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Questions about using gsettings, the command-line version of dconf-editor, to read or modify the dconf database. Using gsettings, the schemas and keys of various programs can be viewed and altered. Sometimes hidden settings (that are not in the gui of a program) can be discovered this way.

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After trying out some GNOME extensions, I decided to uninstall some of them via the Extension Manager GUI. I can see that their directories are indeed removed from ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/...
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Thinkpad L14 with German keyboard is missing keys for pipe, "less", "greater". They should be left to "y" I tried several layouts from Ubuntu Settings. I could not get ...
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So, a while back I wanted to change my default terminal to alacrity, and I did so via the following command: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec /usr/bin/alacritty. Now ...
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After installing ubuntu 24.10 recently whenever I open the appearance tab, the screen freezes and the computer restarts. Even after uninstalling and reinstalling the ubuntu-desktop the problem ...
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Hi I used to use this command to toggle night light from the terminal but it no longer seems to update the setting but going to the dconf editor and toggling the setting works fine Switch on gsettings ...
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It appears it should be relatively easy to set Super+C to launch my GNOME calculator in Ubuntu 22.04 with gsettings and the command line: gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys....
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I have this script, that changes my background image to a random darkened one every couple of minutes with gsettings that I have hooked up with a cron job. #!/bin/bash # Define the directory ...
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I am currently using wsl2 with Ubuntu 22.04 on Windows 11. I am not able to see minimize/maximize button on the titlebar. I first discovered this problem with sublime text, but when I tried other apps,...
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I am attempting to write a simple cron script that updates my desktop image every 15 minutes using gsettings. However, despite many different iterations, I cannot reliably change the desktop in the ...
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I am trying to set up this script to change my desktop background, but gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file://$WALLPAPER_PATH" is not working. There is no error ...
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I am recently starting over to Linux from Windows and am just trying out Ubuntu 22.04 now. So far I have not made any major changes to the system other than installing a few snap applications. One ...
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I'm trying to find a way to change default settings for all new users, for example the applications in dock, desktop icons, default homepage, etc... Using dconf, extensions, and tweaks, I've setted a ...
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I use the following commands to override default settings in Ubuntu UI, which works fine: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Yaru-dark' gsettings set org.nemo.preferences show-home-...
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I would like to remap several different keys of my keyboard.Namely: I want to remap caps Lock to escape function and remap left alt to right alt function. For this I used the following commands: dconf ...
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Using Ubuntu 22.04, I want either my gnome terminal or console to start centered on the screen. Bard AI told me to use this command: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences center-new-...
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