Questions tagged [gnome]
GNOME is a popular desktop environment for Linux, Solaris and other UNIX operating systems.
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How can I launch a GUI session on a remote Ubuntu Desktop via SSH from a non-GUI Linux shell?
I am setting up a test environment, made up of various Linux boxes, and I have the need to launch an instance of Firefox on a remote machine via ssh.
The remote machine has Ubuntu Desktop (11) and ...
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Ubuntu server 10.04 doesn't boot into installed Gnome desktop automatically
I've installed Ubuntu server 10.04 and then installed Gnome desktop on top of it, because I am new to Linux and its command line, I need the GUI desktop to help me get around. However, the problem I ...
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Why does gnome-terminal use so much memory?
Why does gnome-terminal use so much memory?
I almost never turn my development machine off. Only time it gets turned off really is during power outages. I am almost always either having something ...
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Configuration Issues with XRDP and Gnome on Debian 11 server
I have a light duty Debian 11 (Bullseye) server. It will mostly be a file server when ready. I had installed XRDP so I can connect to and manage it from my Win10 machine when working with the UI would ...
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Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS - Installing nvidia & cuda installs gnome as well
I have a GPU server which requires cuda for example for machine learning tasks.
unfortunately, as soon as I install the NVIDIA drivers and cuda, apparently a variant of gnome is installed as well. ...
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CentOS desktop startx no screen found on VPS
I installed Gnome/KDE/XFCE,... on CentOS 7 on a VPS
yum groupinstall "Server with GUI"
yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop"
or
yum groupinstall "Server with GUI"
yum groupinstall "Xfce"
But when I ...
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How to enable login as root on xrdp with centos and GNOME?
Was wondering if anyone knows how to enable root login on xrdp with GNOME and centos 6?
Below is my config for /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
[globals]
bitmap_cache=yes
bitmap_compression=yes
port=3389
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RedHat: Can't install package GNOME Desktop Environment
I installed the package GNOME Desktop Environment on my machine running Red Hat version 6.4.
more /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)
At the end of the ...
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pipe saved file output of gnome-screenshot -a into another command [closed]
I've been looking through gnome-panel-screenshot's manpage: http://www.unix.com/man-page/All/1/gnome-panel-screenshot/ and I don't see any way to obtain the captured shot.
What I'd like to do:
call ...
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Run Gnome Shell as local app in thin client environment?
I have some recent HP thin clients, and Linux supports 3D acceleration on this hardware.
I have played with LTSP and GNOME 2. I am new to the world of thin clients, and I understand that GNOME 3 ...
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How to debug ~/dotfiles causing gdm login to gnome 3 to fail
I recently had a problem with my Fedora Core 15 linux machine where something in my dotfiles got corrupted and caused a freeze on login from gdm such that the box would never get to the desktop. I've ...
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VNC Connection Refused
I'm running CentOS 6 with Gnome's built in "Remote Desktop" set up to give me remote access. I have this set up on 3 machines, but for some reason one of them is refusing connections.
Whilst trying ...
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Xvnc4 started from xinetd only displays empty gray X screen
I'm attempting to setup an Ubuntu 10.10 box so that anyone can connect to port 5900 and be greeted by the gdm login manager. To do so, I added a vnc entry in /etc/services and I am starting Xvnc4 ...
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Why doesn't drag and drop work on my Ubuntu based VNC desktop?
I'm running Ubuntu Lucid (10.4) x86_64 as a guest system on a headless Debian Lenny Xen hypervisor. On the Ubuntu machine, I run an X-server with a normal Gnome Desktop which is only reachable through ...
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Wireless networking on Gnome on Ubuntu 9 / 10
So here's my problem: I have some netbooks (ASUS eee, and ACER Aspire Ones) that I've been tasked to set up as kiosk machines, locked up tight
for normal users.
I am a command-line, server man, so ...
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cyrus-sasl-lib issue on CentOS 5.3 (while installing GUI)
I am attempting to install gnome on a CentOS 5.3 Server install so that I can speed up the process that I am working on. I ran a yum groupinstall for the x window system and gnome but I keep getting ...
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How to lock Solaris 10 in the shell
How can I lock the screen via the shell?
System:
Solaris 10
GNOME desktop environment
For some reason Launch > Lock Screen does not work. A fix for that would also be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Disabling user switching when admin locks screen
Well, pretty much what the subject says, is it possible to forbid users from using the "Switch User" feature when the screen is locked by an administrator?
I'm not sure if user switching is a GNOME ...
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Rocky Linux 9 touch screen disable on-screen keyboard
I need to run an application on X11 in Rocky Linux 9.2, on a machine that uses a touchscreen monitor in addition to a mouse and physical keyboard.
When I launch the application by touching its icon, ...
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Having a Secure / Copy Protected DESKTOP Environment in Cent OS Linux
We have a VPS / Bare-metal server rented on a data-center and we access them over internet through user ID and password. It is running CentOS 7. That is direct access and there's no VPN in between. We ...
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Accessing KRB5CCNAME from /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default on RHEL8
I would like to run a script after a user login. This script, using his kerberos tickets, will mount an SMB share.
Under RedHat 7 I could simply call the script from /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default and it ...
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Create "Default keyring" from command line on CentOS 7
I have a CentOS 7.4 machine that I need to start in kiosk mode. There is a touch screen attached to that machine and on boot, google chrome must start in full screen and load a certain web page.
What ...
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Gnome-Boxes "fails to start" images
Using Gnome-Boxes on Ubuntu 18.04 I consistently get an error when attempting to boot any disk image. Can anyone interpret this for me?
I am unable to make heads or tales from the troubleshooting log:...
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gnome -- create symlinks when mounting a file system
I'm not 100% sure where the problem is... udev or gnome or ...
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I have an "IronKey". I have a udev rule that allows my IronKey to plug into my machine. After I've plugged it in, I go to ...
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gnome-terminal - I have no name
Environment:
OS: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS x64
HW: VM on vSphere with 2vCPU and 2GB Memory
Default GNOME desktop installation with gnome-session-flashback
3.8.0.
Connected to AD domain using Samba and ...
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Removing "X Windows System" and Gnome using Puppet
I'm trying to remove unnecessary services like XWindows and Gnome on production RHEL/CentOS machines using Puppet (I don't get to install the OS).
From what I can tell, "groupremove" isn't supported/...
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gnome file roller never overrides existing files
When using gnome file roller (Archive manager), it never seems to overwrite existing files, independent from access rights. There is also no error message.
Is this expected functionality?
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Performance problem when launching GUI applications under gnome while connected to VPN
I'm experiencing a severe performance problem starting apps but only when connected to my office VPN. It appears to be related to gnome-session.
I believe the following is the relevant strace from ...
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Is it possible to run Gnome (or KDE) remote from the actual Linux install? [closed]
I know that is a strange question, I am just curious.
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'Singleton' application - or let the user only launch one instance of a program at the time
I'm running a few linux desktops; mainly for kids (yeah, trying to teach them the right OS at early stage) (running Ubuntu 10.10, Gnome)
The problem is that they found very funny to make their ...
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x11vnc can not connect to X server of gdm greeter
OS: CentOS 8.3
GDM creates a X server for the greeter, and a different one each user that logs in.
I am trying to run x11vnc to enable remote access to the machine, but x11vnc is rejected by the X ...
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Missing Ram, memory leak?
I'm running OpenSuse 11 on an HP proliant server with 8G of RAM, occasionally the gnome desktop [whatever is current version]
After a while it will just run out of RAM, there will be like 6 or 700k ...
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removed files from /tmp/ directory - can't login anymore
I'm a system integrator(evidently noob), and today i've made my first scan with rkhunter, a tool that look into the system for check the presence of rootkits.
After that scan i -foolishly- decided to ...
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How to get the full GNOME desktop (CENTOS) with VNC?
On CENTOS I went to System - Preferences and then Remote Desktop. There I checked "Allow other users to view" and "Allow other users to control". The same dialog box said "Users can view your desktop ...
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set an expiration for ssh cache?
I use ssh to connect to a remote site (from ubuntu desktop to debian server). When I first connect a dialog pops up (probably from gnome or seahorse) asking for the passphrase, but from then on it ...
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CentOS 7 w/Gnome hangs on boot after Nvidia driver installation?
there is a lot of information available on these topics separately, but I haven't been able to find an answer to what I feel is a really common situation.
I have 2 Nvidia GTX 1080s in a server with ...
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How to find back gnome-terminals (SSH sessions) in GNOME?
I often have tens of gnome-terminals opened when I am working at my CentOS Desktop (Virtual Machine). This can mean I have about 40 open SSH sessions to different servers.
What is the best way to ...
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CentOS 6 gnome-terminal font is garbled until Arabic Support is installed
My default VM images for CentOS 6 are always installed with the most minimal set of packages. When I need a machine with a graphical install, I upgrade with yum groupinstall Desktop. I've noticed ...
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How to install GNOME desktop from DVD on CentOS 6 using the command line?
I have installed CentOS 6 in Virtualbox. Although I have chosen to install General Purpose GNOME Desktop, the GNOME desktop does not start. All I get is a black and white text prompt. I would like to ...
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Kill Ubuntu Gnome?
I have an ubuntu server which I installed ubuntu-dekstop upon.
Then i started the Gnome Desktop with "startx" command.
I wonder:
how do I kill Gnome so I can go back to only CLI?
how do i disable ...
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How to install GNOME desktop on linux (CENTOS) [closed]
How to install GNOME desktop on linux (CENTOS).I would appreciate detailed steps as I am a linux newbie.
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CentOS 7 w/ GUI GNOME login for standard users bounces back to login screen
CentOS 7 machine is unable to sign in standard users via GNOME, but root account works just fine.
Steps to recreate the issue.
Select user account and input password and login (user account is part ...
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ssh -N steals keystrokes
When I run an ssh session purely for tunnelling purposes, I start it like this:
ssh -N -L 5432:localhost:5432 user@host &
However, when I do so, about every second keystroke in the terminal ...
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Not killing background processes when exiting an xming / xlaunch gnome-session
I am logging in to a remote linux box using xlaunch with gnome-session --display=$DISPLAY. If I start a background process, is there a way to have it stay alive (keep running) when I exit Xming so ...
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VNCServer will not start after editing /etc/sysconfig/vncservers
I'm running CentOS5.6 and am attempting to configure VNC. I edited /etc/sysconfig/vncservers to read as follows:
VNCSERVERS="2:paul 3:sid"
VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600"
VNCSERVERARGS[3]="-...
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EC2 SLES Instance - Problems with Yast and other pre-installed apps
I am Linux newbie, I managed (it was a bit of an ordeal) to get a VNC server (TightVNC) running on a SLES 11 SP1 EC2 instance. Monitor manager on the VNC xstartup file is gnome (it took me a while to ...
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Clean installation of RHEL 5.5 claims package "desktops" is missing
I'm a student worker in the CS department of my university, so please forgive me for any unprofessional descriptions. Simplified explanations are appreciated.
I recently replaced some bad graphics ...
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How to update to gonme 2.3 in CentOs 5.4?
This is my only simple innocent quest. Gnome 2.3 seems to be absent from CentOs repos and gnome devs say it would be one royal pain in the a$$ if i tried to build it from source. any suggestions ?
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Dialog Connect to Server in Gnome Nautilus contains no items
I have installed Gnome Nautilus 2.28.4 on my Debian 5.0 box and a dialog File -> Connect to Server -> Service type is almost empty:
How can I fix that?
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Possible to place two workspaces on one screen in X Window?
Sometimes I'd like to copy write something from one window to my editor or compare something.
So if I can put two workspace2 in one screen, so I can easily drag two windows to different workspace and ...
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