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How to create a custom layout and variant keyboard in Wayland Linux
My Config
I use Ubuntu 22.10 with Gnome. I use a custom QWERTY keyboard for french. It's the QWERTY Lafayette.
https://qwerty-lafayette.org/
The problem
In many applications like vscode, my keyboard does not work and remains in qwerty us.
So I can't…

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Not able to change login screen background image in gnome3
We are trying to change login screen background image on gnome3(OS: solaris 11.4), But not working.
I have tried below steps,
# vi /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/00-login
[org/gnome/desktop/background]
picture-uri='file:///opt/newbackground.jpg'
After this I…

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Gnome Extension - Disable keyboard input
I'm trying to make my first ever extension for GNOME, and after watching a video with a guy having the ability to turn off his keyboard i wanted to try make an extension that did just that.
By now i have made it so that the extension shows a toggle…

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Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS the world "normal" appaer in the top of some windows
the world "normal" appears at the top of some windows
I'm using
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
GNOME Shell 42.2
and the only extension that I'm currently using is gnome-clipboard@b00f.github.io

Uncle Max
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Why does code not recognize paths in a system shortcut?
I want to use a shortcut to open up a specific folder in Visual Studio Code in a new window. I am on Fedora with Gnome Shell and have tried the integrated shortcut manager that can be found in the settings. When I define a shortcut with the command…

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How does gnome-browser-extension and chrome-gnome-shell load extension without reloading gnome session
gnome-extensions man page says:
The command unpacks the extension files and moves them to the expected
location in the
user’s $HOME, so that it will be loaded in the next session.
so to install netspeed extension via script, we have to do…

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Problem after removing ghostscript extra packages are removed automatically and screen is black
How its happened?
Very simple by just removing the ghostscript package.
In the dpkg log it seems the following packages are removed after ghostscript uninstallation: gnome-shell, gnome-settings-daemons, gnome-settings, gvfs & gvfs-daemons, udisks2,…

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Is it possibe to write Gnome extensions in Dart and compile it to JS?
In theory it looks like it should be possible. There is: Dart-to-JavaScript compiler and even package to call JS from Dart and opposite.
But I didn't find any resources about it. Did anybody tried? Does anybody knows for sure that it is not…

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Can I use other languages(other than JavaScript) to create Gnome Shell Extensions?
I am creating a GNOME Shell Extension and want to use languages like C++/Golang rather than JavaScript to create it. It is also acceptable if I can somehow call/use the C++/go executable in my extension.js. Please tell me if this is even possible…

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how to build gnome shell from source?
I want to install gnome shell on my machine from the project's gitlab repository for testing.
I searched their wiki but couldn't find any specific documentation to do this.
I tried with gnome builder but it doesn't work either.
So, how does gnome…

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Can I get a hover and checked effect with St.Button in GJS?
I have a group button with icon. If I can setup a hover effect, for I saw here is some func or attribute like St.Widget.track-hover St.Widget.sync_hover St.Widget.set_hover, maybe minor changes may be made for buttons using css. But those function…

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Can I use ajax in gjs or any alternatives method?
[gnome-sehll-extension]
I need read other web pages and parse the obtained JSON files.
The office example is:
$.ajax({
url: 'http://api.xxx/yyyy',
type: 'get',
dataType: 'jsonp',
data: {
q: query,
appid: appid,
…

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What principle makes the system stock icon automatically adapt to the gnome shell theme?
I test a gnome shell extension.
When I set a icon using icon_name, I think the gnome shell search and find the icon in system icon path, just like "/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/status/alarm-symbolic.svg". And the icon display in panel show…

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How to setup the screen size with dbus-run-session
When I debug a gnome shell extension, the gjs official documentation tell me use this command to test the new extension.
dbus-run-session -- gnome-shell --nested --wayland
But I got a 800x600 screen, so how can I change the screen size. man…

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How do I end spawned shell script in?
I am writing my first gnome shell extension to update desktop background to Microsoft Daily Wallpaper by making and running a shell script
Here's the shell script, it loops every 15 minutes
while :
do
result=$(curl -s -X GET --header "Accept: */*"…

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