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Thread: Custom gnome install necessary for gnome-shell?

  1. #1
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    Custom gnome install necessary for gnome-shell?

    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!

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    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?

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

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

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    Automated start

    Quote Originally Posted by source View Post
    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.

  6. #6
    try it

    open terminal

    # gnome-session-properties

    and add new

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by sector-seven View Post
    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!

  8. #8
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    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

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