Questions tagged [xfce4]
Xfce is a free software desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris, and BSD.
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What can you do when you've accidentally turned your brightness all of the way down in a way that largely forbids keyboard use?
I've recently encountered something quite annoying in Xfce. I can control my brightness with my Fn key shortcuts only if I am not in a menu. This means that if I go in to the power manager plugin ...
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VirtualBox seamless mode - all or nothing?
Because I find Windows suffocatingly inconvenient, I installed a small FreeBSD VM inside VirtualBox, and am doing most of my work there. The GUI running inside the VM is xfce4, and the VBox seamless ...
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New user in Debian 10 got no Applications Menu nore any bars
I created a new user in my Debian 10 xfce 4, but it got no menu of applications, no bars above and below, just the desktop. I used the simple command adduser [username].
I really need an GUI solution ...
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How to increase XfceWindowMenuPlugin::max-width-chars and XfceTasklist::menu-max-width-chars in xfce 4.14?
I am running xfce 4.14 in debian 10.
The default size of xfdesktop -W, Panel window grouping, and Panel window menu plugin are too small. I can not see the entire path.
I checked the official doc ...
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Xfce's clock is slow to update after waking from suspend, is this normal?
I'm running Xubuntu 20.04, which I believe puts me on Xfce 4.14. This issue has got me in to some trouble when I return to my machine and contact people whilst having a completely wrong idea of what ...
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xfdesktop error after inactivity "None of the screen lock tools ran successfully, the screen will not be locked"
I user lightdm and xfce on my laptop. It's a new installation. Every time the screen turns off from inactivity (or close the lid), I would see the lightdm login screen. However, after I log in, and ...
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How to save image file, using "xfce4-screenshooter -r -c" command?
I using xfce4-screenshooter -r -c command for make a screenshot.
xfce4-screenshooter --help says:
-c, --clipboard Copy the screenshot to the clipboard
-r, --region Select a region to be captured by ...
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How to add Recently opened files item to xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin right pane?
In xfce4-whiskermenu the right pane has an item Recently Used, it is for apps/programs. I'd to know if is possible to add an item to show Recently Opened Files to the right pane of xfce4-whiskermenu.
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MX Linux remastering tools don't retain wallpaper setting
MX Linux (based on Debian stable with Xfce), contains a number of remastering utilities. Using MX Snapshot to create a "personal" snapshot .iso file is supposed to retain virtually all user settings (...
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Can't enter non-ascii characters in terminal under xfce
I use fcitx as my IME. I can use it normally in most graphical applications, but I can't submit my selection when using a terminal. The candidates window would show up as I type, but after I press ...
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How can I restrict xfce or mate setting read-only for some users (on linux mint)?
We have some PC with accounts that are shared by several users (in this case pupils). I'd like to restrict the things they can configure on the desktop environment. E.g. they should not be able to ...
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XFCE default applications menu XML file
Do anybody know where do we have to put the XML file /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu for being customized and loaded? I've tested all the possibilities (/home/user/.config, /home/user/.xfce4/...
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power manager notifications repeating incessantly ... power problems?
I've got my laptop plugged in.
The xfce power manager is repeating, incessantly: "Your battery is charging", "Your battery is fully charged", "Your battery is charging", ...
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alt-tab to desktop in XFCE
I use Linux with the XFCE 4 environment.
When I'm playing a game, sometimes I want to go on Internet, for example to get some info about something I don't understand.
As the game is fullscreen I ...
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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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