Questions tagged [gnome]
GNOME is a full-featured, user-friendly desktop environment for Unix operating systems, based entirely on free software.
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How do I access the ATSPI dbus service
How do I view the whole object tree for atspi. All docs I have read say the name for atspi's dbus service is org.a11y.atspi.Registry but I dont get that when I list both the system and session ...
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Backslash key not working in Arch/Gnome
I have installed Arch with Gnome on my new laptop and am facing a very weird issue: the backslash key is not working. I can still type a pipe | with shift+backslash, but pressing just backslash doesn'...
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Is there a way to use fractional scaling below 100%
Many laptops in the educational market still have 1366x768 screens. A lot of programs and websites blindly assume a 1920x1080 screen, and leave important UI elements outside the screen (mostly dialog ...
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How to get current scaling of Gnome in terminal?
How to get current Scaling setting in terminal? This is how I can see it and change in Gnome Settings: It's 300%. How to get this value using terminal instead of GUI settings app? This one is ...
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How to use gdctl (Gnome Display Controller) to toggle between displays?
gdctl was released with Gnome 48: gdctl provides means to show the active monitor configuration, and set new monitor configuration using command-line arguments. In the past I've used the third-party ...
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Why do environment variables in `~/.profile` appear in `systemctl --user show-environment` but not in my terminal?
I added some environment variables to my ~/.profile, for example: export PIPX_BIN_DIR=$HOME/.pipx-global/bin This works as expected—the executables installed via pipx are placed in the correct ...
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Gnumeric cell pointer/cursor is completely white without a black border on Arch KDE Plasma
Changed cursor theme for KDE and GTK on Arch KDE Plasma. The white cell cursor seems to be controlled by Gnumeric not with system cursor theme. Is there a way to get the normal cell cursor? No, I ...
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Disable User List on GNOME Lock Screen
Question: How can I disable the user list on the login field after locking my screen? Environment: I'm running Debian 13 with GNOME and gdm3. Goal: For privacy and security reasons, I do not wish a ...
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How can I change the Gnome panel to white-on-black?
My Gnome panel has a white background with black icons and text, whether my system is in light or dark theme. I would prefer a black (or other dark) background with white content. How can I invert the ...
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mpv cursor does not change near window borders under Wayland (GNOME Shell)
I'm running mpv on a Wayland session with GNOME Shell. When hovering near the edges of the mpv window, the mouse cursor does not change, making it hard to see the window boundaries or know where to ...
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Rofi 2.0 crashes on Debian 13 GNOME Shell 48 (Wayland) due to missing layer shell support
I compiled Rofi 2.0.0 from source on Debian 13 running GNOME Shell 48.4 with all dependencies, including Wayland and GTK 4: sudo apt install libwayland-dev wayland-protocols libgtk-4-dev libgdk-pixbuf-...
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How to configure Gnome's "activate pinned app" / "switch to application" hotkey?
The shortcut has seemingly been moved away from the settings in recent years ( hidden="true", from the source code), but I've been able to use my personal Ctrl + Alt + T key combination ...
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GNOME 49.1 unable to start after an update
So I ran yay and updated my stuff after a long time. The next day I login and the GDM login screen just freezes. Oh well. Time to ditch the login manager, I think. yay ly. Logging into Gnome on ...
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How to remove “zshJust now” title from notify-send notifications in GNOME 48 (Debian 13)?
When I run notify-send in Debian 13 (GNOME 48), my notification shows an unwanted title like this: notify-sendJust now Here’s a screenshot for reference: I used the basic command: notify-send "...
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Debian: Gnome Apps: VSCode not showing up if .desktop file contains --force-user-env
I have VSCode installed using snap for a while, but since yesterday It's not showing up in apps/search. I narrowed down the issue /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop contains --force-...
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