Activities (top left) does not work after some time in Ubuntu GNOME 17.04
Normally when I hover the cursor over it all windows are shown, with fave apps on the right & desktop windows on the left
After using a few apps, when I move the cursor over activities it doesn't work, nothing happens.
Only the top right tools are working. This happens frequently, and
I have to reboot to restore the functionality.
Can someone tell me what the equivalent of restarting Windows Explorer is in Ubuntu GNOME?
gnome
edited Aug 10 '17 at 21:38
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Normally when I hover the cursor over it all windows are shown, with fave apps on the right & desktop windows on the left
After using a few apps, when I move the cursor over activities it doesn't work, nothing happens.
Only the top right tools are working. This happens frequently, and
I have to reboot to restore the functionality.
Can someone tell me what the equivalent of restarting Windows Explorer is in Ubuntu GNOME?
gnome
edited Aug 10 '17 at 21:38
Zanna
50.4k13133241
asked Aug 10 '17 at 8:30
SholiSholi
63
1
after using which app(s)? If it's not caused by some setting (that might be changed by a particular app I suppose), then it seems like a bug, which should be reported on Launchpad... Do you mean 17.04 or 17.10?
– Zanna
Aug 10 '17 at 11:57
mostly I use firefox, but I don't think it will be the cause of a bug, Ubuntu 17.04
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 20:57
1
made a edit, I hope I'm more clear now
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 21:01
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Normally when I hover the cursor over it all windows are shown, with fave apps on the right & desktop windows on the left
After using a few apps, when I move the cursor over activities it doesn't work, nothing happens.
Only the top right tools are working. This happens frequently, and
I have to reboot to restore the functionality.
Can someone tell me what the equivalent of restarting Windows Explorer is in Ubuntu GNOME?
gnome
edited Aug 10 '17 at 21:38
Zanna
50.4k13133241
asked Aug 10 '17 at 8:30
SholiSholi
63
Normally when I hover the cursor over it all windows are shown, with fave apps on the right & desktop windows on the left
After using a few apps, when I move the cursor over activities it doesn't work, nothing happens.
Only the top right tools are working. This happens frequently, and
I have to reboot to restore the functionality.
Can someone tell me what the equivalent of restarting Windows Explorer is in Ubuntu GNOME?
gnome
gnome
edited Aug 10 '17 at 21:38
Zanna
50.4k13133241
asked Aug 10 '17 at 8:30
SholiSholi
63
edited Aug 10 '17 at 21:38
Zanna
50.4k13133241
asked Aug 10 '17 at 8:30
SholiSholi
63
edited Aug 10 '17 at 21:38
Zanna
50.4k13133241
edited Aug 10 '17 at 21:38
Zanna
50.4k13133241
edited Aug 10 '17 at 21:38
Zanna
50.4k13133241
50.4k13133241
asked Aug 10 '17 at 8:30
SholiSholi
63
asked Aug 10 '17 at 8:30
SholiSholi
63
asked Aug 10 '17 at 8:30
SholiSholi
63
63
1
after using which app(s)? If it's not caused by some setting (that might be changed by a particular app I suppose), then it seems like a bug, which should be reported on Launchpad... Do you mean 17.04 or 17.10?
– Zanna
Aug 10 '17 at 11:57
mostly I use firefox, but I don't think it will be the cause of a bug, Ubuntu 17.04
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 20:57
1
made a edit, I hope I'm more clear now
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 21:01
add a comment |
1
after using which app(s)? If it's not caused by some setting (that might be changed by a particular app I suppose), then it seems like a bug, which should be reported on Launchpad... Do you mean 17.04 or 17.10?
– Zanna
Aug 10 '17 at 11:57
mostly I use firefox, but I don't think it will be the cause of a bug, Ubuntu 17.04
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 20:57
1
made a edit, I hope I'm more clear now
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 21:01
1
1
after using which app(s)? If it's not caused by some setting (that might be changed by a particular app I suppose), then it seems like a bug, which should be reported on Launchpad... Do you mean 17.04 or 17.10?
– Zanna
Aug 10 '17 at 11:57
after using which app(s)? If it's not caused by some setting (that might be changed by a particular app I suppose), then it seems like a bug, which should be reported on Launchpad... Do you mean 17.04 or 17.10?
– Zanna
Aug 10 '17 at 11:57
mostly I use firefox, but I don't think it will be the cause of a bug, Ubuntu 17.04
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 20:57
mostly I use firefox, but I don't think it will be the cause of a bug, Ubuntu 17.04
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 20:57
1
1
made a edit, I hope I'm more clear now
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 21:01
made a edit, I hope I'm more clear now
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 21:01
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The equivalent of restarting Explorer.exe in GNOME would be if you press.
Alt + (which means at the same time) F2
Now you are going to get a box that looks like this come up without anything in it.
And type in r and press enter
If that doesn't work then open a terminal or to a different tty and type in gnome-shell --replace
If you need to restart GDM which would log you out of your account, the command would be systemctl restart gdm.service
answered Aug 10 '17 at 21:56
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I found a workaround this issue , I installed Application menu in Gnome from software , & activities is replaced by Applications.
Sometimes it fails to show the overview on moving cursor to top left but clicking on Applications then Activities Overview makes it work again
answered Aug 11 '17 at 21:01
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The equivalent of restarting Explorer.exe in GNOME would be if you press.
Alt + (which means at the same time) F2
Now you are going to get a box that looks like this come up without anything in it.
And type in r and press enter
If that doesn't work then open a terminal or to a different tty and type in gnome-shell --replace
If you need to restart GDM which would log you out of your account, the command would be systemctl restart gdm.service
answered Aug 10 '17 at 21:56
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3,08083358
add a comment |
The equivalent of restarting Explorer.exe in GNOME would be if you press.
Alt + (which means at the same time) F2
Now you are going to get a box that looks like this come up without anything in it.
And type in r and press enter
If that doesn't work then open a terminal or to a different tty and type in gnome-shell --replace
If you need to restart GDM which would log you out of your account, the command would be systemctl restart gdm.service
answered Aug 10 '17 at 21:56
MathCubesMathCubes
3,08083358
add a comment |
The equivalent of restarting Explorer.exe in GNOME would be if you press.
Alt + (which means at the same time) F2
Now you are going to get a box that looks like this come up without anything in it.
And type in r and press enter
If that doesn't work then open a terminal or to a different tty and type in gnome-shell --replace
If you need to restart GDM which would log you out of your account, the command would be systemctl restart gdm.service
answered Aug 10 '17 at 21:56
MathCubesMathCubes
3,08083358
The equivalent of restarting Explorer.exe in GNOME would be if you press.
Alt + (which means at the same time) F2
Now you are going to get a box that looks like this come up without anything in it.
And type in r and press enter
If that doesn't work then open a terminal or to a different tty and type in gnome-shell --replace
If you need to restart GDM which would log you out of your account, the command would be systemctl restart gdm.service
answered Aug 10 '17 at 21:56
MathCubesMathCubes
3,08083358
answered Aug 10 '17 at 21:56
MathCubesMathCubes
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I found a workaround this issue , I installed Application menu in Gnome from software , & activities is replaced by Applications.
Sometimes it fails to show the overview on moving cursor to top left but clicking on Applications then Activities Overview makes it work again
answered Aug 11 '17 at 21:01
SholiSholi
63
add a comment |
I found a workaround this issue , I installed Application menu in Gnome from software , & activities is replaced by Applications.
Sometimes it fails to show the overview on moving cursor to top left but clicking on Applications then Activities Overview makes it work again
answered Aug 11 '17 at 21:01
SholiSholi
63
add a comment |
I found a workaround this issue , I installed Application menu in Gnome from software , & activities is replaced by Applications.
Sometimes it fails to show the overview on moving cursor to top left but clicking on Applications then Activities Overview makes it work again
answered Aug 11 '17 at 21:01
SholiSholi
63
I found a workaround this issue , I installed Application menu in Gnome from software , & activities is replaced by Applications.
Sometimes it fails to show the overview on moving cursor to top left but clicking on Applications then Activities Overview makes it work again
answered Aug 11 '17 at 21:01
SholiSholi
63
answered Aug 11 '17 at 21:01
SholiSholi
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after using which app(s)? If it's not caused by some setting (that might be changed by a particular app I suppose), then it seems like a bug, which should be reported on Launchpad... Do you mean 17.04 or 17.10?
– Zanna
Aug 10 '17 at 11:57
mostly I use firefox, but I don't think it will be the cause of a bug, Ubuntu 17.04
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 20:57
1
made a edit, I hope I'm more clear now
– Sholi
Aug 10 '17 at 21:01