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I'm new on Linux and elementary OS. Everything is near ok, except the touchpad. It is recognized by elementary OS, except the "scroll zone" on the right of the touchpad. Is there a fix to recovert ...

Having troubles with integrate and discrete gpu on Freya using bumblebee. It gives me "Could not load GPU driver" error Modules are load in kernel and nvidia driver are installed. Anyone could ...

I have dual boot and I keep all my data in separate partition and now I am not able to open that partition in freya.

All my music and my photos are on a NAS. Those folders are shared via Samba. It seems it's impossible to access samba shares when defining the library location for my music or photos. I tried "enter ...

I have installed Nginx on Freya, But i don't know how to install phpMyAdmin on a LEMP server. Is there any easy way to do this?

I noticed that the mouse was slightly offset when trying to click gui components. I decided to test it and it turns out that the pointer is actually offset by 3 pixels up and 1 pixel left. I tested ...

I booted up my computer and I went right to Windows. Normally, it boots asking me if I want to boot to elementary OS or Windows. I tried booting multiple times and manually tried to go to elementary ...

Is there a list or is it possible to elaborate a full list of pantheon-terminal's shortcuts? Example: Ctrl + L Clears the screen Ctrl + D Closes active tab Ctrl + Shift + T Opens new tab Alt + ...

I'd like to use Gradle, but from the User Guide: For running Gradle, add GRADLE_HOME/bin to your PATH environment variable. Usually, this is sufficient to run Gradle. What is the "best" place to ...

I have a short question and hope someone out there can help me with that kind of problem. I've reinstalled a fresh Freya on my Laptop, everything runs without problems (as it did before) and smooth ...

My PC and laptop can't read the USB in BIOS or OS if it was created by dd command with elementary OS iso, but it works fine with other distros iso, no matter how many times that I download the iso ...

Everytime I take a screenshot the result is only the background image. Doesn't matter I do it via print key or open the tool itself. It does the same for opened windows when hitting ALT+Prt Sc no ...

Some months I use gala from elementary OS stable repositories on Debian Jessie + xfce. Working perfect. Recently I installed new wingpanel from ppa:elementary-os/staging. It installs without problems, ...

My laptop dual boots Windows 10 and elementary freya. Using connectify and even cmd, I can create a WiFi hotspot in Windows. However, access point mode is not supported in freya. I tried almost every ...

I installed an Windows 7 Virtual Machine and everything is working fine, but to be able to identify USB devices inside my guest system it needs a function called "Groups" described here that can be ...

I have developed an application for elementary which is a Network Utility. The details of the Nutty application can be found here at launchpad: https://launchpad.net/nutty In response to a bug report,...

Is there a way to set the cursor displacement dependent on mouse velocity? This is called mouse acceleration in most environments. Some call it precision-mode, which is the slow extreme of the speed ...

Is android-tools package available in elementary? If true how can I install it?

I installed Freya three days ago on my main machine, and I faced some issues with the hardware. But I got it to work at last. But the lack of hibernation support in Freya is causing me to seriously ...

In Luna I used com.canonical.notify-osd gravity setting (like in Ubuntu) to change the position of notification bubble. Since Freya seems to have its own notification bubbles, this setting don't ...

I want to auto hide or change the position of the top panel，How can I do it? Install some things or change some settings?

If i copy a file by dragging and dropping from a folder to the sidebar folder shortcut, I end up with the cursor being an artifact - two cursor icons with the thumbnail of the pic or video I just ...

Good night, people. Yesterday I was messing around to install elementary OS Freya and dualbooting with Windows 8.1. Before installing elementary OS I had Ubuntu 14.04 and W8.1 side by side perfectly, ...

I want to tweak the top panel of the window,and I founded two kits named "wingpanel-slim" and "super-wingpanel" can do what I want to (auto hide and ...) I tried to install the from several PPA but ...

Currently, the implementation of current workspace only for Plank does not extend to any application that is pinned to your dock. This means that Plank will switch your workspace instead of opening a ...

I installed the catalyst driver on my acer 3810T with AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4330. After looking for the right driver, and finding one (14.1), and installing, the system is booting, but after the boot ...

In Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Korora, all I had to do was to load the image into the CD drive and it recognized it and asked if I wanted to run it. Everything worked seamlessly. In elementary OS, when I ...

I just installed Freya alongside Windows 8.1 on a new Acer Aspire E15 (specs below): Intel Celeron N2830 2.16 GHz Processor (1 MB Cache) 4 GB DDR3L SDRAM The install went fine. When I reboot and ...

I downloaded this game, and it simply does nothing when I try to run it. No error, nothing. I tried to see what was wrong by running it with the command "ldd" and it gave me this: wayne@wayne-iMac:...

I would like to change the mouse cursor theme that is used, both in my session and in the login screen. For example Breeze instead of the standard one called "elementary" (similar to DMZ Black).

I found some network type icons (4G, 3G, H, E, G): Is it somehow possible to display the current network type in wingpanel?

Basically the title. How can I clear or edit the playlist in Videos/Audience. I can't see any button or anything that clears it. This seems like basic functionality but I can't find it.

elementary locks the screen after about 15 minutes of "inactivity", except the activity I'm doing is watching videos (no keyboard or mouse inputs during that lapse). Site in question is Crunchyroll (...

How can I control pointer using keyboard instead of mouse on elementary OS Freya? Universal Access > Pointing and Clicking > Mouse keys (turn on) ... yeah it works but pointer's speed is ridiculously ...

I would like to get Plank and Wingpanel on both screens of my dual monitor set up without mirroring my screens. How can I do this?

For those who don't know what's Fish shell here's the home page I would like to install it and make it default. But under their homepage when I click on download I'm redirected to the ppa page. How ...

I use Private Tunnel VPN. The support website (under Connection questions: How do I connect to PrivateTunnel using Ubuntu Linux?) recommends this for Ubuntu : Configuring Network Manager to ...

How to fix this problem with the resolution of LightDM an additional monitor? lightdm 1.10.5 Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767 LVDS1 connected (normal ...

I have a Horize P370M laptop that I installed elementary OS Freya over the top of a Luna install around two months ago. This morning, when trying to boot in from Grub I get the following message and ...

I have a problem which really bugs me. My laptop speakers work perfectly, but whenever I plug in my headphones, there's just no sound. Nothing is muted, my settings are good, so I really don't know ...

Could anyone provide some tips on how to make elementary OS run faster and use less memory? Specifically I am running it on a netbook Asus Eee PC 1005HA with an Intel Atom processor (single core) ...

I have been able to add my main Google Calendar to the calendar app, but I cannot add secondary calendars. I have attempted to sudo apt-get install evolution-data-server-pantheon-online-accounts but ...

Is there a tweak that allows me to boost the volume above 100% without having to go to System Settings -> Sound every time?

I don't need all of the default shown indicator icons. How can I hide some of them, such as the icon for Geary email client (shown by the bell)?

I have a MacbookPro5,3 (C2D 2.66, 64 bits EFI, 8GB RAM, nVidia 9400m & 9600m GT) and I am unable to boot into elementary OS. I have tried both with Apple's boot manager and rEFInd to no avail. I ...

Should I type elementary OS or Elementary OS? What's the difference between elementary and elementary OS? Should I call the system eOS?

I am completely deaf in one ear, and would like to be able to force mono-output (system-wide) when using headphones. How can I do this? It seems that this is a useful accessibility feature.

I use Tomahawk music player on Elementary OS Freya. Following are the issues i'm facing regarding this palyer: Player opens up every time, without a maximize button. Player window bottom part(Part ...

I have a problem with Noise. When I try to play music the programm say that there isn't the codecs and it trays to install them. The codecs are already installed but the system doesn't recognise them. ...

I'm trying to do a full install of elementary OS Freya on a USB 2 drive to create a portable OS. I want the full install so that I can do full upgrades. I've created something similar with Ubuntu ...