Xfce 4 is the current version of the Xfce desktop environment. The latest version is Xfce 4.10 .
Questions tagged [xfce4]
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Add option to "Extend to the Left" in XFCE4 Display Settings
I have a shortcut to "xfce4-display-settings -m" that displays the following options when I have two monitors connected:
Laptop
Mirror Displays
Extend to the Right
Monitor
I would like to also see "Extend to the Left." What can I do to make that…
corvec
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How to force two users to autologin at boot into two separate xfce sessions?
On boot, I would like more than one user to be auto logged in on virtual terminals.
guest
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xfce4-session segfault, suspend and hibernate not working
I am experiencing some critical bugs during a critical time (finals week) and could really appreciate some life-saving help. I have posted about it at https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10068, but have yet to receive a response from a xfce…
fowlslegs
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XFapplet for Ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to get XFApplet to work in my XFCE4 install for Ubuntu 12.04. I have tried installing it from the repos. But there is no xfapplet in apt-cache, instead I get this:
$ apt-cache search xfapplet
xfce4-goodies - enhancements for the Xfce4…
jfreak53
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Automatically Shade Window on Unfocus
I have certain windows (for example, Empathy) that I want to be automatically roll up (or shade) upon being unfocused and to roll down (or un-shade) when focused. I can manually roll the windows up and when focus returns, they roll down. However,…
corvec
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Can't set Shotwell Photo Viewer as default XFCE4
I installed Ubuntu Minimal and installed XFCE4 as my choice of DE. After that, I installed Shotwell Photo Manager, but I can't set the Photo Viewer as my default for images. I can right click and "open with" Shotwell Photo Viewer, but when I go into…
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Dashed borders of my window manager (XFce)
I upgraded to the latest Xubuntu 13.03 and sometimes borders of my windows (regardless the application) become strangely dashed. I managed to make a screenshot:
The screenshot is with Clearlooks-Phenix theme, but the issue is not theme-dependent. I…
Honza Javorek
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Mousepad in Xubuntu 13.04 prints unwanted line numbers
Mousepad is the standard editor in Xubuntu 13.04. If used for printing a file it always prints line numbers, even if the option is switched off in the print dialog. What to do about it?
Johnny Wilder
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no GUI after normal update
After I finished working, I made the usual update that ubuntu every now and then ask to do. Please notice is update, I'm not upgrading the distro. After it finished, it asked for a reboot which I did. Boom, it won't restart on graphical mode. The…
cauchi
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How to remove a default action in thunar?
I read the explanation to add a Custom Action, and how to remove them. But I'd like to remove the "delete" custom Action to keep only those I want.
Is it possible to Remove defaults custom actions, or to select them or do we have to keep some Custom…
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Xubuntu xfce context menu weird display
I tried to install 'gnome-shell' through synaptic manager but I didn't like it so got it uninstalled...however even after running 'autoremove' & 'autoclean' commands a problem persists & that is related to the context menu of both nemo & nautilus…
nightcrawler
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Running Compiz on Ubuntu-studio
I've installed Ubuntu Studio, and includes XFCE4. I've installed Compiz, but don't know how to use it.
Can I use Compiz?
Aryo Adhi
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xfce4-terminal goes 'blank' occasionally while in drop-down mode
It happens whilst I hit my keyboard shortcut to access the terminal. The window responds to mouse and keyboard input, but it will not draw itself properly. The only way to restore the terminal is to quit the program and restart it.
aperson
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How do I remove thundar file browser?
I run Ubuntu 12.04 and after I removed XFCE4, the file browser did not go away. I tried sudo apt-get remove thundar with no success... Someone help me find the name of this package so I can remove it off my machine.
