Completely block Gnome 3, how ?

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warrawarra · Post by **warrawarra** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:05 pm

Hi there.
I only need good old gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1

I need to completely block / blacklist / mask anything Gnome3 related.
I have already set package.mask to gnome >gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1 same for package.keywords =gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1 ** .

Do I need to block gnome-base/gnome-desktop-3* as well ?
Will this be enough to stop this "horrible disaster gnome 3" and it's related problems ?

Thanks.

eccerr0r · Post by **eccerr0r** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 12:40 am

Are you using any portage overlays, can you temporarily disable them?

If you have ~x86 or ~anything, try disabling that while building gnome?

jak137 · Post by **jak137** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:30 pm

I want to keep this gnome3 thing out of my system too...
Hopefully, Gentoo will be giving us the choice for as long time as possible.

My recent additions to /etc/portage/package.mask:

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>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.0
>=gnome-base/dconf-0.8.0
>=x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1-r1

(interestingly, for some reason gnome-2.32.1-r1 pulls some of the 3.0 stuff...)

sgarcia · Post by **sgarcia** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:31 pm

warrawarra wrote:Hi there.
I only need good old gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1

I need to completely block / blacklist / mask anything Gnome3 related.
I have already set package.mask to gnome >gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1 same for package.keywords =gnome-base/gnome-2.32.1 ** .

Do I need to block gnome-base/gnome-desktop-3* as well ?
Will this be enough to stop this "horrible disaster gnome 3" and it's related problems ?

Thanks.

Did you ever get an answer to this? I'm in the same boat. So far, despite several components of Gnome 3 sneaking in, my 2.32 continues to work, but I'm not very confident that that will continue.

I'm a little afraid to do an update for fear that things will break. Or worse, that I'll end up with a Gnome3 non-desktop.

keenblade · Post by **keenblade** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:07 pm

If it is just the look for you to reject gnome3, you can use "gnome-fallback" session. That will give you a gnome2 interface with gnome3. Actually I think gnome3 is now very stable, use less ram, etc.

sgarcia · Post by **sgarcia** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:05 am

It's not just the look.

Does Fallback support bonobo applets? Compiz? Sloppy focus with no auto-raise?

If it does, I might reconsider, but knowing how hostile the Gnome devs have always been towards sloppy focus in particular, I don't have very high hopes.

keenblade · Post by **keenblade** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:48 am

sgarcia wrote:It's not just the look.

Does Fallback support bonobo applets? Compiz? Sloppy focus with no auto-raise?

If it does, I might reconsider, but knowing how hostile the Gnome devs have always been towards sloppy focus in particular, I don't have very high hopes.

You can use gnome 3's fallback mode with compiz. There are people using it with compiz. I did not tried myself, since compiz don't even compile here. And I think with the gnome-tweak-tool, you can adjust many things. For sloppy focus with no auto-raise:

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gconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode sloppy

Also take a look at [GNOME 3] Gnome-Shell extensions, if you happened to try gnome-shell for applets and extensions.

sgarcia · Post by **sgarcia** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:02 pm

It's encouraging that Compiz works in fallback. Some of those extensions look good -- are they only available if you're using Gnome Shell, or do they work in fallback as well? How about launchers on the panel in fallback?

Yeah, I know how to set sloppy focus in Metacity (and in Compiz) so if fallback uses Metacity as its WM (or alternatively Compiz) then that may be solved as well.

Does a new invocation of an app (specifically a terminal) create a new window by default, or does it try to switch to an existing Window? At any given moment I have a dozen or more terminals live. It would be irritating to have to do something extra to insist on a new instance.

keenblade · Post by **keenblade** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:16 pm

sgarcia wrote:Some of those extensions look good -- are they only available if you're using Gnome Shell, or do they work in fallback as well? How about launchers on the panel in fallback?.

Since I don't use those extensions, yet, I don't know if they also work in fallback mode. Also the launchers on the panel in fallback is the same like on gnome2., but just a little prettier.

Yeah, I know how to set sloppy focus in Metacity (and in Compiz) so if fallback uses Metacity as its WM (or alternatively Compiz) then that may be solved as well.

Default seems like to be metacity in fallback:

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ps -ef | grep meta
1000     26051 25963  0 22:02 ?        00:00:00 metacity

Does a new invocation of an app (specifically a terminal) create a new window by default, or does it try to switch to an existing Window? At any given moment I have a dozen or more terminals live. It would be irritating to have to do something extra to insist on a new instance.

The behavior is just the way you want. If you like, you can have desktop icons, as well.
Also, the overall, it is more speedy and less ram hungry than gnome2 here. All apps are better in my opinion.
Desktop response is very nice. Everything works like charm with both ati and nouveau open source drivers.

someoneG · Post by **someoneG** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:17 am

Hi, I registered because i wanted to ask for more details. I do not feel like using gnome3 at all.
I simply want to keep g2 and want to discuss HOW to approach that problem and not discuss why g3 is better than g2 or why I should get g3 and use the fallback mode or anything else.

So is there a way to safely mask gnome3 again?
I am currently trying to /etc/portage/package.mask anything that looks like g3.
Do you guys and gals have any lists of packages to mask?

greetz

golagoda · Post by **golagoda** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:07 am

someoneG wrote:Hi, I registered because i wanted to ask for more details. I do not feel like using gnome3 at all.
I simply want to keep g2 and want to discuss HOW to approach that problem and not discuss why g3 is better than g2 or why I should get g3 and use the fallback mode or anything else.

So is there a way to safely mask gnome3 again?
I am currently trying to /etc/portage/package.mask anything that looks like g3.
Do you guys and gals have any lists of packages to mask?

greetz

First off, welcome to the forums :p

Secondly, on my portage package.mask (the one synced from portage tree) these are the packages masked to mask GNOME3 / 3.2

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>=dev-libs/libgweather-3.0
>=gnome-base/libgnomekbd-3.0
=media-libs/libcanberra-0.28-r4
# Core Applications
>=app-accessibility/orca-3.0
>=gnome-base/gdm-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-applets-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-keyring-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-menus-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-panel-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-session-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-settings-daemon-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-control-center-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.0
>=gnome-base/libgnome-keyring-3.0
>=gnome-base/nautilus-3.0
>=x11-wm/metacity-2.34
>=x11-wm/mutter-3.0
# Extra Applications
>=app-arch/file-roller-3.0
>=app-cdr/brasero-3.0
>=app-crypt/seahorse-3.0
>=app-editors/gedit-3.0
>=app-editors/gedit-plugins-3.0
>=app-text/gtranslator-2.90
>=app-text/evince-3.0
>=dev-util/anjuta-3.0
>=app-pda/gtkpod-2.1.0
>=dev-util/devhelp-3.0
>=gnome-extra/drwright-3.0
>=gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-3.0
>=gnome-extra/evolution-exchange-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gcalctool-6.0
>=gnome-extra/gconf-editor-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-color-manager-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-games-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-games-extra-data-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-media-2.32.0-r300
>=gnome-extra/gnome-packagekit-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-power-manager-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-system-monitor-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-tweak-tool-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-user-share-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-utils-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gucharmap-3.0
>=gnome-extra/mousetweaks-3.0
>=gnome-extra/nautilus-sendto-3.0
gnome-extra/office-runner
>=gnome-extra/zenity-3.0
>=mail-client/evolution-3.0
>=media-gfx/eog-3.0
>=media-sound/rhythmbox-2.90
>=media-sound/sound-juicer-2.99
>=media-video/cheese-3.0
>=media-video/totem-3.0
>=net-analyzer/gnome-nettool-3.0
>=net-im/empathy-3.0
>=net-misc/vinagre-3.0
>=net-misc/vino-3.0
>=net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth-3.0
>=sys-apps/gnome-disk-utility-3.0.2-r300
>=www-client/epiphany-3.0
>=www-client/epiphany-extensions-3.0
>=x11-terms/gnome-terminal-3.0
# Documentation
>=gnome-extra/yelp-3.0
>=dev-util/gnome-devel-docs-3.0
>=gnome-extra/gnome-user-docs-3.0
# NetworkManager
>=net-misc/networkmanager-0.8.99
>=net-misc/networkmanager-pptp-0.8.99
>=net-misc/networkmanager-openconnect-0.8.99
>=net-misc/networkmanager-openvpn-0.8.99
>=net-misc/networkmanager-openswan-0.8.99
>=net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc-0.8.99
>=gnome-extra/nm-applet-0.8.99
# Meta packages
>=gnome-base/gnome-core-apps-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-extra-apps-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-core-libs-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-fallback-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-light-3.0
>=gnome-base/gnome-3.0
# Misc applications
>=gnome-extra/nautilus-open-terminal-0.19
>=app-mobilephone/gnome-phone-manager-0.67

and

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>=app-accessibility/caribou-0.4
app-admin/eselect-gnome-shell-extensions
>=app-misc/tracker-0.12
>=dev-libs/folks-0.6
>=dev-libs/libgdata-0.9
>=dev-python/pyatspi-2.2
>=gnome-base/gconf-3.2
>=gnome-extra/at-spi-2.2
gnome-extra/gnome-contacts
gnome-extra/gnome-documents
gnome-extra/gnome-shell-extensions
>=gnome-extra/nautilus-tracker-tags-0.12
gnome-extra/sushi
>=media-libs/clutter-1.7
>=media-libs/cogl-1.7
>=net-libs/gnome-online-accounts-3
>=x11-libs/libcryptui-3
>=x11-misc/alacarte-0.13.2-r50
>=app-accessibility/accerciser-3.2

Just put them in /etc/portage/package.mask

BrummieJim · Post by **BrummieJim** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:33 pm

Thanks,
I'm jumping ship to either KDE or xfce when forced into using gnome3.
Much appreciated.

ultraslinky · Post by **ultraslinky** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:47 am

Thanks golagoda for your mask list. I am an XFCE user and last update was trying to pull in half of gnome3 for some reason (maybe because i use gdm?). Hard masked all those gnome3 packages, now it's much better

Krellan · Post by **Krellan** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:25 am

I found this link in the FAQ sticky post that's at the top of this forum:

http://dev.gentoo.org/~tetromino/misc/p ... .gnome-3.2

This is a text file.

It's linked from here:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-903280.html

I'm trying it now. After appending the contents of the text file to my existing /etc/portage/package.mask file, it seems to do the trick!

After running "emerge --sync", I saw the horror that is GNOME 3, and immediately started looking for a workaround. Now, it feels safe to do updates again, much fewer packages on my system want to change.

That's the beauty of open source: you're never forced to "upgrade". Because newer is not always better....

jmartos · Post by **jmartos** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:16 pm

Seems that a few more Gnome3 packages not included on the mask list above are making their way into the stable category. Does anyone have a more current listing of Gnome3 packages to fully mask Gnome3. I have tried Gnome3 and completely hate the thing. It is a complete piece of crap and will not use it. I will be migrating to XFCE if I cannot keep Gnome3 off my system.

Toady · Post by **Toady** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:43 pm

I have to say that Gnome 3 + Unity (spit) is *the* reason for me coming back to gentoo...

I was a KDE man for years, I was just starting to love Gnome when it all seems to have gone terribly wrong, back to KDE for me!

VoidMage · Post by **VoidMage** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:49 pm

Seems quite a few people failed to read very first post in [topic=903280]the mentioned topic[/topic].

jmartos · Post by **jmartos** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:38 pm

I did read the post; hence my question.

Completely block Gnome 3, how ?

Completely block Gnome 3, how ?

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