Themes for gnome-shell 3.0 not working in gnome-shell 3.2

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It looks like all my gnome-shell-theme-xxxx-1.0 packages does not work in gnome-shell 3.2.
If you use them then gnome-shell will hang if you are doing a search in the overview.
the atolm & smooth-inset has been updated by upstream and I have updated the packages.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnome-shell-theme-smooth-inset-3.2-1.fc16
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnome-shell-theme-atolm-3.2-1.fc16

If you can’t wait for them to hit the repositories, you can find updated rpms here.
There is also 3 new ones not in Fedora (Yet)

 

 

Eyecandy and 3D effects in XFCE

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This is a little guide to get Compiz up and running in XFCE in Fedora 15

  • Install the needed packages (as root)
    yum install ccsm compiz-manager emerald emerald-themes compiz-gtk compiz
  • select ‘Preferences -> Settings Manager’
  • select ‘Session and Startup’
  • select ‘Application Autostart’ tab
  • select the ‘Add’ button
  • type ‘compiz-manager’ in Name and Command
  • Logout & Logon and compiz should start
  • Use ‘Perferences -> Emerald Theme Manager’ to select the window theme to use.
  • Use ‘Perferences -> CompizConfig Settings Manager’ to configure the compiz plugins to use.

Make Google Music Manager work in F15

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To get the Google Music manager to work on Fedora 15

  1. Follow the instruction here.
  2. Run this as root:
    ln -s /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
  3. Start the ‘Google Music Manager’ from the ‘Sound & Video’ menu
  4. Logon in with your google account and select what folder to sync.

If you don’t do step 2, then your will get a ‘Can’t connect to service”

It look like ít need your network card to named ethX, else you will get a ”Could not identify your computer” error.  This is fixed by adding “biosdevname=0” to grub.conf. (Bad coding Google, please fix).

Updated theme-selector

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I have updated my theme-selector packages so you can select the default gnome to get back to the default gnome-shell theme.

Install with (as root):

yum install http://timlau.fedorapeople.org/files/gnome-shell/extensions/\
gnome-shell-extension-theme-selector-0.9-3.fc15.noarch.rpm

or if already installed, update with (as root):

yum update http://timlau.fedorapeople.org/files/gnome-shell/extensions/\
gnome-shell-extension-theme-selector-0.9-3.fc15.noarch.rpm

Fedora Package review is still pending here

Auto hide gnome-shell top bar

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I have made packages for a nice little gnome-shell extension by Finnbarr P. Murphy, to make it possible to auto hide the top bar.

Install it with (as root):

yum install http://timlau.fedorapeople.org/files/gnome-shell/extensions/\
gnome-shell-extension-autohidetopbar-1.0-1.fc15.noarch.rpm

logon/logoff to load the plugin (or restart the gnome shell with Alt-F2 and type ‘r’ + Enter)

Double click on a blank part of the gnome-shell top bar to turn auto hide on/off.

Fedora review request here

gnome-shell themes (part2)

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I have extended the theme selector by F. P. Murphy to show more themes in the overview and to show system wide themes.

Download the rpm here

Install it with (as root)

yum install gnome-shell-extensions-theme-selector-0.9-2.fc15.noarch.rpm

the package no longer contains any themes, but i have made separate rpm packages for many great themes made by half-left.

The theme rpm’s can also be used with the latest version of gnome-tweak-tool (3.0.4) (Not in fedora yet, but i have an rpm here)

the theme-selector extension cant reset to the default theme, this can be dome by running

gsettings reset org.gnome.shell.extensions.user-theme name

 

here are review requests for getting the packages into fedora.

Feel free to review the packages :)

 

 

 

 

Playing with Gnome shell themes

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A while ago stumbled over a blog with a lot of info about gnome-shell extensions.

Frank Murphy has made an theme selector extension to easy preview and select some great gnome-shell themes done by half-Left

After some testing of this great extension I have some packages for Fedora 15 to make it easier to install and test.

You just have to do this (as root):

yum install http://timlau.fedorapeople.org/files/packages/theme-selector/gnome-shell-extensions-theme-selector-0.9-1.fc15.noarch.rpm --nogpg

then run (as your normal user):

theme-selector-setup

there will link the included themes into ~/.themes.
Then you need to press ALT-F2 and type r to restart the gnome-shell and you are up and running.

Now you can activate the Overview an select the Themes button to show the theme-selector page and start to select new themes.

Gnome 3 tweeks

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Gnome 3 got a lot of beating lately because of the we know what is best for you attitude.

But even if there is no gui to help the customization, here are some hints.

Get the Blue fedora icons back:

yum install fedora-icon-theme (as root)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme Fedora

Get the windows buttons back

gconftool-2 -s -t string /desktop/gnome/shell/windows/button_layout "menu:minimize,maximize,close"

gsettings list-keys org.gnome.desktop.interface

Will list other options to play with, like font-name there is setting the default font & size

 

My Fedora 15 Alpha RC1 Installation

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I have just updated my Fedora 15 RC1 test installation with the latest Gnome 2.91.90 packages.
First is was struck by this error, but after downloading and installing some updated packages from Koji, I was up and running.

Here is some screenshots, There is a little special feature on my system, see if you can find it :)

The button launcher is not part of Gnome3, it is docky :)