I have recently installed Ubuntu mate 18.04 on my XPS 15 9560. I cannot adjust the display brightness through any means. I have tried the following: Set the acpi_backlight=vendor in boot parameters used xbacklight, which gives the following results . xypnox@xypnox-xps:~$ xbacklight -set 50 No outputs have backlight property also I followed another question at … Read more
I have a new Ubuntu-Mate and I’m taking advantage of the Apple Magic mouse and keyboard. The Magic mouse, in the OSX has a smooth scroll… like a roll, there is a scrolling control depending on the strength of the finger movement. I would like to have this behaivour in Ubuntu, but I can’t get … Read more
Just noticed this annoying emoji input (“Emoji Choice”) popping up every time I press Ctrl+Shift+E in 18.04. I really need this shortcut to switch to the file explorer in Visual Studio Code but instead I only get the emoji input. Is there a way to disable this or at least change the shortcut? Don’t want … Read more
First the caveat: I understand that this question involves Mate and a Raspberry Pi so if you consider it outside the realm of this forum just ignore it. But on the chance that it may be helpful or typical of something involving snaps or that platform, here goes. I decided to try and install the … Read more
It appears that upowerd is hogging my cpu time, I killed the process, but it has returned, and is climbing in resource consumption. Do I need upower? can I disable it? I am using ubuntu Mate 16.04. heres a screen-shot from the top command Answer From @JonasCz, whose comment was: Do you happen to have … Read more
I can disable my touchpad but if I’m away from my bluetooth mouse or forget my wireless dongle for my backup mouse, I’m SOL. Linux Mint had a nice setting that allowed the touchpad to be disabled when using a mouse. I’m now on Ubuntu MATE 16.04 and do not have that setting. How can … Read more
