For those that want to or are having trouble running/installing Gnome3 here are the steps I followed and it installed perfectly. I am currently running Ubuntu 11.04 with the latest updates.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade As with others this breaks the default Ubuntu Session I fixed this by editing /usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop change the line Exec=gnome-session --session=ubuntu to Exec=gnome-session --session=gnome I also added a link to /usr/share/applications/gnome-shell.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications In the GDM it still says ubuntu not gnome-shell but thats okay for me I hope this helps -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/734563 Title: [gnome3] Upgrading to Gnome3 PPA breaks Ubuntu theme defaults -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs