Questions tagged [elementary]
An Ubuntu-based operating system featuring the Elementary theme and the Pantheon desktop environment. Be aware that Elementary OS is off-topic, ask in Elementary OS Stack Exchange instead.
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"Are you sure you want to proceed?" message on login
I am getting the message below each time I am logging in. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 x64.
The message first appeared after I tried to install Elementary OS Pantheon session, which didn't work.
I had to ...
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Cannot set other resolution at VirtualBox guest: Elementary OS
I've installed VirtualBox and also the extras that are posted here in other questions.
But I haven't managed to set a higher resolution.
The only ones that are available are:
1024x768
800x600
As ...
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Blacklist a Nvidia gpu for qemu/kvm passthrough
I am trying to run Windows in a virtual machine while giving the VM a direct passthrough to the GPU for better performance.
I have an integrated intel GPU (I will use this one for the host) and a ...
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Maya Calendar from Elementary OS on Ubuntu
The Maya Calendar from Elementary OS seems really nice:
Has anyone been able to run it on Ubuntu ? Is it available on some repository ? After installing the dependencies, I only get a ton of error ...
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How can I use the eOS terminal notification in Ubuntu?
elementaryOS has the following feature to notify the user of a finished terminal process.
Is it possible to use this feature in Ubuntu?
Figure 1: Example of eOS terminal notification
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How to remove Pantheon DE from Ubuntu 16.04?
Can anyone help me remove elementary-desktop? I installed it in my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS x64 system. I already did the "solution" from this question:
How to completely remove Elementary-Desktop from Ubuntu ...
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How to Remove elementary desktop environment?
I'm running ubuntu 12.10 and yesterday I installed elementary from ppa:elementary-os/daily. I later realized that elementary replaces the stock nautilus with another version that looks misplaced in ...
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Very Slow Download speed in terminal [closed]
The download speed in Terminal is very slow. about 40kBytes. But the speed in the browser works fine
I have chosen the best server but I still get the problem
by the way loot at the output of ...
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How to collapse page index in Evince
I have a PDF file that contains thousands of page. How do I collapse the index from the file so I could only see the main topic all at once.
For example, from the image below I only want to see ...
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Elementary OS website spontaneously opens up in Chrome throughout the day. I have no idea why or how to stop it. Any solutions?
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 on my chromebook. However I'm 100% sure the chromebook has nothing to do with it as the problem just started up a couple days ago some time after visiting elementary.io .
I ...
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Install Themes and Icons from Elementary OS without pantheon
I know How to install the Pantheon desktop environment?, but I'd rather not install the whole desktop environment but only the theme and iconset.
I can install Cairo dock That looks alike Plank (the ...
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Installed Pantheon on Ubuntu 14.04, can't access it
I have installed Elementary OS's Pantheon on Ubuntu 14.04 following the instructions in here installation guide.
After doing what the first answer says, I rebooted and found that there is no icon to ...
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Is there a way I can zoom in gala window manager?
I want to record a high res video of a zoomed in part of my screen.
Is there any way that I can increase the zoom level of my desktop?
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Is there any way to run doom on ubuntu? [closed]
I want to run doom on my elementary OS (ubuntu derivative), any ideas on how could i do it?
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I got message this message in rails "The dependency tzinfo-data"
I just install ruby on rails couple days ago and every time a create a new project in the console I got this message:
The dependency tzinfo-data (>= 0) will be unused by any of the platforms ...
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Vagrant up/reload error - default: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying… [closed]
I had a fully functional vagrant for three months now, but for the last three days, I am getting errors whenever I try to run vagrant up or vagrant reload.
This is the error I get when running ...
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Install Elementary Pantheon desktop for Ubuntu 16.04?
Is it possible to install the pantheon desktop environment on Ubuntu 16.04?
For many previous versions, it was only possibly by adding the unstable PPA, and installing from there, as explained here.
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Way to get elementaryOS's picture-in-picture on Ubuntu [duplicate]
With version 5, elementaryOS introduced a picture-in-picture feature, allowing one to select any screen area and confine it to a floating rectangle above other windows. (Demoed here)
Is it possible ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Pantheon session not shown in LightDM
I installed elementary-desktop on my Ubuntu 14.04 x64 virtual machine following these steps, but I don't get the Pantheon session in LightDM.
I only have KDE Plasma Workspace and Ubuntu(Default).
Is ...
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How to hide desktop icons?
After using ElementaryOS I am back on Ubuntu. In eOS one of the features are "no desktop icons" and "no right-click option on desktop" and i prefer that setting, its simple and lightweight and I don't ...
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Install pantheon desktop on Ubuntu 15.10?
Pantheon desktop doesn't install on recent versions of Ubuntu, but is there a way to install it now?
Are there any workarounds?
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How to install Ubuntu from Elementary OS [closed]
I installed Elementary OS and want to switch to Ubuntu. However, I am unable to boot into the live USB. Is there another way to make the switch?
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PATH variable is reseting itself
Every time I close my terminal and reopen it, simples command(e.g. ls) doesn't work. It shows the following error,
irfan@irfan-Y500-Elementery:~$ ls
Command 'ls' is available in '/bin/ls'
The command ...
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Confused about app icons folders
Actually, there are at least 4 or 5 folders where icons are stored! I'm confused. I never liked those linux folders organization when you are the only, and begginer user.
I would like to change/add ...
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How to reinstall Ubuntu over Elementary OS on an EFI system?
First, a bit of background. I managed to dual boot Ubuntu 13.04 with Windows 8(preinstalled). I disabled secure boot. I had to go in the bios settings and change the disk order to select Ubuntu as the ...
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Storage partition created by mkusb is not usable in Windows10 [closed]
I just created a persistent live USB of ElementaryOS on a 32GB USB stick by following this awesome guide.
The problem is that mkusb should let you use the remaining space as an usual storage USB ...
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Not typical miltimonitor xorg.conf - 2 GPUs (nvidia) and 5 Monitors
I installed some time ago elementary OS Freya. I'm fighting for a couple of days to get the correct configuration for my not typical multimonitor set
2 nvidia graphics cards GeForce GTX 660 Ti & ...
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How to set webcam video as desktop background?
I use a webcam to monitor inbound traffic, etc. for my office and would like to be able to set my desktop background to be a live feed from my webcam on my secondary or both monitors. How would one ...
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How to install elementary's Pantheon Photos on Ubuntu 20.04?
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS with GNOME 3.36 with the X11 window system. I want to install the elementary OS's Photos app (Pantheon Photos). I don't need anything else. I am happy with GNOME and I'm ...
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Natural copy pasting in gnome terminal
I was using an Elementary Terminal for a long time and there was a possibility to copy and paste by ctrl+c/ctrl+v and also terminate a process. Is there some way to configure the Gnome Terminal like ...
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Calendar app (Maya) from Elementary OS on Ubuntu 20.04
I would like to try the calendar app from Elementary OS in vanilla Ubuntu. I followed the instructions in Maya Calendar from Elementary OS on Ubuntu, but they don't seem to work anymore; I guess the ...
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make slingshot-launcher run in fullscreen mode on Xubuntu
Here's what I got cooking on Xubuntu 12.04
SLINGSHOT LAUNCHER for precise
elementary-daily ppa
but it runs in a mini mode on the upper left of the screen. Installing gala or mutter did not get it ...
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Ugly menus after install Pantheon [closed]
I have this problem about all menus after install Pantheon, I don't have any idea how to fix it. Please help me i'm pretty new to this thing.
I know it has to do with the theme or something.
Thank ...
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No Legacy Boot: Recovery media only functions on Dell and Alienware systems error
I recently purchased Dell XPS 13 (2020) Developer Edition with Ubuntu 18.04 preinstalled. I would like to try Elementary OS on this machine. I followed the instructions here and created bootable USB ...
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How to completely remove Elementary OS 5.0 Juno from Ubuntu 18.04?
I have found similar topics, but none of the answers helped me.
I have installed Elementary, but the amount of bugs on it was atrocious, so I wanted to move back to just regular Ubuntu (Yeah, I know ...
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Arrow Keys Disable Touchpad/Mapped To Shortcuts
This randomly started happening. Left, Right, Up and Down arrow keys all make a "touchpad disabled" notification icon appear, as well as open a Music player. I went into Settings >> Keyboard and no ...
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Can't open Software-center , google chrome stable newest after installed ibus [closed]
mr2uang@mr2uang-MS-7798:~$ sudo software-center
** (software-center:15215): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-f1JihwokKA:
Connection ...
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Pantheon Desktop Environment not installed correctly on Ubuntu
So I recently installed Pantheon and now its causing me problems.
First of all I installed it but it isn't present at the login screen also and I can't seem to uninstall it via ppa purge or synaptic ...
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How to downgrade gtk+ easy
I have elementary os installed (based on ubuntu 12.04, gtk+ v.3.4.2). I upgraded to gtk+ 3.6.1 using PPA. After using it I found a lot of inconsistencies in the interface...
Can you help me to ...
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What happens to elementary OS if Ubuntu discontinues its Desktop? [closed]
I've read several articles claiming that Ubuntu may stop developing its Desktop version in favor of focusing solely server editions. In a scenario like this, what becomes of elementary OS and other ...
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How to install elementary os loki in ubuntu 16.10 without using iso file
How can I install Elementary OS Loki in Ubuntu 16.10 without using the iso file? And having to change my partitions (which I know very little about). Upon trying to install EOS using the steps ...
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How to get support for the new 97 chipset under ubuntu 14.04?
I just bought a new motherboard Z97M Plus. The problem is the kernel in Ubuntu 14.04 does not fully support it. For example I have trouble setting up fan control. So my question is, is it ok to ...
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Minimal Ubuntu Elementary OS Port [closed]
Can anyone help in creating a Ubuntu with the following packages.
Desktop Environment :Pantheon
GTK Theme :eGTK
Icon Theme :Moka Icon Theme
Terminal :Pantheon-Terminal
Settings :Switchboard
File ...
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aptsources.distro.NoDistroTemplateException: Error: could not find a distribution template for Elementary/next
The following happens every time I want to add a repository - It is not working since I have installed (and then uninstalled) pantheon desktop :(
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:appgrid/stable
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How to completely remove elementary OS (Ubuntu 18.04)?
So, I installed Ubuntu 18.04 with gnome3 and then lured by the prettiness of elementary OS 5.0, I installed that as per the instructions. Now, I have purged all the PPAs as suggested by this or other ...
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How do I root my LG Optimus F3 on Linux? [closed]
Also, can someone please tell me where to find the linux drivers for my phone, so that I can root my phone? Do I even need a specific set of drivers if I am running linux?
I am using Elementary OS ...
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Can I install Ubuntu Unity Dash in other desktop environments? [closed]
I really like Elementary OS, which is based on Ubuntu. The only thing I didn't like is the launcher/dash, which isn't fast enough and doesn't search all the files, whereas I find Ubuntu dash very good....
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Increase dedicated video memory on Intel HD graphics [closed]
I was going to try and run EVE Online with PlayOnLinux on my Acer Aspire V3-371-79XR. The laptop has Intel HD Graphics 5500 inside, an i7 core and 8 GiB of DDR3 ram. I checked the dedicated video ...
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Elementary OS on Ubuntu 14
I have just installed Ubuntu 14 and I am loving the feel of it.
I first intended to install Elementary OS but failed to do so.
I then followed the stept from: http://tuxdiary.com/2015/06/27/...
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ElementaryOS Ubuntu Theme
I'm trying to get the GTK theme that ElementaryOS uses working on Ubuntu 14.04 but the theme is not looking the way it should.
This is how it looks:
Rather than how it is supposed to look.
What ...
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