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Revision as of 11:12, 27 October 2013
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GNOME Flashback is a shell for GNOME 3 which was initially called GNOME fallback mode. The desktop layout and the underlying technology is similar to GNOME 2. It doesn't use 3D acceleration at all, so it's generally faster and consumes less CPU time than GNOME Shell with llvmpipe.
Installation
GNOME Flashback can be installed with the package gnome-panelAUR, available in AUR. In order to login, you have to install the following packages as well:
- gnome-screensaver
- gnome-session
- gnome-settings-daemon-compatAUR
- gnome-themes-standard
- metacity
- notification-daemon
- polkit-gnome
You can also install the following packages which provide some additional applets for the GNOME Panel:
To get a complete desktop environment, it's recommended to install the gnome group which contains applications required for the standard GNOME experience.
Starting GNOME Flashback
Graphical log-in
Simply choose GNOME Flashback session from your favourite display manager.
Starting GNOME Flashback manually
If you prefer to start GNOME Flashback manually from the console, add the following line to your ~/.xinitrc
file:
~/.xinitrc
exec gnome-session --session=gnome-flashback
After the exec
command is placed, GNOME Flashback can be launched by typing startx
. See xinitrc for details.
Configuration
GNOME Flashback shares most of its settings with GNOME. See Customizing GNOME appearance for more details.
Customizing GNOME Panel
- To configure the panel, hold down the
Alt
key, and right-click on it in an empty area. - To move an applet on the panel, hold down the
Alt
key, and grab it with middle-button.
Alternative window manager
You can use an alternative window manager with GNOME by creating two files:
/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-xmonad.session
[GNOME Session] Name=GNOME xmonad RequiredComponents=gnome-panel;gnome-settings-daemon;gnome-screensaver;xmonad;notification-daemon;polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1;gnome-fallback-background-helper;gnome-fallback-media-keys-helper;gnome-fallback-mount-helper;
/usr/share/xsessions/gnome-xmonad.desktop
[Desktop Entry] Name=GNOME xmonad Comment=This session logs you into GNOME with the traditional panel Exec=gnome-session --session=gnome-xmonad TryExec=gnome-session Icon= Type=Application
The next time you log in, you should have the ability to choose GNOME xmonad as your session.
If there isn't a .desktop file for the window manager, you'll need to create one. Example for wmii:
/usr/share/applications/wmii.desktop
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=wmii TryExec=wmii Exec=wmii
For more information, see this article on running awesome as the window manager in GNOME.
User Switching with LightDM
To enable user switching in Gnome Flashback with LightDM users need to create a symlink:
# ln -s /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm/gdmflexiserver /usr/local/bin/gdmflexiserver
Troubleshooting
Mouse cursor is not visible
When used with Gnome 3.10 the mouse cursor is not visible. To correct this, in the dconf editor expand: org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins and click on cursor. Uncheck the box labeled active.
Network manager applet is not visible in the system tray
To fix this problem comment the following line: NotShowIn=KDE;GNOME;
in the file: /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop
so that it looks like this: # NotShowIn=KDE;GNOME;
Gnome Shell won't start with Gnome Flashback installed
Gnome 3.10 is currently incompatible with the package
which is required for the Gnome Flashback session. To start Gnome Shell this package has to be uninstalled. To start Gnome Flashback again you will, of course, need to reinstall gnome-settings-daemon-compat.
Known issues
- The mouse cursor is not visible.
- Logout and shutdown is not possible.
- The clock applet crashes when opening its settings.
- The desktop background image sometimes blanked out.
- The panel won't resized properly when the screen resolution changed.
- Network manager applet is not visible in system tray