?
Is there a keyboard shortcut I can use to make a window occupy the left or right half of the screen? I'm using a modified version of Ubuntu. On Mac I just use Divvy but I'm not sure if there is a ...
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I want my Ubuntu 9.04/9.10 back, is there any current similar distro?
I was switching to Linux in the optimal time, around Ubuntu 9.04/9.10. I am a programmer, so I don't want to be a "Linux guru", that's why Ubuntu was perfect for me - until Unity/Gnome3.
In latest ...
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How do I configure the GNOME gdm login screen?
I recently installed Arch Linux and have it mostly set up. With many other Linux distributions, there is a tool that is used to configure the look and feel of the login screen. I would like to change ...
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Set gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme as a user setting
Is there a way to set gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme for an application?
This is normally set in the code by the application. Apps such as Eye of Gnome and Totem turn it on. I want to, as a user ...
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Suppress desktop notifications in fullscreen VLC
How to prevent desktop notifications from showing up when VLC is in fullscreen
mode?
Some of my scripts display desktop notifications using notify-send. The best
solution would be to configure that ...
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What Linux distribution(s) contribute the most development to the GNOME project?
If I plan to contribute to the GNOME project, am I advised to use THAT distribution as my primary development platform or does my choice remain a simple matter of taste?
EDIT: I'm a Linux user and my ...
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How to clear terminal completely?
When we use clear command or Ctrl+L in terminal, it clears terminal but we can still scroll back to view the last used commands. Is there a way to completely clear the terminal?
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What can I do when apt-get/aptitude doesn't create a menu item for an installed program?
Obviously, this question is specific to Debian-based setups.
I find that, often, packages I install using aptitude or apt-get only say that a menu item has been created. No menu item actually ...
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How to run commands automatically on gnome-terminal after log-in?
After each login, there's certain commands that I run on specific tabs of gnome-terminal. This is a tedious process, so can this be done automatically?
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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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Correctly setting environment
I'm using zsh and gdm to run gnome. Some time ago I discovered that variables are not set correctly. For example LANG/LC_ALL are incorrect ("" instead of en_GB.UTF-8).
I split the .zshrc into .zshrc ...
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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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Allowing user to read only parts of NTFS filesystem
After installing ntfs-3g I have an option in nautilus to mount a Windows directory but I need to give root password. While I have no objection to giving root password I would prefer to be restricted ...
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Emacs and windows manager keyboard shortcuts without “Super” key
I found a classic M-series keyboard and I want to use it. However, it does not have the "Windows" key (a.k.a "Super"), only the Shift, Control and Alt modifiers. My keyboard shortcuts are cluttered ...
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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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What are some decent alt-tab replacements for Gnome?
I think these problems bother me with the native alt-tab app:
It feels a bit sluggish - it takes about 0.3 seconds for the alt-tab window to appear.
I'd like to configure Alt-Shift-Tab to go one ...
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Application-specific keymapping
In general, I want to make specific keymaps for application, that working only in it and doesn't affect any other app.
For example, I already use my Caps key to toggle input language (via xorg.conf), ...
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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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How do I change file associations from the command line?
The system in question is Solaris, using the Gnome type interface (Java Desktop Environment). We have occasional issues with users managing to mess up their file assocations (most notably .tif). ...
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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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Volume up/down function keys limited to gnome-volume-control “Unamplified 100%” level
Using GUI gnome-volume-control:
Sound Preferences
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Output Volume: [--------------+ ]
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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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linux x.org alternative
We have so many options for window managers, shells, desktop environments, distros, and kernel architectures under Linux, but why after (maybe) 20 years do we only have X.org server (including its ...
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Which run dialog
I just switched from the standard Gnome window manager to openbox (still running inside Gnome) and like it a lot. However, now I need a new run dialog, e.g. the thing popping up when hitting Alt+F2 in ...
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Is there a “Open terminal here” from File Browser?
Something equivalent to Windows' "cmd prompt here", that will open a gnome-terminal on a specific folder?
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How do I get back to X?
I pressed some key combination and got a big full screen black terminal screen with a login prompt.
After logging in, I tried startx to get the UI back, but got a message
Fatal server error:
Server ...
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Keyboard combination to insert non keyboard characters
on windows one could with Alt+235 print ë into (any) textfield. I tried the same on linux and it seems to be not working. Depending on the application the result is different, but never the wanted ...
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How do I execute a program in gnome and make it use another gtk theme other than the default one?
I use a dark theme and the program that I am trying to run hard-codes some color values that make it unusable with the dark theme settings. I want to run this program without the dark theme being ...
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What's up with this 'gnome' package?
I have recently grown tired of the way Rhythmbox starts up every time I plug in my MP3 player. I know I could simply disable this, but I've decided to uninstall Rhythmbox instead. It's such a ...
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How to get gnome-terminal in English?
Is it possible to select a different language for a specific application? On some systems I run Fedora15/Gnome in German, but want to use the Terminal in English including for the simple prompt ...
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How do I add a logon GUI to Backtrack 5 R1 with GNOME?
I'm running Backtrack 5 R1 with GNOME in Virtualbox on a Windows 7 x64 host.
In the default install, Backtrack boots to a command-line login prompt and then requires you to run startx to load the ...
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How to change what Alt+F2 calls in GNOME?
I saw something that made me salivate and I want it to be the program that is run when I do Alt-F2.
