Questions tagged [system-settings]
The Ubuntu System settings is often referred to the GNOME system settings. Use this tag if you have trouble using the System Settings in Ubuntu.
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To understand Ubuntu [duplicate]
I'm a school teacher. Our education department has set up an ICT lab in our school. All the computers run on the Ubuntu operating system, which I don't know much about. Therefore, I'm unable to ...
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How do I stop suspend mode from resetting my settings?
In settings under Multitasking I keep having to turn on the Active Screen Edges setting after restarting or coming out of suspend. Is there any way to stop it from reverting the setting or to set it ...
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Right-clicking on desktop no longer works (Kubuntu with Plasma KDE 6.3.4)
Right-clicking on the desktop usually brings up the option to edit your desktop settings.
I was messing around with it and set left-click to open the app menu.
I went to remove this left-click ...
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Automatic Date and Time Ubuntu 24.04.3
In Ubuntu 24.04.3 I have in the settings the Automatic Date & Time and Automatic Timezone. I can change manually via GUI, configure the continents and cities with sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata but ...
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Ubuntu 24 not setting Auto Time-Zone on dual boot system
I have a dual boot with Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04.3. After enabling Auto Time-Zone, Auto Date and Time and Auto Device Location my timezone is still incorrect, it remains on the TZ that I set ...
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Can't start "Settings" application - some conflict in logs
I've been trying to fix a number of issues on my machine recently, (nvidia drivers + cuda install, 22.0 -> 24.04 upgrade, and a suddenly failing blue-tooth usb dongle)
Now, I've largely got things ...
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at 25.04 boot-manager sets itself wrong?
I have installed Ubuntu 25.04 online onto one certain harddisk (on machine are two harddisks).
After installation it boots in correct boot-manager where prompt says that keyboard settings are "DE&...
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lost the settings panel and night-light among other things
it all began with this command:
sudo apt-get install wine32:i386
then apt suggests that i should run: sudo apt autoremove
,and i saw some system packages,but i dismiss my concern,cause trust me I'm ...
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Ubuntu 25.04: 'Active Screen Edges' Option Won’t Stay Enabled
I just installed Ubuntu 25.04 on another laptop I have and the Active Screen Edges option on settings (inside multitasking) is off by default. If I activate it, it will work as intended, but for some ...
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Cannot change user $PATH in WSL Ubuntu 24.04
(Please excuse my English)
I installed WSL Ubuntu 24.04 on my Windows 11 pro machine, and edited /etc/environment like below to change the system-wide $PATH.
Before
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/...
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Text caret smooth animation across Ubuntu
When I write text, I want the text caret to move smoothly from one character to the next. I know this feature is available in select application but I'm wondering if there is anything that I can do ...
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Unlock Keyring Using Fingerprint on Login
Some applications on my Ubuntu save credentials in the keyring, but I encounter an issue where the keyring remains locked after logging in with my fingerprint. As a result, I need to re-enter my ...
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BootGuard Linux Swap security events
We're new to Ubuntu and don't know how to fix the Intel BootGuard and Linux Swap issues. I assume that these are important for security even if Secure Boot is activated. Is this something that must be ...
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How to set different wallpapers when screens are extended in Ubuntu Cinnamon?
How to set different wallpapers with extend screen?
It seems that settings for changing the wallpaper in Ubuntu Cinnamon have no option to make these different according to the display by default.
My ...
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How can I apply preferred monitor configuration from "Monitor settings" on each startup? Lubuntu 24.04
Currently I can use "Monitor settings" available in Lubuntu to change which monitors are enabled and apply and it works fine.
I can also save config which makes reapplying it on next reboot (...
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