Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3
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From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>
To: Arno Schuring <aelschuring@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: GNOME 3 - Help needed - Testing upgraded from GNOME 2 to
GNOME 3
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:13:01 +0100
On Sat, 2011-11-12 at 23:30 +0100, Arno Schuring wrote:
> Allow me to join the choir :)
:D
>
> I actually had high hopes for some of the stuff. Integrating IM account
> control in the top right menu is a great idea, and I like the way
> notifications are presented. But empathy is possibly even worse than
> Evolution, it won't connect to half of my accounts and "invisible" mode
> still shows me online to my contacts.
>
> If I login to Gnome3 in dual-screen mode, it immediately bails out with
> "session gnome failed to start". If I start in single-screen mode and
> then use xrandr to enable the second screen, Gnome freezes to the point
> where only the mouse and Ctrl-Alt-Bksp still work. If I use the
> system-settings control panel, the displays flicker and then it resets
> to clone mode. Yay!
>
> But the worst part is that gnome-settings-daemon won't keep its grubby
> hands off my configuration. By default, even though I'm running
> Enlightenment, it reconfigured mouse speed and keyboard even though
> I've been fine with those settings for years. And now that I've touched
> the xrandr system settings, I can no longer start g-s-d while in
> Enlightenment because it f***s up my display settings...
>
>
> Ralf Mardorf (ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net on 2011-11-11 23:51 +0100):
> > Hahaha :D
> >
> > GNOME 3 what an odd DE.
> > Missing features (weather, restart option etc.), Evolution doesn't
> > work, because it can't connect to the network, it tries to force us
> > to install pulseaudio, it completely breaks the workflow of sane
> > users.
> Empathy has a setting for that, maybe Evolution has too?
> $ gsettings set org.gnome.Evolution use-conn false
>
> >
> > Before I run the upgrade I saved a backup of my GNOME 2 Debian. Is
> > there the need to restore Debian from the backup, or is there a way
> > to get back a usable DE, by editing GNOME 3?
> Others have pointed out the fallback mode, but if I try that, X won't
> start at all (can't find session gnome-fallback).
>
> >
> > Could it be, that Evolution isn't working anymore, because I didn't
> > install pulseaudio, hence gnome-core couldn't be upgraded too?
> Could be. Then again, Evolution working properly could also be a sign
> of an impending apocalypse...
>
> >
> > I can't install pulseaudio, because this would break my DAW.
> Join the club :)
>
> You will get no sound in Gnome, but fear not, the most hideous beep at
> gdm3 login is back!
>
> >
> > How can I get back a theme, window buttons etc.?
> $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'greybird'
>
> You need to install xfwm or murrine-themes for that to work though. You
> can use gnome-tweak-tool to restore window controls, but I've not yet
> found the gsettings incantation for that.
>
> >
> > Even NumLock is disabled and the fonts are a PITA.
> $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'DejaVu Sans 10'
>
> Apparently you need to install numlockx to get your numlock powers
> back...
>
> >
> > By default it's the ugliest DE I've ever seen in my life.
> Not really, my gtk2 apps look even worse if I start them without
> starting g-s-d.
>
>
> Hope this helps (at the very least, venting always helps me ;)
>
> Arno
Thanx :)
- Ralf
PS: Now the old digest one after the other came through.
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