Questions tagged [xfce]
A lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems.
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Key binds not work in Audacity - it loses window focus after appearance of modal on Devuan Xfce4
After upgrading Devuan to Excalibur, Audacity key binds works bad: window loses focus after appearance of any modal window: for example, when I click N, and modal window Noise Reduction appears, I ...
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Cannot login using the username and password created during Kali Linux installation [closed]
How is it possible to set up a Kali Linux installation so that the password that I just set up works? The default credentials do not work: username: root password: toor I could go on listing all the ...
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LibreOffice Writer Opens Linked XML File Only With LibreOffice Writer
Debian Bullseye. XFCE version 4.16. LibreOffice version 7.0.4.2 I have a file, foo.xml. I have a LibreOffice Writer document that contains a hyperlink to the said foo.xml file. When I ctrl-click on ...
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Tablet mode: keyboard/touchpad not responsive after folding back to laptop position
I have an HP Elitebook X360, which can be folded to tablet mode. I am running XFCE4 under GDM3 with Debian trixie. Occasionally when I have used tablet mode, the keyboard and touchpad remain disabled ...
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Is there any way to trace how a keypress is processed from beginning to end in Linux?
I would like to find out why my power button press isn't handled correctly. I've set power manager in XFCE4 to 'ask' me, but all that happens is I'm getting logged out of my session. I have contacted ...
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Libreoffice 7.4 GUI flickers too much to use on Debian 12
I need to use Libreoffice on a Debian 12 (bookworm), and am experiencing rendering GUI flickering glitches that make it unusable. Version info: Libreoffice version 7.4.7.2 40(Build:2) uname-a returns ...
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Scaling down one monitor makes mouse flicker on another
Problem I am experiencing something very odd on Xubuntu 24.04.3 LTS x86_64 with Xfce 4.18. It seems that if I ever reduce the scale of one of my screens, as in the GUI below, then my mouse pointing ...
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How to add a Firefox context menu option/entry for "Profile Select", "Choose User Profile" on startup with KDE, XFCE or GNOME?
How can I add a separate context menu option/entry to start Firefox ESR with the "Choose User Profile" window dialog, in Debian with KDE, GNOME or XFCE? This is a follow-up question/answer ...
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TigerVNC: “Session startup exited too early” when starting XFCE desktop on Ubuntu/Debian
I was setting up a TigerVNC server on Debian to start an XFCE desktop session, but every time I ran: vncserver I got this error: Session startup via '/home/jerry/.vnc/xstartup' cleanly exited too ...
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Can't display multiple windows in XFCE
I’m running XFCE on Linux and I’ve run into a strange problem : I can only see one window at a time. If I open several applications (e.g. Firefox, Terminal, VScode,...), they all appear in the top ...
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How to add a Firefox context menu option/entry for a private window in Debian 12/13 with KDE or XFCE?
How can I add a separate context menu option/entry to start Firefox ESR in a private window, in Debian 12/13 with KDE or XFCE? This is a follow-up question/answer to: Missing Firefox Context Menu ...
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Issue with 2 Monitors in XFCE using a Docking Station
I'm running XFCE on a Lenovo T460 and a docking station. I have the laptop screen, one monitor connected via VGA, and another connected via DVI. On the DVI screen, when I open a window on my desktop ...
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Systemd unit files... A failed service, yet there's nothing listed as 'failed' or masked
I'll try to be concise! I run Arch with i3, polybar and xfce4 group to handle notifications etc. Thunar is the file manager. I've been struggling to understand why the thumbnail generation for my ...
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Chrome switching keyboard layouts on debian / xfce4, how to stop it?
My system runs Debian 13 and Xfce4. Some key I hit switches the keyboard layout or input method of Google Chrome, such that the delete key is no longer the delete key. According to my system settings, ...
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Can't open Firefox on VNC/Ubuntu/xfce without running some commands
I'm running a VNC Server on a VPS. I'm trying to automate some workflows, as I'd essentially need to (I don't even know if it is possible yet, but I'm doing a step by step) check if my VNC server is ...
