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karni64
2013-03-13, 22:40
Hi,

I've downloaded the vmware image of the gnome 32-bit Kali.

Mainly, i only installed it so that I could correctly build a custom distro which uses gnome-shell.

But I was thinking that since the latest gnome it installed on the default kali, do I really need to build a custom ISO just to do this or can I safely install gnome shell on the vmware image I already have installed.

Thanks!

0verwatch
2013-03-19, 17:20
Well if I got this right, gnome-shell is already installed. However it looks a bit like the classic gnome shell.
Do you want to setup the new gnome UI?

karni64
2013-03-21, 18:02
Yeah I would love the new gnome-shell ui and its already installed, I just dont know how to enable it.

source
2013-04-03, 22:11
You can enable it by executing: gnome-shell --replace, but I don't know yet how to autostart it :(

svx
2013-04-05, 01:40
You can enable it by executing: gnome-shell --replace, but I don't know yet how to autostart it :(

Hey,
Maybe you could try something like this :

$ cat ~/.xsessionrc
gnome-shell --replace &

It will automatically run gnome-shell when your user logs in.

It's not perfect, but it works.

sector-seven
2013-04-06, 10:30
try it

open terminal

# gnome-session-properties

and add new

name : up to you
command : gnome-shell -replace
comment : up to you bro

karni64
2013-04-06, 23:15
try it

open terminal

# gnome-session-properties

and add new

name : up to you
command : gnome-shell -replace
comment : up to you bro

well its super glitchy but it works haha thanks!

svx
2013-04-15, 00:13
It seems like someone else found out how to make it work... really clean.
http://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?1700-Enable-full-gnome-instead-of-gnome-fallback-%29&highlight=gnome-shell

Just saying ;)