Can I have different DPI-settings for fonts on different monitors?
I replaced one of my monitors by one with much higher resolution. Its physical dimensions are bigger too, but not as much bigger as the resolution -- so each pixel became quite a bit smaller.To address...
View ArticleHow can I bind a key shortcut that includes a tab
I would like to rebind next/previous tab shortcut in XFCE's Terminal from Ctrl+PgDn/PgUp to Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab. It doesn't seem to work either by editing accels.scm or changing the shortcut...
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How can I change the line height in the Xfce4 interface?
I have been looking for ways to change(reduce) the line height or padding top/bottom on all lines in the X interface. Xubuntu 18.04 LTSAfter many searches, I have found that I have to edit the...
View ArticleDebian Buster, XFCE − Firefox keeps forgetting it's been my default browser...
In the preferences of Firefox itself, the default browser box is checked, of course.In Settings / Personal / Preferred Applications, the web browser is set to "Mozilla Firefox" like it should and like...
View ArticleLinux xfce4 with login user command
I have a Linux Ubuntu 20.04 computer running Xubuntu. I am in the process of writing a c ++ program that consists of a completely new login screen. This login screen also works and I can check whether...
View ArticleCan xfce4-screenshotter be configured to save a screenshot without any GUI...
I quite like xfce4-screenshooter, but even when I map it to my prntscrn key and tell it where to save e.g. xfce4-screenshooter --fullscreen --save ~/Pictures/Screenshots/, the GUI still appears to asks...
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GTK theme doesn't works on every window
I'm using Xubuntu and downloaded a GTK 3 theme. However, this theme does not affect all parts of XFCE. For example, the buttons of the "Appearance" window in the picture and the buttons and appearance...
View ArticleKali linux desktop is unresponsive
My desktop is unresponsive, after i login to my account the wallpaper is stuck in the default wallpaper that kali uses until it loads the one you have chosen, programs icons, the trash icon and...
View ArticleSetting PATH variable in XFCE4
I have some programs installed in my ~/.local/bin/ folder and in /etc/profile I've got the following:if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"else...
View ArticleShift + F10 right-clicks on my machine, but this shortcut is not in...
I hold incompatible beliefs. I believe that:~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml lists every keyboard shortcut on my...
View ArticleInstall Fedora Xfce 37 to existing (empty) partition
I have Fedora Xfce 37 installation .iso on a ventoy thumb drive. I want to install it on my M.2 drive in partition 6, which is currently formatted ext4. I get just so far: after I've selected custom...
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xfdesktop error after inactivity "None of the screen lock tools ran...
I user lightdm and xfce on my laptop. It's a new installation. Every time the screen turns off from inactivity (or close the lid), I would see the lightdm login screen. However, after I log in, and...
View ArticleCan you batch generate thumbnails with tumbler?
I was wondering if there is any way to generate thumbnails from all files (image and video media) in a folder with (preferably) the command line or anything else really. I use xfce4 and tumbler. Please...
View ArticleWrong keyboard layout after Xfce startup
When I start my laptop (Debian Unstable, Xfce) the keyboard layout is wrong and it uses the US keyboard layout, although the physical keyboard is German.How can you set it to German?The setting is...
View ArticleYouTube crashes the entire computer and it will not boot up again
I was watching YouTube when the computer froze. I turned it on, and it crashed while watching YouTube again.So I left it off overnight. In the morning it did not boot and had a blank screen, not even...
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Picom doesn’t not launch with Xfce even after adding it to session and startup
I am on Arch Linux (5.15.13-arch1-1) and Xfce (xfce4-session 4.16.0 (Xfce 4.16)).I use the following command to run Picom, and a similar command works just fine in my autostart script for XMonad.picom...
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xfce4-panel update broke border radius
Today I updated most of my packages following the release of Debian 12, but after a reboot for some reason the amd 4.18.2-1 version of xfce4-panel bugged the border radius I set up for its old version...
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XFCE Websites Textarea cols wrong in different browsers
I just noticed that the cols option on websites/textareas doesn't really apply on my laptop with debian 12. I double checked with an virtual machine that has debian 11 installed and there everything...
View ArticleWhy does my xfce4-panel keep crashing and immediately respawning itself many...
A month ago, I installed Linux (Debian 12) on my PC. XFCE for the DE. Chicago95 theme.Right from the start, and for this entire time, there has been a weird bug of some kind which makes the taskbar...
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Change xfce4 keyboard shortcuts
I have a simple question. I know how to edit xfce4 keyboard shortcuts (Settings->Keyboard). But I am used to open a terminal window with Ctrl+~(the one we comment here with, above the TAB). I've set...
View Article`gio open` fails to use its own mime config
I'm struggling with gio failing to open an url using default browser under XFCE4 desktop environment. What could be the reason and how to fix it?gio info http://google.com identifies the link as...
View ArticleUnable to unlock screen under lightdm in XDMCP configuration
On my setup, whenever the screen gets locked, I cannot unlock it anymore. I tried all three known(to me) implementations: light-locker xfce4-screensaver xscreensaver.Special on my setup: it's a remote...
View ArticleWeb browsers (Chromium & Firefox) fail to open in xfce over rdp
I've been attempting to open a web browser on my server with xfce4 over rdp. I've tried chromium and firefox and neither even give an error when opening by clicking on them. I'm using Ubuntu Server...
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Failed connect session manager: Failed connect to session manager: IO error...
I was following this tutorial about setting up i3 on wslstartxfce4 results in error: "xfce5-panel: Failed to connect to session manager: Failed to connect to the session manager: IO error occured...
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What does Mousepad's "Open files in: new tabs in a new window" do?
Mousepad's preferences menu has an 'Open files in:' dropdown menu. One of its items is 'new tabs in a new window'. How does this differ from 'new tabs' and 'new window'? I've experimented but see no...
View ArticleCan not set Display scale to 2 on Ubuntu using xfce and xrdp
I have an Ubuntu 22.04 in the cloud, with no physical graphic card. I have successfully installed xfce4 and xrdp. I am connecting to it from my Windows 11 home machine using Windows RDP client, mstsc....
View ArticleXfce4 breaks down on every restart
I have casually been using Kali for quite a while, however just today I encountered this an issue, right after I swapped my Grub background image and restarted. Whenever I use my account, Xfce breaks...
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Can't unlock system settings (such as network settings) to edit in xubuntu
I can't change any settings nor install anything using the xfce GUI on my xubuntu 14.04. Some setting-windows have that unlock button you usually click to enter your password to gain root privileges,...
View ArticleXfce4 autologin lightdm
How do I configure autologin for xfce4? I tried setting aurologin groups but those don't work, there is nothing in the startup section of settings and no apt pkg as far as I'm aware.
View Articlepower manager notifications repeating incessantly ... power problems?
I've got my laptop plugged in.The xfce power manager is repeating, incessantly: "Your battery is charging", "Your battery is fully charged", "Your battery is charging", "Your battery is fully charged",...
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