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pythonscript

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From: Edinburgh, Scotland

Registered: 2009-07-10

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[SOLVED] How do I enable the bottom panel / tasklist in gnome3?

Is there a way to enable the bottom panel / tasklist (or is it called the message tray?) in Gnome 3? After searching online, I can find vague references to using either gconf-editor or the dconf-editor. In dconf, one link I found says that all settings regarding the panels are under /org/gnome/gnome-panel; however, I cannot find any relevant settings to change there. The pseudo-invisible notifcations bar does appear, but it doesn't contain a task list and I can't right click on it or the top panel to change any of those settings.

Last edited by pythonscript (2012-05-27 17:49:54)

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ANOKNUSA

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Registered: 2010-10-22

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Re: [SOLVED] How do I enable the bottom panel / tasklist in gnome3?

There is no tasklist in GNOME Shell; the "Activities" view has replaced it.  If you want something similar to the GNOME 2 desktop layout, you can force "fallback" mode as described in the wiki.

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pythonscript

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From: Edinburgh, Scotland

Registered: 2009-07-10

Posts: 68

Re: [SOLVED] How do I enable the bottom panel / tasklist in gnome3?

It's not a perfect solution, but I installed the tint2 package. Running gnome-session-properties and adding /usr/bin/tint2 as a startup application replicates the behaviour I was looking for. I updated the wiki page to include a little information on this configuration, too. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tint2#Gnome_3

Last edited by pythonscript (2012-05-27 17:49:42)

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Lenovo SL510 Thinkpad / Asus EEEPC 1005HA
No hables a menos que puedas mejorar el silencio. - Neruda
La sabiduría nos llega cuando ya no nos sirve de nada. - Márquez