One more question... You all get black panel with clean install without adding additional ppa's? On my main install gnome flashback works with metacity, compiz and even with mutter. I have installed all updates. I have not added any additional ppa's. I have installed nvidia drivers from nvidia.com. I also tried trusty daily iso in virtualbox to test gnome panel 3.8.0 version. I had no problems.
Originally Posted by Hazzabin I've only just gotten the choice of 'Metacity' and 'Compiz' for "Flashback" Metacity totally just doesn't want to work, Compiz is ok-ish but still no nothing in either top or bottom bars, cannot even do a right click for bar properties I did try and install nvidia drivers thinking that maybe causing some of my issues, it completely crashed.......new install using 26th Nov ISO Sure is looking like for now staying with the basic 'Gnome' for "Trusty" ok pass my bedtime, will catch up with this in my tomorrow If your login options are already showing Classic (with Metacity) and Classic (with Compiz) then you're using Trusty-proposed. In that case you should read here what it says about using the proposed repos in testing: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181769 Actually just noticed that it says: Warning: Unless you are willing to have a broken system, please make sure that that Pre-released updates are disabled in Software & Updates, as this repository is now used as a holding area while packages are waiting for dependencies to be built. I'll ask about that
Originally Posted by Cavsfan Glad to see they are at least looking at that. Why could they not add xscreensaver as a dependency as it does indeed include a locking feature; probably due to who owns it I expect. They could add both gnome-screensaver and xscreensaver as recommends. BTW I noticed that my xscreensaver didn't start up a while ago after 10 minutes I looked and it was not running. I added the startup command to the script, logged out and back in and it worked perfectly. PHP Code: #! /bin/bashsleep 60killall gnome-screensaversleep 10xscreensaver -nosplash Originally Posted by kansasnoob That I would hate!!!!! Why would I want Xscreensaver as a dependency when I hate it with a passion! It makes much more sense to have the default gnome-screensaver moved to "recommends" so those who don't want it can remove it w/o forcing a personal choice on all users I did say they could add either as recommends just get it out of dependency. Oh yeah I forgot you don't use screensavers.
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Originally Posted by albertsmuktupavels One more question... You all get black panel with clean install without adding additional ppa's? On my main install gnome flashback works with metacity, compiz and even with mutter. I have installed all updates. I have not added any additional ppa's. I have installed nvidia drivers from nvidia.com. I also tried trusty daily iso in virtualbox to test gnome panel 3.8.0 version. I had no problems. Correct, least that's what is happening to me I've got a spare partition and am going to try another fresh install, will report on the outcome of that later
Now that the upstream flashback updates were moved up from proposed I totally see what Alberts was saying. The new session name is too long for 'unity-greeter': unity_greeter.JPG But it's OK in both 'gdm' and the 'gtk-greeter': gdm.JPG gtk_greeter.JPG Should I file a bug at Launchpad?
Originally Posted by kansasnoob Now that the upstream flashback updates were moved up from proposed I totally see what Alberts was saying. The new session name is too long for 'unity-greeter': unity_greeter.JPG But it's OK in both 'gdm' and the 'gtk-greeter': gdm.JPG gtk_greeter.JPG Should I file a bug at Launchpad? No. If it will be approved than upstream will provide 3 session - GNOME Flashback (Metacity), GNOME Flashback (Compiz) and GNOME Flashback (Mutter). There are patches for this already. My idea for ubuntu was to provide two extra packages for flashback - gnome-session-flashback (default, installs only metacity session), gnome-session-flashback-compiz (new) and gnome-session-flashback-mutter (new).
Originally Posted by Cavsfan I did say they could add either as recommends just get it out of dependency. Oh yeah I forgot you don't use screensavers. I happened to think about this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...er/+bug/988290 I mentioned it on the forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2036864 So I knew that I could swap 'xscreensaver' for 'gnome-screensaver' at that time and I checked in Precise again and that's still true. But somewhere between Precise and Saucy they screwed the dependencies
Originally Posted by albertsmuktupavels No. If it will be approved than upstream will provide 3 session - GNOME Flashback (Metacity), GNOME Flashback (Compiz) and GNOME Flashback (Mutter). There are patches for this already. My idea for ubuntu was to provide two extra packages for flashback - gnome-session-flashback (default, installs only metacity session), gnome-session-flashback-compiz (new) and gnome-session-flashback-mutter (new). Now you're misunderstanding me Those screenshots are what things look like right now with the current Trusty updates in place using the US d/l mirror. I understand that you want to shorten them by removing the word "with", which is fine Are we on the same page now EDIT: Just jumped over to the mailing list and I see what you mean now. Would it be OK for me to subscribe to that mailing list so I can stay up to date better? I'm not a dev by any means but the Metacity session is important to me.
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Originally Posted by kansasnoob Would it be OK for me to subscribe to that mailing list so I can stay up to date better? Why are you asking this? I think that you can freely subscribe to any mailing list you want. They are not restricted to devs only. Originally Posted by kansasnoob I'm not a dev by any means but the Metacity session is important to me. Why Metacity? Have you tried to use mutter? If you have time you could install mutter to test it. Than from terminal run: Code: mutter --replace For me mutter session works, but I have no time to actively test it.
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Originally Posted by albertsmuktupavels Why are you asking this? I think that you can freely subscribe to any mailing list you want. They are not restricted to devs only. Why Metacity? Have you tried to use mutter? If you have time you could install mutter to test it. Than from terminal run: Code: mutter --replace For me mutter session works, but I have no time to actively test it. I maintain a lot of low-end hardware so I'm always looking at options that use the least resources. I'll just subscribe I guess but I'm a real dummy
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