GNOME3 Staging PPA

[VinDSL]

Funny thing is I have about 5 installs of saucy 32bit & 64bit and one of them sticks perfectly

Heh! The following leaves me scratching my head...

I tweak a few files, every time GS is upgraded -- basically, aesthetic stuff. I change a few things I can't stand to look at, like the butt fugly time/date menu (e.g. digital clock) in the middle of the upper panel.

One of the files I hack is:

/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/workspace-indicator@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com/stylesheet.css


I change the default file from:

.panel-workspace-indicator {
	padding: 0 8px;
	background-color: rgba(200, 200, 200, .5);
	border: 1px solid #cccccc;
}

To:

.panel-workspace-indicator {
	padding: 1px 7px;
	background-color: rgba(000, 000, 000, .25);
	border: .5px solid #aaaaaa;
}

No big deal, right?

The funny thing is, this css file occasionally reverts back to the default code, in between upgrades.

LoL! I don't understand the process taking place here -- never seen anything like it before.

It's like my computer is haunted...

[QDR06VV9]

It's like my computer is haunted...

Maybe Its a Hallowen Thing?
It has been a wild ride with saucy!!

[VinDSL]

It has been a wild ride with saucy!!

Agreed!

When I get rid of the clock (/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/panel.js):

<SNIP>


const PANEL_ITEM_IMPLEMENTATIONS = {
    'activities': ActivitiesButton,
    'aggregateMenu': AggregateMenu,
    'appMenu': AppMenuButton,
    'dateMenu': imports.ui.dateMenu.DateMenuButton,    
    'a11y': imports.ui.status.accessibility.ATIndicator,
    'a11yGreeter': imports.ui.status.accessibility.ATGreeterIndicator,
    'keyboard': imports.ui.status.keyboard.InputSourceIndicator,
};


<SNIP>

...it sticks, until the next upgrade.

Why NOT the stylesheet

Weird!

[QDR06VV9]

...it sticks, until the next upgrade.

Why NOT the stylesheet

Weird!

That panel is pretty touchy since gnome3 it might have to be wriiten like an extension?(just a thought) Like a whole new extension.
Info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_patch

[QDR06VV9]

Ok finally figured out the extensions not sticking!
sudo apt-get uninstall gnome-screensaver
Dont know why that bothered me soo baad..
Nevermind stiil DONT stick.

[Andrew_Fossey]

A bug has filed at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1235072

[VinDSL]

A bug has filed at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1235072

Thanks! Added myself to the bug.

This is a real corker, isn't it?

Last night, just prior to shutting down this machine, my GPU locked up, e.g. nouveau crashed. I was actually closing some apps, prior to shutdown, when the lockup occured.

So, I simply pressed the power button, on the computer case, to power down, and I went to bed.

This morning, when I booted up, the extensions loaded just fine at startup.

Thus, I judge, the startup problem is actually taking place during the shutdown process.

Put another way, since this machine didn't go through a normal shutdown process, the extensions worked just fine at startup.

It's a riddle, wrapped in an enigma... LoL!

This would be a good one for Doug -- wish he was running GS Staging.

[mc4man]

USB2. I'm currently running Peppermint on all portables.

Peppermint 4 OS (Lubuntu fork with LXDE DE and Xfwm4 WM) is shockingly fast on USB2.

I've tried many, many, OSs on bootable/persistent USB sticks. Peppermint runs circles around them all.

With my linux laptop pretty much ready for recycling tried an Ubuntu install to a usb 2.0 16gb drive. Was useful for some limited things though tended to get stuffed up & slow. (using a lenovo y580

Decided to install to an external ssd (screen), works remarkably well, for the moment will just run this way on this laptop
(The next laptop I get will have to have UASP support for usb 3 & maybe eSATA

[VinDSL]

[...] tried an Ubuntu install to a usb 2.0 16gb drive. Was useful for some limited things...

[...] external ssd (screen), works remarkably well... next laptop I get will have to have UASP support...

Nice!

I've read that USB3 & eSATA external drive performance is indistinguishable from internal drives. UASP would be the frosting_on_the_cake, I suppose.

I'll probably just keep running USB2 sticks. I'm partial to SanDisk Cruzers, although I've been known to pick up a handful of no-name USB2 sticks from time_to_time, for 'loaning' to friends.

My only requirement is, USB sticks must have retractable tips -- they're the only ones what survive rugged handling, e.g. carrying them in your pocket and/or dangling from a keychain.

That said, I've never tried GS Staging on a USB stick. Wonder how that would run?!?!?

[QDR06VV9]

That said, I've never tried GS Staging on a USB stick. Wonder how that would run?!?!?

For Me it was very slow!
KDE was a little better outside of heavy apps like browsers, and media apps.
I ditched Gnome for KDE.