Questions tagged [gnome]
This is a very general tag that should only be used for questions referring to GNOME in general and not a specific component. GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a collection of GTK-based software that provides the desktop environment GNOME Shell.
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Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop problem on old hardware
Can I run Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop on this old hardware?
The system boots OK, but selecting a menu within GNOME Files (Nautilus 46.2) produces a pulldown window which flickers then disappears completely ...
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Gnome freezing on (cheap) kvm switching
Backstory, whenever I switch TO my Ubuntu desktop on my kvm, Gnome appears to have a few second freeze issue. I can move the mouse and type and audio keeps playing, but videos will pause (audio is ...
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The application <App> has closed unexpectedly. <App> crashed with SIGSEGV, not located in known VMA region (needed readable region)!, reading NULL VMA
Sometimes in Ubuntu 20.04 crashes like the following appear. Applications for such crashes can be different.
Some key phrases from crash window:
The application Kate has closed unexpectedly.
kate ...
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Multi window dock preview missing
I recently messed a bit with GNOME on my other laptop (22.04.4) and I don't have this preview when having multiple windows open.
How the system behaves:
When I click on multiple open windows (the icon ...
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Issues After Upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu to 24.04, though this has seriously upgraded my waking of system and wifi, in which I had been facing problems recently, but there are few anomalies, Please help me ...
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Gnome Settings app will not open on Gnome Desktop Ubuntu 24.04
I just loaded the Ubuntu Desktop on to a relatively recent clean install of Kubuntu 24.04 because I was having problems with multi monitors on my Dell Thunderbolt dock because the monitor tool seemed ...
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Is there a way to force gnome-initial-setup to adduser with --encrypt-home
I'm building a custom live/persistent Ubuntu 22.04 iso. With ecryptfs-utils package already installed, I'm able to create new users with encrypted home directories using adduser --encrypt-home ...
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Clicking on a folder on my desktop opens two Nautilus windows, the one I selected and the Desktop itself. How do I stop this?
I have seven folders on my Desktop, one for each of my active projects. When I attempt to open any of them, two Nautilus windows open: the one I clicked on (home/me/Desktop/Project1), and another with ...
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Image viewer that supports multiple selection of thumbnails, cut and paste in a folder?
I use:
$ screenfetch -n | grep 'OS\|DE\|WM' && systemctl --property=Id,Description show display-manager.service
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
DE: MATE 1.24.0
WM: Metacity (Marco)
WM Theme: ...
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Wrong colors in GNOME Image Viewer [closed]
Here is a Python code that creates a plot with 6 defined colors and saves it in a PNG file:
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.cm as cm
import numpy as np
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How can I change the borders in the app grid from black to transparent?
My platform is Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x86_64 and the GNOME version is 46.0. I would like to change the background of the applications and folders of the Applications grid from black to transparent. This is ...
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How do I remove the four dots on the left og GNOME's top bar?
I am trying to get rid of the four dots at the top left, next to Places.
I went into the GNOME Extensions and tweaks menus but I do not see this referenced anywhere. As you can see from the ...
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How to change Gnome files (46.2) active tab color?
How do I reverse the active/inactive tab colors in files for the default 24.04 ubuntu theme?
The active tab is 'greyed out' while the inactive tabs are 'white'. Dark theme reverses such that active ...
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Window titlebar buttons not displaying
I'm experiencing an issue with my Ubuntu setup where the close, minimize, and maximize buttons on window titlebars are not displaying icons, despite being functional (clickable). This problem occurred ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 theme is not working. How do I resolve this?
I have recently installed Gnome tweaks. I wanted to install Ubuntu
14.04 theme on Ubuntu 24.04. The link for this theme is here: https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1013317
I tried installing this theme with ...
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