A lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems.
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Linux Mint 13 Xfce window button disappeared & no mouse cursor in text mode
I am using Linux Mint 13 Xfce version on VBox. After one month without any problem suddenly today I noticed that the min-max-close buttons on all windows have disappeared.
Secondly, I can write in ...
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Disable “Recently used” in GTK file/directory selector
Can I completely disable "Recently Used" feature in GTK's file / directory selector?
Sometimes programs default to this but since it's not useful in my work-flow and with the way I organize my ...
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get fn+volume control working in xfce
I'm running xubuntu 12.10 (xfce 4.10) (on a lenovo thinkpad X121e) and the function (fn) + volume control do not change the actual output volume. they do something and a volume change is displayed, ...
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Arch Linux and xfce4 working strange after system upgrade
I'm having a hard time trying to figure this out. I've been running Arch Linux and Xfce4 smoothly for several months but suddenly after a full system upgrade in which the system asked me to replace ...
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xfce4 loses title bars on all windows
I'm running Debian Wheezy using gdm3 as window manager and xfce4 as desktop environment.
Every so often, when I login, the desktop environment starts OK, but all windows are missing the title bar and ...
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Xfce4 WaveLAN plugin doesn't work - permission problem?
I've just made fresh install of Arch Linux on my EEEPC, and I have problem with Wi-Fi panel icon in Xfce. After clicking it, nothing happens, and what should happen is a window opening where i can ...
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Arclinux running xfce4 fails to start
I run archlinux xfce4 with auto-login and auto start. After upgrading today 07-MAY-13 the X fails without leaving a error message in Xorg.0.log.
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Single key audio capture in Linux (save on key release)
I'd like to run a program that records audio only when the Right Control key is held down. On keyboard release the result would write to disk as, e.g. yy-mm-dd hh:mm.ogg. How might I do that?
$ ...
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Theme looks different depending on location in FS?
I am noticing an annoying effect when copying GTK themes and I am unable to explain it. Copying a theme from /usr/share/themes to ~/.local/share/themes results in a new theme that looks different than ...
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xfce: too high gnome-terminal after going out of maximize/full screen
I use debian (wheezy) with xfce 4.8. My laptop screen resolution is 1366x768.
I use a script to open two gnome-terminals:
#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal --geometry 74x51+0+0 ...
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gnome-settings-daemon not saving Settings after reboot; Mint 14 XFCE
I am running Linux Mint 14 with xfce on my Asus UX31A and switched to gnome-settings-daemon, because this way all the function keys work out of the box.
Disabled XFCE Volume Daemon as advised here: ...
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Running Darktable under Xfce using specific color style/theme
I tried running Darktable (version 1.0.4-1~bpo60+1 from Debian Squeeze-backports) under Xfce, but I am using a fairly light "Style" theme in Xfce which Darktable didn't work too well with. It seems to ...
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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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Multimedia keys (Fn+[F1..F12]) don't work anymore after upgrade
I'm experiencing a strange issue with the multimedia keys on Archlinux with XFCE 4. I used to change the sound level with Fn+F11/F12 keys but after a reboot, I'm not able to use it anymore. Moreover, ...
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Network Manager don't show me Wireless connection
I've just installed on my Debian Sid with XFCE4 network manager, but I have a problem, no wireless connection are shown. What Should I do?
I used to use wicd but I had problems to connect to free ...
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Disable xfce taskbar flash
Some applications blink their window button and have no option to disable such behaviour. Right clicking and looking in Window Buttons item properties, I see no option to disable taskbar flashing. How ...
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XFCE - Send window to other monitor on keystroke
I am running Xubuntu 11.10 with a dual monitor setup. I am looking to create a keystroke (maybe CTRL + ALT + SPACE which will allow me send a selected window to the next monitor.
In GNOME there is a ...
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xfce4 device automount / xfce4-gvfs-mount
I'm not sure how to fix my auto mount problem with xfce4. I have asked on here before but since my system went threw some hell it seems to be a different problem.
This is what would be in the ...
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Compiz Window Picker plugin for XFCE4?
Is there a separate window picker software (like the one in Compiz or Present Window in KDE4) ? I'm running xfce4
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Add blinking network-monitor icon to GNOME / XFCE
I'd like to see if I have incoming or outgoing network traffic via a little blinking network-monitor icon in my system tray, similar to the network system tray icon in Windows XP and Android. I would ...
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How to make titlebars in XFCE bigger?
No matter how big font I set for titlebar, the height of the titlebar is not changed at all. I don't see any editbox where I could enter the desired height of titlebar.
So far, I only found ...
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xfce swap command and control keys
What is the equivalent of this in Debian XFCE?:
Go into System -> Preferences -> Keyboard
Click on the "Layouts" tab and then click the "Layout Options" button.
Click on "Alt/Win key ...
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Thunar using no thumbnailers except built in fonts and images
Linux From Scratch SVN-20111010
Beyond Linux From Scratch Version 2011-11-16
Xfce4 4.8.0
I can't get any thumbnails in Thunar beyond fonts and basic images.
After fighting with this I've gone back ...
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why xfce4 always replace a new files in .config/xfce4/panel/?
I started inotify tools to see which files are changing during my work process. And i found that xfce4 always update their config files.
Anyone know it do that ?
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VNC: Text/fonts not showing up on XFCE tip of day window?
Using FreeBSD 8.2. Setup a vncserver on my FreeBSD machine. Accessing it from Windows using Tightvnc Viewer. Most fonts show up fine. However my Xfce tip of the day window shows up blank. If I ...
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Lock screen after blanking with gnome-screensaver and XFCE
I'm using XFCE4 with Fedora 18 and replaced xscreensaver with gnome-screensaver. I have gnome-screensaver checked in session and startup and xscreensaver unchecked.
By using power manager, I have ...
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Xfce: Upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy broke xfce's user policies
While using Debian squeeze, I was able to allow a user shutdown in xfce by adding users to the powerdev group (see here: xfce: Allow shutdown for non-root users).
Now, I upgraded my system to Debian ...
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Thunar trash can works on one fs but not another
Thunar won't delete files from $HOME (see Can't find or create trash while deleting files) but will do so from other file systems on the same machine?
ron@haggis:~$ dir .local/share/Trash
total ...
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How to capture the display screen before accessing the desktop?
To be able to use tools like gnome-screenshot or xfce4-screenshot one has to be logged in and with access to the desktop.
But what about capturing previous screens? That would have to be done in the ...
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How to block the xfce desktop right-click mouse menu
I have a Linux Mint 14 machine and want to child-proof it.
My main concern right now is the menu that appears when I right-click on any empty desktop space. I want to eliminate it from appearing.
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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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Automount in Xfce4 just stopped working
A little while ago my usb drives stopped auto mounting. It might have been after an update but not sure where to look.
I have been manually mounting them as root and that is a pain. Is there maybe ...
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Can't get to desktop
After installing a base command line install of Ubuntu 10.04, I installed slim and xfce which worked fine for the first 2 or 3 reboots. However, now when I start up, it gets to the slim login screen, ...
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Debian PowerBook G4 WiFi Driver
How do I get wifi to work on my powerbook g4 with xfce debian? I have tried sudo apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter but it comes up with E: Unable to locate package bcm43xx-fwcutter. What do I do?
