1. application menu display
Application menu (right click) -> Uncheck “Show Button title”
2. Terminal Color not visible
Application menu -> Terminal Emulation
Edit-> Profile preferences -> Colors
uncheck : “Use colors from system theme”
Build in Schemes like “White on black”
Or select custom Text color and background
3. remove silly scrollbars
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:tualatrix/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-tweak # didn't really work ! # sudo apt-get purge liboverlay-scrollbar-* -y # this works gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal # enable #gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode overlay-auto
4. Menu not visble
KDE apps running on XFCE have no icons in menus. Can’t figure this one out.
Applications Menu -> Settings -> Appearance > Settings
[x] show image on buttons
[x] show image on menus
…
Restart the file manager session
#------ #The fix is… gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons true gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true sudo gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons true sudo gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons true
Source: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=940213
6. File manager
– View -> Location Selector -> Toolbar Style
– View -> Statusbar
– View -> Side Pane -> Tree
Start -> File Manager -> Thurna
7. Start -> Settings -> Appearance
-> Style -> Xfce
-> icons -> Select “Ubuntu icon theme”
-> Font -> Default Font Size
8. Right mouse click -> Panel -> Panel Properties
Orientation: vertical
Lockpanel: uncheck
Alternative:
Delete Panel 2
9. Remove recently used files
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel mkdir $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel sudo chattr +i $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel # e.g. sudo chattr +i /home/a/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
References: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=93354
10. Enable hibernation
sudo apt-get install xfce4-power-manager -y ps -e|grep "power-manager" sudo xfce4-power-manager
Application >> settings >> xfce4-settings-manager -> power manager
-> general settings ->[x]”always show system tray icon selected”.
====ALTENATIVE=====
sudo -e /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla #==OR== sudo nano /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla # Fill it with this text [Re-enable hibernate by default] Identity=unix-user:* Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate ResultActive=yes
Save by pressing Ctrl-O and exit nano by pressing Ctrl-X
sudo sh -c 'echo " [Re-enable hibernate by default] Identity=unix-user:* Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate ResultActive=yes " > /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla' sudo update-grub # test hibernation sudo pm-hibernate # Reboot ur system. !!!!!!! sudo reboot now
# http://askubuntu.com/questions/94754/how-to-enable-hibernation-in-12-04
11. No Window borders in XFCE
How to fix missing window bar in Xfce
Right Mouse click -> Application Menu -> Panel -> Panel Preferences -> Automatically show and hide the panel
Originally Posted by Toz View Post
No need to re-install. Simply restart the Window manager by Alt-F2 then run:
Code:
xfwm4 --replace
Add this as the first line of ~/.bashrc
xfwm4 --replace&
12. Add volume control – pavucontrol – in xfce for bluetooth headsets and devices
sudo apt-get install pavucontrol -y
13. Calendar – Orage
sudo apt-get install -y orage sudo apt-get install pavucontrol orage -y
14. scrollbar width
http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/55226-make-your-xfce-scroll-bars-wider/
echo '
style "scroll"
{
GtkScrollbar::slider-width = 25
GtkScrollbar::slider-width = 25
GthScrollbar::stepper-size = 25
}
class "*" style "scroll"
' >> ~/.gtkrc-2.0
15. Mount points with the correct user
chown -R username:group /mountpoint
References
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krmCuFmcpdk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnH92h_QHf0