Questions tagged [settings]
Settings are options in a program that allow you to configure the program to suit your needs.
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Settings are missing options and settings after update to Juno
I recently updated from Loki to Juno. I copied my home folder over as is. As I was copying the home folder over, after Juno had installed itself, I marked all the same-name folders to merge and all ...
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can’t type single character twice, quickly [on hold]
Can't enter same character twice without delaying (about 1s) or after an interrupting, non-printing key (shift). For example, typing "little" at my regular pace displays "litle". Same behaviour with ...
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Task Bar Randomly Disappears On Reboot (Resolved)
Randomly, if I boot my system, on the login screen the task bar will be gone. When I get pasted the login screen the taskbar is still gone. The only way I can reboot is by holding down my power button ...
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Shortcut to show Menu Bar in some apps
Some apps, like Slack, have a Menu Bar. (File, Edit, View, etc.). In Pop_OS, pressing Alt, shows and hides said menu (in most apps, the behavior is somewhat inconsistent); for the most part, this is ...
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Parental Controls in Elementary OS 5.0 not working
I just today (Sept. 5 2019) installed Elementary OS 5.0 as a virtual machine using Virtualbox.
While logged in to my administrator user account, I created another standard user account for my son. I ...
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Can't actually turn built-in monitor off
is this a known bug? the button in the GUI display settings that you use to turn the monitors off is non-functional for me.
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Where does CUPS-BRF print-to-file write its output? Can I configure the location?
I installed the CUPS-BRF file printer using the Elementary OS Juno printer dialog, but printing a test page does not seem to work. Where would the output be written? Is this the right driver for ...
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Ignore touchpad when mouse is connected
So, i found this option on System settings => Mouse & Touchpad => Touchpad => Ignore when mouse is connected
This is exactly what I'm looking for, but, (I have no idea why) this options does ...
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How to reset lost administrative password?
I can not update because the person who set up my PC is out of the country and he didn't give ,me the "Authentication" password
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Display settings vmware workstation 15 don't work
just installed on VMware and every time I try to change my display settings, they "register" in the Display app in Settings, but actually don't change the display, even on reboot. I see another post ...
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Wingpanel Setting to Hide When Windows are Maximized
I think Wingpanel having the ability to dodge maximized, or to integrate maximized window borders the way Unity used to. Plank has done this for years, as does Xfce, KDE, etc. It doesn't seem like a ...
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Custom keyboard shortcut now activating after second press
I'm using ctrl + space as a custom shortcut to activate a TTS (text to speech) script that I wrote.
I've been using this shortcut for about a week now with no problems, but recently the shortcut won'...
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Hardware Printer, Mouse [closed]
everyone in the elementary Os world,
I must say Having come from an Apple background I am liking what I see so far. I am running elementary OS 5.0 Juno 64 bit
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I notice there is no ...
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Unable to open the sound settings on Elementary os Juno
I have issues with my elementary os juno, lately I cannot open the sound settings. I have notice that everytime the audio/music is about to end there is this bang sound, its kinda annoying so I want ...
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Does anyone know a dark elementary os like plank theme?
I've been switching distros quite frequently lately... And I'm the most familiar with elementary os and ubuntu.. Now I intalled eos again, and I've turned on dark mode. The thing is that the ...
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Cannot mount DVDs. Do I just have bad hardware?
I have been trying to play a DVD several times since Loki, but I have never been able to mount the disk.
I have used the included Videos app, VLC, and Totem. I have installed ubuntu-restricted ...
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Audio devices working but not showing up in the settings
I'm wondering if I can get some guidance on how elementary manages audio devices -- especially how it detects them. Do you use Pulse or ALSA? Is there potentially a package missing?
In my situation, ...
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How do I manage iPhone on elementary os
I have an iPhone 6s and would like it to work like how it does when I plug it into windows (file manager detects it and I can see photos) is there a way of doing this or a program like iTunes?
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Configure Evince on Juno
I just installed Juno. How to configure Evince? There is no preference section.
The "previous page/""next page" buttons do not work and I don't see where there is a possibility to set a shortcut ...
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I can't install windows. I can't boot the system with the Usb
I installed elementary os and i've disinstalled windows 10. I want to install windows 10, so i've burned the usb with the iso. When I boot the pc I can't choose the usb because it doesn't appear. My ...
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Position of Date and Time on the login screen
since a few days i am using elementary os.
Since I come from Germany I have changed the date and time display to German. Unfortunately the start screen now shows the time and date so far to the right ...
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I can't hear music, but can hear all system sounds
I use external sound card, and can hear all system sounds, but when I play any song from player ("melody", "music" or "Spotifi"), I can't hear anithing.
When I use headphones without external sound ...
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System will not login automatically to SMB server after login
I am new in the Linux world. I want to let elementary OS automatically login to my NAS after each reboot. Now I have to login manually after each reboot which is getting pretty annoying.
I connect ...
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Greeter Font and Session Chooser
On Juno is there a way to change the Pantheon-greeter font? I tried various things in /etc/lightdm/* and /usr/share/lightdm/* but nothing seemed to affect the font. gsettings didn't find anything ...
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Night light sunrise/sunset not working
After a new clean installation of Juno I tried to enable Night light with the automatic sunrise/sunset timing. This did not work as expected. What did happen was, that night light kicked in only at ...
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Getting notifications from a deleted app
Hello everyone im running elementary OS 5.0 Juno Linux 4.15.0-47-generic, GTK+ 3.22.30
I downloaded about a week Badger 1.3.0. I uninstalled the app but I still get notifications from the app as if ...
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Applications Menu View by Category Mouse Over Setting
With Applications Menu "View by Category" selected is there a mouse over setting to auto expand category menus instead of having to left click the mouse for each category menu?
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Is it possible to change the magnifier factor?
I’m visually impaired and am really liking elementary OS. With that said, I am aware that eOS has a built-in zoom function (via super and +/-), however, I’m wondering if it is possible to change the ...
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Pinch-to-Zoom multitouch gesture
I have a two-in-one laptop (Dell Inspiron 7348) with a touchscreen and a touchpad running elementary OS 5.0 Juno and the pinch-to-zoom gesture works ok on the touch screen (but still not very fluent). ...
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Wireless and Internet settings disappeared from system settings
Has anyone encountered the problem where clicking network settings from the applet just shows the System settings window? I can't access wireless or hotspot settings.
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Is there a way to turn off move window shortcut?
Default move window shortcut on Juno is win+mouse drag, but I want to change this behavior because another application (Tracktion 7) requires this shortcut to perform some operation and I didn't find ...
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Permanent custom keymap
I use ElementaryOS on a chromebook. The keyboard top row has Xf86-like keys which are wrongly mapped as F keys by the hardware. Therefore I made a script to change the keymap at boot with Xmodmap. It ...
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Die APP Systemeinstellungen ist nicht auffindbar (The APP system settings can not be found)
habe die App Systemeinstellungen (System Settings) deinstalliert. Wie bekomme ich diese wieder zurück oder neu.
Danke euch.
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I have uninstalled the app System Settings. How do I get ...
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BUG: Display settings not applied until login
I've installed Juno release and all it's amazing, except that when I block my notebook, that have a secondary display, the display settings is lost.
My notebook is on the left side and my main screen ...
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Is Juno Not Compatible with Wacom?
If in Loki you can find the Wacom menu at System Settings, you can't see any setting related to Wacom tablet in Juno. Can someone help me to solve this? I even don't know how to install the driver. ...
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Startup Applications in settings resets when settings i closed
I have tried for the last week to get my startup applications to change, but for some reason every time I try to change the settings nothing happens. The next time I open the settings the startup ...
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Where are io.elementary.music settings file?
So... Unintentionally I put the music folder as the system folder and now it takes forever to scan, even by it gets into a loop when it starts to scan the /dev folder, so I've been looking for ways to ...
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Can't un-mirror display for dual monitors - Juno
I am on a Dell 9360 on which I have installed elementary Juno. I have it attached to a Samsung 27 in monitor. I was using the two screens successfully unmirrored with the Dell on the left as the ...
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How to make Mailspring default mail app?
I installed the snap version of Mailspring (using Snaptastic), but during install the .desktop file for some reason wasn't copied to /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/ . I did ...
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How To Configure the Terminal in Code
The question says it all. I would like to configure the integrated terminal of Code (especially get rid of some lurid colours), but I can't find any option to do so, nor any configuration file.
How ...
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Problems with WIFI
I just installed elementary on my Windows PC and I have problems with wireless network : the WIFI networks are not detected.
You can see the wireless connexion is enabled, but it says it is disabled.....
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shrink Window title bar
Is there a way to shrink all Window title bars on Juno?
I've tried making changes to gtk.css and app.css with no luck.
Thank you
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Prevent windows from sticking to others while being dragged?
How do I stop the behavior where dragging windows across another window makes them "stick" together for a bit. I want to turn that behavior off completely.
Here's what I mean:
https://i.imgur.com/...
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Can't get multitouch(3+ finger) working on eOS
For some reason I am having trouble getting my trackpad fully working. It feels fine and works well for the most part, including scrolling and tap to click, but I have issues with doing anything with ...
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How can I disable Tap to Click?
how can I disable tap to click on the elementary os? I've tried disabling it from the "Mouse & Touchpad" menu on Settings but it doesn't work.
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How to get cursor autofocus on login screen? [closed]
Is there a way to get the cursor to autofocus on login screen? Currently I have to use the mouse to get the cursor to the login screen in order to enter the password. I would like to be able to just ...
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Hibernate option in Juno
I cannot make my computer hibernate. I altered the settings so that pressing the power button sends the computer into hibernate mode but when I actually press the button, nothing happens. Also, is ...
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VmWare workstation on Juno - Vm Screen doesn't appear
I installed Elementary juno last week but I'm not be able to work with Vmware Workstation (last version), when I start virtual machine the console screen does not appear (the video stays on the vmware ...
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music app problem
My problem is whenever I click the play icon on the sound tab, the music will not start. I have to go to the app every time to play the songs. Shouldn't the songs just start by pressing the play ...
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Is it possible to hide user list from the power button in top right corner?
is it possible to hide user list from the power button in top right corner? There are many users in the system and the menu stretches all over the screen.
