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Aquous
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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:31 am Post subject: Gnome 3 issues/questions |
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I just noticed that gnome-shell has become available in portage. I unmasked it and I must say it's quite a new experience. However, there are some things that I don't understand and need some help with. I'd be very grateful if any of you could help me out with any of the following:
- How do I hide Firefox's title bar?
- How do I change my fonts and icons?
- How do I edit the application launcher menu entries? (i.e. do what Alacarte did in Gnome 2)
- I have a dual Intel/Radeon graphics setup. If I enable both of those cards/screens in xorg.conf, Gnome 3 segfaults all over the place and I can't get a usable desktop. Obviously this is a bug, but are the Gentoo devs accepting bugs for hardmasked packages?
- I use AWN to manage my windows, so I don't need the 'Windows' tab in the activities menu. Can I remove it?
- Speaking of window management, can I get the maximize and minimize buttons back?
- I feel like an idiot for asking, but how do I switch workspaces? Ctrl+Alt+[arrow key] doesn't do it
Thanks for any help you can provide (and sorry it's such a long list)  |
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Naib
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 10:48 am Post subject: Re: Gnome 3 issues/questions |
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[*]How do I hide Firefox's title bar?
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What do you mean by title bar? The WM bar or the entry in hte top bar?
| Quote: | | [*]How do I change my fonts and icons? |
emerge gnome-tweak-tool
| Quote: | | [*]How do I edit the application launcher menu entries? (i.e. do what Alacarte did in Gnome 2) |
as of yet no way
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[*]I have a dual Intel/Radeon graphics setup. If I enable both of those cards/screens in xorg.conf, Gnome 3 segfaults all over the place and I can't get a usable desktop. Obviously this is a
bug, but are the Gentoo devs accepting bugs for hardmasked packages? |
They accept bugs for any packages in the main tree so yes
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[*]I use AWN to manage my windows, so I don't need the 'Windows' tab in the activities menu. Can I remove it? |
In theory yes - gnome3 has a pretty extensive extension/scriptable backend but unless someone has done it and you don't want to write one then no
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[*]Speaking of window management, can I get the maximize and minimize buttons back? |
yes, there is a gconf/dconf option for it BUT gnome-tweak-tool is the best tool for the job. it is part of gnome
[ | Quote: | | *]I feel like an idiot for asking, but how do I switch workspaces? Ctrl+Alt+[arrow key] doesn't do it [/list]Thanks for any help you can provide (and sorry it's such a long list) |
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desktops in gnome3 are arrange vertically not horizontally so CTRL-ALT+up/down. Also if you go via activities and move the mouse to the far right you get a popout of your desktops
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Aquous
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Gnome 3 issues/questions |
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Thank you very much for your answers
| Naib wrote: | | What do you mean by title bar? The WM bar or the entry in hte top bar? |
I meant the WM bar but I wouldn't mind getting rid of ALL entries in the top bar (not just firefox) either, now that you mentioned it
| Quote: | | desktops in gnome3 are arrange vertically not horizontally so CTRL-ALT+up/down. |
Is there any way to add 2 more desktops horizontally, yielding a 2x2 setup? |
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Aquous
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.. aaaaand I broke it. Gnome doesn't start anymore, segfaulting in libgbm.so.1.0. Wonderful.
I guess those packages were masked for a reason |
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Naib
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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odd, werks4me.
but to be fair gnome3·2 is better and more stable but that is in the overlay
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cach0rr0
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from unsupported to Desktop Environments, as Gnome3 is now in portage, albeit masked
(I have nothing else to contribute to this thread, however) |
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