Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome 3 with a docking station

[Simon Greenwood]

On 28 April 2017 at 18:13, Jim Price  wrote:

> On 27/04/17 18:36, Simon Greenwood wrote:
>
>> I've switched my primary laptop Xubuntu install to Gnome 3 what with all
>> this sudden interest in it and I'm quite pleased with how it all hangs
>> together, especially with the availability of extensions. There is one
>> tweak or extension that I haven't found yet: I frequently plug my laptop
>> into a docking station on my desk and Gnome automatically detects all the
>> connected displays but I would like to tell it to switch off my laptop
>> display and just use my desktop monitors. I currently do this with arandr
>> and that works well, but you know, laziness.  Any idea where this could be
>> managed?
>>
>
> It sounds to me like a udev script would be the sort of thing to achieve
> that. A google for udev laptop dock script along with your make and model
> of laptop might turn up something useful.
>
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​Ah, this page in the wiki gives examples:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LaptopLidAndDockScripts​ so I will have a
play to find the state of my dock (it's a Clevo N350DW from PCSpecialist
for reference). I had an idea of what I was looking for but wasn't sure
where it would be.



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome 3 with a docking station

[Jim Price]

On 27/04/17 18:36, Simon Greenwood wrote:

I've switched my primary laptop Xubuntu install to Gnome 3 what with all
this sudden interest in it and I'm quite pleased with how it all hangs
together, especially with the availability of extensions. There is one
tweak or extension that I haven't found yet: I frequently plug my laptop
into a docking station on my desk and Gnome automatically detects all the
connected displays but I would like to tell it to switch off my laptop
display and just use my desktop monitors. I currently do this with arandr
and that works well, but you know, laziness.  Any idea where this could be
managed?


It sounds to me like a udev script would be the sort of thing to achieve 
that. A google for udev laptop dock script along with your make and 
model of laptop might turn up something useful.


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[ubuntu-uk] Gnome 3 with a docking station

[Simon Greenwood]

I've switched my primary laptop Xubuntu install to Gnome 3 what with all
this sudden interest in it and I'm quite pleased with how it all hangs
together, especially with the availability of extensions. There is one
tweak or extension that I haven't found yet: I frequently plug my laptop
into a docking station on my desk and Gnome automatically detects all the
connected displays but I would like to tell it to switch off my laptop
display and just use my desktop monitors. I currently do this with arandr
and that works well, but you know, laziness.  Any idea where this could be
managed?

Simon

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Color Chooser

[Simon Greenwood]

On 23 June 2015 at 16:22, Nigel Verity  wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm so impressed with Ubuntu MATE that I've finally abandoned Xubuntu as
> my go-to distribution. The MATE desktop has tools for tailoring the colours
> so you have a high level of control over its appearance. However some
> objects, such as certain toolbars, seem immune to these tools. I've been
> told to try gnome-color-chooser which I have installed. Unfortunately I am
> struggling to find how to use it.
>
> It is not really intuitive, and the only links to supposed documentation
> I've found are all dead or misleading.
>
> Does anybody have any experience with this tool and/or can point me
> towards some kind of user guide?
>
>
>
You will need the HTML colour value from Gnome Colour Chooser, that's the
string like #FF that the chooser displays for a selected colour.

However, it's not easy to find all the colour settings in MATE (as with GTK
in general) so it can rather be trial and error. That or people who make
GTK themes are a lot more patient than I am.

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[ubuntu-uk] Gnome Color Chooser

[Nigel Verity]

Hi

I'm so impressed with Ubuntu MATE that I've finally abandoned Xubuntu as my 
go-to distribution. The MATE desktop has tools for tailoring the colours so you 
have a high level of control over its appearance. However some objects, such as 
certain toolbars, seem immune to these tools. I've been told to try 
gnome-color-chooser which I have installed. Unfortunately I am struggling to 
find how to use it.

It is not really intuitive, and the only links to supposed documentation I've 
found are all dead or misleading.

Does anybody have any experience with this tool and/or can point me towards 
some kind of user guide?

Thanks

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[ubuntu-uk] GNOME 3 slow to respond to Meta key after booting up

[Andrés Muñiz Piniella]

> [ubuntu-uk] GNOME 3 slow to respond to Meta key after booting up

I have noticed the same. After boot up the response
is quick. It is only the first time round that it goes slow. 





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[ubuntu-uk] GNOME 3 slow to respond to Meta key after booting up

[Steven Roberts]

Hi there Ubuntu and Linux users,

I have recently upgraded my Ubuntu desktop from 12.04 to 14.04, the 12.04
originally being a GNOME remix that I downloaded.

I enjoy being able to slide my mouse pointer to the top left corner to
access the screen where you search for your applications or pressing the
meta/windows key to provide the same result.

My problem is regarding the time it takes for the search screen to activate
once I have moved my mouse pointer to the top left corner. The real problem
is when I first try this after booting up the machine.

On 12.04 it would take about half a second, if I remember correctly, and
then pretty much instantaneously if I did this shortcut again during a
session. With 14.04 (I waited til 26th July to go from LTS to LTS, by the
way) the first time takes about 10 seconds to display the applications
screen. Each time I use the shortcut after that it is still taking a few
seconds.

I did have a search of Google and a couple of Stack Exchange sites but
can't find anything helpful - maybe it would help if I knew the correct
names of the operations I'm describing.

In the grand scheme of things it's not the worst problem to have - but I do
like GNOME 3; I feel it makes things quicker with the way I tend to work.
And I have a tiny screen on the system in question so it is normally a
great way of finding my running applications/windows.

I neglected to check what versions of GNOME I've been running.

My machine has onboard graphics and is 32-bit with about 4GB RAM. Pretty
basic CPU I think too! That's what you get when you use discarded PCs!

I presume there's a file somewhere that has a setting for how or when
applications are indexed.

I have quite a lot of applications installed - music production, video
editing, office, games, maths/fractals, programming, photo editing/viewing
- the whole shebang..

Any ideas peeps?

(If you use Unity, say, and not G3 this message will not make much sense!)

Thanks in advance. ;))

Steve Roberts,

Cwmbran,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome-panel replacement

[Liam Proven]

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:40 PM,   wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have several issues with my gnome-panel at the moment; things not showing 
> up, swapping places etc.
>
> Before I bother trying to fix them, I was wondering if there is a decent 
> replacement for it?
>
> I have used AWN in the past and like it, but I dislike the mac feel and I 
> like how apps have panel icons .
>
> So does anyone know of any replacements that allow apps to still dock their 
> panel icons? That's the main feature I need, anything else is a bonus

I've tried AWN, Docky, GLX-Dock, Cairo-Dock, SimDock & possibly
others. IMHO they were all rubbish, lacking important features but
stuffed with pointless eye-candy. An acid test for me is how well a
panel or dock works arranged vertically - many developers do not test
for this at all.

The only one I've been able to live with for more than about 20min is
ADeskBar. It's not in the repos (while none of the others deserve to
be); you have to download the .deb from the devs' (French) website.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome-panel replacement

[Steve Fisher]

On 3 November 2010 19:40,  wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I have several issues with my gnome-panel at the moment; things not showing
> up, swapping places etc.
>
> Before I bother trying to fix them, I was wondering if there is a decent
> replacement for it?
>
> I have used AWN in the past and like it, but I dislike the mac feel and I
> like how apps have panel icons .
>
> So does anyone know of any replacements that allow apps to still dock their
> panel icons? That's the main feature I need, anything else is a bonus
>
> Cheers
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I use AWN with Dockbarx and you can use AWN in panel mode:

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/06/dockbarx-0391-finally-works-with-avant.html

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[ubuntu-uk] Gnome-panel replacement

[bodsda]

Hi guys,

I have several issues with my gnome-panel at the moment; things not showing up, 
swapping places etc.

Before I bother trying to fix them, I was wondering if there is a decent 
replacement for it? 

I have used AWN in the past and like it, but I dislike the mac feel and I like 
how apps have panel icons .

So does anyone know of any replacements that allow apps to still dock their 
panel icons? That's the main feature I need, anything else is a bonus

Cheers
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Jacob Mansfield]

I saw the picture but not the link. thanks for the script it works
briliantly
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer



On 16 October 2010 17:03, Steve Fisher  wrote:

> Ha Ha Ha http://darkrule.freewebhostx.com/hello/xmlmaker.php
>
> If only I had read
> further down the link I originally gave you.
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Steve Fisher]

Ha Ha Ha http://darkrule.freewebhostx.com/hello/xmlmaker.php

If only I had read
further down the link I originally gave you.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Steve Fisher]

Instructions:

1. Dump a load of jpegs in a directory, I used /usr/backgrounds/testdir
2. Copy the script into the same directory and make it executable.  Edit and
change path and name of output xml to suite.
3. Open terminal change directory and run script
4. Drag and drop output xml to background section of appearance.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 16/10/10 16:39, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
> you're gonna have to explain a little more than that I'm afraid
> Jacob Mansfield
> Programmer

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/here-docs.html


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Steve Fisher]

OK script finished tested and working:

#!/bin/bash
rm background-2.xml
echo "" >> background-2.xml
echo "  " >> background-2.xml
echo "2009" >> background-2.xml
echo "08" >> background-2.xml
echo "04" >> background-2.xml
echo "00" >> background-2.xml
echo "00" >> background-2.xml
echo "00" >> background-2.xml
echo "  " >> background-2.xml
echo "" >> background-2.xml

#counter variable
x=1

for file in *.jpg

do
if [ $x -eq 1 ]
then
FE='/usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/'
FE="${FE}$file"
FE="${FE}"
fi
 if [ $x -gt 1 ]
then
FT='/usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/'
FT="${FT}$file"
FT="${FT}"
echo $FT >> background-2.xml
echo "" >> background-2.xml
 fi
 echo "  " >> background-2.xml
echo "1795.0" >> background-2.xml
 FS="   /usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/"
FS="${FS}$file"
FS="${FS}"
 FR="   /usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/"
FR="${FR}$file"
FR="${FR}"
 FT="   /usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/"
FT="${FT}$file"
FT="${FT}"
 echo $FS >> background-2.xml
echo "  " >> background-2.xml
echo "  " >> background-2.xml
echo "5.0" >> background-2.xml
echo $FR >> background-2.xml
 #ls "$file"  # Lists all files in $PWD (current directory).

x=$(( $x + 1 ))

#echo $x

done

echo $FE >> background-2.xml
echo "" >> background-2.xml
echo "" >> background-2.xml

exit 0

Change "/usr/share/backgrounds/testdir/" to match your directory with search
& replace.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Jacob Mansfield]

you're gonna have to explain a little more than that I'm afraid
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer



On 16 October 2010 16:30, Alan Lord (News)  wrote:

> On 16/10/10 13:52, Steve Fisher wrote:
> > #!/bin/bash
> > rm background-1.xml
>
> I think Heredocs would be easier to read & faster  here.
>
> cat > background-1.xml << "EOF"
> 
>  
>   2009
>   08
>   04
>   00
>   00
>   00
>  
> 
> EOF
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 16/10/10 13:52, Steve Fisher wrote:
> #!/bin/bash
> rm background-1.xml

I think Heredocs would be easier to read & faster  here.

cat > background-1.xml << "EOF"

  
   2009
   08
   04
   00
   00
   00
  

EOF

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Jacob Mansfield]

I came up with this, but it has the same problem

#!/bin/bash
 rm background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml
echo "  " >> background-1.xml
echo "2009" >> background-1.xml
echo "08" >> background-1.xml
echo "04" >> background-1.xml
echo "00" >> background-1.xml
echo "00" >> background-1.xml
echo "00" >> background-1.xml
echo "  " >> background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml
#counter variable
x = 0
for file in *
do
echo $x
x = $x + 1
FT='/usr/share/backgrounds/manga/'
FT="${FT}$file"
FT="${FT}"
echo $FT >> background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml
echo " 600" >> background-1.xml
FS="  /usr/share/backgrounds/manga/"
FS="${FS}$file"
FS="${FS}"
FR="  /usr/share/backgrounds/manga/"
FR="${FR}$file"
FR="${FR}5"
echo $FS >> background-1.xml
echo $FR >> background-1.xml
ls "$file"  # Lists all files in $PWD (current directory).
done

echo "" >> background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml

exit 0

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Programmer



On 16 October 2010 15:36, Jacob Mansfield  wrote:

> the script appears to produce a valid xml file but gnome tells me that an
> image is missing when I try and use it for a background
> Jacob Mansfield
> Programmer
>
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2010 14:59, Jacob Mansfield  wrote:
>
>> drapes won't compile, I got quite a lot of errors along the lines of
>> ./Main.cs(49,63): error CS0234: The type or namespace name `Program' does
>> not exist in the namespace `Gnome'. Are you missing an assembly reference?
>> I tries a script to generate it before but it didn't work. I'll try your
>> one
>> Jacob Mansfield
>> Programmer
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 October 2010 13:52, Steve Fisher  wrote:
>>
>>> God, this was hard work!  But I think it runs, needs testing and all the
>>> paths are hardcoded and need changing.
>>>
>>> So I am assembling a directory of jpegs and will report back, but going
>>> out (again) for a while.
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> rm background-1.xml
>>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "  " >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "2009" >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "08" >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "04" >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "  " >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "" >>
>>> background-1.xml
>>>
>>> #counter variable
>>> x=1
>>>
>>> for file in *
>>>
>>> do
>>> #echo $x
>>>  if [ $x -eq 1 ]
>>> then
>>> FE='/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
>>>  FE="${FE}$file"
>>> FE="${FE}"
>>> fi
>>>   if [ $x -gt 1 ]
>>>  then
>>> FT='/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
>>> FT="${FT}$file"
>>>  FT="${FT}"
>>> echo $FT >> background-1.xml
>>> fi
>>>  echo "  " >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "1795.0" >> background-1.xml
>>>  FS="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
>>> FS="${FS}$file"
>>>  FS="${FS}"
>>>  FR="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
>>>  FR="${FR}$file"
>>> FR="${FR}"
>>>  FT="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
>>> FT="${FT}$file"
>>>  FT="${FT}"
>>>  echo $FS >> background-1.xml
>>>  echo "  " >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "5.0" >> background-1.xml
>>>  echo $FR >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>>>  #ls "$file"  # Lists all files in $PWD (current directory).
>>>
>>> x=$(( $x + 1 ))
>>>
>>> #echo $x
>>>
>>> done
>>>
>>> echo $FE >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>>>
>>> exit 0
>>>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Jacob Mansfield]

the script appears to produce a valid xml file but gnome tells me that an
image is missing when I try and use it for a background
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer



On 16 October 2010 14:59, Jacob Mansfield  wrote:

> drapes won't compile, I got quite a lot of errors along the lines of
> ./Main.cs(49,63): error CS0234: The type or namespace name `Program' does
> not exist in the namespace `Gnome'. Are you missing an assembly reference?
> I tries a script to generate it before but it didn't work. I'll try your
> one
> Jacob Mansfield
> Programmer
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2010 13:52, Steve Fisher  wrote:
>
>> God, this was hard work!  But I think it runs, needs testing and all the
>> paths are hardcoded and need changing.
>>
>> So I am assembling a directory of jpegs and will report back, but going
>> out (again) for a while.
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> rm background-1.xml
>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>> echo "  " >> background-1.xml
>> echo "2009" >> background-1.xml
>> echo "08" >> background-1.xml
>> echo "04" >> background-1.xml
>> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
>> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
>> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
>> echo "  " >> background-1.xml
>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>>
>> #counter variable
>> x=1
>>
>> for file in *
>>
>> do
>> #echo $x
>>  if [ $x -eq 1 ]
>> then
>> FE='/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
>>  FE="${FE}$file"
>> FE="${FE}"
>> fi
>>   if [ $x -gt 1 ]
>>  then
>> FT='/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
>> FT="${FT}$file"
>>  FT="${FT}"
>> echo $FT >> background-1.xml
>> fi
>>  echo "  " >> background-1.xml
>> echo "1795.0" >> background-1.xml
>>  FS="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
>> FS="${FS}$file"
>>  FS="${FS}"
>>  FR="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
>>  FR="${FR}$file"
>> FR="${FR}"
>>  FT="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
>> FT="${FT}$file"
>>  FT="${FT}"
>>  echo $FS >> background-1.xml
>>  echo "  " >> background-1.xml
>> echo "5.0" >> background-1.xml
>>  echo $FR >> background-1.xml
>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>>  #ls "$file"  # Lists all files in $PWD (current directory).
>>
>> x=$(( $x + 1 ))
>>
>> #echo $x
>>
>> done
>>
>> echo $FE >> background-1.xml
>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>>
>> exit 0
>>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Jacob Mansfield]

drapes won't compile, I got quite a lot of errors along the lines of
./Main.cs(49,63): error CS0234: The type or namespace name `Program' does
not exist in the namespace `Gnome'. Are you missing an assembly reference?
I tries a script to generate it before but it didn't work. I'll try your one
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer



On 16 October 2010 13:52, Steve Fisher  wrote:

> God, this was hard work!  But I think it runs, needs testing and all the
> paths are hardcoded and need changing.
>
> So I am assembling a directory of jpegs and will report back, but going out
> (again) for a while.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> rm background-1.xml
> echo "" >> background-1.xml
> echo "  " >> background-1.xml
> echo "2009" >> background-1.xml
> echo "08" >> background-1.xml
> echo "04" >> background-1.xml
> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
> echo "00" >> background-1.xml
> echo "  " >> background-1.xml
> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>
> #counter variable
> x=1
>
> for file in *
>
> do
> #echo $x
>  if [ $x -eq 1 ]
> then
> FE='/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
>  FE="${FE}$file"
> FE="${FE}"
> fi
>   if [ $x -gt 1 ]
>  then
> FT='/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
> FT="${FT}$file"
>  FT="${FT}"
> echo $FT >> background-1.xml
> fi
>  echo "  " >> background-1.xml
> echo "1795.0" >> background-1.xml
>  FS="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
> FS="${FS}$file"
>  FS="${FS}"
>  FR="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
>  FR="${FR}$file"
> FR="${FR}"
>  FT="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
> FT="${FT}$file"
>  FT="${FT}"
>  echo $FS >> background-1.xml
>  echo "  " >> background-1.xml
> echo "5.0" >> background-1.xml
>  echo $FR >> background-1.xml
> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>  #ls "$file"  # Lists all files in $PWD (current directory).
>
> x=$(( $x + 1 ))
>
> #echo $x
>
> done
>
> echo $FE >> background-1.xml
> echo "" >> background-1.xml
> echo "" >> background-1.xml
>
> exit 0
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Steve Fisher]

God, this was hard work!  But I think it runs, needs testing and all the
paths are hardcoded and need changing.

So I am assembling a directory of jpegs and will report back, but going out
(again) for a while.

#!/bin/bash
rm background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml
echo "  " >> background-1.xml
echo "2009" >> background-1.xml
echo "08" >> background-1.xml
echo "04" >> background-1.xml
echo "00" >> background-1.xml
echo "00" >> background-1.xml
echo "00" >> background-1.xml
echo "  " >> background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml

#counter variable
x=1

for file in *

do
#echo $x
 if [ $x -eq 1 ]
then
FE='/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
FE="${FE}$file"
FE="${FE}"
fi
 if [ $x -gt 1 ]
then
FT='/usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/'
FT="${FT}$file"
FT="${FT}"
echo $FT >> background-1.xml
fi
 echo "  " >> background-1.xml
echo "1795.0" >> background-1.xml
 FS="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
FS="${FS}$file"
FS="${FS}"
 FR="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
FR="${FR}$file"
FR="${FR}"
 FT="   /usr/share/backgrounds/cosmos/"
FT="${FT}$file"
FT="${FT}"
 echo $FS >> background-1.xml
echo "  " >> background-1.xml
echo "5.0" >> background-1.xml
echo $FR >> background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml
 #ls "$file"  # Lists all files in $PWD (current directory).

x=$(( $x + 1 ))

#echo $x

done

echo $FE >> background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml
echo "" >> background-1.xml

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Steve Fisher]

Thinking out of the box, why not write a script to generate the xml file?

I will have a go, but have to nip out for a couple of hours.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 10:38 +0100, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
> I have over 500 pictures. entering all of their file names by hand
> isn't an option.

Hi Jacob,

I figure you've got four choices here:

1) Use 'Drapes' as suggested on the website you were linked to
2) Use the form on the website you were linked to in order to create the
file structure requried
3) Write a simple bash-script (or ruby or python or whatever!) to rename
all 500 images for you
4) Write a bash script to create 500 symlinks
in /usr/share/backgrounds/ to the images on your disk that
are of the format suggested on that website

Hope that's of some help,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Jacob Mansfield]

I have over 500 pictures. entering all of their file names by hand isn't an
option.
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer



On 16 October 2010 10:27, Steve Fisher  wrote:

> On 16 October 2010 10:01, Jacob Mansfield  wrote:
>
>> I am attempting to make the desktop background in gnome change
>> automatically to a random image from a set folder. I know the command I need
>> is
>>
>> gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
>> /full/path/to/image/file
>>
>> I have worked this into a basic shell script:
>>
>> time=$1
>> # time to wait between changing the background in secs
>> while [ : ]
>>  do
>>  for filepath in `cat list`
>>  # list is a list of all files in the backgrounds directory and is the
>> only other non-image file in the folder
>>   do
>>   echo $filepath
>>   # for debug
>>   gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
>> “$filepath”
>>   sleep $time
>>   done
>>  done
>>
>> however allthough this sets the value (I can see it in the xml
>> configuration file with emacs) the background simply goes to the set colour
>> not the image. is there another value I need to get the background as an
>> image? or is there something wrong with my script? all help appreciated.
>>  Jacob Mansfield
>> Programmer
>>
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> Jacob
>
> Have a look at:
>
> http://www.itlure.com/2009/11/create-your-own-gnome-background.html
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Steve Fisher]

On 16 October 2010 10:01, Jacob Mansfield  wrote:

> I am attempting to make the desktop background in gnome change
> automatically to a random image from a set folder. I know the command I need
> is
>
> gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
> /full/path/to/image/file
>
> I have worked this into a basic shell script:
>
> time=$1
> # time to wait between changing the background in secs
> while [ : ]
>  do
>  for filepath in `cat list`
>  # list is a list of all files in the backgrounds directory and is the only
> other non-image file in the folder
>   do
>   echo $filepath
>   # for debug
>   gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
> “$filepath”
>   sleep $time
>   done
>  done
>
> however allthough this sets the value (I can see it in the xml
> configuration file with emacs) the background simply goes to the set colour
> not the image. is there another value I need to get the background as an
> image? or is there something wrong with my script? all help appreciated.
> Jacob Mansfield
> Programmer
>
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Have a look at:

http://www.itlure.com/2009/11/create-your-own-gnome-background.html

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[ubuntu-uk] gnome desktop background changer

[Jacob Mansfield]

I am attempting to make the desktop background in gnome change automatically
to a random image from a set folder. I know the command I need is

gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
/full/path/to/image/file

I have worked this into a basic shell script:

time=$1
# time to wait between changing the background in secs
while [ : ]
 do
 for filepath in `cat list`
 # list is a list of all files in the backgrounds directory and is the only
other non-image file in the folder
  do
  echo $filepath
  # for debug
  gconftool-2 --type=string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename
“$filepath”
  sleep $time
  done
 done

however allthough this sets the value (I can see it in the xml configuration
file with emacs) the background simply goes to the set colour not the image.
is there another value I need to get the background as an image? or is there
something wrong with my script? all help appreciated.
Jacob Mansfield
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

[chris]

Have a look at this wiki page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gnomeshell
I have been adding to it about gnome shell. It should contain all the
info you need. The bit you need is right at the bottom.

You might, depending on how risky you want to live use this ppa:
https://edge.launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/testing
I am using it at the moment, and it works well (for now). 

Chris

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 11:49 +0100, Markie wrote:
> 
> 
> This might only work however if you set it as your default
> gnome-panel
> provider?
> 
> I get the notifications in the top right corner when I get a new
> email.
>  
> Thanks, and how do you go about setting that?
> 
> Mark
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

[Markie]

This might only work however if you set it as your default gnome-panel
> provider?
>
> I get the notifications in the top right corner when I get a new email.

Thanks, and how do you go about setting that?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

[chris]

I get the notifications in the top right corner when I get a new email.
This might only work however if you set it as your default gnome-panel
provider?

Chris

On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 09:46 +0100, Markie wrote:
> Its a nice looking desktop and feature but I gave it a quick shot this
> morning and one thing that seems not to be working is the notification
> icon when you have a new IM or email, perhaps I need to configure
> something else?
> 
> Markie
> 
> On 23 May 2010 12:00, chris  wrote:
> I have been testing the Gnome Shell in lucid for the past few
> days and I
> have to say I love it! The interface is slick, smart and while
> the
> compositing manager (clutter) is not as feature rich as
> Compiz, its fast
> and enabled from the off.
> 
> I have been adding to the Ubuntu Wiki about the Gnome Shell:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gnomeshell
> The wiki page contains instructions on installing, testing and
> moving to
> gnome shell.
> 
> I would recommend having a look to see if you like it,
> 
> Chris
> 
> P.S.
> 
> This is my first post to the Ubuntu UK List.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

[Markie]

Its a nice looking desktop and feature but I gave it a quick shot this
morning and one thing that seems not to be working is the notification icon
when you have a new IM or email, perhaps I need to configure something else?

Markie

On 23 May 2010 12:00, chris  wrote:

> I have been testing the Gnome Shell in lucid for the past few days and I
> have to say I love it! The interface is slick, smart and while the
> compositing manager (clutter) is not as feature rich as Compiz, its fast
> and enabled from the off.
>
> I have been adding to the Ubuntu Wiki about the Gnome Shell:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gnomeshell
> The wiki page contains instructions on installing, testing and moving to
> gnome shell.
>
> I would recommend having a look to see if you like it,
>
> Chris
>
> P.S.
>
> This is my first post to the Ubuntu UK List.
>
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[ubuntu-uk] Gnome Shell

[chris]

I have been testing the Gnome Shell in lucid for the past few days and I
have to say I love it! The interface is slick, smart and while the
compositing manager (clutter) is not as feature rich as Compiz, its fast
and enabled from the off. 

I have been adding to the Ubuntu Wiki about the Gnome Shell:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gnomeshell
The wiki page contains instructions on installing, testing and moving to
gnome shell.

I would recommend having a look to see if you like it,  

Chris

P.S.

This is my first post to the Ubuntu UK List.



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] GNOME panel set /not/ to always be on top

[Liam Proven]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:47 PM,   wrote:
> KDE4? (sorry if that's not much help and the intention isn't to start a
> DE war, but it may be an option)

Er, no. Sorry, but no.

I'm not moving at this point, but at any rate, I /really/  dislike KDE
- it's gone downhill steadily since v2 and I find KDE4 not only really
truly fugly but also damn-near unusable. And yes, I've tried 4.3, and
4.2 and 4.1 and 4.0. All were /horrid./

KDE is huge, complex, fiddly and was beaten to death with the ugly
stick, but it was a relatively conventional desktop and it worked.
KDE4 is a nightmare agglomeration of nasty widget things trying to
pretend to be a traditional desktop.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] GNOME panel set /not/ to always be on top

[Darren.Mansell]

KDE4? (sorry if that's not much help and the intention isn't to start a
DE war, but it may be an option)

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Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] GNOME panel set /not/ to always be on top

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Liam Proven  wrote:
> If folks will forgive me posting a question here that I'm also asking
> on the Support list...
>
> I can't find a way to reproduce with the GNOME panel(s) the Windows
> taskbar setting I need, which is quite simple: to have the GNOME panel
> set up so that other windows can cover it.
>
> The problem with autohide is that it keeps popping up in front of my
> foreground application. The problem with enabling the hide buttons and
> manually hiding it is that the hide button stays visible on top of my
> foreground app.
>
> What I want is a normal panel, /not/ hidden or autohidden, but just
> *not* set to be always-on-top.
>
> I've Googled but all I've established is that other people seem to
> want the same thing & can't find a way.

Anyone got any ideas at all on this? I'm desperate here!


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] GNOME panel set /not/ to always be on top

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Liam Proven  wrote:
> If folks will forgive me posting a question here that I'm also asking
> on the Support list...
>
> I can't find a way to reproduce with the GNOME panel(s) the Windows
> taskbar setting I need, which is quite simple: to have the GNOME panel
> set up so that other windows can cover it.
>
> The problem with autohide is that it keeps popping up in front of my
> foreground application. The problem with enabling the hide buttons and
> manually hiding it is that the hide button stays visible on top of my
> foreground app.
>
> What I want is a normal panel, /not/ hidden or autohidden, but just
> *not* set to be always-on-top.
>
> I've Googled but all I've established is that other people seem to
> want the same thing & can't find a way.

Anyone got any ideas at all on this? I'm desperate here!


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[ubuntu-uk] GNOME panel set /not/ to always be on top

[Liam Proven]

If folks will forgive me posting a question here that I'm also asking
on the Support list...

I can't find a way to reproduce with the GNOME panel(s) the Windows
taskbar setting I need, which is quite simple: to have the GNOME panel
set up so that other windows can cover it.

The problem with autohide is that it keeps popping up in front of my
foreground application. The problem with enabling the hide buttons and
manually hiding it is that the hide button stays visible on top of my
foreground app.

What I want is a normal panel, /not/ hidden or autohidden, but just
*not* set to be always-on-top.

I've Googled but all I've established is that other people seem to
want the same thing & can't find a way.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome panels MIA...

[Chris Coulson]

2009/5/13 Cornelius Mostert 

> Hallo all
>
> I have a system that has problems to load the Gnome panels, It boots
> and the moment I log on I get the desk top but no panels
> In the past I could execute the 2 commandments to load or reload the
> panels if they frose:
>
> gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel
> killall gnome-panel
>
> and then the panels would auto load again, however at this stage I get
> this error on the first command and the panels does not load at all...
>
> Please have a look at this ...
> ___
> [server]# gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel
> Failure during recursive unset of "/apps/panel": Failed to contact
> configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
> TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a
> system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for
> information. (Details -  1: Failed to get connection to session: Did
> not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application
> did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the
> reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was
> broken.)
>
> [server]# killall gnome-panel
> 
>
> I know the system was a bit flake and will go to the mentioned website
> and Google of course but maybe you guys have a quick solution / idea
>
> thanx
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Hi,

Does this happen with any other user on your system? Can you try with a new
user? Can you boot a failsafe GNOME session? If not, try running a failsafe
xterm session and then running "gnome-session --debug 2>&1 | tee ~/gsm.log"
and having a look at the output of gnome-session.

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[ubuntu-uk] gnome panels MIA...

[Cornelius Mostert]

Hallo all

I have a system that has problems to load the Gnome panels, It boots
and the moment I log on I get the desk top but no panels
In the past I could execute the 2 commandments to load or reload the
panels if they frose:

gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel
killall gnome-panel

and then the panels would auto load again, however at this stage I get
this error on the first command and the panels does not load at all...

Please have a look at this ...
___
[server]# gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel
Failure during recursive unset of "/apps/panel": Failed to contact
configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable
TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a
system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for
information. (Details -  1: Failed to get connection to session: Did
not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application
did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the
reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was
broken.)

[server]# killall gnome-panel


I know the system was a bit flake and will go to the mentioned website
and Google of course but maybe you guys have a quick solution / idea

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome-terminal question

[Vitorio Okio]

> How peculiar.

indeed. even after resolved it still puzzles me.  why?.. 




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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome-terminal question

[Kris Douglas]

On Feb 12, 2008 5:33 PM, Vitorio Okio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I don't think we quite understood your situation as gnome-terminal
> > does
> > auto-wrap, in the sense that what ever the width of the terminal the
> > characters will fit up to it and then continue on the next line.
>
> well, in my case it did not for some weird reason.
>
> anyway, it was already resolved by purging and re-installing
> gnome-terminal.
>
> thanks
>
>
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome-terminal question

[Vitorio Okio]

> I don't think we quite understood your situation as gnome-terminal 
> does
> auto-wrap, in the sense that what ever the width of the terminal the
> characters will fit up to it and then continue on the next line.

well, in my case it did not for some weird reason.

anyway, it was already resolved by purging and re-installing 
gnome-terminal.

thanks 




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Re: [ubuntu-uk] gnome-terminal question

[Michael]

Vitorio Okio wrote:
> My gnome-terminal uses forced line wrap only. Thus, no matter what the 
> terminal window is, it wraps lines on line 80. It makes the reading of 
> the output in many cases very inconvenient.
>
> Is it capable to auto-wrap instead? If yes, how to turn it on?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>   
I don't think we quite understood your situation as gnome-terminal does 
auto-wrap, in the sense that what ever the width of the terminal the 
characters will fit up to it and then continue on the next line.

Maybe you could point to a screen shot to help us ?

Regards,

Michael Wood

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[ubuntu-uk] gnome-terminal question

[Vitorio Okio]

My gnome-terminal uses forced line wrap only. Thus, no matter what the 
terminal window is, it wraps lines on line 80. It makes the reading of 
the output in many cases very inconvenient.

Is it capable to auto-wrap instead? If yes, how to turn it on?

Thank you.



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome woes

[Daniel Lamb]

Run dpkg-reconfigure xorg-xserver, will run you through the xorg setup
again.

 

Regards,

Daniel

 

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Miller
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Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome woes

 

I ran the x configuration utility to try to get a higher resolution and now
my Gnome crashes upon loading and reverts to the login page unless I use the
"failsafe mode" (or whatever it's called).

Is there a quick command I could run to restore it back to "sanity"? 

Sean

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[ubuntu-uk] Gnome woes

[Sean Miller]

I ran the x configuration utility to try to get a higher resolution and now
my Gnome crashes upon loading and reverts to the login page unless I use the
"failsafe mode" (or whatever it's called).

Is there a quick command I could run to restore it back to "sanity"?

Sean
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[ubuntu-uk] Gnome!

[John Taylor]

For reason totally beyond me I can not install latest SeaMonkey on
Gnome Desktop - I have followed the instructions but a big no!

It was (is) there under KDE and has(is) letting me access the old
desktop file but cant update or see Icon on Gnome

Any bright ideas its driving me balmy

John


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[ubuntu-uk] Gnome Drawer Applet

[Johnathon Tinsley]

Hello all,

Thought I'd ask a quick question... I want to put a set of shortcuts
into a gnome "Drawer" applet, but I don't want the icons displayed, just
the text of each shortcut (I have a lot of shortcuts with the same icon
cluttering up one of my desktops.) 
Is there any easy way to do this? (I can find one)

Thanks in advance,

Johnathon
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Deskbar Usage

[Daniel Watkins]

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> I've ben looking at gnome deskbar, and how I can use it more. There's
> just one thing about it that I'm not sure about. The first time I use it
> in a given session, Alt+F3 opens the dropdown, and I can type what I
> want. The next time I press Alt+F3, it opens the dropdown again, but it
> doesn't shift focus to the input box. I have to use the mouse to get to
> the input box, which is what I'm trying to avoid having to do.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Deskbar Usage

[Adam McMaster]

On 10 Feb 2007, at 11:54, Stephen Garton wrote:
> Is this a 'Feature' or a bug? If it's something I am doing, then can
> someone correct me, otherwise I will file it as a bug.

Sounds like a bug to me.

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[ubuntu-uk] Gnome Deskbar Usage

[Stephen Garton]

Morning All,

I've ben looking at gnome deskbar, and how I can use it more. There's
just one thing about it that I'm not sure about. The first time I use it
in a given session, Alt+F3 opens the dropdown, and I can type what I
want. The next time I press Alt+F3, it opens the dropdown again, but it
doesn't shift focus to the input box. I have to use the mouse to get to
the input box, which is what I'm trying to avoid having to do.

Is this a 'Feature' or a bug? If it's something I am doing, then can
someone correct me, otherwise I will file it as a bug.

Cheers,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Users and Developers Conference 2007

[David Morley]

On 11/12/06, Alex Latchford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm, sounds good to me, I will be free throughout July so I will
> probably pop up from London.
>
> Alex
>
>
I really think I should attend as I live in wolves.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Gnome Users and Developers Conference 2007

[Alex Latchford]

Hmm, sounds good to me, I will be free throughout July so I will
probably pop up from London.

Alex


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