Unanswered Questions
1,803 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How do I refresh the Google calendar in Gnome?
I'm using Gnome 3.14 on Arch Linux. I'm fond of the calendar drop-down when you click on the time in the top panel. I've set up my Google calendar to show there, but if I happen to be offline when ...
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How to change the keyboard layout for a single application in Awesome WM?
I've added keyboard shortcuts to set the global keyboard layout, but how do I set it for a single application? The reason I'd like to do this is that I'm used to QWERTY for gaming, and I'd rather not ...
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Incorrect automatic time zone
I've noticed that the automatic time zone detection functionality of my GNOME 3 (Arch Linux) is not working correctly. My actual time zone is PST (UTC-08), but if I toggle on the "Automatic Time ...
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In Archlinux, it has a valid IP address, but no connection could be established
Later I changed a wireless router, and everything became OK. Maybe there was something incompatible between the former router and the latter. Yet I can't get the reason.
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How to print from Arch Linux via Wi-Fi to Canon MG6450?
I have a Canon MG6450 with Wi-Fi enabled and an up-to-date Arch Linux installation with cnijfilter-mg4200 3.80-1 installed. I can see the printer in print dialogues (sometimes it takes a second to ...
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X11 controlling root window or setting a window to be the background window (wallpaper)
I would like an animated background image. Or better, to make an application be the background, with no interactivity, so I don't accidentally click on it.
I've seen many discussions about setting ...
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Convert pacman package to deb or rpm?
Given a pacman package (.pkg.tar.xz), is there a tool to convert it to a deb or rpm package?
In other words, I'm looking for an equivalent to alien. So far, I got the impression that such a tool does ...
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nmcli no longer allow settings modification?
When I try to modify network manager settings with nmcli, it says
Error: 'con' command 'modify' is not valid.
So if nmcli con modify XXX command is no longer supported, what is the substitute?
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"Only root can mount" error - but I am root
Yesterday I was able to mount my smb share with the following command:
sudo mount -t cifs //XXXX/share /media/share -o user=Ben,password=XXX,workgroup=WORKGROUP,ip=XXX.XX.XX,uid=ben,gid=ben,rw
I don'...
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Second monitor doesn't wake after going to standby (without annoying workaround)
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I've had this issue in one way or another for a long time now (years), and in multiple configurations. I've updated the driver & kernel on multiple occasions, and at this point I'm ...
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How to fix broken VDPAU?
The symptoms:
When fullscreening VLC (cvlc) it reports
vdpau_display vout display error: output surface creation failure: VDP_STATUS_INVALID_SIZE
repeatedly and the screen goes black.
When ...
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Arch Linux installation - no internet connection and can't ping gateway
I'm doing a clean install of 32-bit Arch Linux from a CD on a very old Panasonic CF-29 Toughbook. Trying to connect to the Internet from the terminal on the installation ISO is not working. I'm using ...
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Virtualization (KVM) and excessive cached RAM
I've set up a virtual machine through KVM-libvirt (virt-manager) with Windows 10 on it and I'm getting an odd behavior on the host side.
I'm running a 64bit Arch host with 24GB of RAM, 12 of which are ...
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Why is it so hard to disable all "recent files"/"recent apps"/"recent places" functionality?
I am no fan of the "recent files / recent apps / recent places" features throughout modern operating systems. In particular, I do not want/need
jump lists, that show recent files opened ...
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Any way to run all hooks in pacman?
Is there any way to tell pacman (Arch Linux) to just run all post-transaction hooks, as if it had just done a full system upgrade, but without installing any packages?
I just tried to do a full ...
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