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how to install gnome3 in debian

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#61 Post by ashickurnoor »

Can any body give me some quick tutorial how to install gnome in Debian 6.

I have again install Debian 6 yesterday in my desktop. Now have seen gome3 in fedora and OpenSuse. Now I want to install it Debian.

From above discussion I have not get any idea to how to install gnome 3.

Please help me.

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#62 Post by alr11389 »

bugsbunny wrote:
alr11389 wrote:I was thinking about if I can upload any package of gnome3 to debian experimental... or only can upload it the gnome team?

If I can upload it.. how I can do it? I have compiled gnome-shell with jhbuild tool and has around 100 packages. Do I need to package and upload it?

I would like to contribute
Journey of a new GNOME 3 Debian packager | apt-get install debian-wizard

Quoting from the article:
Help is still welcome

There’s still lots of work to do, you’re welcome to do like me and join to help. Come on #debian-gnome on irc.debian.org, read the documentation and try to update a package (and ask questions when you don’t know).
Thanks a lot :) I'm a little busy right now, but I expect upload some package in the next weeks.

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#63 Post by bolshevik »

ashickurnoor wrote:From above discussion I have not get any idea to how to install gnome 3.

Please help me.
You probably should'nt be installing it then, right now it is in the experimental repos and it's likely you'll break something if you don't know what you're doing. At least wait until it trickles down to sid.

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#64 Post by ashickurnoor »

bolshevik wrote:
ashickurnoor wrote:From above discussion I have not get any idea to how to install gnome 3.

Please help me.
You probably should'nt be installing it then, right now it is in the experimental repos and it's likely you'll break something if you don't know what you're doing. At least wait until it trickles down to sid.
Thank you for advice. How long it will take to be stable.

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#65 Post by phenest »

ashickurnoor wrote:Thank you for advice. How long it will take to be stable.
Oh, let me tell them. Please.

About 2 years.
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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#66 Post by ashickurnoor »

phenest wrote:
ashickurnoor wrote:Thank you for advice. How long it will take to be stable.
Oh, let me tell them. Please.

About 2 years.
you mean in Debian 7.

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#67 Post by alr11389 »

Do you miss the minimize button?

Try this:

$ gconf-editor

Go to "desktop - gnome - shell - windows"

On "button_layout" type, for example, ":close,minimize" if you want to put the minimize button at the right of close button and at the right of the window. If you want to put your buttons at the left like Mac OS, "minimize,close:" (the minimize button are at the left of close button). You can play with these values, only read the description on gconf-editor.

Your configuration doesn't save?

# apt-get install dconf-tools dconf-gsettings-backend

It deletes dconf, but works after restart :D

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#68 Post by mzilikazi »

So libimobiledevice2 *just* became installable. This was holding up gvfs-backends which meant no network browsing in Nautilus. Looks like #620065 will be closed.
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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#69 Post by fabrixx »

How long between gnome 3 comes to testing?

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#70 Post by michaelzap »

fabrixx wrote:How long between gnome 3 comes to testing?
A number of packages still aren't even up-to-date in experimental or sid yet, so my guess is it will still be a matter of weeks:
http://www.0d.be/debian/debian-gnome-3.0-status.html

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#71 Post by fabrixx »

I have installed Gnome 3 from experimental but have an old style login screen.
What packeges i have to install to have Gnome 3 login screens style?

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#72 Post by phenest »

fabrixx wrote:I have installed Gnome 3 from experimental but have an old style login screen.
What packeges i have to install to have Gnome 3 login screens style?
Actually, that's unlikely. The login screen you have been using is from the package gdm3 which has been in Debian for a while and is actually from Gnome3. Check the package description:
Next generation GNOME Display Manager
GDM provides the equivalent of a "login:" prompt for X displays
...
This package contains the next generation GDM, which was developed
using the technologies on which GNOME 3 is based.
So, if you're not using it, then install gdm3.
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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#73 Post by fabrixx »

Ok i will try to keep it from experimental:
http://packages.debian.org/experimental/gdm3

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#74 Post by fabrixx »

Gdm 3 from experimental (3.01) give me correct login:

Image

Other images: :wink:
http://www.osside.net/?p=6192

Thanks phenest for suggestion

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#75 Post by vbrummond »

I am trying to compile the gnome-shell on testing and everything works fine except I get some sort of error I never encountered before:

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make[4]: Entering directory `/home/virgil/gnome-shell/source/json-glib/json-glib/tests'
  CC     array-test.o
  CCLD   array-test
/usr/bin/ld: array-test.o: undefined reference to symbol 'g_type_init'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'g_type_init' is defined in DSO /home/virgil/gnome-shell/install/lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 so try adding it to the linker command line
/home/virgil/gnome-shell/install/lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [array-test] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/virgil/gnome-shell/source/json-glib/json-glib/tests'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/virgil/gnome-shell/source/json-glib/json-glib'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/virgil/gnome-shell/source/json-glib/json-glib'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/virgil/gnome-shell/source/json-glib'
make: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error during phase build of json-glib: ########## Error running make   *** [1/1]
Anyone else encounter this or have a solution? I am using JHBuild to be noted.
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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#76 Post by ChrisBaines »

vbrummond wrote: Anyone else encounter this or have a solution? I am using JHBuild to be noted.
I used to build gnome shell using jhbuild, this guide helped me a lot. See the Possible Error 1 section, it might help.

Chris

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#77 Post by vbrummond »

Thanks a lot. I know most of the workarounds. I learned I can add some sort of LDFLAG to perhaps fix this however the exact one escapes me.
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fglrx ?

#78 Post by lbm »

I have installed gnome-shell gnome3-session gdm3 and gnome-themes-standard from experimental.
Then I removed some config folders from my home directory to the it running, and finally gnome3 started. :)

BUT, does anyone have any experience with fglrx and gnome3? I have an xorg.conf where this is specified, but I can see in the gnome3 system-settings it is using the VESA driver, and the grapchis is kinda borked. :?

"VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3650"

"
lxinfo |grep -i render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color,
"

--edit--
I have now tried, and currently using the radeon driver instead. It is working here. Not extremely quickly, and smooth, but it is working. :)

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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#79 Post by phenest »

I had a spare hard drive, so I thought I'd see if I could get gnome3 going on it. I installed squeeze, and upgraded to wheezy. I added the unstable and experimental repos, and installed gnome-shell. But I forgot to install an nVidia binary for 3D acceleration, and now I can't get a desktop (no fallback even though gnome-session-fallback is installed). I can login in with gdm3, but then I just get wallpaper (I don't remember gnome shell having any). There is nothing in the login for me to choose what session I want neither. I'm only on mobile broadband and that won't work until Gnome network manager starts.

Before I start again, any suggestions?
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Re: how to install gnome3 in debian

#80 Post by phenest »

Turns out the .config in the home folder needs removing. I got the fallback mode ok now, but even after installing the nVidia binary blob (version 280), I can't get the shell. All I have is a black screen with a mouse cursor.
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