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Desktop takes forever to load after restart
A solution (or at least temporary workaround) proposed in the bug discussion
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+bug/1596377 - is to rename the file:
/etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus....
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7
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6
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6
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Plank magnifying effect
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/docky
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall plank
killall plank
plank --preferences
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5
votes
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Something wrong with my panel and dock popover
There seems to be a problem with the last update of xserver-xorg-core-hwe-18.04 or xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-18.04 with Radeon graphics cards, which break the rendering of boxes and tooltips.
They just ...
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How to get a transparent background for plank?
Open the Applications menu in the search field type plank --preferences and then select Theme -> Transparent.
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keyboard shortcut to force dock to appear
Unfortunately no. However, if necessary you can make a request for this feature at https://launchpad.net/elementaryos . Otherwise, you can follow these steps to (kind of) peek at the dock:
Hold down ...
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How to reinstall plank and wingpanel from terminal?
Try in a terminal window
sudo apt install wingpanel plank
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4
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How to add a JetBrains IDE to the Plank if "Keep in Dock" does not appear
After installing another IDE from the JetBrains suite, I saw the installer mention that I could add the program to my Applications drawer by going to Tools > Create Desktop Entry...
As far as I can ...
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Add divider to plank(dock)
Create a .desktop file containing the following
[Desktop Entry]
Name=
Exec=
Terminal=false
Hidden=true
Type=Application
Icon=/path-to-icon/icon.svg
Where /path-to-icon/icon.svg is the icon you want ...
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How can I change the default order of Dock icons for new users?
The dock (Plank) uses dconf to store its settings. You can find the items in the net.launchpad.plank.docks domain.
You can install debconf-editor to play around with things, and you can use the ...
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Too long to power up
This is a bug with DBus - see the answer I posted here.
Essentially DBus is preventing everything from starting up, so until that's fixed you need to rename the file causing issues:
sudo mv /etc/...
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How can I have the same applications in the Dock for the Guest session as I have in the Administrator account?
You can customize your guest session under elementary OS. In your case you might only want to copy some of the configuration files of your Administrator account (startup apps, dock apps, etc.) to /etc/...
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Certain application icons does not show up in dock when opened
Same issue. Currently I go to dock preference (ctrl + Right Click), comportment, and I disable/enable Show unpinned.
But it's not a solution of course.
It's boring but it's work (or Alt+Tab)
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When I switch to a different work-space, why does the dock indicate apps opened in the other work-space(s)?
I'm not sure what solution you are actually looking for. If you wanted to restrict the icons to show only from current workspace, you can achieve that with plank very easily.
First bring the plank ...
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How can I add an executable file to the dock?
Or as it says here:
Run the app, then rt-click on app in dock, and select 'Keep in dock'.
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How can I have one plank on each of my monitors
You need either dconf-editor or command-line tool gsettings.
You can change the value of net.launchpad.plank.enabled_docks to ['dock1','dock2'] in order to enable a second dock,
restart plank,
change ...
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How can I turn on "show open windows" dock element?
Go to the applications bar
Set your applications bar to "view as grid" by clicking on the icon of four squares on the top left.
Look for "Multitasking View"
You should now see the blue icon
Right ...
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3
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How can I turn on "show open windows" dock element?
Go to Applications menu, right-click on Multitasking View -> Add to Dock.
If by any chance it's not there, create a file called gala-multitaskingview.desktop in /usr/share/applications/ with these ...
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3
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Plank not starting after reinstall
This is controlled via a dconf setting in Loki:
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.cerbere monitored-processes
It should contain plank (the default is ['wingpanel', 'plank']). If plank is not ...
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Desktop takes forever to load after restart
This is a known bug in dbus. There is an upstream fix but unfortunately it hasn't made its way into elementary yet (apparently the fix is in staging, so it should appear soon).
I think the related ...
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elementary OS: Wingpanel and plank load very slowly at boot
A supposed fix is to run this command:
sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.disabled
I too had long boot times. I found this fix and tried it and I ...
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Have applications dock close with Windows key
Please, use my updated answer:
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key "'Super_L'"
gsettings set org.pantheon.desktop.gala.behavior overlay-action "'wingpanel --toggle-indicator=app-launcher'"
...
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2
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AppCenter icons still show updates pending after terminal (apt) is used to upgrade packages
This seems to be a bug. Filed it on Launchpad here.
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How to duplicate the taskbar on the second monitor on Loki?
Setting is now done via gsettings. Install dconf-editor an go to net > launchpad > plank and change enabled-docks from ['dock1'] to ['dock1', 'dock2'] and run
cp ~/.config/plank/dock1 ~/.config/...
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Cogwheel icon on dock when using alt + tab
The Vivaldi icon started working after a re-start. For Intellij I created a new .desktop following this and for Postman I created a .desktop file like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=...
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Desktop takes forever to load after restart
A solution (or at least temporary workaround) proposed in the bug discussion - is to rename the file:
/etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop
to
/etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.disabled
Yes. ...
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Desktop takes forever to load after restart
This is a known bug. Apparently this issue also applies to Ubuntu. There is an assistive app in the autostart that runs terribly slow. I went to the startup directory:
cd /etc/xdg/autostart/
I ...
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Wingpanel icon visible in Plank
Open terminal and type:
pkill wingpanel (it will kill wingpanel process, but the process should restart itself without the dock icon)
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