Hi, On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Stephen Morris <samorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 25/10/16 16:27, Samuel Sieb wrote: >> >> On 10/24/2016 06:12 PM, Alex wrote: >>> >>> Another issue relates to gnome-tweak-tool and GNOME extensions. >>> >>> When the system is idle for a few minutes, the screensaver is enabled >>> and a password is required to unlock it. I used gnome-tweak-tool in >>> the past to disable this, but it's been enabled again. >>> >> Gnome settings -> Privacy >> >>> Many of the extensions are disabled, and visiting extensions.gnome.org >>> with Chrome says "We cannot detect a running copy of GNOME on this >>> system, so some parts of the interface may be disabled," preventing me >>> from installing any extensions or enabling the ones that are currently >>> disabled. >>> >> Were you ever able to use Chrome for this? There is a Firefox extension >> included with Gnome Shell that enables this. And you can use >> gnome-tweak-tool to enable the extensions that are already installed. > > I get the same issue as this when using Firefox to access the site, but I > can't determine whether or not the extension fixes the issue because even > though I have the extension in /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins and a link to that > extension in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (which is where the upstream 64 bit > Firefox requires it) Firefox is refusing to use the plugin at the moment, as > it is with a number of other plugins (the only ones its using at the moment > is the Adobe Flash plugin, which is linked to from both directories, and a > plugin that is in my home location and is linked to from both directories. > > Sam, when Gnome-tweak-tool refuses to enable an extension (only offers a > remove button) and displays a grey triangle with an exclamation point in it, > with a mouse over that says 'Extension Load Error', how does one determine > why the extension won't load. The extension is Coverflow Alt-Tab, and > implements an Alt-tab methodology that I would like to use (The methodology > that I think this extension implements looks to be similar to the Alt-tab > methodology offered by Compiz). Thanks very much for the suggestions. I went through the options in Chrome and still didn't see anything directly related. Pop-ups were already enabled. I didn't even think to use Firefox for some reason. Turns out it worked just fine, however. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
