Display X applications from virtual terminals

2012-05-03 1 min read Fedora Gnome
GNOME Session plugin (Photo credit: David Siegel) Here is a script that can help you set the proper envirionment to start a gnome-shell from one of the terminals. #!/bin/bash - #=============================================================================== # # FILE: xenv.sh # # USAGE: ./xenv.sh # # DESCRIPTION: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Debugging # # # OPTIONS: --- # REQUIREMENTS: --- # BUGS: --- # NOTES: --- # AUTHOR: Amit Agarwal (aka), amit.agarwal@roamware.com # CREATED: 09/14/2011 04:45:31 PM IST # Last modified: Wed Sep 14, 2011 04:45PM # REVISION: --- #=============================================================================== gnome_session=$(pgrep -u $USER gnome-session) eval export$(sed's/\o000/\n/g;' < /proc/$gnome_session/environ |grep DISPLAY) eval export$(sed's/\o000/\n/g;' < /proc/$gnome_session/environ |grep XAUTHORITY) eval export$(sed's/\o000/\n/g;' < /proc/$gnome_session/environ |grep DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS) So, once you have done that you have the correct environment to use the X display and thus you can start the gnome-shell as well or do any other fancy thing that you want πŸ™‚ Continue reading

Screenshot of Gnome3 with awn

2011-08-25 1 min read Fedora Gnome Linux
Here is another screenshot of my laptop desktop with Gnome 3 and AWN (Avant window Navigator) running. Looks beautiful, isn’t it? <p> By the way, with this setup I have the <a class="zem_slink" title="Old Style and New Style dates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" rel="wikipedia">old style</a> menu also just that instead of on the top it is on the bottom just like old RH9 πŸ™‚ </p> <h6 class="zemanta-related-title" style="font-size: 1em;"> Related articles </h6> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"> <a href="http://blog. Continue reading

Gnome 3 shell themes

2011-08-12 2 min read Fedora Gnome
Image by grantc via Flickr If you are using gnome-shell and are bored with the same default theme then read on…. πŸ™‚ By default changing the default theme requires that you modify the files yourself or copy few files to the required directories. Well, if this is not in your scheme of things for changing the theme, a very simple task. Now, you can simply do this with gnome shell extensions. Continue reading