Gnome/classical disabled

Peter Laursen jazcyk at gmail.com
Tue Dec 9 22:07:43 UTC 2014


Hmmm .after a reboot, I can login with classical interface again.  No idea
what happened.

But sorry for the noise!



-- Peter

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Peter Laursen <jazcyk at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had it installed and used it with the beta/RC for the last 2 weeks ,but
> it disappeared after upgrade to GA/final and after openng the new Gnome
> interface once. If I choose the 'classic'  option from the login screen
> then the system just goes back to the login screen. And next time there is
> no ('gearwheel') selector.
>
>
> -- Peter
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:42:36PM +0100, Peter Laursen wrote:
>> > But ayway: because that is not how I want to work with my computer. The
>> > desktop interface is competely irrelevant to me.  I just want to open
>> > programs.  I want a menu with programs ordered by categories. Other
>> people
>> > can do as they want. Personal preferences are not subject to
>> > discussion. Besides I sometimes forget the program names. But if a
>> category
>> > has listed 10-20 programs, I will find fast and easy (in seconds - not
>> > minutes) what I am looking for.
>>
>> Just as an aside, the search works on descriptions too, so searching
>> for the category or a descriptive word will also work.
>>
>> Alternately, if this is your main gripe with Gnome 3, enable the
>> Applications Menu extension. Install gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu if
>> you don't have it, run tweak tool, turn it on. Or go to
>> <https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6/applications-menu/>, accept
>> the permissions, and hit the switch to turn it on, which will download
>> it into your home directory.
>>
>>
>> > I asked if this was an *intentional move* with the GA release or a
>> > mistake.  If it was intentional, I cannot use Fedora. It simply wastes
>> too
>> > much time for me. Unless an xfce, lxde, cinnamon etc. desktop will be
>> > available soon.
>>
>> I think it's neither an intentional move *nor* a mistake. (Why assume
>> either, really?) Something else is wrong. It shows up on my
>> freshly-installed system just fine. Do you have gnome-classic-session
>> installed? If not, `sudo dnf install gnome-classic-session`.
>>
>> Also, the other desktops are available *now*. Something is up with the
>> spins website (when I looked in, it was being worked on), but you can
>> download the livecds directly at
>> <
>> https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/21/Live/x86_64/
>> >
>>
>> Or just install the package groups.
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Miller
>> <mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
>> Fedora Project Leader
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>
>
>
> --
> Hilsen / Regards
>
> Peter Laursen
>



-- 
Hilsen / Regards

Peter Laursen
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