Yeah I had it too. http://forum.sabayon.org/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=24693&start=10
I wrote some updates on that topic. On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Lorenzo Cogotti <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using (read trying to tolerate) the made of easy desktop > environment :) > > First of all, I had to do some trickery to correctly update the old > Gnome2 environment, many libraries and old packages were left, I had to > manually remove them and install some packages that were not pulled as > dependencies with a normal: > equo upgrade > > for example the gnome-core* ones. > I guess this is normal as it is still testing. > > The most important thing that I have to signal is this one: > ATI proprietary drivers and gnome-shell don't live good togheter, I have > corrupted desktop, flickering issues, rendering problems, all sort of > instabilities in the graphics level. > I narrowed it down to the ATI drivers and to this bug report: > http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=99 > > I think that Sabayon should not add Gnome3 until this bug is fixed, it > makes the desktop unusable. > Luckily the failsafe mode works, so if it really has to replace Gnome2, > please make it automagically force the failsafe mode if the ATI > proprietary driver is in use :) > > Another thing that I would like to share is some settings that makes > Gnome3 a little more made of easy to me :P > I found some interesting options in the Gnome Tweak Tool: > 1) Desktop with icons > toggle on the option: > Gnome Tweak Tool -> File Manager -> Have file manager handle the desktop > > 2) Home and Trash icons on desktop > toggle on the options: > Gnome Tweak Tool -> File Manager -> Home icon visible on desktop > Gnome Tweak Tool -> File Manager -> Trash icon visible on desktop > > 3) minimize and maximize on windows > switch to All the option: > Gnome Tweak Tool -> Shell -> Arrangment of buttons on titlebar > > 4) date on clock > switch to on the option: > Gnome Tweak Tool -> Shell -> Show date in clock > > I don't know if this is useful, it just makes Gnome3 so much better to > me, so I thought you could consider adding this as a default > configuration, if it looks good. > > I have to say, aside from the fglrx issues, it is very stable for being > a testing environment, I am quite impressed. > > Il giorno mar, 19/07/2011 alle 21.57 +0200, Fabio Erculiani ha scritto: >> I am starting to push GNOME3 packages to sabayon-limbo repository. >> We are not accepting any bug report against them since they are not >> tested and for sure a lot of things will break: WE KNOW IT. >> So consider yourself warned, if you are using sabayon-limbo on >> production/semi-production systems, just drop it or join the happy >> adventure with us. >> > > > >
