Feature #7311
Investigate using GNOME Shell for Jessie
100%
Description
We’re discovering more and more GNOME Fallback bugs (e.g. Bug #7249 and Bug #7248). when migrating to Wheezy. My experience with GNOME Flashback on sid does not indicate that things are getting any better, which is unsurprising considering basically nobody is interested in actively maintaining this code (the Debian GNOME team said they would, for Jessie, but I guess they’re busy with other priorities).
One alternative we should consider for Tails/Jessie is to use the GNOME Shell “Classic” mode, which is basically GNOME Shell, looking mostly like GNOME3 Fallback.
Of course, it requires hardware that can run GNOME Shell. This is supposed to be a mostly solved problem for VMs (thanks to the Cirrus and QXL KMS drivers), and for older hardware as long as enough CPU power is available (LLVMpipe), but we should check that it would indeed be a credible solution, while Jessie is still being developed.
Subtasks
| Feature #7564: Try GNOME Shell in Jessie or sid with llvmpipe in libvirt/qemu | Resolved | alant | 100 |
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| Feature #7566: Try GNOME Shell in a Jessie or sid VirtualBox VM | Resolved | anonym | 100 |
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| Feature #7394: Evaluate xserver-xorg-video-modesetting for KMS support in QEMU and others | Resolved | 0 |
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| Feature #7988: Try GNOME Shell in Jessie or sid on older hardware | Resolved | intrigeri | 100 |
Related issues
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Resolved | 2015-12-31 | |
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Blocks Tails - |
Resolved | 2014-07-11 | 2014-12-17 |
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Resolved | 2014-10-02 | |
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Blocks Tails - |
Resolved | 2014-09-14 |
History
#1 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-26 23:45:11
- related to
Bug #6235: Ship disabled GNOME Shell added
#2 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-11 06:41:44
- related to
Feature #7394: Evaluate xserver-xorg-video-modesetting for KMS support in QEMU and others added
#3 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-21 09:43:20
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Feature #7394: Evaluate xserver-xorg-video-modesetting for KMS support in QEMU and others
#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-21 09:43:54
- Priority changed from Normal to High
- Parent task set to
Bug #7423
Setting priority to be the same as other pre-Jessie-freeze tasks.
#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-06-21 09:44:11
- related to
Feature #7394: Evaluate xserver-xorg-video-modesetting for KMS support in QEMU and others added
#6 Updated by alant 2014-07-11 11:24:06
- related to
Feature #7557: Decide which flavour of GNOME Shell we want to use in Tails Jessie added
#7 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-11 14:29:23
- Subject changed from Investigate using GNOME Classic for Jessie to Investigate using GNOME Shell for Jessie
#8 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-11 14:31:28
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Feature #7394: Evaluate xserver-xorg-video-modesetting for KMS support in QEMU and others
#9 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-11 14:46:30
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Feature #7557: Decide which flavour of GNOME Shell we want to use in Tails Jessie
#10 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-11 14:49:30
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Feature #7557: Decide which flavour of GNOME Shell we want to use in Tails Jessie added
#11 Updated by intrigeri 2014-09-19 22:35:18
- blocks
Bug #7672: No mouse cursor in GNOME added
#12 Updated by intrigeri 2014-10-02 09:22:36
- blocks
Bug #7898: Fix keyboard layout in GNOME session added
#13 Updated by intrigeri 2014-10-02 13:49:36
- Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
All tests were successful, so I’m declaring this investigation done, and will push my changes to feature/jessie that switch it to GNOME Classic.
#14 Updated by intrigeri 2016-01-01 11:56:35
- related to
Bug #10808: Consider disabling GNOME Shell graphical animations added