Custom gnome install necessary for gnome-shell?

[karni64]

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]

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]

Yeah I would love the new gnome-shell ui and its already installed, I just dont know how to enable it.

[source]

You can enable it by executing: gnome-shell --replace, but I don't know yet how to autostart it

[svx]

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]

try it

open terminal

# gnome-session-properties

and add new

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

[karni64]

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]

It seems like someone else found out how to make it work... really clean.
http://forums.kali.org/showthread.ph...ht=gnome-shell

Just saying