I am on Ubuntu Gnome 15.04 and experincing a strange “bug”. When i have wireless activated and connect my coble bound network – it looks like everything is fine (in the menu bar i see a connection on cable and one for wireless) – but I dont have Internet at all. When I deactivate my … Read more
I’ve been having problems with Evolution the mail client. I’ve tried purging reinstalling and when I run from the terminal there a “core dump” error. So I want to try compiling the package. I know the basics of using make but I need dependencies and is getting nowhere because I can’t locate the packages. This … Read more
Is there a simple way to edit the right click menu in Gnome? I am running 14.04 Ubuntu Gnome, and for some reason the right click menu “whites out” my selection instead of highlighting it. I was unable to take a screenshot of the menu up. EDIT: Screenshot up Answer It looks like the colour … Read more
I have installed Gnome Desktop (sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop) recently after that I cannot change wallpaper of Ubuntu desktop and also I cannot see any files on desktop. I am on Ubuntu 15.04 Answer Since after installation of Gnome Desktop I had this problem, I have removed Gnome Desktop sudo aptitude purge ubuntu-gnome-desktop sudo systemctl … Read more
I have a strange button in gnome that doesn’t seem to do anything, and whenever I see screenshots of gnome shell online no one else seems to have it. Can anyone tell me where it comes from, what it is for, and how I can get rid of it? Answer AttributionSource : Link , Question … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Ask Ubuntu. Closed 5 years ago. Improve this question When losing focus, a tabbed gnome terminal will shrink by one line. A normal (non-tabbed) terminal doesn’t have this issue. What could be … Read more
I’m running Ubuntu GNOME 15.10, and I would like to update GNOME to 3.18. I have tried using the normal terminal commands suggested to update GNOME like sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging and sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade However, using an AMD GPU and wanting to continue using the proprietary drivers for now, … Read more
I am currently using encfs 1.7.4 with gnome encfs manager 1.8.17 to encrypt my confidential files. This manager has quite a nice gui that allows me to quickly mount available (previously mounted) encrypted folders. I know that encfs has several security problems but for a drive that remains in my personal possession this doesn’t pose … Read more
I have many Dropbox folders shared with other users. The problem is that they look like normal ones and I can’t tell which folders are shared and which not (unless I right-click and go to dropbox website) Currently I’m using Ubuntu Gnome 16.04. Have anybody had the same issue? Answer AttributionSource : Link , Question … Read more
I want to know if there exist such a program that allows me to run a application native to Ubuntu with backwards compatibility, like in Windows. Answer AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : Emil Zahariev , Answer Author : Community
