Ubuntu 11.10 login settings tool and appearance

[erotavlas]

Hi,

I have updated at last version of Ubuntu 11.10 and now I'm amazed about the fact that I can't come back to the old dekstop appearance. I have partially resolved with the following two installations


sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback


sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-toolk

Unfortunately the system menu is not present and some applications are randomly distributed among the others menu >:(

Now I can't find the tool to set the login property which probably should be called "login screen settings".
In addition, I can set the appearance of the windows to have the three buttons (close, reduce to icon and resize) on the right side of the windows?

Thank you

[raja.genupula]

The first thing you have done will makes your desktop as a classic one but not pure .

i suggest you that get gnome-shell


sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

its good and i that menu you do have gnome-classic too.

all the best.

[erotavlas]

Thank for your fast reply. When I install gnome-session-fallback it installs also the gnome-shell. However I have installed only the gnome-shell as you have suggested.

Now I would like to know if there is a way to recover the old system menu and a way to modify the position of the three buttons (close, reduce to icon and resize) from the left side to the right side of the window.

Thank you

[raja.genupula]

http://blog.sudobits.com/2011/05/01/top-10-tips-and-tricks-for-ubuntu-11-04/


i think common for both 11.10 and 11.04 .

all the best.

[vulcanoman]

Hi

try with simple lightdm manager

[Mark Phelps]

Sorry I don't have the link ... but if you go to the Ubuntu Geek website, there was a link a while back for a plugin you installed that put an icon in the top bar of the screen -- that you could click and get the old menu system back. It was called ClassicMenuIndicator. I installed this in 11.04 and it worked great. Haven't got around to installing 11.10 yet -- happy having a system that still works.

[erotavlas]

http://blog.sudobits.com/2011/05/01/top-10-tips-and-tricks-for-ubuntu-11-04/


i think common for both 11.10 and 11.04 .

all the best.


Hi,
I have tried to modify the position of the buttons with "Move the Windows buttons to Right Corner" but without success. The terminal gives me this warning


(gconf-editor:2143): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: g_object_get_valist: property `type' of object class `GConfEditorWindow' is not readable

Why? Thank you

[erotavlas]

Sorry I don't have the link ... but if you go to the Ubuntu Geek website, there was a link a while back for a plugin you installed that put an icon in the top bar of the screen -- that you could click and get the old menu system back. It was called ClassicMenuIndicator. I installed this in 11.04 and it worked great. Haven't got around to installing 11.10 yet -- happy having a system that still works.
Thank you! It works