This is the normal result (unmet dependencies) with apt-get when there is a need to remove or replace a package with its other arch. The message is clear in aptitude command:

  xdg-user-dirs : Conflicts: xdg-user-dirs:i386 but 0.15-1ubuntu3+elementary4~ubuntu14.04.1 is to be installed.
  xdg-user-dirs:i386 : Conflicts: xdg-user-dirs but 0.15-1ubuntu3+elementary4~ubuntu14.04.1 is installed.

Install xdg-user-dirs-gtk with i386 arch and let it replace amd64 one.

sudo apt-get install xdg-user-dirs-gtk:i386

It should remove only two packages and install two. Removes: xdg-user-dirs-gtk:amd64 & xdg-user-dirs:amd64 , Installs: xdg-user-dirs-gtk:i386 & xdg-user-dirs:i386
Now, install skype

sudo apt-get install skype

If it doesn't work try to install Skype without recommended packages.

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends skype

(Usually recommended packages are for medium options)

Here the information requested that help debug the problem:

Check if all repository components and update channels enabled

grep -r "^deb" /etc/apt/sources.list*

Trace the dependency resolver using apt debug option

apt-get -s -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes install skype-bin
echo q | aptitude -s install skype

The available versions of conflict package

apt-cache policy xdg-user-dirs xdg-user-dirs-gtk xdg-user-dirs:i386 xdg-user-dirs-gtk:i386

However, I still think that this a bug in a package dependency.


I lost my windows grub after dist upgrade

I suppose that you are dual booting Windows and elementary. If that's the case, just install boot-repair with sudo apt install boot-repair -y and press Recommended Repair

It will fix everything automatically.


In my experience, try to specify root parameter with /dev/mapper/fedora-elementary.

So, it goes like...

linux16 /boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-32-generic root=/dev/mapper/fedora-elementary


Same problem, Yesterday I installed Juno, and quickly returned 0.4.1 Loki, I tried beta version Juno stable version like beta version nothing different.

ElementaryOS looking perfect but should be more update more stabilty.
But again I love Elementary and 0.4.1 Loki is perfectly working. :)


How do I make pinned items on the Plank respect current workspace only?

You can install Elementary Tweaks:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mpstark/elementary-tweaks-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks

And in the left menu choose Plank and switch this options:

Current Workspace Only
Lock Items


There is currently no way to do a change back/rollback to Windows XP, or any previous Operating System that you had before the install.

If you have a Windows (XP, or any other version of Windows) installation disk, then you could use it to install Windows on your computer. As far as drivers go, I wish you good luck.

A better option, is that you have a backup of your previous system. (This includes the entire disk.) Then you could restore the previous system from the back up.

Wish you good luck.


Does anyone know a dark elementary os like plank theme?

You can start to create your own plank theme.
If you just want a dark theme to use right away, look at https://github.com/ChildishGiant/elementary-dark-plank. It fits very well with the default dark theme on eOS.


It includes both using System Settings > Color and the settings built into your monitor. Go to

System Settings > Color: Click your monitor and then click "View Details" it should ask you to install something. Change the profile then click view details and look at the preview tabs. keep doing this until you find the right one for you

After to get an added color boost play with you monitor settings to make it perfect.


You can try the daily PPA which contains unstable pre release software. To add it run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

Since this gives you bleeding-edge daily builds, your system is most likely going to be broken if you do this.


Control Startup Applications:

The less programs you have loading on bootup, the faster your system should be. You can control these startup applications from the system settings --> applications --> startup

(I don't have many apps to show )

Install BootUp-Manager from software center to disable any un-necessary services.

Use bootchart to produce detailed graphs of what takes time during boot.
Install it from software center. After installation, reboot your system, the bootchart is in /var/log/bootchart as a .png file. It might help in deciding what to remove (or disable).

Further references:

How To Cut Your Linux PC’s Boot Time in Half With E4rat

From comment by @elmato

  If you follow that e4rat tutorial you may hit a roadblock when you are attempting to boot into single user mode (by appending single to the end of the boot option string). If you find you get no prompt, use rw init=/bin/bash instead of single.

6 Ways to Speed Up Your PC


About system tray icons. Juno dropped the support of the old ayatana

While the software devs implement the new way you can have them back by...

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yunnxx/elementary
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install indicator-application wingpanel-indicator-ayatana

then you need to edit a file (i used nano, use any editor you want - avoiding a holy war)

$ sudo nano /etc/xdg/autostart/indicator-application.desktop

find the line

OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;

and add Pantheon

OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;Pantheon;

that's it, just restart X and you will have the old notification area icons


How to publish an App in elementary (Loki) AppCenter

From Blake Kostner (Houston developer):

  Sorry to say Houston is not ready for prime time yet. The current development focus is the store, and everything needed for the Loki release. We will make an announcement once Houston is released though.


Issues dual-booting Elementary Freya and Windows 10

Please follow the instruction even if you tried them before and I know how frustrating this can be. But please do follow the instruction once again. It should fix your issue.

Boot int Windows > Search for Command Prompt > right click on it and click run it as administrator > Then please execute this command bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi > Restart your computer.


installing Docker community edition fails with missing docker-ce package

The instructions point to adding their repository:

$ sudo add-apt-repository \
   "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
   $(lsb_release -cs) \
   stable"

In elementary OS, lsb_release -cs will output hera, for which that repository does not contain anything.

But, as elementary OS is based on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic, you can easily replace hera with bionic, like this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository \
   "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic stable"

So, if you follow the instructions on their site, you'll end up with an incorrect repository in the /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu hera stable

To fix this, edit the file and replace hera with bionic.

Run a sudo apt update and make sure it outputs no errors.
Now, sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io runs as expected:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  aufs-tools cgroupfs-mount pigz
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  aufs-tools cgroupfs-mount containerd.io docker-ce docker-ce-cli pigz
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 85,5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 384 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

After the installation completes, running docker -v:
Docker version 19.03.5, build 633a0ea838

They do state this in the instructions:


I cannot get LibreOffice Impress to start

Installing libreoffice-impress standalone seems to not bring all the required packages for it to look properly (and I suppose work properly as well?):

So I suggest removing LibreOffice Impress, and installing the full LibreOffice bundle.

sudo apt remove --purge libreoffice* -y
sudo apt install libreoffice

After the install is done (it might take a while), starting Impress will show a whole new interface:


How to fix the "alarms can be up to one month in the future" problem in elementary os loki?

I've not Elmentary OS but I had the same problem "alarms can be up to one month in the future" on Ubuntu Gnome 18.04 with Nvidia driver 396 and to solve this I use this Tuto : https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/969433 it works out of the box, if you have Nvidia Driver loaded.

Computer : Asus UX410UF i7-8550U - 16 Go RAM -  Nvidia GeForce MX130
Ubuntu 18.04 - Gnome-shell 3.28.1


Yes, removed, but can be installed - as already mentioned here.

sudo apt-get install software-properties-gtk

Let's hope the rest will work great.

It's called Software and Updates and can be found as such by the launcher.


How can I install this widget on elementary?

It's a conky with Google Now theme.

You want to install conky and conky-manager and then download the theme.

Unpack the downloaded archive with theme into ~/.config (which is a hidden folder in your home folder - you can unhide it by pressing ctrl+H in your file manager). Now the theme should show up in conky manager.

Note: the conky-manager is not in the elementary repos and needs to be installed from developer's PPA - ppa:teejee2008/ppa.


There is a Github issue concerning this that's marked as resolved, but their use case doesn't cover reinstalls, which is a little curious given that ElementaryOS hasn't actually supported upgrades at all.

In lieu of that, I looked into how the AppCenter tracks "paid for" applications and how to restore them upon reinstall.

The DRM (if you want to call it that) for the list of installed apps ElementaryOS uses is a hidden settings variable on appcenter, which you can see on the commandline by running this. So for example, I bought/donated to webpin, and here I can see that via gsettings:

$ gsettings get io.elementary.appcenter.settings paid-apps
['com.github.artemanufrij.webpin']

Suppose I paid also for Clipped, which I think I will today. (It's a great little app; I recommend it and am happy to donate to its development.)

You can tell from the above URL that Clipped's ID is com.github.davidmhewitt.clipped, so I can add it to my list of "paid for" apps like so:

$ gsettings set io.elementary.appcenter.settings paid-apps "['com.github.artemanufrij.webpin', 'com.github.davidmhewitt.clipped']"

So, that's how AppCenter stores its list of "paid for" apps. To restore that between installs, you could simply dump the output of gsettings get io.elementary.appcenter.settings paid-apps to a file and email it to yourself, then restore it later. Or, you could backup your home directory's config files and restore those.

Note: It's probably worth discussing that you could also use the aforementioned technique to "trick" the AppCenter into giving you free updates. But given that you can just use these things free anyway, that seems kind of silly. But if you're that determined to avoid paying $1 for a clipboard history app, probably no one is going to stop you.


You can install the package in question using the command line as it is available in eOS without having to add any additional repos.

So far as crashes, I installed the package on an install of Loki running on a virtual machine and played around with it for a while and had no ill effects with the OS whatsoever. The Potato Guy app was cool! I also screwed around with the Pencil app and a couple others.

Lastly, depending upon your machine and speed of your internet connection, there was a large number of packages downloaded and installed which took some time to accomplish. If you have a slow connection, count on having time for a coffee break!

Good Luck!!!

P.S.-Before I installed the above, I had installed the 'software-properties-common' package as I had to do that before installing elementary Tweaks as well as some other apps. You may need to do so as well.


keyboard layout language is not detectable

while i had 3 keys swapped, so i changed the file /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/us


How do I get a different wallpaper for different workspaces

elementary OS does not currently support that as a feature. I've filed an issue on GitHub to track the request, though!


Bay Trail pad and buggy Elementary OS installation

I just tested elementary OS Loki and these problems where gone. So tablet users should install Loki.


Double File folder and strange simbol on the top

Elementary has no icons on the desktop, like yours, so you should have installed another file manager, such as Nautilus or Nemo. This is the reason for two icons for files.

About the second question,  you should have installed Dropbox,  so take a look at :

dropbox for elementary os


Can't get ath10k (Killer Wifi 1535) to work on Freya

I had similar problems on a new Skylake Intel NUC (nuc6i3syk, I know it's different but also new hardware): No or only partial wifi on kernels 3.x and ripping graphic glitches on kernels 4.3-4.5 and everything in between.

What does now work for me is kernel 4.2.8.
Both 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz bands now work and no graphic glitches.
Did you try 4.2.8 as well?


I had a similar issue where increasing the volume on my USB headset by one step (tick) would drastically increase the volume. Even worse, lowering the volume below a certain threshold (roughly 20-25%) would mute the sound alltogether.

I worked around this by installing pavucontrol (sudo apt install pavucontrol) and lowering the volume bar for my music application on the first tab.


I can't hear music, but can hear all system sounds

Try installing pavucontrol by executing sudo apt install pavucontrolon terminal. It gives you a little more control over selecting inputs and outputs and is a bit more robust than the default mixer.


Gsettings and dconf-editor touchpad settings not being used

It sounds like your touchpad has switched to using the synaptics driver instead of the libinput driver.

You could try removing the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package if it is installed. The libinput driver will already be installed, so it should be a case of removing this package and then rebooting for the libinput driver to be picked up.


error: The type name `var' could not be found

Looks like a newer vala computer was indeed needed, probably 0.48:
https://github.com/elementary/granite/issues/492#issuecomment-830612898


Help to boot directly off m.2 drive instead of my hdd where the bootloader is. ASUS A520M-K

So we you need to narrow down some possible unwanted settings and behavior first.

I assume the ssd drive is shown in the bios, when showing drives?
I assume u already set the ssd as boot device

If that is done and no change, you could install grub-customizer on the popos install and see if an eOS entry is set. If not, create an eOS entry with it.
See here for more detail on how to do so.


If you want to help with Elementary OS in any way it is best to go to their GitHub page and look for open issues in their respective repositories. There might be something UI/UX related you can contribute to.


I'm trying to install elementary os but when trying to boot from the live usb which works on my Windows desktop I get this error, please someone help?

Even if it works on the desktop, I would check the MD5 checksum from the elementary.io site after downloading the ISO and then re-create the USB (Balena Etcher should do the trick if you're creating from Windows or Linux).


Wireless Internet Connection - Loki new (clean) install

I'm assuming for what you said, you are learning Linux, so I'm going to explain briefly every command. But consider Reading the man [command] pages of every command before using it.
I'm assuming that your daemon is not working, but just for make sure, check out you BIOS network configuration, maybe the Wireless antenna is turned off.
You installed a new eOS so I'm sure you didn't touch the root user, so first we need to configurate that, now open a terminal type SUPER + T and write this command:
$ sudo passwd root

Then enter the password you want, note that root is the god user that can do literally everything in you Linux machine... we need to log in the root user for managing the daemons without problems, I don't recommend using sudo with your user even if is admin because it really doesn't have all the privileges of a root user at all. So for loggin into the root user just type:
$ su root

and enter the password you already typed.
Now we need to reconfigurate the networkmanager.service so for that...
# systemctl disable NetworkManager.service
# systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
# systemctl restart NetworkManager.service

So with that done we basically restarted the service, now type exit and reboot your computer. Note the # that means that you are using the root user and not the standard user reprecented by $ this thing is used in most of Linux webpages so keep an eye for that.
Now finally if for some reason, you aren't watching the tray wifi icon, enter the terminal again and type:
$ nmcli dev wifi connect "NAME_OF_YOUR_WIFI" password "type_password"

And yes write even the " this method is used because in bash (Linux console) when you enter SPACE means you are using a command or parameter(this is called pipeline, not sure). When using the " you are telling the console that you will enter a string and evaluate if it is exactly the same coincidence (string = word/sentence).
Now you're done, if for some weird reason you are still unable to use the wireless, let me know, please don't use the root user for common things like installing programs, the root user is only for manipulating other users and special kernel configurations such as daemons and hooks.
You can learn more about Networkmanager commands here.
Another method is using the iw network program, so for installing it...
sudo apt install iw

but is probably you have that already installed, so first we need to know the name of your Wireless card, for that type
iw dev

the output will show you something like wlan0 use the same name of that for the next command... now finally for connecting to the internet type and hit ENTER
iw dev wlan0 connect "name_of_wifi"

the screen will turn blue and will ask you for the password, that's all I know for fixing that kind of problems, hope this will work.
UPDATE
I think Windows is spoiling your BIOS, I can't explain why but my friends done this...
Enter a terminal, and type sudo nano /etc/default/grub
and add this piece of code acpi_osi=Linux, where it says : GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
so it will turn into GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux"
that parameter tells grub to take full control of the computer hardware when there are others OS in the hard disk.
Exit and save changes to the file with CTRL + X and update the grub with sudo update-grub
GRUB is a boot loader package that supports multiple operating systems on a computer, it handles hard stuff with the kernel, we don't want to know ;)


I just went through this exact problem on elementary OS.

I believe adding this PPA updated my mesa drivers:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers/

I believe this ppa was the one that finally enabled me to updated my mesa drivers to the following version:

OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 18.3.0-devel

Which I can confirm has allowed me to install and run Doom 2016 without issues :D


How can I turn off location services system-wide?

No, there doesn't appear to be a system-wide service to toggle (in /etc/init or /usr/bin), though elementary does have two open tickets for creating one: Add location settings and Create a GeoClue2 "Agent". There are open bounties for both, if you would like to contribute.


How do you change the category of an app in the Applications launcher?

You can acheive this by changing the content of the *.dektop file for the respective application.

You can usually find these here:

/usr/share/applications/

Just open the respective file and in the [Desktop Entry] section of the file for example add the the following in order put the entry in the "Office" section:

Categories=Office;

Use Network for the Internet section, etc. Just look at entries for apps in the respective sections in order to find out the correct string for the section you want.

You can also install alacarte, this offers you a gui enabling you to edit menu entries. This does not work 100% reliably on elementary in my experience, though. Here is a short explanation.

sudo apt-get install alacarte

Hope this helps.


Switched to Elementary OS last night, now my internet is insanely slow

Based on your good results with Google but slow page loading times for other sites, it sounds like you might have a bad DNS resolver configuration. I would first examine your resolver settings with
$ resolvectl status

and see if your network interface(s) might perhaps be pointing to an invalid or very slow DNS server. Note that DNS servers are searched in sequential order. As an experiment, you could try using Google’s or Cloudflare’s public DNS servers and see if that improves your page load times:
$ sudo resolvectl dns INTERFACE 1.1.1.1

or
$ sudo resolvectl dns INTERFACE 8.8.8.8

where INTERFACE is the short name of your desired network interface (e.g., wlan0 or eth0).


I installed gpaste by using the terminal command

sudo apt install gpaste

Then I ran it using synapse which is much better than the slingshot menu
It does not show up in the slingshot menu and...
You can execute it with the command line by typing the following
/usr/lib/gpaste/gpaste/gpaste-ui

Not so elegant.. but it works.

Glipper is better since it works on the panel


How can I set up a local LEP or LEMP stack as a web development environment?

Step 1: Installation

The following commands both add repositories for the latest stack software, update and upgrade yourself, and then install the required system.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:nginx/stable &&
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/nginx &&
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6 &&
sudo apt-get update &&
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade &&
sudo apt-get install nginx php5-fpm php5-curl php5-geoip php5-json php5-mcrypt php5-memcache

Note: To turn this into a LEMP stack, just install MariaDB as if you were using Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty, and then php5-mysql and ass phpmyadmin to suit.

Step 2: Configuration

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/sitename.conf

Paste some configuration in, modifying the root, include and error_log paths.

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name local.localtest.me;
    root /path/to/site;
    error_log /path/to/site_error.log;
    access_log off;
    autoindex on;
    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/ @extensionless-php;
    }

    location @extensionless-php {
        rewrite ^(.*)$ $1.php last;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
    }
}

You can test the configuration with Nginx.

sudo nginx -t

Now we just need to restart the service.

sudo service nginx restart

Step 3: Use

Finally, navigate to local.localtest.me

References:

https://github.com/elementary/mvp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTE.md


Go to https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip

choose Ubuntu from the drop-down list and download recommended drivers (HPLIP).

Instructions are on the website I provided, however I cannot guarantee it will work.


Why cant I update VMware past version 4.10 without losing the video from the remote system?

Please ask this question on Vmware website or forum. This is Elementary OS forum. I doubt anyone will be able to provide a solution. Vmware developer should be able to advise.


Foobar2000 in Playonlinux cannot play common sound formats

In fact the problem was not initially properly identified: it was not about an inability of playing certain formats but that of adding properly files and folders into a playlist by drag&drop from Pantheon Files. The mentioned files that worked (radio stream links) must have been added there in a different way...

To add properly the files and play them I have to use the inside options of the player and the Wine file browser


Choose one of the following methods, restoring the old behaviour works similarly:

elementary OS 5.0 Juno (current version)

GSettings (recommended)

Run the following command in terminal

gsettings set io.elementary.files.preferences single-click false

(To enable single-click again use true instead of false.)

Dconf Editor

Start Dconf Editor (not installed by default) from Slingshot or by running dconf-editor in terminal. Navigate to io.elementary.files.preferences. Disable the checkmark on single click.

elementary OS 0.4 Loki (old version)

GSettings (recommended)

Run the following command in terminal

gsettings set org.pantheon.files.preferences single-click false

(To enable single-click again use true instead of false)

Dconf Editor

Start Dconf Editor (not installed by default) from Slingshot or by running dconf-editor in terminal. Navigate to org.pantheon.files.preferences. Disable the checkmark on single click.

elementary tweaks (not recommended)

If you have elementary tweaks (an unofficial, unsupported, 3rd party elementary configuration software) installed you can change the behaviour in System Settings > Tweaks > Files (left sidebar) > Single Click.


Considering Pantheon Files ("File Manager" in Loki, not to be confused with Nautilus sometimes called "Files") the search tool it's a bit different and rather limited compared to those of Nautilus or Dolphin, or to specialized tools like Catfish or Gnome-Search - especially in the way it displays the results.

Search in current directory takes place by just typing the search.
Recursive search (current folder and sub-folders) takes place by pressing Ctrl-F and then typing.

Typing or clicking during search process will stop the search. Take care not to type or click during search process. More here.

The results are listed just as a drop-down list (and not as a file manager window or search-tool window) that also never contains more than ten items and that goes away in a second if you click or focus away in any way. (So, the search is 'recursive' with Ctrl-F but you only get ten results).


How do I change the default SMTP setting in Mail after an account has been created?

Editing server details is currently not possible in Geary accounts/edit, as mentioned in the comment from @globetrotterdk

It says in the help menu option:

  Editing existing accounts - From the Accounts dialog, select an account and click the pencil icon to change various settings. Please note that Geary cannot change server settings on an existing account. If you need to change your IMAP or SMTP server, you will need to delete the account and re-add it.

These Geary Account help docs are also available online here.


Hardware aceleration doesn't work (at least with mpv)

I finally figured it out: the system is missing two packages (in my case), which are not installed by default, but available in the repos. To resolve the issue, just run the following in the terminal:

sudo apt install vdpau-va-driver libvdpau-va-gl1


Try booting in 'nomodeset'

Boot the live cd and when you see this screen hit Tab in your keyboard

Then press F6 and select nomodeset, hit Enter and then Esc. Now try Installing eOS.


Graphics Shattering and power problems on Macbook

I have a laptop the same obsolete GPU.It was having artifacts and I could fix it by running

sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
sudo mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
echo -e 'Section "Device"\n Identifier "Intel Graphics"\n Driver "Intel"\n Option "AccelMethod" "sna"\n Option "TearFree" "true"\nEndSection' | sudo tee /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
sudo reboot


Bluetooth disable & visibility option greyed out

I came across this and it worked for me, it should work for you to.

First, update your kernel to the latest long-term support:

sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-wily

Then, download these two firmware files:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-utopic/+bug/1462614/+attachment/4453553/+files/AthrBT_0x11020100.dfu

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-utopic/+bug/1462614/+attachment/4453554/+files/ramps_0x11020100_40.dfu

And put them in: /lib/firmware/ar3k/

Reboot, and then rejoice!


Recent entry still showing on Files sidebar even with History disabled. Bug?

This issue has been raised here: https://github.com/elementary/files/issues/1167.  Pressing the Recent bookmark with history off displays an informative message with a link to the Privacy settings so it is not entirely useless.


Is there a way to add proxy exceptions on Network Config?

I am not seeing a way to add proxy exceptions to network config. I would recommend editing the /etc/environment file manually.

Launch an editor to modify the environment file:

sudo scratch-text-editor /etc/environment

Add another line to the file for domains where you don't want to use a proxy by setting the no_proxy variable. For example:

no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,localaddress,.localdomain.com"


TobiW made a mistake. His computer has a Intel Core 2 Duo. Max 8gb of ram.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.0-aluminum-13-late-2008-unibody-specs.html

Your machine will do just fine with Elementary.

I recommend you upgrade your memory at least to 4gb or more so you can install the 64bit version.

Before you install Elementary, you should install rEFInd first. There are many tutorials on youtube on how to install Ubuntu or Elementary OS in a mac machine.


If what you want is to boot into the usb device in order to install elementary, then the steps are located here.  Now, if you have trouble booting to your usb device, I would reccomend:

Check in the BIOS of your computer if USB is selected as the FIRST boot device.
Reinstall the OS to the USB device with UNetbootin following the steps listed in the link.
Finally, give it another go.


Blurry Flatpak apps icon on dock (installed from flathub)

I would love to know this too. elementary aims to ship with flatpak as default, but all my current flatpak apps are blurry in plank (thunderbird,zoom)


Add a launcher in Plank for a different (static) version of an installed program

Plank needs .desktop files in order to launch a program.

The Plank launchers are specified in ~/.config/plank/dock1/launchers/, for each item there is a .dockitem file which contains lines like

[PlankItemsDockItemPreferences]
Launcher=file:///path/to/the/desktop-file.desktop

For example, dragging&dropping the usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop file onto Plank will create the corresponding file ~/.config/plank/dock1/launchers/vlc.dockitem with the lines:

[PlankItemsDockItemPreferences]
Launcher=file:///usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop

So, for the given case of a static build, a .desktop file is needed containing the line

Exec=/path/to/the/static/executable

When a main version is already installed, like in my case with Deadbeef, a simple way is to copy the usr/share/applications/deadbeef.desktop file in an accessible location, edit it in a text editor, change the Exec= line as above, save, and then drop the desktop file onto Plank.


How to show Google Chrome in the wingpanel?

The menu bar (wingpanel) at the top of the screen is for extended information at a glance and quick access to extended functions. If you are just looking to launch or hide Google Chrome, the dock (plank) at the bottom of the screen is specifically designed for that.


How to get username or password on elementary Os?

You can just hold down right-shift while booting, and select the second line "elementary OS … (recovery mode)" from the menu. After the boot, you can select "Drop to a root shell prompt" from the menu. You can find your username with ls /home and you can change your password with passwd username.


The workaround to eliminate the warnings/errors is by installing gtk2-engines-pixbuf

Open terminal and run:

sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf

If you are using a 64-bit system, but using 32-bit software producing those warnings you might run:

sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386


Is possible to make Pantheon snap windows like Windows 10?

This functionality has been finally added with elementary OS 5.0 Juno.


Elementary 5.1 Hera. Unable to login with standard user account

Look I don't have enough reputation to comment, I'll remove this clarification once it's clear... (please don't downvote)

  Is your login showing "incorrect password" or just loops back to login screen in the (no message)?
  What is the details about graphics & corresponding drivers?

  Tip: Include system info (not personal data) while asking a question. Install neofetch for crisp output: sudo apt install neofetch

If the login screen just loops back without any message please follow the steps below:

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and login into the shell.

Now run ls -lA | grep 'Xauth*'. you'll see the line

-rw-------  1 root root   53 Nov 29 10:19 .Xauthority

then you need to do chown username:username .Xauthority and try logging in (you may also need to do the same for for .ICEauthority).

Else, do ls -ld /tmp. Check for the first 10 letters in the left: they should read exactly so: drwxrwxrwt.

drwxrwxrwt 15 root root 4096 Nov 30 04:17 /tmp

Else, you need to do sudo chmod a+wt /tmp and check again.

Now press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to reach the login screen again, and restart.


How to launch an app at startup in minimized mode?

I believe that Pantheon Mail will start in the background after startup if you select the option to always check for new mail. This way you'll always get a notification when the new mail arrives.

If I'm wrong, there is a pantheon-mail-autostart.desktop in /usr/share/applications folder so you may try to autostart this file instead of org.pantheon.mail.desktop

Hope this helps.


getting NumLock to be on by default on start login screen (SOLVED)

Adding/editing greeter-setup-script=/usr/bin/numlockx on in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf works for me on elementary OS 5.1.6 Hera very well. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM#NumLock_on_by_default confirms this solution. Just for the case someone else is looking for a way to enable NumLock in login screen on default.


How can I start the default file manager from terminal?

The file manager is pantheon-files, so simply running

pantheon-files

works. Because pantheon-files does not run in the background by default and generates plenty of terminal output:

huey@galactica:~$ pantheon-files
[_LOG_LEVEL_INFO 11:43:27.546677] Application.vala:155: Files version: 0.2.1
[_LOG_LEVEL_INFO 11:43:27.546761] Application.vala:157: Kernel version: 3.8.11
[_LOG_LEVEL_INFO 11:43:27.718180] Application.vala:84: Report any issues/bugs you might find to http://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-files
[_LOG_LEVEL_WARN 11:43:27.722268] [libnotify] Failed to connect to proxy
[_LOG_LEVEL_WARN 11:43:27.806887] [dconf] failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code2: Failed to create file: Permission denied

I chose instead to run it in screen instead.


I found this solution for Ubuntu, which in theory should work in Freya too.

First install some packages related to PulseAudio (a sound API used by elementary) by typing the following in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-raop pulseaudio-module-zeroconf paprefs

Then start the PulseAudio preferences by typing paprefs and check the two options under Network Access. The window could look similar to this screenshot.

Reboot your system.

Click on the sound indicator and open the sound settings (example screenshot). With a bit of luck you can now select your AirPlay device from the list of available outputs.

Based on answer to "Is there a way to stream audio/video to an Apple Airplay Device?", created by StackExchange contributors.


how to automatically run a script as root to mount a network share

You want to run a script that does not need user interaction so there is absolutely no problem that it does not ask for the root password.

Actually the file /etc/rc.local is run with root user privileges, so it should work (without asking a password). However, the preferred method to mount filesystems automatically is to append them into the file /etc/fstab. There should be a line like this:

//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/networkshare /mnt/local cifs user=user,password=pass,uid=xxx,gid=xxx 0 0


So, I fixed this by myself. What I did was:

First, I purged r8168-dkms completely from my system (it was bundled with an older kernel):

sudo apt purge r8168-dkms

After this I downloaded the r8168 from Realtek's website. It is a tar file with a autorun.sh on it. Just decompress it into a directory and run the sh.

It'll give you SSL errors, but it should install the driver afterwards.

Lastly, you should blacklist the r8169, which is a open source alternative driver, as far as I can understand:

echo "blacklist r8169" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

After all this, you can reboot and you should regain Ethernet conectivity. You can run lshw -class network in order to see if the driver is correctly installed and if the interface is working properly.

There is a lot of things about issues with this particular driver on different distros (Ubuntu and Arch based, as far as I could find) and of all things I've tried, this did the trick.


Context menu to download subtitles in Pantheon Files

Just like VLSub, the solutions below can search both by hash and name (on that aspect, more here), but unlike VLSub, they can be added to a file manager's context menu.

the OpenSubtitlesDownload.py script - download and save it in a specific directory.

It is designed for Nautilus but it works in Pantheon Files by creating a contract file for it.

gedit ~/.local/share/contractor/opensubtitles.contract

with

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Download subtitles
MimeType=video/*
Exec=sh -c "path/to/OpenSubtitlesDownload.py %f"

This script is (along VLSub with VLC) one of the most effective, as it searches both by hash and name, as indicated here.

FileBot command-line version. It needs Java to be installed.

The general command is filebot -get-subtitles /path/to/video/.

To search also by name (beside hash) the -non-strict option should be used.

To download English subtitles no language option is needed, but for other languages there is the option --lang with the 2 or 3 letter language code, but only one language can be specified per command, so you have to use separate commands for each language.

To rename the media files (using TMDb) and match their names, a useful option is -rename.

The command can be added to context menu in a contract file; for French it should be:

gedit ~/.local/share/contractor/opensubtitles-FR.contract

with:

[Contractor Entry]
Name=Download French subtitles
MimeType=video/*;inode;
Exec=pantheon-terminal -e "filebot -get-subtitles  --lang fr -rename -non-strict %f"

In order to download subtitles for multiple videos at once, put those in a folder and the option can be applied to that folder, and it will download for all of them.

Subliminal

Very similar to filebot is subliminal, said to search more databases than just opensubtitles. That's why it takes a bit more time to search, but it may worth the waiting.

To add it to custom menu, follow the same steps as for filebot, but add after in the Exec= line the command:

pantheon-terminal -e "subliminal download -l en %f"

(that's for English)


Touchpad issues after upgrading to new version 5.1

Olá,

Apparently he would have to update the kernel, I answered someone a few minutes ago on another post.

https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/a/21346/19360

Launch the terminal whithout mouse and shortcut for terminal

SUPER + Space
Search terminal or the name of your terminal
Follow instruction in the link to the top


I managed to fix this using this gist by Ryan Miller and changing LightDM configuration file. All you need is this script (remember to change PRIMARY_DISPLAY in first, according to comment):

#!/bin/bash
#
# { 2017-07-02 16:20 }
# { Ryan Miller | ryan@abstractfoc.us }
# { /usr/local/bin/correct-screen-pantheon-greeter }
#
# Set correct primary monitor for login screen when lightdm greeter starts up on Elementary OS.

# Change this variable to your primary display (Run 'xrandr -q' to see available displays)
PRIMARY_DISPLAY='HDMI-0'

# Get list of connected monitors
x_out=$(xrandr -q | grep -e '\( \)connected' | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }')

# Safety - Check if PRIMARY_DISPLAY is connected; if not, bail out of script
[[ $(grep ${PRIMARY_DISPLAY} <<< ${x_out}) ]] || exit 0

# Iterate over x_out and disable all monitors except for PRIMARY_DISPLAY
for monitor in ${x_out[@]} ; do
    if [[ ${monitor} = ${PRIMARY_DISPLAY} ]] ; then
        xrandr --output ${monitor} --primary
    else
        xrandr --output ${monitor} --off
    fi
done

and LightDM config file setting location of script:

#{ /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf }
[Seat:*]
greeter-setup-script=/usr/local/bin/correct-screen-pantheon-greeter


I have found solution by myself. in case of someone has the same problem - windows dualboot uses a fastboot, so after boot into windows do not restart your computer , just shutdown it. after a boot through your eOS/ubuntu , make the following entries in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
echo options snd-hda-intel model=auto | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

check all mutes and unmute them through

sudo alsamixer

then make

shutdown -h now

it should most definitely work.

There is only temporary solution for microphone though, it will work till you reboot your system. But you may automatize it if you wish so.
Following terminal entries will fix it:

sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1a SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE 0x5003
sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1a SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE 0x6003
sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x23 SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE 0x5200
sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x23 SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE 0x6200
sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x08 SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE 0x503f
sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x08 SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE 0x603f
sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x08 SET_POWER_STATE 0
sudo hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1a SET_POWER_STATE 0

This solution works for all Asus X5** series with core i7 skylake internal audio with Realtec ALC256 codec.


Does elementary receive Debian's security update?

While Ubuntu is derived from Debian, Ubuntu has its own security team. This team is responsible for security updates to land in the Ubuntu software repositories.

As elementary OS uses the Ubuntu repositories, it's getting security updates from Ubuntu - While it's possible the Ubuntu security team adapts security updates from Debian, Debian security updates are not necessarily in Ubuntu and therefore not in elementary OS either. That does not mean Ubuntu & elementary OS are more insecure than Debian, but sometimes a software's code base is quite different between Ubuntu and Debian - A security update for Debian might not be needed for Ubuntu, for example.


How to launch Android Studio in elementary OS

To launch from Applications menu

Option 1:

First Open Android Studio
Select "Configure"

Click on "Create Desktop Entry"

Now you can launch it from applications menu.

Option 2:

Creating .desktop file.

Open terminal and run:

nano /usr/share/applications/jetbrains-studio.desktop

Copy paste the following lines:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Android Studio
Icon=/path/to/android-studio/bin/studio.png
Exec="/path/to/android-studio/bin/studio.sh" %f
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=jetbrains-studio

Note: Replace /path/to with exact path.

To launch from terminal:

You have to just create a symlink. Create it in /usr/local/bin. All you need is to run the command:

The general syntax is:

sudo ln -s /full/path/to/your/file /usr/local/bin/name_of_new_command

The command: (After replacing correct path)

sudo ln -s ~/android-studio/bin/studio.sh /usr/local/bin/studio

Now open terminal and run studio to launch.


boot disk will not load on my Core 2 Duo osx 10.6.8

Maybe the DVD is defect.. do you have an usb-stick wich you could format with the Mac? You could use a tool like UNetbootin to create an bootable USB-Stick with the elementary iso file instead of using the DVD.


Elementary OS Juno - no sound after update

try with alsa mixer, if you want in graphic mode search in appcenter, it is called GNOME ALSA Mixer. verify that it is not muted.

cya.


Ok so the problem was tlp package which disable my usb port.


I had the same issue on my imac 2008 with elementary, try updating first and restart since i believe there was a bug regarding the same:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo reboot

once it boots back check with earphone rather than hi res audio headphones like in my case audio-technica m50x didn't work although cheap earphones did.


Windows and panel not going to laptop screen when external monitor is pulled out

This sounds a lot like my question on how to reach windows that were left on a second screen, so maybe the same advice can help you:

Disable the second monitor in the settings, before pulling the HDMI-plug. This should force all windows to the first (primary) monitor.
By using SUPER+DOWN you maybe can view all the remaining workspaces and rearrange your windows, in case you forgot to disable the 2nd monitor as described above


it is a specigic driver for this model so i guess it will not work on your yoga. i solved the problem with modprobe script on wakeup folder


Geary mail is not logging in my Gmail account

The simple workaround would be:

Loginto your gmail account
Click on the link : Enable access for less secure apps
Turn ON

Now login to geary. It will work now.

  Don't get panic with the word "less secure"

See Gmail: Geary doesn't meet modern security standards


I don't have a crystal ball, but I suppose to look for .Xauthority in your home folder, there might be a permission problem:

Press CTRL+ALT+F1 (but if you on mackbook do CTRL+FN+F1) to get to a prompt, and login.
Check the permissions and owner of your home directory: ls -l ~/.Xauthority
Change the owner of the file, if it is not yours, by chown username:username .Xauthority.


How can I disable "Files isn't your default file manager" in Pantheon Files?

A quick look at the code indicates that Files does not record whether or not the "Ignore" button was previously pressed so the "Set as Default" option always appears on running if Files is not default. This is, I think, a bug but there is no open report about it on https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-files at the moment that I could find. I suggest you raise such a report.  Perhaps a "Do not ask again" checkbox should be added to the dialog.


My laptop screen has gone red even after I installed redshift and it's not going away

Even though you've removed Redshift, it seems it has "permanently" altered your display settings. Try running:

xrandr --output eDP-1 --gamma 0.9:0.9:0.9

eDP-1 is the name of my monitor, yours may vary


Stuck on Boot After Joining Microsoft Active Directory Domain

There is a recovery mode on elementary Loki as with Ubuntu. The GRUB menu is just hidden during startup.

Press the Esc key before elementary starts to show the GRUB menu and select "Advanced Options". From there, you can select the recovery console with the kernel you wanted.

If all else fails, it wouldn't hurt to use a recovery disk to boot into to further diagnose your problems.


The problem may have been solved in version 2.4. I installed it a month ago and everything works fine.


AppCenter does not install anything anymore

I had the same problem, try to run:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt update

After this everything works fine for me. I've downloaded some apps and updated OS.

Alternatively you can fix it by running

sudo rm -vf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
sudo apt update


Go into your bios and check your boot settings.

Make sure that your Linux install is set to launch first. Sometimes the boot order of the operating systems installed on your hard drive get shuffled. You will want to make sure Linux takes precedent over Windows, or your computer will boot weird.


First boot failing with "Can't find /root in /etc/fstab"

I found the solution. In order to boot correctly I had the edit boot parameters in rEFInd. At rEFInd main screen highlight elementary, press F2 and then F2 again. At the end of the line just add "root=/dev/sdX" (without parentheses) where X is your root partition. Now I would like to know why it worked without it in Ubuntu and mint.


How to set video in background of lock screen?

It is not possible to set a video as the background in the greeter


What does this error mean? ("Ignoring file '20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist'")

Actually this is only a warning about a file that has been renamed:

you should either delete (move, backup) if you do not want its contents to be interpreted by apt or
rename it (without .ucf-dist in the filename) so that its contents is interpreted by apt.


Control+G inside terminal is not functioning correctly

I also ran into this problem as an emacs user.

Ctrl-G does work but it's assigned to something else. I checked the source code (https://github.com/elementary/terminal/blob/master/src/PantheonTerminalWindow.vala) and it turns out that Ctrl-G is used for ACTION_SEARCH_NEXT You can see this behaviour if you click the little magnifying glass button in terminal's title bar and enter a search term. Pressing ctrl-g will jump to the next hit of the search term.

As a quick and dirty fix, my plan is to disable the ACTION_SEARCH_NEXT keybinding (maybe just comment it out) and recompile locally. Though I believe a bug should be filed. In my opinion, ctrl-g should only be mapped to ACTION_SEARCH_NEXT when the search bar is active. By the way, this keybinding is used in other built apps such as Code and Epiphany.

Another work-around for now would be to install another terminal emulator. eg: xterm.


Pinch to zoom not working on MacBook Air Mid 2011 running Elementary OS Loki

It you're using loki, then Touchegg doesn't work. You should install libinput gestures: https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures


sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks
sudo apt install elementary-tweaks

Then open settings and change that option in Tweaks menu.


Grub failure, Intel Core i7 6700 Skylake

OK, I use the method posted here How can I fix a secure boot failing to grub when I installed 0.3.1?, and I did boot in !!!!!

For the second problem, I enable the i915.preliminary_hw_support=1. Still testing, but for now, everything is OK.

The kernel is 3.19.0-28

update: still have the problem similar to ubuntu 15.04, watch youtube, then die

update: try the 4.3 RC1 kernel, solve the problem!


If you set the following it will always boot the version that currently works. However you may want to change it every time the kernel gets updated so as to always use the more recent version possible.
From terminal (Ctrl+T) execute:
sudo io.elementary.code /etc/default/grub

Set the line GRUB_DEFAULT="0" to GRUB_DEFAULT="saved". Now close and execute on terminal:
sudo update-grub

And done! On the next reboot it should work.


What always works is disabling your NVIDIA card, see Bo rislav's answer.

If you need to use your NVIDIA graphics card and this happens, I would recommend executing gala -r from the Applications menu as a temporary workaround:

I'm pretty sure this is a NVIDIA driver issue, but there is an existing Gala issue: https://github.com/elementary/gala/issues/21


Open your terminal and try to run:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt update


Why can't I place files on the desktop by default, and how can I get this feature?

elementary tends to take a perspective of "why?" rather than "why not?". Coding and supporting a feature like placing an icon view over the wallpaper takes time to design, code, test, etc. This would be a significant time investment and they don't currently feel that this feature is more important than the others they are working on. It also carries performance implications as this would be another process constantly running in the background whether in use or not.

Ideally files are stored in their respective directories in your Home (Music, Videos, Downloads, etc). However your Home directory is also available as a staging area. The assumption is that file management happens in the file manager app.

Quick launching of apps happens in the dock. You can drag and drop any app from the Applications menu to the dock or right click any running app and select "Keep in Dock".

If you'd still like to install a piece of software to place icons on the desktop, it is possible. Typically this feature is provided by a file manager. Popular alternatives include Nautilus (GNOME Files) and Nemo. Both are available to install from the Software Center. Quassy's answer includes more in-depth information about installation, configuration, and setting up auto-run.


EOS doesn't (as far as I'm aware) have an OEM install mode at this point, however there is work underway to support showing OEM info:

There is work going on to support OEMs though:

https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-about/issues/9

The legal issues depend on what you want to do, you can freely distribute most Linux software. There might be some applications that have a prohibitive licence (check that case by case). If you have a lot of the same machine to target, you can always create a disk image, and flash all of the computers with an image rather than an installer.

Hope you are able to do what you need.


This generally happens when the appindicator library fails to load.

Try restarting the wingpanel by killall wingpanel

If that doesn't work, try checking if you have indicator-applet & indicator-application installed or not.

If you already have them installed, try reinstalling libappindicator and then log out an back in.

sudo apt-get install --reinstall libappindicator3-1 libappindicator1

For detailed reading: Network icon gone missing & nm-applet does not work

You should also check this: Bug: No WIFI Icon Up In The Right Corner


It says there are only 996MB free space of my home partition, but the pantheon-files tells me that there are 98.2G free out of 1.9TB

Can you please post the output of df -h ?

Edit:
Please Check this link.

  By default, ext2/3/4 filesystems reserve 5% of the space to be useable
  only by root. This is to avoid a normal user completely filling the
  disk which would then cause system components to fail whenever they
  next needed to write to the disk. You can see the number of reserved
  blocks (and lots of other information about the filesystem) by doing:
  sudo tune2fs -l /dev/sda8


Text color bug after installing OS X Theme

Okay after a while Christian Medel responded me that the issue was caused by the base code now they have uploaded a new version of it here is the link Github link


How do I install themes and icon packs in elementary OS 5.1?

To change theme, icons and fonts in elementary OS you need a third party app called elementary tweaks. Open the terminal and copy/paste these commands;

sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks
sudo apt install elementary-tweaks

You can now find elementary tweaks in System Settings.

To get more themes to use in elementary OS you need to do following that will make two folders in your home directory. One for your themes and one for your icons:

cd
mkdir -p .themes
mkdir -p .icons

The two folders are hidden, so you need to right click in your file-browser and select Show Hidden Files.

Next thing is to head over to www.gnome-look.org and download a theme and some icons. The icons section is here and the theme section is here. Unpack the icons to the .icons folder and unpack the theme to the .themes.

When it’s done go to System Settings and click Tweak.

Enjoy ^_^


Unlike other file managers, Pantheon Files doesn't auto-mount external drives. There is an open bug for adding this feature.

If you'd like USB drives to auto-mount, you can install a file manager that offers this feature, such as Nautilus. If you'd like to auto-mount just this one drive, you can make that change using Gnome Disk Utility or by editing /etc/fstab/.


Elementary OS 5 wingpanel does not show standard icons

You need to manually install wingpanel-indicator-ayatana in order to show again third part icons. There are some tutorials on internet showing how to do that. Note this is not a recommended action from Elementary developers, so you are on your own


How do I disable the touchpad in elementary OS?

You ca disable your touchpad using your keys on your keyboard if you have (for example on mine laptop: Fn + F4) or follow this instructions on the link bellow:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/65951/how-to-disable-the-touchpad


Do flatpack programs provide auto-updates?

Yes! I was prompted and installed a few updates for a few of my flatpak apps. In fact, I updated Visual Studio Code after being prompted this morning.


How can I (re-)download without paying (again)?

Firstly, thank you very much for supporting development by purchasing a copy of elementary OS. It's our primary source of income and the vast majority of people choose to never pay anything. So we really appreciate your initial payment.

If you ever need to re-download elementary OS, you can always click the "custom" button and type in "0". This will completely bypass the payment dialog.

However, I do please ask that for new versions you consider a small payment. Without continued funding, our development pace and infrastructure will be impacted.


I also get sometime graphical issues, like the drop down-menue edges are not disappearing.
I tried to install mint driver manager, i have it now in my menu, but i cant start.
I run elementaryOS on a Notebook with an Ryzen 5 3500 and a integrated Readeon Vega.


How can I change the Skype icon in the wingpanel to match the default style?

This solution will work on elementary OS 0.3 (Freya) and 0.4 (Loki), Luna users should follow PNG's answer

To change the skype icon (and many other) you have to install the elementary+ icon theme.

This theme is a community maintained addition to elementary OS's default icon theme. It contains icons for several third party applications that resemble elementary OS's style.

Add this PPA (Personal Package Archive) to your sources:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cybre/elementaryplus
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install elementaryplus

After the elementary+ icon theme and the patched sni-qt got successfully installed, open elementary+ Configurator in your Slingshot (applications menu), select Skype and hit Apply.

Restart Skype and you should have a nice white Skype indicator icon

Update:

Testing in Loki: avoid activating the core icon theme (first entry in the program window), as it disables some icons (like Synaptic).


You’re missing the libreoffice-gtk3 package for integration with your GTK+ theme.


How does elementary determine the strength of a password?

As Daniel said, libpwquality is used. Looking in source code, you can see several checks, quality settings - threshholds -  will be configured in a configuration file:

palindromes
simplicity (too little number of digits, lower chars, upper chars and special chars)
simplicity (too little different character types - digits, lower chars, upper chars and special chars)
Consecutivity (too many repeated characters)
similarity to user id or user full name
wordlist (bad words from config file)

There are checks for comparing old and new passwords, too.


I am afraid this is not possible at the moment.  The icon displayed for files is determined by either their mime-type or, for executables, by any associated .desktop-file.  The only exception is where the folder path matches one of the GUserDirectory enumeration - i.e. Home, Documents, Music, Video etc.  This is hardcoded.  In principle additional "special directories" with custom icons could be catered for (although not straightforward, especially providing a reasonable UX). An issue has been outstanding at https://github.com/elementary/files/issues/171 for some time.


elementary OS Freya freezes when booting

Boot into a live environment

Create a simple text file in /etc/init  named cups-browsed.override. In this file just write one word i.e. manual.

Follow these steps to do the above:

gksudo gedit /etc/init/cups-browsed.override

Write manual in the first line and save.

On booting you wont have the problem caused by this remote printing service.


Some GUI elements missing on MacBook Pro 2015 mid 15"

Switching to the elementary dark theme solved the issue for me, see UI elements are not displayed


elementary OS not detecting my OS (Windows 10)

choose something else
Create a ext4 partition for root
Also create a swap area
And process to installation


Your old partitions should show up in the Files file manager under Devices. You can click on them to mount them and access the files on these partitions.


Open System Settings and click Keyboard:

Switch to the tab Options

Now choose Miscellaneous compatibility options on the left side, and check Default numeric keypad keys on the right side.

That's all!

This setting takes effect after Login and has no effect at the login screen or consoles.

If it doesn't work for you, try checking Numeric keypad keys always enter digits


As of now you can install AppEditor from the AppCentre. Should work the same as alacarte but with elementary design.


How to reset elementary OS settings to default without reinstalling?

The following commands effectively take the same action a reset button would.

You could try to use gsettings.

First, create a file with all the keys in it:

gsettings list-recursively | grep '^\S*' > keys.txt

then loop through that file and reset each key

while read line; do echo $line; gsettings reset-recursively $line; done <keys.txt

This resets all the settings (hopefully).


Error when installing Freya from USB: Invalid magic number Unaligned pointer

Did you actually checked the MD5 Hash before burning to the Flashdrive?

In case you don't know: Hashing is like comparing files to check if the file is corrupt or not.

On the elementary OS Download page you can find the MD5 hash for the latest version. Get yourself a Windows MD5 Hashing Utility and check the image you just downloaded, then compare to the hash on the Download page.

Is it equal? Well, you image is not corrupt.

It's not? Even better! Just redownload and try again!


You could enter "0" on the homepage to start the download, and then visit
Get Involved to find another way to contribute. On that page, you can contribute via PayPal or Patreon, or by buying something from the store. You can also contribute to elementary via Bountysource.

See also: Can I pay with PayPal to download elementary OS?


eOS won't boot, stuck on perpetual black screen

i just experienced the same today after performing a log in, the black screen appeared, I left the black screen for about 5 min while pressing random keys on the KB and after a while the desktop came up.

I'm currently using it normally haven't tried to reboot yet.

It's possible that yesterdays updates may have been finalizing after the power up/ reboot and had taken a while to complete.

Will test again this afternoon and if the problem persists will report back.

A complete reinstall is a little over kill there are other methods of troubleshooting that should be tried 1st before resorting to a full reinstall.

""Cheers
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Usage of elementary OS on USB (persistent)

Lack of stability or system performance: Once configured, I don't think so (never experienced some, from OpenSuse in the early days till Arch, Kali and Mint today), except the slower speed while booting and installing because of the usb stick. The company could see it if the boot parameters are changed in the bios, but there could be other ways. Nevertheless, ask your IT department first before testing it for legal problems!


First, welcome to elementary OS! Hope you've found a Linux home!!!
To my knowledge, there are three different ways you are able to minimize a window. Two are available to a user right out of the box and the third is done via installing elementary Tweaks.
Here is a rundown of each:

You can place your mouse over the title bar of any window and right click then select minimize. (not in eOS 5.1)

Any active window can be minimized by using a keyboard shortcut. With elementary OS, it is Super Key (that's the Windows Key on PC or the Command Key on an Apple product) plus the letter 'H'. So, Super + H will do it.

You can install an app called elementary Tweaks that will allow you to alter the layout of the window controls. Here is how you can do that and I'm taking it for granted that you're using the newest release of elementary, 0.4.1 Loki. Here are the install instructions:

First, open Terminal. At the command prompt type each of the commands in this order:
sudo apt install software-properties-common

You will need to enter your Admin password. This is the passwrod you use to log into elementary.
Now, enter these three commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks

This adds the repository to pull the software from. After this is done you will update your repositories then install the app by the following two commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install elementary-tweaks

Once elementary Tweaks is installed, you can find it by opening System Settings. It will be in the topmost area called Personal.

One you open Tweaks, within the Appearance section you will see a section called Windows Controls. Click the pulldown and select the control layout that best suits your needs.

That's it! The process to install Tweaks is quite quick and there are other adjustments you can do using the app. In most cases, experienced Linux users install this in eOS as a standard step when they install the OS.
Hope this helps you out and Good Luck!


This line is basically a warning about old software. There are no pieces of software or software repositories that will be removed after an update with this warning.

Most likely you have a PPA / other software repository that uses an ancient digest algorithm but you cannot fix it locally, you have to contact the owner of the repository. In this case, Ubuntu maverick was a release about 6 years ago, so there is not much chance that this warning gets fixed.

However, if security is not your primary concern (as in using 6 years old software repository / distribution…) you can ignore this warning.


eOS Hera freezes, every day, several times a day

Well OK this is still happening and no one seems to have an answer. I love eOS but can't work with it like this. I guess I will have to switch OS.


Indicators running but not showing on bar

You have not done anything wrong. The developers have decided not enable 3rd-party indicators from Loki onward, and are discussing what the solution for such apps should be.

If I find a workaround, I will post it here.


Why AppCenter keeps saying "1 Update Available"?

I already had this, did you try to make an update from the command line, usually it would disappear after

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade
$ sudo apt dist-upgrade


My operating system does not start after entering the password

This typically happens when the X Server (The Service that draws stuff to your desktop... roughly described) can't start up. You need to get the errors out of the Xorg log file:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

... which will then output all Xorg errors. I think that something's wrong with the graphics driver.


Does Franz (multi messenger) work on elementary freya?

Franz works perfect in Loki, should't be a Problem in Freya. Do the following in terminal:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/franz

wget -qO- https://github.com/meetfranz/franz-app/releases/download/4.0.4/Franz-linux-x64-4.0.4.tgz | sudo tar xvz -C /opt/franz/

sudo wget "https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/360/1*v86tTomtFZIdqzMNpvwIZw.png" -O /opt/franz/franz-icon.png

sudo bash -c "cat <<EOF > /usr/share/applications/franz.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Franz
Comment=
Exec=/opt/franz/Franz
Icon=/opt/franz/franz-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Messaging,Internet
EOF"

Everything should work fine now.


I can't get the audio on my laptop to work correctly

I've had this happen on my Dell, though it's not a chromebook, but maybe a similar issue. Speakers work, but not the headphones, I was able to fix it by plugging in the headphones and executing alsactl restore


Wifi not recognize in elementary OS 5.1.3 Hera

this is because you probably need proprietary drivers for your wifi card.
But, before proceeding, is your wifi card detected from the system? Could you please report the result of lshw?
It would be very helpful to solve your issue, because every wifi card is a different story, thus knowing the exact model would slice the problem

Anyway, if the wifi card was ever detected, in the installed section of the app store, the store itself should be proposing you to install proprietary drivers


The problem is with grpcio in ui/requirements.txt first line. Delete it and make the project. Source code path: $GOPATH//src/github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/ui.

# grpcio==1.0.0
grpcio-tools==1.10.1
pyinotify==0.9.6
unicode_slugify==0.1.3
pyqt5==5.10.1
configparser==3.5.0


i fixed it by removing armhf using dpkg and restoring my apt directory by copying the entire folder from clean install media.


Granite Widgets : Unable to append a new action item to welcome page at runtime

I can't check it currently, but this sounds like you are adding the widget and it simply doesn't show. When adding a new widget to welcomeLayout, running welcomeLayout.show_all () should show the new widget(s). You might want to run this after adding a new item in public void addAWelcomeButton ().


(Solved) Plank : the Trash Docklet crashes Plank

I found something similar using the stable version of Loki.  The unstable (daily) version works better - there is no persistent Plank item in the most recent version for example.

If the trash contains a large number (1000's) of files, then the context menu in plank can take several seconds to appear during which time Plank appears to freeze; presumably it is busy populating the context menu "restore" section with each file name.

Also in neither case did the "restore file" option on the context menu work.

I think this is mostly down to Plank - you can install a different filemanager - e.g. Thunar or Dolphin - and use Settings/Applications to set it as the default file browser.  The docklet launches the default filemanager.  I found the same behaviour using a different filemanager.


Can you provide a screenshot with what you see?
Normally you have in the upper right an icon for WiFi, clicking that one gives you the option to turn on/off the WiFi.

It's also possible to go to system settings -> network


Actually these error messages tell you pretty much the problem: there are some source repositories that are defined twice, in the files /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elementary-os-ubuntu-os-patches-xenial.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/patches.list.

You should look for the lines that appear in both of the files and delete them in one of them.


try disabling secure boot in the BIOS see if that helps when you install


Why is Software Updater making me install all these FIrefox language packs, even if I don't have Firefox installed?

The poster found a solution:

sudo apt remove firefox-locale-*


Remove plank without removing elementary-tweaks in Loki?

They are linked indeed: the package elementary-tweaks depends on plank, so cannot remove the latter without the former.

However, the fact that plank is installed do not force you to use it, just delete your dock and use docky if you prefer it.


Accidentally uninstalled Bluetooth from Elementary OS Loki.

You might need to run sudo modprobe btusb on the command line if you uninstalled and disabled the kernel module.

For example running sudo lsmod | grep blue gives me the result:

bluetooth             540672  41 btrtl,hci_uart,btintel,btqca,bnep,btbcm,rfcomm,btusb
ecdh_generic           24576  1 bluetooth

You can check if you have the above kernel modules available, and if not, you might need them, depending on your hardware setup.

You can disable them again with sudo modprobe -r btusb as an example. Let me know if you get it working. It can be quite fiddly and sometimes I need to remove btusb and add it again to revive bluetooth after standby (not always), and if bluetooth is completely failing, you often need to shutdown and power off completely, not just restart to revive it.


How can I downgrade to Linux Kernel 4.2?

There is no Linux 4.2 kernel image package in Loki so unless you are an experienced user you should not downgrade the kernel as it might render your system completely useless.

If you want to risk yourself to downgrade, you might want to start with a Ubuntu kernel image package at http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/kernel/ like

http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/kernel/linux-image-4.2.0-42-generic (and dependecies, basically

http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/linux-headers-4.2.0-42-generic and
http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/linux-headers-4.2.0-42).


A fresh install boots to the grub command prompt

Boot using your live CD. Then you need to run these commands in a Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install boot-repair && boot-repair

Boot repair will now open. Click on "advanced options" and search for the option that mentions "purge grub". Than click "recommended repair" and follow the on screen messages. When that's done you can reboot and if everything went right it will work now.


Keyboard & touchpad unresponsive after suspend

This is likely a Kernel or BIOS problem.  The first thing you should do is upgrade to the mainline build.  Google how to do that.   That is likely not to solve your problem.  You should file a bug with the kernel google that too.  However, you cannot file a bug (it is very rude and they will tell you soo), without upgrading the BIOS and running the mainline.

Upgrading the BIOS is quite dangerous and you will need to take responsibility for this task and its results.  It is especially dangerous without a Windows dual boot.  You will need to do this step first, and perhaps it will fix your problem.  You will need to google your laptop model number and bios to download the upgraded BIOS.  Then you will need to google how to upgrade the BIOS with Ubuntu.  If you have Windows, just boot up with windows and double click on the file while the computer is plugged into AC Power, preferably a safe UPS.

If your problem still exists.  File a bug.  It is not an Elementary problem.  You can test this theory with another USB distro if you don't believe me.


Thunderbird 60.0 not showing in Applications Menu after installing tarball

A workaround I found was using AppEditor (from the eOS AppCenter) to create an application icon for Thunderbird. This makes it function like it would normally, including working native notifications.

Credit to blureshadow on reddit!


This is a reported bug with the AppCenter.

Check Github Issue #390 to read more about it.


Installation from USB goes fine, cannot get past login after 1st boot

It appears it's an issue with grub.

In order to boot to a (working) desktop you have to alter the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file and remove 'quiet' from the default boot option kernel line and replace with 'nomodeset'.


Yes, it is possible to install Elementary os Loki as long as the 2006 MacBook runs a 64bits Mac OS. For Example I installed it using a dvd myself. if you have a dvd that you or someone burnt Elementary os loki or a usb with Elementary os loki.
Put in the dvd/usb, turn off the macbook. Turn the macbook on, and hold the option key ... 'till you see a white screen.
Start elementary Deskyop without installing
and play with the OS before you decide to install

Elementary os is fun on Macbook.


Is there any way to donate through PayPal?

The way to download and pay with Paypal or just donate money to help is at the moment (November, 30, 2016):

Go to:

https://elementary.io

If you want to download elementary OS and pay by PayPal:

STEP 1)
Download the OS typing 0 in the "Custom" section; afterwards press "Purchase elementary OS".

STEP 2)
Click the "Get Involved" section located at the upper right position of your screen. Once there you will see different options to help elementary OS. After the "General Funding" section you have Paypal.

If you don't need to download and just want to donate skip STEP 1.

I hope elementary team will include Paypal in the Download area besides Card and Bitcoin as lots of users employ this payment method.


When I try to access the keyboard settings, the app just closes. How do I access the keyboard settings?

Have you installed elementary-tweaks per chance? (I see Tweaks.vala in your terminal output) Unfortunately while a great application, it is reported to cause issues and is not recommend. This might be one of those issues? Try uninstalling it and see if the problem persists. If that fixes it I'd suggest posting a bug to the elementary-tweaks bug tracker.

Edit 1:

Just for clarification, gnome-control-center is a bash script that redirects to switchboard, which is the actual name of the System Settings app in elementary OS.

Upon further inspection of your terminal output, it shows a segfault on line 20, which is where the redirection takes place. The actual command to open the keyboard settings dialog is switchboard keyboard. Run that command directly and see if it gives any additional clues. If there is nothing obvious there, run it with the -d flag to show additional debug information. switchboard -d keyboard.

You could try to reinstall switchboard and the keyboard plugin with-

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall switchboard switchboard-plug-keyboard

If a reinstall doesn't help, it is time to hit the switchboard-plug-keyboard bug tracker. See this answer for best practices in lodging bug reports. I notice there are several existing bugs related to crashing on there already that may be possible duplicates of yours.

Please update your question with the -d output and a link to the bug report. Also consider including a link to this question in your bug report in case someone else comes along and solves your problem here.


Sound problems after connecting USB or bluetooth headset

My theory that happens because pulseaudio receives certain signals from your laptop like "lid is closed, my owner is not listening to me, shut up now.".

Try to configure pulseaudio's volumes over pavucontrol. Perhaps the Output gets muted? If you don't have the program yet, install the same named package.


Is it possible to get website shortcuts in the dock?

If you're using Midori, you can easily create an App from a webpage (a web app).

Click on the "Settings" button (The Cog symbol in the menu bar) from Midori and select "Applications".

From here, you can create a "New App" from the current page.

This App will appear in the Applications menu, and you can right-click and "Add to Dock"


Are thunderbolt interfaces / external drives supported?

Thunderbolt works but Thunderbolt 3 may have issues. You better boot a live USB and check it out yourself.


How to get right click menu when folder in column view

This is a known bug in the file manager.

In the list view you can click on the column header (the top bar, the one that says filename, size,...) to obtain the menu

...but for the column view such a trick doesn't exist.


/ partition is almost full but have 18GB unused volume

Preface

Maybe you have separate partition for your “/home” folder? What tutorial have you followed?

I know that solutions that uses command line are not appreciated here, but the AFAIK fastest way to check all free space on your dirives is to open the Terminal and type this command:

df -H

For example, on my machine output looks like this:

It clearly shows that I have my /home/ folder on a separate disk partition. I have 21 Gb of free space on the root partition, and 40 Gb on the home one.

Solutions

You can manage your partitions with handy tools like “GParted” (install it from the AppCenter). With it you can resize the partitions: shrink the home one and enlarge the root one. But use it with care, because it can damage your data if misused. Double-check all your actions before clicking “Apply” button.
If you really just want to use one disk partition for all, the easiest way is to backup your home folder and reinstall elementary. In theory it's possible to modify the system to get rid of separate home partition, but it's tricky way.

Personally, I think that using separate partition for your home folder is a good practice, because if you'll someday need to reistall or upgrade your OS you'll need to format a root partition. In that case you'll need backup your home folder, or just store it on a separate partition. My home folder is safe on it's separate partition since elementary 0.2 Luna .


What might cause Files to abort or fail a big copy?

There are a number of outstanding issues reported against Files in relation to file operations involving very large number of files. Files is currently best used for small to modest amounts or data (<10K items?). A crash might be caused by a memory leak for example. One of the proposals for this year's GSOC is the improvement of the aspect of Files.
Note also that because the system might cache file operations, Files may think that the operation is complete but it is still continuing in the background.
I would recommend using a specialist program like Grsync for backing up large volumes of data rather than a general purpose file manager. Or you could install another filemanager from the AppCenter. If you otherwise like elementaryos then there are certainly solutions other than switching to another distro.


Heavy graphics artifacts on elementary Videos, and Youtube on Epiphany browser

It's an issue with AMD cards, from what I know it's not fixable by the user. You can install "gnome mpv" to view videos since it doesn't have this problem unlike the default video app and looks just as good.

As for epiphany, it's the same thing unfortunately.


Unable to boot after install on i386 platform, missing grub, black screen

I have same issue because elementary os have little bug in installing grub without internet.

When i connect to internet and installing again grub install properly.

May you have same issue, try to install it with internet connection


How do I install Touchegg in elementary OS?

Also you can use https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures
Works fine on loki install


Reinstall or Reset Elementary OS loki 0.4.1 completely

(to add on to the first answer, as I'm unable to comment :eye_roll:)

To access a terminal, as you can't enter via GUI, use Ctrl+Alt+F1, and proceed to reinstall using sudo apt install --reinstall elementary-desktop.


The Huawei MateBooks will sometimes not auto-extend a display. That said, you pay be able to trigger the function by pressing F8 (or Fn+F8) to trigger the BIOS toggle. Some models may also use Super+P.


I found out that it was actually running the script but not showing the terminal.  I validated this by launching chrome from inside the bash script -- so that was the issue.


Elementary OS update - Save button missing when trying to download from internet browser

Okay, so I solved the problem.
I needed to install and build elementary-tweaks as per the instructions found in the following link:
https://github.com/elementary-tweaks/elementary-tweaks

Then I went into the System Settings application, and Tweaks was listed under the Personal category.
I went into Tweaks and under the Appearance setting, I switched on "Show Gnome menu".

This fixed the problem! Hope this works for you all.


How can I change the default applications menu theme- Freya?

I recommend you the Arc theme: https://github.com/horst3180/Arc-theme

Arc theme for Firefox: https://github.com/horst3180/arc-firefox-theme


It seems that one shouldn't have spaces in the folder names (containing the driver of course) when building the driver. Replacing the spaces with underscores should fix the issue.


Since elementary OS is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, packages available to download (either from apt-get or Software Center) are likely outdated. That means that, to get the latest version of a program, you should add a PPA repository to your system. To do this, search for "X PPA" where "X" is the name of your application. In this case, you should search for "LibreOffice PPA", and it will give you a result, usually to Launchpad, from where you can add a PPA like ppa:libreoffice/ppa to your system:

Open a terminal and run

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

LibreOffice should be installed

Remember to mark as answer if this works :)


How can I add a color scheme to Scratch?

Scratch is using the same technology (which is named gtksourceview) as gedit (the text editor for the GNOME desktop) and is therefore using the way of defining color schemes (also named themes or styles in different places).

All color schemes are defines as XML files, located at /usr/share/gtksourceview-3.0/styles/. You can either create a copy of an existing color scheme (via sudo cp <existing scheme> <new scheme name> in the mentioned folder) and modify the scheme according to your wishes, or you can download additional schemes from the GNOME project's page about GtkSourceView style schemes and place them in /usr/share/gtksourceview-3.0/styles/.


It looks like the icon name in the file /usr/share/applications/io.elementary.files.desktop has been translated in some locales for some reason. If you are in a locale where the translation has changed the icon name (at present [ca] and [it]) then it will cause this problem.

I will file an issue against the project.


Can't Get Fresh Install to Boot on Dell Inspiron 3452

I have had a few Inspiron machines in the past, and my primary machine is an Inspiron as well, so I'll provide some details that have matched my experiences in getting these things set up. Typically, there are three major things to consider...

Ensure that the eMMC is unmounted when you boot into the live USB. To do this, you can use the "Try elementary" option in the initial GUI prompt and then open GParted, and unmount any partitions on the eMMC that are mounted. eMMC disks are seen as SD cards in many cases, especially with consumer hardware like Inspirons, and thus get automounted as removable media.

You may need to manually add the boot option from within the Dell UEFI menu. You can likely do this by entering the UEFI/BIOS settings, navigating to the boot tab/menu, and then manually adding or reordering options. This may mean navigating the filesystem from within the UEFI, but usually it doesn't go that far.

There are certain toggles in the UEFI that can cause some struggles. In some cases, the "TPM" option, which is short for "Trusted Platform Module", can cause images to be unbootable. If the first and second options don't result in a fix, try toggling this function. Two of my inspirons in the past have required me to do this.


You absolutely can. If your existent media player isn't up to the task, one fairly universal application (VLC) almost certainly is.
You can install it from the AppCenter or from the terminal. To install it via the AppCenter, just search for it and click install. To do so via the terminal:
sudo apt install vlc

Then, just copy the URL to the stream you want to play and open it as a 'network stream' in VLC. I just tested it  with the exact URL you posted and it plays just fine.


I am unable to login "infinite login loop"

Start the system, and open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 and type:
sudo rm -r $HOME/.Xauthority

Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the login screen. This should solve the issue.


I solved this problem by  uninstalling nautilus-nemo.

sudo apt-get remove nemo

Reference here


Trying to run a simple shell script to install VirtualBox Guest Additions

Just for interests sake - could you type history and put the last commands down on here to see where you went wrong, or why the system did that?
thanks


How to enable lower right corner touchpad as Secondary click on 2008 Macbook 5,1

elementary OS 0.4 Loki uses LibInput and not xinput.

You can change your click method in System Settings > Mouse & Touchpad.

To use touchpad areas for right clicking instead of Multitouch, change the click method to "Touchpad areas" under "Physical Clicking".


You have the option to dim the display automatically when you aren't using it (on battery).
Also you can suspend your laptop automatically, saves much more energy than turning the screen off, and it takes just a few seconds to load everything again.

Brightness has nothing to do with plugged in / battery so it's good where it is now. I mean, you change the brightness when you can't see the screen well, don't you? It has nothing to do with the power input.


It appears your system does not recognize the USB stick as bootable. As you tested the system's functionality (booting from USB) with another USB stick, it looks like your USB stick's partition is missing the "boot" flag, which is crucial.

So, first of all, write your USB stick with unetbootin (if your USB stick wasn't written with that during the last try). From your post I understand you are using Windows. After using unetbootin, open the cmd with Administrator privileges. Now, run diskpart. This will take you into diskpart's interactive mode.

To list all currently attached disks, run list disk and make sure you know which disk is your USB stick (most likely you recognize the disk's size). Select the disk with its corresponding number via select disk <number>. Now, you can display the partitions on the disk via list partition. You should get exactly one partition, select it via select partition <number>. Now, run active - This command sets the bootable flag. To exit diskpart, run exit.

Now your USB stick should be bootable for your computer. If it's not, check if other computers are bootable via it and report back here, we'll figure it out.


Probably because it's also off by default in Ubuntu and it's the same thing (ufw).
More answers here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/22667/why-is-the-firewall-disabled-by-default
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DoINeedAFirewall


Try removing the spaces between the equals sign.

So change:

alias code = 'io.elementary.code'

To:

alias code='io.elementary.code'


I think this problem can be solved by opening Software-Center -> Edit -> Software origin and delete the cd (install from cd). If the system asks, put in your root nick, close the merged little window and wait till the end of the job of Software-Center. Update your system.


What version of elementary OS you are using?

Please try selecting your Language to French(Canada) and then select layout English(Canada) from Layout setting under Keyboard.


Can't find pomodoro app installed using appcenter

I had a similar problem, my solution was to simply grabbed the deb file from the author's official website and install it whit Eddy.


How to prevent sleep/suspend while streaming music and videos

This issue is more on lightdm, I've already explained this before so I won't explain further and rather I'll just put steps here, This problem is because the power settings are used from the gconf configuration of the user lightdm, and not the current user. Just test:

sudo su
su - -s /bin/bash lightdm
gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-type

If these returns suspend then you can pass nothing like below to change it and you should be good.

dbus-launch gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-inactive-ac-type nothing

just ignore any output you get, reboot to take in effect, In my experience OS update 3 weeks ago reverted this setting which was in place since last year, but same worked again.

Also just verify power settings after reboot. incase you still having issues.


Bleachbit with Root Privilege not Working on LOKI 0.4.1 - Need assistance. Please

For some reason, Loki doesn't come pre-installed with gksudo. When you launch BleachBit as root, it expects gksudo to be installed, so that it can prompt you for elevation.

In order to get this to work right, all you need to do is to install gksudo.

sudo apt install gksu

After executing this step, launching BleachBit as root should work fine.


How do I make a script run at startup (not from settings)?

You can manually add a .desktop file to ~/.config/autostart/ and this would be executed by elementary on login. This would be effectively identical to using the GUI though.


How to fix elementary terminal color pallette?

You can reset the default palette with gsettings reset as follows:
gsettings reset io.elementary.terminal.settings palette


Found the solution!

https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Canon_UFRII/UFRII_LT_Druckertreiber/

This was the line, that solves the printing problem:

sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6  libxml2:i386


Is there a way to theme LibreOffice to match the elementary design guidelines?

The folks from Xubuntu are currently working on an elementary icon theme for LibreOffice in Github


Open system settings and click Keyboard:

Then click the Layout tab and change the slider:


Right - click menu events for simple chrome popup window is wrong

alright this is not an answer, but if e believe is a bug you can submit it here
github


You can add this functionality by installing the thunderbird-contracts package. Unfortunately it's only available in the elementary OS daily PPA.

It's not recommended to add the daily PPA to your sources, since it contains unstable versions of several system components and may break your system!

Download the desired package and install it manually:
thunderbird-contracts (0.1~r17-0~ubuntu14.04.1)

Uninstall Geary to remove the other "Send by e-mail" entry in your context menu.


Language Packs not needed offered for update again+again

I have been researching about your problem and finally found a plausible explanation:

"A package only gets updates if it is installed, so if the languages are updated, they must be installed somehow.
To manage installed packages in a detailed way, Synaptic is a convenient tool.
You can install Synaptic from the Software Center (or by the command sudo apt-get install synaptic).
Then, in Synaptic, search for the packages and remove them if you are sure you don't need them."

Source: https://askubuntu.com/questions/556101/how-to-prevent-unnecessary-updates/556149#556149


This is a recent change for how libwingpanel is packaged.
See the commit here.
Checkout the related change in wingpanel-indicator-sound in this commit.
Perhaps you need to build and install the latest wingpanel from source before building wingpanel-indicator-sound.


minecraft java edition does not want to work

Which launcher are you using?
Mojang has an official Minecraft launcher available that is packaged as a .deb file. This is the traditionally recommended method, but not the only one.
You can find this at https://minecraft.net/download/alternative.
You can install the .deb via the CLI using sudo apt install /path/to/Minecraft.deb, or use a tool like Eddy from AppCenter to do it with the GUI.
Beyond this, there is a Flatpak available on Flathub. You can download the .flatpakref file from https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.mojang.Minecraft by hitting the "Install" button on the page.
To install, you just need to open the downloaded Flatpak and Sideload (elementary OS's Flatpak helper) should walk you through it.


There is no way of doing this, as far as I can tell, without disabling "recent" globally (so that GLib.VFS.get_default.get_supported_uri_schemes () does not include "recent").  You could raise a wishlist issue requesting this ability be added to Files.  You would need to make a clear argument as to why it should be done and get some support from other users to increase the likelihood it would be implemented.


Does anyone know how to install a program called Flacon on elementary OS?

Thanks, the 'sudo add-apt-repository' command on its own was not working.
I found the answer:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:flacon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flacon

Solved!


Is it possible to change theme/style for Epiphany so that the active tab is standing out more?

Please expose all usability issues you find to the elementary theme’s bug tracker.


I don't think so, there has been nothing about a Pi image on the eos website or twitter account.


Module libcanberra is obviously missing.

Install the module using following command:

# sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module

Or if it's already installed and you still get the error it would mean x86 version is needed for compatibility, but it's missing. Install x86 version using following command:

# sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module:i386


Wifi signal weak Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW

It is worth trying the solution described here. The video also shows a way of measuring the speed from Terminal, using speedtest. So, install and run speedtest to see the down/up speed before applying the solution:

sudo apt install speedtest-cli && speedtest

Now, in Terminal paste the following commands, one after the other:

echo "options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
sudo modprobe -rfv iwlmvm
sudo modprobe -rfv iwlwifi
sudo modprobe -v iwlwifi

Run speedtest again and compare the results.


Where is the best place to suggest features / ask for little quality of life improvments?

This is the place for request/wish and bug reporting: https://github.com/elementary


Code editor does not have a "project/folder" button

Actually the io.elementary.code works as expected. You just need to open a folder inside it which is called a workspace/project
Try the following command for elementary OS 5.1 Hera
io.elementary.code ~
So to answer your question Look at the bottom left corner of the screenshot I attached. That's the open Project button
Note
Also, make sure the sidebar is turned on