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How to make sure dconf (or gsettings) and <guix>/dconf-editor use the same backend database
Disclaimer: I'm running Guix package manager as a user on Ubuntu 22.04.4. That is most likely part of the problem: Guix uses non traditional paths for packages and sets symlinks and various search-...
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All GTK/VTE-based terminal emulators are showing a significant input lag
Recently, I've installed a new SSD drive and deployed Ubuntu 22.04.04 on it. At first everything was perfect, but then I noticed that gnome-terminal has a significant input lag (up to a second) even ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 - Change save-as dialog
I want to change the "save as" dialog in Ubuntu 23.04. I use gnome-flashback.
observed behaviour: If I type e.g. "vi" then it shows only the folders that contain the * string &...
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Replacing of GTK+ file dialogs with KDE's via XDG portals not working (XFCE, Manjaro)
I'm stuck after trying and triple-checking everything from the most upvoted answer (from @ntninja) to this question. I did this on two machines - Manjaro and an old Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Installed the ...
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How to Change GTK Themes in Ubuntu
It has never been a problem to me before, but now, within Ubuntu 18.04, it is not working for me any more.
Basically, I'm following,
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-change-ubuntu-theme/
sudo ...
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Is there any way to only undecorate the main window in an application while keeping nested windows decorated?
I'm wanting to remove the title bar/min/max/close buttons from just the main window of an application running on XFCE (though I am able to switch to a different desktop environment if necessary).
I ...
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How to completely disable quick search in GTK
I got accustomed to then I write file name in Save dialog in Windows PC, it writes into file name label. In linux I must focus on label, and then write. It's annoying, but I can't find how to disable ...
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Find out which tool is using GTK2
Almost all X-tools are GTK+ or QT based. Is there any simple way to find out, which X-tools I've installed in my system are still using GTK2, i.e., it is relying on GTK2 themes?
I'm using Ubuntu ...
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Open Ubuntu Bash's GUI applications on Windows 10
I have installed Windows 10 Insider build just to use Ubuntu Bash. I noticed its entire Ubuntu on Windows so I tried to install a GUI app i.e. Gedit. It was installed properly but when I try to open ...
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In Ubuntu use GTK file save dialog from bash command line?
I would like to do something like
gtk-file-saver /tmp/tempfile.txt
And then a GTK file saver pops up for the user. By this I mean the normal dialog that is used whenever you do "Save As" in most GUI ...
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How to integrate NPlot in MonoDevelop
NPlot is a charting library which could be used in GTK#. I've downloaded its tarball here.
The README file contains this:
The first version of NPlot-Gtk was made by Miguel de Icaza, and was a
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Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display
I have centos 6 minimal (headless) as a Host and installed ubuntu 14.04 Desktop as a guest and using KVM.
There is a web application deployed inside Guest, and it opens and closes one GTK ...
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Unable to compile GTK+ application
I'm trying to compile a simple GTK app for testing on a Trisquel 7 machine. The packages are derived from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I have libgtk2.0-dev installed, but when I try to compile, this is the ...
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Failed to load module "unity-gtk-module" - GTK error in VMware
am using ubuntu 14.4. now when i try to install VMware-Player-6.0.1-1379776.x86_64.bundle i got error,
Extracting VMware Installer...done. Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar": ...
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Fonts look thinner in gtk application when not using gnome
The fonts in gtk applications such as emacs or gedit look thinner than in other applications when I use awesome as windows manager. Switching back to unity solve the problem.
For instance DejaVu Sans ...
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