GNOME is a popular desktop environment for Linux, Solaris and other UNIX operating systems.
GNOME is a popular desktop environment for Linux, Solaris and other UNIX operating systems.
Questions tagged [gnome]
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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…
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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 installation I got an error about missing RPM- …
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Log-file inspection and management on a LAMP stack
I'm engaged in a handful web-development projects running on a LAMP stack.
My present tool-set for inspecting and bugfixing is:
the softwares built-in log-viewer and the like, and
running "sudo tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log" from the…
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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 build in a gnome-terminal or using VIM in a gnome…
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Ubuntu laptop keyboard half-functional
Right half of the built-in keyboard in my Asus laptop stopped working under Gnome. For instance, keys j k l ; p o i m . / don't work.
They do work fine when pressed on external USB keyboard or on in-built one while on the login screen or in laptop's…
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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 or X feature.
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How do you enable a graphical interface for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client download?
I downloaded Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 6.3 onto virtual box but it's only bring forth a command line interface when I login in using root. There is no graphical interface attached with the install. How do I remedy this?
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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 Firefox installed.
The source machine is a…
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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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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/recommended yet, because it's not quite the…
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Gnome or KDE?
I am a self-confessed Linux noob - But I am completely confused and overwhelmed by the idea of Gnome or KDE.
What should I choose? Whats the difference? What are the pros/cons?
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pipe saved file output of gnome-screenshot -a into another command
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 gnome-screenshot -a to auto select…
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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 requires hardware accelerated client side OpenGL to…
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How does Ubuntu Desktop read network configuration
In Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, the network should be only configured in /etc/network/interfaces.
But now I am using the Desktop version..
Why I can't see the setting from the GUI in /etc/network/interfaces, where it is stored?
I have added some lines…
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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 narrowed this down by creating a new user and…
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