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

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)

 

 

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Eyecandy and 3D effects in XFCE

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.
  

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Make Google Music Manager work in F15

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).

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Updated theme-selector

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

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Auto hide gnome-shell top bar

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

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gnome-shell themes (part2)

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.

• gnome-shell-extensions-theme-selector


• gnome-shell-theme-ubuntu-ambiance


• gnome-shell-theme-tron-legacy


• gnome-shell-theme-smooth-inset


• gnome-shell-theme-orta


• gnome-shell-theme-gaia


• gnome-shell-theme-deviantart


• gnome-shell-theme-atolm

Feel free to review the packages :)

 

 

 

 

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Playing with Gnome shell themes

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.

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Gnome 3 tweeks

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

 

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My Fedora 15 Alpha RC1 Installation

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 :)

[gallery link="file" columns="2" orderby="title"]

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

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xfce 4.8 can be sexy too

Yesterday was xfce 4.8 test day, so i decided to give it a try. just did a 'yum install @xfce' at my F15 Alpha TC2 based install.It work very well and was much more stable than gnome3 there is a little buggy at the moment.

gdm dont support starting anything else gmone3 at the moment (Hope they fix that soon) so i had to boot in runlevel 3 and use startxfce4 to get it running.

The default interface is not the most sexy looking in the world, but with a little tweaking it go beaten into shape.



I have done the following:

Enable composition  in the widow manager setup.

Added shadows and make windows borders transparent.

Removed the bottom panel and installed docky.  (yum install docky)

Got a new theme from here. (put it into ~/.themes)

Remove some stuff from the top bar and remove the frame around the notification area. (you can use expanded blank separator to center the clock widget and put the notification to the right)

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Funny guy

very funny http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2011/02/17/yum-is-getting-a-dbus-api/

here is some extra hints :)

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Gnome3 power setting

There have been written a lot about the missing GUI option to set the default lid close action in Gnome3 and I am one of those users there have a laptop where suspend will going into doom (actually is not suspend there is the problem but resume :) ). This is not a a gnome3 issue but my issue, because I close the lid many time a day when the laptop is doing some work and I do something else.

The sad part is that Fedora will be one of the first distributions to use gnome3 as default and it will take the beating for choices made upstream.

What there not have been written a lot about, is how to change the lid default action, so here  it comes

Setting Laptop lid close action on ac:

gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_ac "<setting>"

<setting> ::= nothing|blank|suspend|hibernate|shutdown

Setting Laptop lid close action on battery:

gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery "<setting>"

<setting> ::= nothing|blank|suspend|hibernate|shutdown

Edit:

In Fedora 15 alpha you have to use

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-ac-action "<setting>"

and

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power lid-close-battery-action "<setting>"

Update:

Here is a shell script to easy change the settings, just run an select from the gui. It was kindly contributed by Kevin DeKorte

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Fedora in hardware spec :)

I was just reading the spec on some hardware box.



Nice to see.

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Yum Extender 3.0.0 released

I am proud to anounce the release of Yum Extender 3.0.0 with a lot of new features and optimizations.

Optimizations:

• Don't ask for root password more than one


• Make load of metadata more dynamic, first load packages lists, history, groups etc. when we need it.


• Optimized frontend package caching


• Better progress and more info when getting packages and populate the package view

Package information:

• Show updateinfo for all packages, not just updates


• Show all updateinfo records, not just the last one


• Added Click-able Project URL on package Description view to open project homepage in a browser


• Added Click-able Bugzilla links to open bugzilla reports in a browser


• Added package info page with package dependency informations


• Updateinfo in separate view like changelog / filelist

Search:

• Added search options to select the fields to search in


• Added search while typing on packages, if more 3 chars has been entered and there is only one word


• Added typeahead search toggle button (left of search entry)


• Pressing Esc will clear the package search entry and undo current search


• Show both installed and update for same package in a search


• Show old version of a installonly packages in a search
  

History:

• Added better history transaction package view.


• Added History transaction search
  

Queue/Command line commands:

• Added 'install xxx' and 'remove yyy' commands on queue page. it gives the same result as
  yum install xxx and yum remove yyy


• Add completion entry for queue commands.


• add support for command line commands.
  - 'yumex foobar' will search for 'foobar'
  - 'yumex <action> foobar' : (<action> = [install, remove, update, downgrade, reinstall] )
  - It will populate the pending action queue, based on the action


• Added -X (--execute) to automatic process actions from command line commands.


• Added -y (--yes) to disable transaction dialog and "Do you want to exit" dialog (to be used with -X)

UI:

• Added right click popup on installed packages with options to reinstall or downgrade to a selected package


• Added status icon in notification error.
  - Clicking on it will hide/show window
  - Right Click show a menu with an quit option
  - Tooltip show current action from progress dialog


• Added progress dialog when getting category packages (by repository)


• Added '--update-only' option to start yumex in update only mode


• Added '--search-only' option to start yumex in search only mode


• 
  

Fixes:
Fix translation issues with gtkbuilder strings.

Read more information about yumex in the documentation

Get yumex from updates-testing for F13,F14.

yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install yumex

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reinstall / downgrade support in yumex

Now there is support for reinstallation and downgrading packages in yumex



Read more here

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New Yum Extender homepage

I have started to write some online information about how to use Yum Extender
To that purpose I have setup a new Yum Extender home, based on Drupal.

http://www.yum-extender.org/cms/

The documentation is based on the features in the latest pre-releases for fedora available here

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Make Pino work again :)

It just stumbled over this howto get pino connected to twitter again

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/how-to-get-pino-without-oauth-to-work.html

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Yum Extender Test Repo

I have added a repo for yumex test build rpms here:
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/timlau/yumex/

I tracks upstream development very closely and there will be frequent releases.

There has been a lot new features and performance improvements in these releases, so feel free to check them out.

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Translate WTF?

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Issue with installing kernel using yumex-2.9.x in Fedora 12

There is a selinux issues in Yum Extender 2.9.x in Fedora 12 (Beta) and F11.

It will give problems when installing new kernels

you will get messages like this

13:33:46 : YUM: /sbin/new-kernel-pkg: line 292: /sbin/depmod: Permission denied
13:34:05 : YUM: /usr/bin/ldd: line 118: /sbin/udevd: Permission denied

It is caused by /usr/share/yumex/yumex-yum-backend is not labeled correctly.

Run the following commands as root to fix it.

chcon system_u:object_r:rpm_exec_t:s0  /usr/share/yumex/yumex-yum-backend
restorecon -r /usr/share/yumex

I have requested it to be added to standard SELinux policy in Fedora.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527528

To fix an already installed kernel in F12.

$ rpm -q kernel-PAE --scripts | grep -e '--install'
/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel-PAE --mkinitrd --dracut --depmod .......

copy the /sbin/new-kernel-pkg command and run it as root.

/sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel-PAE --mkinitrd --dracut --depmod .......

if you are using a non PAE system then substitute 'kernel-PAE' with 'kernel' in the rpm -q command.

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