I'm using Gnome 3.14 on Arch Linux. I'm fond of the calendar drop-down when you click on the time in the top panel. I've set up my Google calendar to show there, but if I happen to be offline when logging in, the calendar is not shown. Is there a way to manually refresh the Gnome calendar?

I installed Hyper terminal (hyper.is) by downloading the .AppImage file and moving it to /usr/bin/. It doesn't show up in Gnome's launcher though, so I manually created a .desktop file for it. That worked, but the only issue is that the icon isn't displaying. I don't know which path to put in the Icon parameter. How can I find it?

I created the following .desktop file under Fedora 24 using GNOME 3. [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Jabref Exec=java -jar /home/zoltan/Bureau/Programs/JabRef-3.7-dev--snapshot--2016-11-08--master--fffad83.jar Icon=/home/zoltan/Bureau/Programs/Icons/Jabref Type=Application Categories=Development When I opened it from the desktop, it launched the application, however when I copied it to /usr/share/applications, the system couldn't recognise it and so I cannot launch it quickly. What can be the problem?

I can't connect to internet via wired, adding DSL profile with user and password. While installing kali linux 2.0 there was a warning telling that there is missing non-free firmware rtl_nic/rtl8106e-1.fw but it is in /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/ Have Realtek RTL8139/810x Fast Ethernet Adapter PCI. Was no problem on previous versions of Kali.

How would I start an application (by launcher) the exact same way as GNOME would, in a command line interface? I want to set some environment variables. I know I can check the launcher file for the 'EXEC' command but for some reason that command makes my application crash; while when it's launched through GNOME it works fine.

I'm trying to get rid of the top title bar on a fullscreen-sized window under Gnome 3.12.2, using the gnome-shell WM. In earlier versions of Gnome this was not difficult to do, but it apparently has become impossible in recent versions. The "Maximus" extension doesn't work correctly for me (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/354/maximus/) ; it makes the title bar narrower but doesn't remove it. What are my options, if any, for making this work?

I am currently custumizing my .XCompose file in Fedora 29 Workstation (with the default GNOME 3, Wayland, etc). It seems that it does follow the rules I add to the ~/.XCompose file, but if I make changes to it then they are only noticed after I log out and log back in again. Is there something I can do to make the changes take effect immediately? I tried running ibus restart on the terminal but it didn't seem to work. Actually, doing that broke the compose-key functionality completely and I had to restart the session again to fix it.

I would like to use dmenu as my launcher instead of the Gnome3-overlay that is displayed after hitting the super-key. From the Gnome3-overlay, I am able to launch both apps, gnome settings, and wine programs. In dmenu, I am so far only able to launch apps, and I can't seem to find the gnome settings program or any of my wine apps. When I tried other launcher, such as synapse, they were able to find both the settings and wine apps, just like with the gnome-overlay. I prefer dmenu because it is the fastest and most aesthetically pleasing launcher I have come across. Is there a way to include shortcuts to the gnome setting program and my wine apps in dmenu? I am using Antegros Linux with Gnome 3.22 and dmenu 0.1 (specifically, the dmenu2 package from the AUR). --- ### Update For the gnome settings app, I figured out the name is gnome-control-center although it is called "Settings" in the Gnome3-overlay window. Adding the -z flag to dmenu helped by enabling fuzzy matching. I also found out that the keyboard subsection of the settings menu is launched via gnome-control-center keyboard, which is a little bothersome to type every time since it does not autocomplete. It seems like dmenu will find everything that I put on my $PATH, but I am not super keen on including all the desktop shortcuts there. Other launchers such as p-menu includes everything on $PATH and all the .desktop files on the system, which is the preferred behavior to me. p-menu does only seem to launch within a terminal, rather than as a popup (the latter being faster for me), so for the time being, I am using albert, which works great. I would still be interested in dmenu or a similar launcher, if they include .desktop-files.

I'm trying to add custom shortcuts to enable/disable a touchpad on my laptop. I have GNOME 3 on Wayland. Using a suggestion from https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/571537/138312 , I managed to do it using a terminal. **However**, if I put exactly the same commands into shortcuts (using a GUI, the only way I know), they don't work. Does anyone know the solution for this, or any other way around to have shortcuts for a touchpad? Some details, if needed: Lenovo Thinkpad T450s, Debian 9, Gnome 3.22.2

I have a fresh installation of Gentoo to which I would like to add the Gnome desktop and the GDM display manager. Installing Gnome works, but installing GDM results in errors I am having a hard time to get usable knowledge out of. My question is simple. What must be done to have Gnome 3 start at boot together with GDM? For installing Gnome I use this command: sudo emerge gnome-base/gnome And for trying to install GDM I use this command, which shows me errors with opus (some audio codec library) and ninja (some build system with a lower footprint than make): sudo emerge gnome-base/gdm This is the error I get: ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed. * ERROR: media-libs/opus-1.5.2::gentoo failed (compile phase): * ninja -v -j17 -l0 failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 136: Called src_compile * environment, line 2924: Called meson-multilib_src_compile * environment, line 1623: Called multilib-minimal_src_compile * environment, line 1817: Called multilib_foreach_abi 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile' * environment, line 2084: Called multibuild_foreach_variant '_multilib_multibuild_wrapper' 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile' * environment, line 1777: Called _multibuild_run '_multilib_multibuild_wrapper' 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile' * environment, line 1775: Called _multilib_multibuild_wrapper 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile' * environment, line 486: Called multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile * environment, line 1811: Called multilib_src_compile * environment, line 2304: Called meson_src_compile * environment, line 1690: Called eninja * environment, line 1195: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * "$@" || die -n "${*} failed" * * If you need support, post the output of emerge --info '=media-libs/opus-1.5.2::gentoo', * the complete build log and the output of emerge -pqv '=media-libs/opus-1.5.2::gentoo'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/work/opus-1.5.2-abi_x86_64.amd64' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/work/opus-1.5.2' >>> Failed to emerge media-libs/opus-1.5.2, Log file: >>> '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/temp/build.log' * Messages for package media-libs/opus-1.5.2: * ERROR: media-libs/opus-1.5.2::gentoo failed (compile phase): * ninja -v -j17 -l0 failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 136: Called src_compile * environment, line 2924: Called meson-multilib_src_compile * environment, line 1623: Called multilib-minimal_src_compile * environment, line 1817: Called multilib_foreach_abi 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile' * environment, line 2084: Called multibuild_foreach_variant '_multilib_multibuild_wrapper' 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile' * environment, line 1777: Called _multibuild_run '_multilib_multibuild_wrapper' 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile' * environment, line 1775: Called _multilib_multibuild_wrapper 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile' * environment, line 486: Called multilib-minimal_abi_src_compile * environment, line 1811: Called multilib_src_compile * environment, line 2304: Called meson_src_compile * environment, line 1690: Called eninja * environment, line 1195: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * "$@" || die -n "${*} failed" * * If you need support, post the output of emerge --info '=media-libs/opus-1.5.2::gentoo', * the complete build log and the output of emerge -pqv '=media-libs/opus-1.5.2::gentoo'. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/work/opus-1.5.2-abi_x86_64.amd64' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/opus-1.5.2/work/opus-1.5.2'

I have been trying to install GUI, i.e. gnome and lxde, into Debian 9 stretch in google cloud computing instance. I have even increased the cpu, ram, harddisk size. However, the installation is always stuck at "Setting up dbus (1.10.26-0+deb9u1)" My last attempt is letting it sit for 6 hours now. It's still stuck there. What can I do? Thanks and Regards Edit1: I found this line. Does this have to do with this error? Setting up rtkit (0.11-4+b1) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/graphical.target.wants/rtkit-daemon.service → /lib/systemd/system/rtkit-daemon.service. Job for rtkit-daemon.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. See "systemctl status rtkit-daemon.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. rtkit-daemon.service couldn't start. Edit2: I shutdown the instance and get thefollowing. Not sure if this may mean anything or not related at all - again because I forced shutdown the system. Setting up dbus (1.10.26-0+deb9u1) ... Job for dbus.service canceled. invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "start" failed. ● dbus.service - D-Bus System Message Bus Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dbus.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2018-05-02 21:38:17 UTC; 31min ago Docs: man:dbus-daemon(1) Main PID: 15748 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) May 02 21:37:52 instance-2 systemd: Started D-Bus System Message Bus. May 02 21:37:52 instance-2 dbus-daemon: Failed to start message bus: Could not get UID and GID for username "messagebus" May 02 21:38:17 instance-2 systemd: dbus.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE May 02 21:38:17 instance-2 systemd: dbus.service: Unit entered failed state. May 02 21:38:17 instance-2 systemd: dbus.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. dpkg: error processing package dbus (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I'm reposting Gnome Session Doesn't Start on Remote X Server , here, because I believe it's a Gnome question, not just an Ubuntu one. I have an Ubuntu host, which I reach via ssh -Y. The client is my macOS laptop, running XQuartz. I can do xclock or other X apps from the host and see them on my laptop. What I cannot run is gnome-session, which, as far as I understand, should be the whole thing that comes up when I login to the machine from the local console. DISPLAY is correctly set, but seems to be ignored. Passing --display="$DISPLAY" to gnome-session yields: ** (gnome-session-binary:5943): WARNING **: Unknown option --display=localhost:10.0 Indeed, my manpage for gnome-session doesn't mention --display, while manpages around Internet do. So, I guess, it was removed at some point, do I still have a way to do it? I've also discovered that other gnome applications (e.g., gnome-software) have a --display option, but they ignore it and the application runs on the console desktop, rather than on my laptop.

I am attempting to set up an AWS EC2 Debian 9 instance [using this image](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B073HW9SP3) . I have the image up and running and can connect via VNC using 'tightvncserver'. My problem is exactly the same as described in [this Ubuntu Stack Exchange question](https://askubuntu.com/questions/898035/how-to-configure-vnc-server-to-get-full-gnome-desktop) . I can not seem to get Gnome desktop to display 'nicely' as it does on the [gnome website](https://www.gnome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/featured-image@2x-1.png) . Just like the Ubuntu question, when I load up the VNC connection I am faced with a grey background, a simple menu bar and originally no terminal option until I created a menu item for it following [this question](https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=280636) . My /home/username/.vnc/xstartup is as follows:

#!/bin/sh

unset SESSION_MANAGER
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
startxfce4 &

[ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
vncconfig -iconic &

xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
#x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
#x-window-manager &
# Fix to make GNOME work
export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
/etc/X11/Xsession
gnome-panel &
gnome-settings-daemon &
metacity &
nautilus &

The question on Ubuntu Stack Exchange is very similar to mine; How do I correctly configure Gnome with VNC to display the nice Gnome desktop as per the Gnome site? **Note:** I do not wish to use an application such as TeamViewer, however other terminal-only options are welcome as I need to be able to use a terminal on one machine to open the GUI of the EC2 instance, without installing software.

In Gnome 3, I mapped my volume up to amixer set Master 1000+, and down to amixer set Master 1000-. This works just fine, as long as I spin the volume roller slowly. If I am to spin it really quickly, the left and right channel become unbalanced.

in **RHEL/CentOS 7.9** anyway, when running gnome-disks which is under the Applications-Utilities-Disks menu, for a recognized SSD it offers the enabling of **write-cache**. I would like to know what technically is happening when turning this on, that wasn't already happening. *I was under the impression, whether it was an SSD or a conventional spinning hard disk, that linux inherently does **disk caching**. This impression mainly comes from reading that www.linuxatemyram.com page years ago.*

Today, I started having most web sites failing to load in browsers. Checking my network settings, I discovered those strange settings in ipv6 tab: Switching back to my usual dns for ipv6 (Google's one, 2001:4860:4860::8888 and 2001:4860:4860::8844) solved my browsing issue. But just to make sure, I then reopened the network settings: the same strange ipv4 addresses in my ipv6 dns configuration were back! Networking still works for now, but I fear the trouble will come back on next reboot. The ipv4 tab has its expected settings. The /etc/resolv.conf file was pointing my isp own ipv6 dns server, I have removed them. resolvconf package is not installed. /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/Wired connection 1 file looks fine. [ethernet] duplex=full [connection] id=Wired connection 1 uuid=231ba09e-7c56-4fb3-9df2-37cc0c4202b0 type=ethernet timestamp=1480972453 [ipv6] method=auto dns=2001:4860:4860::8888;2001:4860:4860::8844; ignore-auto-dns=true ip6-privacy=2 [ipv4] method=auto dns=8.8.8.8;8.8.4.4; ignore-auto-dns=true nm-connection-editor interface shows the right settings. /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf file does not contain any supersede. Only the network configuration applet is wrong. I guess it is the network-manager-gnome interface. Its version on my system is 0.9.10.0-2 according to synaptic. My distribution is a Debian Jessie, unattended updates activated (stable channel of course, it would not be a Jessie anymore otherwise, backports enabled), using gnome. I search a bit randomly in my hidden home folders if some local settings were related to networking just in case, but found nothing, including in ~/.gconf/ folder. What else should I check for that issue please? ## Follow up: Thanks sourcejedi, So the bad display looks like a bug, ipv6 addresses being displayed here as ipv4, using only first four bytes of them. Maybe this is just a display bug. But redefining my settings as I have done would then have overwritten the actual cause of the trouble... I have reboot now, things still works for now (with display bug still here). No clue what was the actual trouble. (Emptying the resolv.conf as I have done was undone at the next boot by the way, it was refilled with my isp ipv6 dns.) Checking the nmap version on my system, it is 6.47-3+deb8u2. But anyway, the old bug you found about it does not look related, just similar as you say.

I have GNOME installed on my Arch Linux which is dual booted with a Windows 11 OS. **Problem:** Gnome bluetooth turns on/off but does not detect devices. Screenshots: When its OFF: When its ON: Its not detecting any nearby devices (nothing is rotating beside the "Devices" label). BUT it (the PC) is being detected by my Samsung Phone's bluetooth but is unable to connect to it (not unusual). I tried some other websites on the internet. Accordingly, When I ran sudo rfkill list, Output:

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

Also, sudo systemctl status bluetooth, yielded

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-05-18 23:05:56 IST; 21min ago
       Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
   Main PID: 422 (bluetoothd)
     Status: "Running"
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 4578)
     Memory: 2.5M
        CPU: 80ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
             └─ 422 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd

May 18 23:05:56 Someone systemd: Started Bluetooth service.
May 18 23:05:57 Someone bluetoothd: Bluetooth management interface 1.21 initialized
May 18 23:06:51 Someone bluetoothd: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.50 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc
May 18 23:06:51 Someone bluetoothd: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.50 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc
May 18 23:06:51 Someone bluetoothd: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.50 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_453
May 18 23:06:51 Someone bluetoothd: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.50 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_453
May 18 23:06:51 Someone bluetoothd: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.50 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_512
May 18 23:06:51 Someone bluetoothd: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.50 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_512
May 18 23:06:51 Someone bluetoothd: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.50 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSink/sbc_xq_552
May 18 23:06:51 Someone bluetoothd: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.50 path=/MediaEndpoint/A2DPSource/sbc_xq_552

from: https://linuxhint.com/bluetooth_arch_linux/ So, it does seem that bluetooth is working properly #### What I tried: Attempt 1: 1. sudo systemctl stop bluetooth 2. sudo systemctl start bluetooth 3. reboot >> not working Attempt 2: 1. sudo systemctl disable bluetooth 2. sudo systemctl enable bluetooth 3. reboot >> no luck Attempt 3: 1. sudo pacman -S blueman 2. **WORKS** well kinda... With blueman, I have to press the search button to search for other devices and when it finds something, gnome-settings also gets updated (magically) with that but does not do any further detection... Doesn't that solve my problem? Ans: **Of course NOT!** ### How Should I get gnome-settings to detect other bluetooth devices in real time? (I had a previous Arch install with GNOME like a month ago and it did not have this problem.)

I have one group/folder of applications in my applications Grid (Activities -> Launcher -> Show applications), called Utilities/Tools ("Utilitários"): I like this and would like very much to group other programs together too, but could not find a way nor a tutorial to do so. How to group applications on the grid, considering this is GNOME 3.32.2?

I want to open the keyboard shortcuts settings (see first screenshot) with a terminal command, but the best I can find is gnome-control-center keyboard, which opens the keyboard settings (see second screenshot) ![Keyboard shortcuts settings window ][1] ![Keyboard settings window ][2] Using man gnome-control-center, I found this for keyboard panel: > You can open this panel on a specific tab by passing **typing** or **shortcuts** as extra argument. But when I try gnome-control-center keyboard shortcuts, it opens the same window (second screenshot) I'm using GNOME 3.38.4, on Pop!_OS 21.04

I'm running Fedora 15 Gnome on a laptop. I can't seem to find an option to toggle if the laptop goes to sleep when the lid closes. There are certain times where I want to put the laptop away or close it but still have it do some crunching on some long running task Is there a place to toggle this option?