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Questions tagged [pixel]

PIXEL refers to an obsolete short lived 2016 desktop environment on the official distributions of Raspbian.

PIXEL desktop: now defunct and replaced by Raspbian Stretch

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How do I upgrade Raspbian Lite to Raspbian PIXEL?

This question assumes a system has up-to-date package lists and packages via apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. With the release of Raspbian PIXEL Raspbian no longer uses the standard LXDE desktop but the new PIXEL desktop. (This has somewhat…
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How to set keyboard shortcuts

How do I setup a keyboard shortcut to run xscreensaver-command -lock when I press ctrl+alt+l? I've had a look at Raspbian keyboard shortcuts, but that talks about finding the keyboard shortcuts, not setting them.
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Pi won't boot after initramfs update

I have been trying to get Raspbian Jessie, installed from the image to boot with an encrypted root partition. I was successful in following the guide here. When I boot the Pi, it drops to an initramfs prompt, then I unlock the partition with #…
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How to remove thermometer in Raspbian 8 jessie PIXEL

I am using a raspberry pi 3 with raspbian 8 jessie (pixel). I have chromium running in kiosk mode but I noticed that the thermometer appears on the top right of the screen to indicate that the PI is running hot. How do I disable the thermometer…
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Black screen using VNC with Raspbian Lite

I installed the Raspbian lite image to my SD card. After that I installed PIXEL and VNC Server using these commands: sudo apt-get install realvnc-vnc-server realvnc-vnc-viewer sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends raspberrypi-ui-mods gvfs…
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How do I change screen resolution in Pixel?

I am using Raspbian Jessie, with my Raspberry Pi 2 and a 52" TV. I just updated. Now, after loading the Pixel my screen size is about 32" and the resolution is lousy. I looked around in the Pixel interface but I cannot find where to adjust the…
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how to connect raspberry pi to google home app?

How am I to connect my Raspberry Pi 3 (PIXEL desktop) to the Google Home app if it already has Google assistant on it?
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Stock Pi3 - what process is auto-mounting removable media?

I have a Pi 3 which I've wiped clean, and updated to Pixel; nothing else is running on it (correction, I loaded realvnc). I'm using the graphical interface, if that makes a difference. When I plug in a memory card reader with SD or CF cards…
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Raspberry 3 dooes not boot any more after "sudo init 1"

Trying to change my root password I followed a hint that I just had to type sudo init1 and then passwd and I would be able to change the root password. But that was not right. After typing sudo init 1 and enter, the connection was cancelled and I…
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How can I add custom application launchers to the panel?

I have raspbian, with the pixel desktop. How can I add custom application launchers to the panel? Alternatively, how can I add Firefox, and terminal emulator to the panel? I tried dragging and dropping programs into the panel, but this doesn't…
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How do I theme LXDE like PIXEL?

I really like the new PIXEL theme for Raspbian. How can I install this theme on Lubuntu?
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Move mouse/hide taskbar Raspbian Pixel

I have checked the 'Hide taskbar when not in use' in the advanced settings, and I'm using unclutter to hide my mouse. Yet, when I boot my Pi, the mouse is located on top of the Raspberry icon on the task bar, that causes the toolbar not to hide. I…
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Raspberry 3 + Asus MB168b via Displaylink

I'm currently try to get my asus mb168b to work with my raspberry pi 3. According to some research on the internet i needed to compile the raspberry kernel with support for displaylink framebuffer. After some trail and error I finally got this…
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WI-FI interface displayed as "device not ready" in nm-applet

I'm using the Raspberry Pi 4B with 2GB of RAM. I have no problems with WIFI connection, though. But I can't make connection using nm-applet (and nm-connection-editor). On nm-applet it shows "device not ready" under "Wi-Fi Networks". Anyway, I can…
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Large title bar buttons?

On the latest release of Raspbian, there's a new feature that allows you to change the UI settings to make it suitable for Large, Medium and Small displays. The setting for Large displays (among other things) increases the size of the…
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