nickdc
November 24th, 2017, 07:38 PM
I'm using a fairly recently installed Ubuntu-Gnome 16.04LTS. In order to get a particular application to function correctly I require the Gnome extension TopIcons to be installed. I've spent hours trying to do this and keep ending up with messages implying the gnome shell is not running, even though when I try to reinstall it I get the response that the latest version is already installed. The last thing I did, after further reading, was to run some commands, the output of which seem to indicate that gnome shell is not fully or properly installed. But I'm out of my depth trying to interpret this output:
nick@nick-build-1:~$ gnome-shell version
org.gnome.Shell already exists on bus and --replace not specified
nick@nick-build-1:~$ dpkg -l libgnome2-common
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
rc libgnome2-comm 2.32.1-5ubun all The GNOME library - common files
nick@nick-build-1:~$ dpkg -l gnome-shell
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii gnome-shell 3.18.5-0ubun i386 graphical shell for the GNOME des
nick@nick-build-1:~$ sudo gnome-tweak-tool
[sudo] password for nick:
WARNING : Shell not installed or running
WARNING : Error detecting shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_shell_extensions.py", line 275, in __init__
raise Exception("Shell not running or DBus service not available")
Exception: Shell not running or DBus service not available
WARNING : Shell not running
None
INFO : GSettings missing key org.gnome.nautilus.desktop (key computer-icon-visible)
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
nick@nick-build-1:~$
I'm wary of making further interventions for fear of making matters worse. Please could someone who fully understands these matters kindly explain what I need to do?
nick@nick-build-1:~$ gnome-shell version
org.gnome.Shell already exists on bus and --replace not specified
nick@nick-build-1:~$ dpkg -l libgnome2-common
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
rc libgnome2-comm 2.32.1-5ubun all The GNOME library - common files
nick@nick-build-1:~$ dpkg -l gnome-shell
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii gnome-shell 3.18.5-0ubun i386 graphical shell for the GNOME des
nick@nick-build-1:~$ sudo gnome-tweak-tool
[sudo] password for nick:
WARNING : Shell not installed or running
WARNING : Error detecting shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_shell_extensions.py", line 275, in __init__
raise Exception("Shell not running or DBus service not available")
Exception: Shell not running or DBus service not available
WARNING : Shell not running
None
INFO : GSettings missing key org.gnome.nautilus.desktop (key computer-icon-visible)
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
nick@nick-build-1:~$
I'm wary of making further interventions for fear of making matters worse. Please could someone who fully understands these matters kindly explain what I need to do?