Ubuntu 11.10 thread

[ral]

Current Status: Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 is out.

Kernel version 3.0.0-11.18, which is now based on the stable Linux 3.0.4 release

The GNOME system, which provides many of the services beneath the Unity desktop shell, has been updated to 3.1.92. Although mine now says it is running Gnome 3.2.0.



Gnome Shell

I run Ubuntu under the Gnome shell. The graphical glitches I encountered with Beta 1 have been fixed.

My main problem is that if you select auto-login Ubuntu 11.10 boots into the Unity shell even if I have previously already selected the Gnome shell. There was a utility for that in Gnome 2.x which I cannot find in Gnome 3.2.

Release date for 11.10 Final is October 13, 2011.

[corbintechboy]

I have not used the new Ubuntu.

Just curious, can you remove unity?

[ral]

Let me give it a try.

- Removing Launcher & Menus
- Removing Unity 2D
- Removing Unity 2D launcher
- Removing Unuty 2D panel
- Removing Unity 2DP places

Let me reboot and see what happens.

[ral]

Its gone...



... and I am still here.

Thanks, Corbin, I think that solves my auto login issue

[corbintechboy]

Good deal!

Glad I was a help.

[ral]

Well, it did not solve my auto login issue. But I did get rid of some bloat on my hard drive.

When I auto login, I boot into this desktop - YIKES!



Just log out and login in again and your are back to Gnome 3.2

I guess it is still looking for Unity even if it is not there anymore (and is not an option in the log-in screen).

This useful utility is apparently missing from Gnome 3.



LightDM must have some kind of configuration tool or file.

[corbintechboy]

This may help. You may be able to set gnome-shell to autostart. Since it looks like it is loading a bare instance of gnome, this may work.

You could even create a simple bash script to do this if it don't work. name it shell and place it in ~/:

#!/bin/bash

gnome-shell

chmod a+x ~/shell

Launch with ~/.shell

This option is an added step and really not optimal.

You could also just try a bare boot and open a term and:
gnome-shell

and make sure it loads the shell. I do however think the first option will work.

[ral]

A bit embarrassing, but I really would not know how to do that.

[corbintechboy]

Did you try the link I posted?

And don't be embarrassed, we have all been there and we all have to learn sometime .

[ral]

Sorry, I did not notice the link. Give me a few minutes

I tried creating the Autostart Editor as directed and realized I already had one in my Menu called Startup Applications.

When I edited Autostart Editor, the same command would appear in Startup Applications.

Place the command "gnome-shell" but that did not work out as the Gnome Shell id not autostart.