How To Install Emerald In Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 Or 12.04 [PPA]

<div style="text-align: justify;">Emerald Window Decorator development may have stopped and the package is no longer available in the Ubuntu repositories for a few releases, but there are users who want to continue using it, so to make it easier to install, I <b>uploaded Emerald to the main WebUpd8 PPA, for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Emerald is a window decorator for Compiz that allows full composite window decorations</b>. There are many themes out there that come with frames, titlebars, buttons and so on that you won't see in other window decorators, this being the main reason why Emerald was so popular a while back. Emerald is also highly customizable.<br /><br />Because it requires Compiz, Emerald doesn't work in GNOME Shell, but it should work with Unity (3D), GNOME Classic with Compiz or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-set-up-compiz-in-xubuntu-1210-or.html">Xfce with Compiz</a> for instance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few of the many Emerald themes available on Gnome-Look, DeviantArt and so on:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KpIGKjg2-wjFpj4Xbb9O9QnV_17uroVa1ui2rKssNXTHatQp7S6XPcljhWAKLN-5ivJyZqi5elYeeKYIuuMUQ3V9UF2rFUeEHBBxkUaS2JJ2_qE6DqGU3zCOwlQiJCg5l4pQHgg9eN2P/s1600/emerald-halftime.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KpIGKjg2-wjFpj4Xbb9O9QnV_17uroVa1ui2rKssNXTHatQp7S6XPcljhWAKLN-5ivJyZqi5elYeeKYIuuMUQ3V9UF2rFUeEHBBxkUaS2JJ2_qE6DqGU3zCOwlQiJCg5l4pQHgg9eN2P/s400/emerald-halftime.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=120806">HalfTime</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-a-new-hope.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-a-new-hope_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jurialmunkey.deviantart.com/art/Divergence-IV-quot-A-New-Hope-quot-183377193">Divergence IV "A New Hope"</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-radial.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-radial_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=71352">Radial</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-littleglass.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-littleglass_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lassekongo83.deviantart.com/art/LittleGlass-163891709">LittleGlass</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-dark-glass-ambiance.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald Themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-dark-glass-ambiance_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=148429">Dark glass with Ambiance buttons</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-ordinary.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Emerald themes" src="http://img.netupd8.com/emerald-ordinary_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=127625">Ordinary</a> Emerald theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The themes can be tweaked using Emerald Theme Manager</b>, which allows you to<b> change the borders size, shadows, titlebar font and alignment and so on</b>. For instance, the LittleGlass theme above has some pretty large shadows so I've used the Emerald Theme Manager to change them - under <i>Edit Themes > Frame/Shadows</i> tab. You can also <b>move the window buttons</b> from/to left/right, as long as the theme aspect allows it - more about this, <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/emerald-move-minimize-maximize-and.html" title="Emerald: Move Minimize, Maximize And Close Buttons To The Left">HERE</a>.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Emerald Window Decorator in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Emerald is available in the main WebUpd8 PPA, which is a general PPA with some other packages as well. If you don't like that, you can <a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/287056/how-to-compile-install-emerald-window-manager-in-ubuntu-13-04-64bit">compile Emerald</a> from source or add the PPA, install Emerald, then remove the PPA.<br /><br />Also, please keep in mind that Emerald Window Decorator is no longer developed / supported and while I've tested it for about two days in Ubuntu 13.04 (as well as some brief testing under Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 in VirtualBox) and I didn't encounter any issues, there might be bugs or it may not work at all. <br /><br />That said, let's proceed with the Emerald installation:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install Emerald Window Decorator in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install emerald</code></pre><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Once installed, <b>get some Emerald themes</b> via <a href="http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=high&logpage=0&xcontentmode=103&page=1">Gnome Look</a>, <a href="http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/linuxutil/winmanagers/emerald">DeviantArt</a> and so on <b>and install them using Emerald Theme Manager:</b> either select "Import" and browse for the .emerald file or simply double click an .emerald theme file and Emerald Theme Manager should install the theme. <b>There are no Emerald themes installed by default so make sure you've installed at least one</b> before proceeding with the next step.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3.</b> Start Emerald (this will replace your current window decorations) by pressing ALT + F2 and entering: "<i>emerald --replace</i>" (without the quotes).</div><b><br /></b> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4.</b> To continue using Emerald after a logout / restart, install CompizConfig Settings Manager:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM), click the "Window Decoration" plugin and under "Command", enter: "<i>emerald</i>" (without the quotes):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-emerald.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="CCSM Emerald" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-emerald_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />That's it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Reverting the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to go back to the default window decorator, open CompizConfig Settings Manager, click the "Window Decoration" plugin again and next to "Command", click the reset button on the right:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-reset-window-decoration.png"><img alt="CCSM Emerald reset window decoration" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ccsm-reset-window-decoration_thumb.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then log out and log back in. You can also remove Emerald if you want, but make sure you don't remove it before you reset the CCSM Window Decoration command as explained above:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get remove emerald</code></pre>

How To Install Emerald In Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 Or 12.04 [PPA]

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How To Set Up Compiz In Xubuntu 13.04, 12.10 Or 12.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolYEdbMLPi9D13ZuPspF55QQfL-IalCzJlItpNN5_S9tFlJiCbsq7Rk3TWLh_BUMQC1KD7rAsKhpeAOdn2RSBxKZjyBZpLxG8bRjLoGXxAdOAPYGzDefNR9MrofsAEb2V7Czbaq8QfG47/s1600/xubuntu-compiz-cube.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjolYEdbMLPi9D13ZuPspF55QQfL-IalCzJlItpNN5_S9tFlJiCbsq7Rk3TWLh_BUMQC1KD7rAsKhpeAOdn2RSBxKZjyBZpLxG8bRjLoGXxAdOAPYGzDefNR9MrofsAEb2V7Czbaq8QfG47/s320/xubuntu-compiz-cube.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This article shows how to set up Compiz in Xubuntu (w/ Xfce) 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</b>. I've tested the instructions below on <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/xubuntu-1210-released-with-xfce-410.html">Xubuntu 12.10</a> (and they are identical for 13.04), but they should work on Xubuntu 12.04 as well - there are some minor differences which I've explained below.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, please note that to be able to use Compiz, you'll obviously need a 3D capable graphics card and drivers.</div><br />Let's get started!<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>How to use Compiz in Xubuntu (w/ Xfce) 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. Install Compiz</b>, the main Compiz plugins and CompizConfig Settings Manager:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. You'll also need a tool to change the window titlebar theme</b> (since Metacity will be used). To keep things light and without the need to add any PPAs, we'll use dconf-editor / gconf-editor in the steps below.</div><br /><b>For Ubuntu 13.04 or 12.10</b>, install dconf-tools:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install dconf-tools</code></pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ASfedcFRROpNYNmUemdTmyeyj_cWluQ8yW6iScxM7bJKvQkrsW51vHwX4f_dEmqOtucBnCBm20ff9g6aLNkzwJvL6TC1WsHTa80NtW35IEqetTOhGQMRWx4dXC9mhFoX_li_2Nsr7QEB/s1600/xubuntu-dconf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ASfedcFRROpNYNmUemdTmyeyj_cWluQ8yW6iScxM7bJKvQkrsW51vHwX4f_dEmqOtucBnCBm20ff9g6aLNkzwJvL6TC1WsHTa80NtW35IEqetTOhGQMRWx4dXC9mhFoX_li_2Nsr7QEB/s320/xubuntu-dconf.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then press ALT + F2 and run: "dconf-editor", navigate to <i>org > gnome > desktop > vm > preferences</i> and change the "theme" value from "Adwaita" to "Greybird". Remember this because in the same place you can also change the window button layout, among others.</div><br /><b>For Ubuntu 12.04</b>, install gconf-editor:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gconf-editor</code></pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8AdYxtHN8YBhRV3UT9d0sI5o4tKINMqc8ZCQfTSpyXX1-HznvRoezZ3LnaQHso4fgyHbxChN-M_YajP2hxEdDlTropFuB9YMZy8aSgz6HIpXFKbBABnpKuWQuUkfq2f_ztUeO2tnvcaQ/s1600/xubuntu-gconf.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8AdYxtHN8YBhRV3UT9d0sI5o4tKINMqc8ZCQfTSpyXX1-HznvRoezZ3LnaQHso4fgyHbxChN-M_YajP2hxEdDlTropFuB9YMZy8aSgz6HIpXFKbBABnpKuWQuUkfq2f_ztUeO2tnvcaQ/s320/xubuntu-gconf.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then press ALT + F2 and run: "gconf-editor", navigate to <i>apps > metacity > general</i> and set the "theme" value to "Greybird" (assuming that Graybird theme is installed - and it should since it's the default theme).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Whenever you want to change the Xubuntu window theme, you'll have to use dconf-editor / gconf-editor like explained above.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. Some Compiz plugins MUST be enabled before running Compiz:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open CompizConfig Settings Manager via Xubuntu's Settings Manager and <b>activate the following plugins </b>(without these plugins enabled, Compiz won't work properly): Composite, Gnome Compatibility, OpenGL, Window Decoration, Move Window, Resize Window, Place Windows.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBgApp9iur-CcJ1nda9K-U6o2Mo0MaMuncx2qVkFPRePBFLXnLcLg18mDnHFzybwBMwXXnilRDeT5WwSEpfXoHcnzdqkU7bvMZRd0as3SmiKv99rGJjyTtI_tf1V7VATbCD2lfsgYMjAl/s1600/xubuntu-ccsm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBgApp9iur-CcJ1nda9K-U6o2Mo0MaMuncx2qVkFPRePBFLXnLcLg18mDnHFzybwBMwXXnilRDeT5WwSEpfXoHcnzdqkU7bvMZRd0as3SmiKv99rGJjyTtI_tf1V7VATbCD2lfsgYMjAl/s320/xubuntu-ccsm.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I also suggest enabling these plugins: Expo, Desktop Wall (or Cube), Application Switcher (or Static Application Switcher / Ring Swithcher), Grid and of course, enable any other plugins you like (don't enable the Unity plugin though!).<br /><br />You can enable/disable more plugins later on, but the important part is to enable the plugins required for Compiz to work properly, which I've mentioned above, before running Compiz for the first time.</div><br /><br /><b>4. </b>Let's <b>start Compiz</b> using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>compiz --replace</code></pre><br /><b><br /></b> <b>5. Add Compiz to Xubuntu startup applications</b>:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At this point, Compiz is up and running but it won't be used after a system restart. So if you're satisfied with it, add it start when you login to your Xubuntu session.<br /><br />To do this, run the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>cp /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml<br />leafpad ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml</code></pre><br />In the newly opened file in Leafpad, look for the following bolded line (should be on line 14 in Xubuntu 12.10):<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code> <property name="Failsafe" type="empty"><br /> <property name="IsFailsafe" type="bool" value="true"/><br /> <property name="Count" type="int" value="5"/><br /> <property name="Client0_Command" type="array"><br /><b> <value type="string" value="xfwm4"/></b><br /> </property></code></pre>and <b>replace "xfwm4" with "compiz"</b>. Then log out, log back in and that's it.<br /><br />If later on you want to go back to using xfwm4 instead of compiz, open the same file again:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>leafpad ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml</code></pre>And replace "compiz" with "xfwm4", just like above.<br /><br /><br />Another way to do this is to (this is not the 100% proper way to do it, but I've added it in case the above method doesn't work for you): open <i>Settings Manager > Session and Startup</i> and on the Application Autostart tab, click "Add", under "Name" enter "Compiz" and under "Command", enter "compiz --replace" (both without quotes). You can leave the description field empty.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRX1Nb7n2FeEbZgZo3YBT8qexcZ7_5X4g-ZnkliG51LQP7UvcST-Ny3eUwKsiD6OoazUy7delPqcCGsxsB7EHdieQGdxgDGatkjKVG9CWHpx-8HFjzB-XETK64SE3lXRVvrvR3uIBi0WNd/s1600/xubuntu-startup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="xubuntu compiz" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRX1Nb7n2FeEbZgZo3YBT8qexcZ7_5X4g-ZnkliG51LQP7UvcST-Ny3eUwKsiD6OoazUy7delPqcCGsxsB7EHdieQGdxgDGatkjKVG9CWHpx-8HFjzB-XETK64SE3lXRVvrvR3uIBi0WNd/s320/xubuntu-startup.png" title="xubuntu compiz" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If later on you don't want to use Compiz any more, simply remove Compiz from <i>Settings Manager > Session and Startup > Applications Autostart</i> tab, then log out and log back in. </div>

How To Set Up Compiz In Xubuntu 13.04, 12.10 Or 12.04

This article shows how to set up Compiz in Xubuntu (w/ Xfce) 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04 . I've tested the instructions below on Xubuntu 12.10...

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Ubuntu Multi-Monitor Tweaks (Full Screen Flash Fixes, Span Wallpaper Across Monitors, More)

<b>If you are using a multi-monitor setup in Ubuntu, here are a few tips which should help you fix some annoyances, like:</b><br /><ul><li>get full screen flash videos to be displayed on any monitor</li><li>get flash videos to remain full screen while working in the other desktop</li><li>a tweak to move windows to a different display using keyboard shortcuts</li><li>how to extend the wallpaper across monitors or use a different wallpaper for each monitor</li></ul><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Move window to a specific display using a keyboard shortcut</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu (with Compiz/Unity) lets you move a window to a specific virtual desktop using keyboard shortcuts, but by default, this doesn't work if you want to move a window to a specific monitor.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is, however, an easy way of easily <b>moving windows to a specific display using keyboard shortcuts</b> so here's what you must do.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Firstly, install CCSM and Compiz Plugins if they are not already installed:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open CompizConfig Settings Manager, search for the "Put" plugin (it's under Window Management) and enable it. Then, click the plugin so we can change some of its settings.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZlbE3ErSLzCqViX4AXoP5BrEIHg2HcgALbao47uy-5Lnx2RTDRI9qvDksquRrbvRo_FBc3PgC0TsZRkMEYsG2EOdSHczRNHY9Bm8fe0KhcLUftdb6p0T4RwzZ_qGrZ7osNR3cb_V_oHl/s1600/ccsm-put.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ccsm put plugin" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZlbE3ErSLzCqViX4AXoP5BrEIHg2HcgALbao47uy-5Lnx2RTDRI9qvDksquRrbvRo_FBc3PgC0TsZRkMEYsG2EOdSHczRNHY9Bm8fe0KhcLUftdb6p0T4RwzZ_qGrZ7osNR3cb_V_oHl/s320/ccsm-put.png" title="ccsm put plugin" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On the "Bindings" tab, click on "Disabled" next to the "<b>Put to Next Output</b>" keyboard shortcut, check the "Enabled" box and then assign it a key combination that's not already in use. I've used Ctrl + Tab (click on "Grab key combination" to set a keyboard shortcut). Then click 'ok' and you're done.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, focus a window and press the keyboard combination you've used above: the window should move to the other workspace. If you only have two monitors, this should be enough, as it moves any window from one monitor to the other. If you have more than 2 monitors, you can assign keyboard shortcuts for "Viewport Left" and "Viewport Right" and so on, under "Put to adjacent viewport".<br /><br /><b>Tip: </b>you can also use the default "Put pointer" keyboard shortcut: "Super + z", which moves the window to the exact pointer position on either of the screens.</div><br /><br /><br /><h3>Get full screen flash videos to work on any monitor</h3><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In some cases (or maybe always?), <b>full screen Flash videos show up on the primary monitor, even if you've clicked the full screen button while using some other monitor.</b> <b>The above solution works with these full screen Adobe Flash videos too</b>: click a video, then press the key combination you've set up and the video should move to the other display.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So there you have it, now you can move the full screen flash videos on any monitor you want.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Get Flash videos to remain full screen when working (clicking) in the other desktop</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The above solution fixes full screen Flash video showing up on the wrong display, but there's another annoying issue with Flash: <b>if you're watching a full screen video on one monitor and want to work on another monitor, the flash video exists full screen</b>. Basically, unless the full-screen flash video is focused, it exists full-screen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>There are some fixes and workarounds for this full screen Flash exiting when it's unfocused too: </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> The first one is using an extension which resizes Flash videos to fill the whole browser window and you can then set the browser to full screen by pressing <b>F11</b> or selecting <i>View > Full screen</i>:</div><ul><li>for <b>Google Chrome / Chromium</b>: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/maximizeflash/lljjmflmcnaigbhnheldbdbplkbhngnl">MaximizeFlash</a></li><li>for<b> Firefox</b>: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flash-game-maximizer">Flash Game Maximizer</a> (the button to resize video to fit the whole browser window is on the addon bar so to show it, select <i>View > Toolbars > Addon Bar</i>). This extension doesn't work properly with YouTube though but you can set YouTube to use HTML5 by going to <a href="http://youtube.com/html5">http://youtube.com/html5</a></li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvPL4bIdvv0e7tfzr-mtWhzTpv6v-f8WqfvMbQjx8JFzz_HmZU8qlP4nGudFiW2P45WoCyHZO2vCNSVowImPq6sKXuGk-cu7adEc1B3iyec8NCjRE2L-LS0ybOLyjLIvQuKA0btNYm85_/s1600/firefox-addon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="firefox flash full window" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvPL4bIdvv0e7tfzr-mtWhzTpv6v-f8WqfvMbQjx8JFzz_HmZU8qlP4nGudFiW2P45WoCyHZO2vCNSVowImPq6sKXuGk-cu7adEc1B3iyec8NCjRE2L-LS0ybOLyjLIvQuKA0btNYm85_/s320/firefox-addon.png" title="firefox flash full window" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After getting the video to fill the whole browser window, hit F11 or select View > Full screen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Below is another solution for this issue, that fixes Adobe Flash for any browser, except Google Chrome.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The reason flash videos exit full screen when clicking anywhere on the other monitor is because that's the behaviour wanted by Adobe. Adobe Flash is not open source, but we can still modify its code using a tools such as GHex. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install GHex in Ubuntu, use the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ghex</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now, find out where your Flash plugin is installed using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo updatedb<br />locate libflashplayer.so</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The "locate" command above should return the full path to libflashplayer.so. Copy it because you'll need it for the next command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gksu ghex <b>/path/to/</b>libflashplayer.so</code></pre><br />Where "/path/to/" is the path to libflashplayer.so you've copied above (usually it should be <i>/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so</i> or <i> /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so</i>)<br /><br /><br />Now, <b>editing a binary with GHex is tricky, so read everything carefully. </b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once GHex opens the libflashplayer.so file using the command above, select <i>Edit > Find</i>, and in the right square, type (don't paste!) "<b>_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW</b>" without the quotes, then click find:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP0LGjLXCjI0_QTILfBI6ktmFe5SP8o6cpdRpvC0-tbBDTX__QOuIyA2cKi4MBs-LYBbgCYmI0y95NCOP24izlmofIG7c1AHMKcV4EqzJ5QKu7XHTwzhG6r0Y0tJnE5RhdH4ddvUcmnhB/s1600/ghex-search.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ghex" border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuP0LGjLXCjI0_QTILfBI6ktmFe5SP8o6cpdRpvC0-tbBDTX__QOuIyA2cKi4MBs-LYBbgCYmI0y95NCOP24izlmofIG7c1AHMKcV4EqzJ5QKu7XHTwzhG6r0Y0tJnE5RhdH4ddvUcmnhB/s320/ghex-search.png" title="ghex" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">On the right GHex pane, click one letter from "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW", let's say the first "N" and enter some other letter, let's say "A". Do not press the backspace key or anything, to replace a letter, simply click it, then press the letter you want to replace it with! Do not modify anything else! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nqaV6ZQZ_Sqssgze0_hlyuzMEi7ZZAwZQZuJitcgJi8xsKSB7aU1vCxLo1ZNIaYCW4O8Y7Ga2_4_7FES25SS2HSZ-bFJOGgmKPYE9z2kT1DB1WZzWFce8qpc75EXoATTHfW7MRTLedKl/s1600/ghex-replace.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ghex" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1nqaV6ZQZ_Sqssgze0_hlyuzMEi7ZZAwZQZuJitcgJi8xsKSB7aU1vCxLo1ZNIaYCW4O8Y7Ga2_4_7FES25SS2HSZ-bFJOGgmKPYE9z2kT1DB1WZzWFce8qpc75EXoATTHfW7MRTLedKl/s320/ghex-replace.png" title="ghex" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you've made this change, from the GHex menu select <i>File > Save</i> and <b>restart your browser</b>. <b>You will have to follow these steps again if you update Adobe Flash Player!</b></div><br /><br />If later on you want to revert this change, reinstall Flash Player plugin:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall flashplugin-installer</code></pre><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: Google Chrome (does not apply to Chromium) uses its own Adobe Flash Player plugin which doesn't have "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW", so if you want this fix to work with Google Chrome, enter "chrome://plugins/" in the url bar, then click "Details" on the right, scroll to the Adobe Flash Player plugin and 2 versions should be listed:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0k7LvOAH60Pe7ZYpaSB6GQ1AVx27woVrFpCY0ER-PsrIlYX-cQoRjxglPrGE41z8mwmoiaPOp-7I8hHZk4P88EOCVWlCywMSNDkUakcOJKU-E3S5pFoP0QnDauEfbtmDdIGUYX_48CtAy/s1600/google-chrome-disable-pepper-flash.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="google chrome disable pepper flash" border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0k7LvOAH60Pe7ZYpaSB6GQ1AVx27woVrFpCY0ER-PsrIlYX-cQoRjxglPrGE41z8mwmoiaPOp-7I8hHZk4P88EOCVWlCywMSNDkUakcOJKU-E3S5pFoP0QnDauEfbtmDdIGUYX_48CtAy/s320/google-chrome-disable-pepper-flash.png" title="google chrome disable pepper flash" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here, disable the one that has "/opt/google/chrome/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so" as its path. Doing this, Google Chrome will use the system Adobe Flash Player and not the built-in Google Chrome Adobe Flash Player.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Extend wallpaper across monitors or use a different wallpaper for each monitor</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The default Ubuntu Appearance settings doesn't let you span a single large wallpaper across both monitors or use a different wallpaper for each monitor, but there are two applications that you can use to do this.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> The first one is <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/syncwall-wallpaper-changer-with-multi.html">SyncWall</a>. Install it in Ubuntu using the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install syncwall</code></pre><br />To set SyncWall to span a wallpaper across all your monitors, select <i>Preferences > Display Parameters</i> and under Multi Monitor Display, select "Extend image (one file for all monitors)":<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak_lwdLNcyO8zlwCO1GniFBLFPcjF_nMMOuX8D_YCXO8kdeMsdf8Mtfr-07zPwWfSLnQz7tbPkzjbibMCuGfdNp33iQiVPTX9E0UCV2ed_swvwlmHqdwv_acn6LTmkxP51bmujIt5qxac/s1600/syncwall.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="syncwall" border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak_lwdLNcyO8zlwCO1GniFBLFPcjF_nMMOuX8D_YCXO8kdeMsdf8Mtfr-07zPwWfSLnQz7tbPkzjbibMCuGfdNp33iQiVPTX9E0UCV2ed_swvwlmHqdwv_acn6LTmkxP51bmujIt5qxac/s320/syncwall.png" title="syncwall" width="320" /></a></div><br />Here's how my desktops looks like after using SyncWall:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYo-aFGMyEhjSCVBnF2a8L9xTaqCMVUKY5qamq91R8ozhhBaZOVMTEE5fp37cKZHeBUyKw8pACp1VKniYyKRlJJhD9eBJNy_gznBf9G_08qRGOeBW2uvjvGi-8MYaF_CSmU7qbPThxo9J/s1600/wallpaper-fill-both-monitors.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYo-aFGMyEhjSCVBnF2a8L9xTaqCMVUKY5qamq91R8ozhhBaZOVMTEE5fp37cKZHeBUyKw8pACp1VKniYyKRlJJhD9eBJNy_gznBf9G_08qRGOeBW2uvjvGi-8MYaF_CSmU7qbPThxo9J/s400/wallpaper-fill-both-monitors.png" /></a></div><br />SyncWall can also rotate wallpapers, apply effects and more.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Another such tool is <b>Nitrogen</b>, which <b>besides being able to set the same wallpaper to extend across displays, it can also be used to set a different wallpaper to each monitor.</b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nitrogen is available in the official Ubuntu repositories so to install it, search for it in Ubuntu Software Center or use the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install nitrogen</code></pre>Nitrogen doesn't have a desktop file, so run it from the command line:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>nitrogen</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In it's Preferences, add your wallpaper folder, then at the bottom, select "Full Screen" to stretch the same wallpaper across monitors or select Screen 1, 2, etc., to set a different wallpaper for each monitor:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfQLy9NbDw1Fo1fguIu9MvqVEUZIUa-V25b7zPGStOWOZ5RsL2K2hJFb1ta-VW00fosoRmzS3K1XKl9X3TWnyxPSEhjC9zr1T3aYKtZFhCReVMB7Vy7zUCjfgeCdYwIok14Q2tmky5gLG/s1600/nitrogen.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nitrogen wallpaper changer" border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfQLy9NbDw1Fo1fguIu9MvqVEUZIUa-V25b7zPGStOWOZ5RsL2K2hJFb1ta-VW00fosoRmzS3K1XKl9X3TWnyxPSEhjC9zr1T3aYKtZFhCReVMB7Vy7zUCjfgeCdYwIok14Q2tmky5gLG/s320/nitrogen.png" title="nitrogen wallpaper changer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To be able to set a different wallpaper for each monitor, you must disable the file manager from handling the desktop. This means you'll no longer have folders on the desktop. </div><br />In GNOME / Unity, install GNOME Tweak Tool:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open GNOME Tweak Tool and on the "Desktop" section, set "Have file manager handle the desktop" to OFF.<br /><br />And finally, to have the wallpapers restored each time you log in, add "nitrogen --restore" to your startup applications.</div><br />Here's how my desktop looks like with different wallpapers for each monitor:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIe09hNORmVVa38JGAF4NmDf7AqZ-oHTYW55a5YVHAeBaoK6Rei3x6VvjeVrZQqdnUKEMWhBerzNEa68P0GU9VMqIISfGKs6Tdet8niORVyGqqyJdwrB1r3KD-2iLVjNmrsiNV16fL513J/s1600/nitrogen-wallpaper-different.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="different wallpaper each display ubuntu" border="0" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIe09hNORmVVa38JGAF4NmDf7AqZ-oHTYW55a5YVHAeBaoK6Rei3x6VvjeVrZQqdnUKEMWhBerzNEa68P0GU9VMqIISfGKs6Tdet8niORVyGqqyJdwrB1r3KD-2iLVjNmrsiNV16fL513J/s320/nitrogen-wallpaper-different.png" title="different wallpaper each display ubuntu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: </i><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/get-ubuntu-notifyosd-notifications-to.html"><i>Get Ubuntu NotifyOSD Notifications To Show Up On Active Monitor In Multi-Screen Environments</i><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Some info via <a href="http://askubuntu.com/">AskUbuntu</a> and <a href="http://www.ubunturoot.com/2011/07/fullscreen-flash-video-with-dual.html">ubunturoot</a></i></div>

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How To Reset Compiz And Unity In Ubuntu 12.10 Or 13.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OWDnXNi0H6x_dCL1-Cj5mgd6c2k0jHy35EfUMTxzJjXMVWLgnB-wz48L6IIQ2_dxOS64mHCOXOH8XEE5KE34MRYIR9MVycV-jJqwkDcLNQt7VYkxUBIpqLkBredR1BO9m6TNQtzKevYZ/s1600/reset-unity-compiz.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OWDnXNi0H6x_dCL1-Cj5mgd6c2k0jHy35EfUMTxzJjXMVWLgnB-wz48L6IIQ2_dxOS64mHCOXOH8XEE5KE34MRYIR9MVycV-jJqwkDcLNQt7VYkxUBIpqLkBredR1BO9m6TNQtzKevYZ/s320/reset-unity-compiz.png" title="unity" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>In Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.10</b>, Compiz (and Unity) are using Gsettings instead of Gconf and because of this, <b>the "unity --reset" command used to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-reset-unity-launcher-icons-or.html" title="How To Reset Unity, Launcher Icons Or Compiz In Ubuntu">reset Unity in previous Ubuntu versions</a> doesn't work anymore</b>. In case some settings are messed up and you want to reset Unity and Compiz to their default settings, here's a new way of doing this that works with Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</div><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><h2>Reset Unity & Compiz in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The first method is using a tool that tries to replicate the old "unity --reset" behaviour. Add the PPA and install it in Ubuntu 12.10 using the commands below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:amith/ubuntutools<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install unity-reset</code></pre><br />The above PPA doesn't yet have packages for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, but you can manually <b>download and install the Ubuntu Quantal deb in Raring</b> - download it from <a href="https://launchpad.net/~amith/+archive/ubuntutools/+build/3910667/+files/unity-reset_0.1-8_all.deb">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Or get the script from <a href="https://github.com/phanimahesh/unity-revamp">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><b>Then, reset Unity using the following command:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>unity-reset</code></pre><br /><br /><b>The instructions above are preferred to reset Unity in Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04!</b> The second method might not work in all cases but it can be used if you don't want to add a PPA or the above method doesn't work for you.<br /><br />Firstly, install dconf-tools:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install dconf-tools</code></pre><br /><b>Since Compiz in Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.10 is using Gsettings (dconf), you can reset Compiz and Unity using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>dconf reset -f /org/compiz/</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The old "unity --reset" command used to restart Unity too, while the command above doesn't. So <b>to restart Unity after running the above command, use:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>setsid unity</code></pre><br />You can also run the following command to see the Compiz settings you have:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>dconf dump /org/compiz/</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And a final note: the old "unity --reset-icons" command which resets the Unity Launcher icons to default still works with Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.10.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>first method thanks to foss.freedom; second method via <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12222839">Jeremy Bicha</a></i></div>

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