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.
>>
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