Questions tagged [preferences]
94 questions
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Switch from path bar to location bar permanently in Nautilus
As most of you know, you can switch between the visual location entry, and the text based one in Nautilus, by hitting Ctrl+L.
When I tried to set this value permanently in gconf-editor, it doesn't exist. When I tried to do it via the terminal, this…
willbeeler
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Link clicked not passed to firefox
When Firefox is set as my default browser, any links cliked in another application open a new blank Firefox window, not a new tab or a new window with the page I want.
Is that a problem with the configuration of firefox, of "Preferred Applications"…
jfoucher
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Where does Gnome keep track of window size to use when starting applications?
For some reason my terminals insist on starting maximized since a couple of days. Which is neither a wanted behaviour nor especially useful on an UHD display. I might have closed a terminal window in maximized state and for some reason Gnome has…
Hinz
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How to set Guake as preferred terminal emulator for "Run in Terminal"?
I've recently installed Guake and like it a lot. I'd like to set it as my preferred terminal application. That is, when I right-click on a bash script file, click "Open", and choose "Run in Terminal", I want it to open in a new Guake tab.
I'm not…
lofidevops
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Purging a software package, reinstalling it, it remembers settings
I installed bluefish using sudo apt-get install bluefish.
It was very buggy so I decided to remove it using sudo apt-get purge bluefish, and then using sudo apt-get autoremove
Then I reinstalled it using sudo apt-get install bluefish again, and all…
Foobarer
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How do I find "system > preferences"?
Possible Duplicate:
Where to find administration, preferences, etc?
Many Ubuntu instructions start with "System > Preferences". On Ubuntu 10 there was a System menu in the upper left corner of the UI. On 11 there is no such menu. What to do?
johnjbarton
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Firefox menu is missing
I have just installed Ubuntu 12 and started up Firefox so I could configure it. But there doesn't seem to be any way to access preferences. No menu bar appears at the top. right-clicking (in multiple places) doesn't seem to work either, no option…
okinawa_dato
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No bass from the speakers
In Ubuntu 11.10 no bass sound at all when try to play mp3 or 2channels audio. I have 5.1/6 channels speakers.
When I test speakers from the sound preference it works perfectly fine and then I try to play any MP3 there is no bass only the speakers…
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Change default Sound Device Order
Basically, Ubuntu (-Mate 16.04) plays sound output on the first non-disabled sound-device in the preferences list:
Only trouble: I'd like to change the order. If there's a headset or that USB audio device connected, that should come first, internal…
Frank N
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Per file-type preferences in gedit
I'm trying to use gedit for two different tasks: developing Python software and writing Latex documents. Both are based on pure text files, but they are very different: e.g. Python code needs to be aligned to be able to see the structure of the code…
xubuntix
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How to save/fix the column width in the Nemo file manager?
Is there a way to fix/save the width of the columns in the file manager Nemo (using 2.4.5 in Xubuntu 14.04)? Even for each folder?
At the moment the column widths can be changed in a tab and the configuration will stay till you close the tab. A new…
Filbuntu
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How to make permanent change to .config/user-dirs.dirs?
Each time I changed and saved .config/user-dirs.dirs, and after restarted the system, the XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR are reverted:
diff --git a/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
index 8f6e2db..dcff34e 100644
--- a/.config/user-dirs.dirs
+++…
Lenik
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How to hide rulers, statusbar, scrollbars in GIMP persistently?
I am using GIMP 2.6.12 on Ubuntu 12.04.
I would like to hide the rulers, the status bar and the scrollbars but they keep reappearing after restarting GIMP. How do I make them disappear forever?
I have also disabled the menubar and that stays hidden,…
nlognfan
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How can I change tomboy note's background colour?
How to make Tomboy Notes have a different theme that are easier on the eyes like black font over a lightgrey background rather than a darkgrey font over a white background. I have explored Tomboy's preference window, toyed a bit with gnome…
sylvainulg
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Monitor rotation is disabled in Ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 on Raspberry Pi 3
I opened Monitor Preferences dialog in Ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 on Raspberry Pi 3 and clicking on Rotation button shows only Normal option. Is there a way to set portrait (90 degrees rotation) mode?
EDIT
Adding display_rotate=3 line to /boot/config.txt…
Paul Jurczak
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