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Display glitches and "shakes" back and forth sometimes

A few months ago now, a problem started happening where my entire display appears to "shake" off the screen center and back extremely fast, with graphical glitches appearing as well. This ...
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How to change lock screen and login screen theme to any other theme

I need help changing the login screen theme as well as the lock screen theme to Orchis. I tried: How to customize Lock Screen theme in Ubuntu 20.04 Change Ubuntu 20.04 login theme How do I change ...
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Customizing theme - where is the purple background set?

I've customized my GDM theme and Gnome Shell theme in Ubuntu 20.04 (using Yaru as the base). To do this I have modified both /usr/share/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-theme.gresource and the files in /usr/...
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Run two gnome sessions simultaneously on a single desktop, isolating one from another

This is to expand on Is it possible to have different desktop sessions each with different settings? First off I know how to run two desktops by running something like xinit /usr/bin/xfce4-session -- :...
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gnome-shell freezing (and gdm restarting)

I have a problem with gnome-shell and gdm. My shell sometimes (not reproducible atm) freezes. Under some circumstances gdm will be restarted and I am logged out and all programs are killed. When ...
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Custom GDM3 Logo In Ubuntu 20.04 (With GNOME Shell Theme)

I'm Ronaldo, I'm having a serious problem, I installed the fresh ubuntu 20.04 LTS, I also installed the GNOME vanilla, and the GDM3 Also, then I changed the theme of the GDM3 yaru to gnome shell, with ...
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Remove blur effect on lock-screen

I have a slideshow running on my desktop (which is stored in ~/.local/share/shotwell/wallpaper/wallpaper.xml) and which also is shown in the lock screen. Since 20.04, there is a blur effect on the ...
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GNOME Custom Desktop file with icon not showing

I see there are a number of questions regarding icons not showing, going through all of them, I have yet to solve my problem. First, I created a .desktop file according to this spec: [Desktop Entry] ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 XDG_SEAT, XDG_VTNR, XDG_SESSION_ID env variables are not set

I set up and installed Ubuntu 20.04 using debootstrap method debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=buildd focal ./focal_amd64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ then installed all the rest. It runs ...
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Gdm3 broken after trying to fix screen tearing issues on AMD stony

Please pardon the typos as I am on my phone now that my computer is not working :-( . I have a laptop with AMD stony processor . I recently tried changing 20-Radeon.conf to try to fix some awful ...
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How can I remove Accessibility icon GDM3 (Login Screen)

I want to remove Accessibility" icon on GDM3 login screen. Google cannot help me with this. How I can do this?
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How do I change the GDM Theme in 19.10?

This question has been asked before, but for an old version f ubuntu, I tried those solutions, and they did not seem to work. Is there any way to change the GDM theme, icon theme, and cursor theme?
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Installing customized GDM theme: Replacing ubuntu.css vs Using "update-alternatives --install .... gdm3.css"

I installed a customized css file for the GDM of Ubuntu 18.04 via 2 approaches. Surprisingly, they gave different results: Approach (A) I saved my customized GDM css file as /usr/share/gnome-shell/...
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First time booting up and other log ins look different

I have installed Ubuntu 19.04 (with GNOME) on my MSI GL62-7QF. By using GNOME Tweaks I managed to install Pop!_OS shell theme, while using the desktop everything works as intended, once I log out the ...
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Gnome shell suspend/resume oddity

I have noticed a recect oddity (within the last week) in behavior of my Gnome-shell upon resume: If I have a window (Thunderbird) open, and suspend by closing lid all seems to go as it should. When ...
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Remove Entries from Login Settings menu

I wanted to know about removing the entries while logging in as they seem to be causing problems. I only want to keep Gnome Classic and remove others. Moreover, I seem to have messed up with the ...
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Ubuntu gnome-shell purple design

How do I remove Ubuntu gnome-shell theme and restore the original one? I already tried sudo update-alternatives --config gdm3.css (gnome-shell.css). However, this only done like 75% work done. The ...
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Is gdm3 launched twice? [duplicate]

I use Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome Shell and gdm3. When I press Ctrl + Alt + F1 I see gdm3 home screen. My current desktop session is on the second "screen" Ctrl + Alt + F2. Is it a bug? I had a random ...
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How to log-in with LDAP and gnome-shell in Xubuntu?

Now this is a very specific question that Google didn't help me, and I could not find it already answered on the site. I'll start by explaining the problems and symptoms, then ask the question. OS: ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 customise login Gnome3 GDM

I'm using Gnome 3 on 17.04 and the default login screen is a basic gray background, and I'd like to customise it a bit to give it some color. when I installed gnome 3, I picked GDM, but I can only ...
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Use Adapta theme for Lock Screen

I have installed the Adapta theme. I successfully enabled the Adapta Nokto them on the GDM3 Login Screen using: sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/gdm3.css gdm3.css /usr/...
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How to change GDM resolution in Gnome-Shell 3.24 and Ubuntu 17.04?

How can I get GDM (and the Gnome-Shell desktop) to use a specified resolution, when my LCD monitor may not be reporting the correct information? I am using Ubuntu-Gnome 17.04 with Gnome-Shell 3.24. ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 does not boot when enable gdm3

Recently I switched from Ubuntu 16.10 to Ubuntu 17.04. Reading this news, Ubuntu 18.04 To Ship with GNOME Desktop, Not Unity, I decided to switch to gnome. sudo apt-get install gnome-shell gnome At ...
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