[SOLVED] CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation GNOME

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Re: [SOLVED] CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation GNOME

Post by TrevorH » 2017/01/27 07:16:54

Since there is a package called gnome-shell I am guessing that your question is really "How do I disable gnome classic"? If so then https://access.redhat.com/documentation ... assic.html says how.
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Re: [SOLVED] CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation GNOME

Post by kroz » 2017/01/27 16:30:37

The context is that I did some cleaning of packages and I removed gnome-shell by accident, but it does not provide the option to switch to it in the login screen (in the little cogwheel). I can only assume the package that configures gnome shell to be listed in the login screen is separated from gnome-shell package (in fact, I reinstalled it). Indeed, I read the article and verified that it is working with:

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$ gnome-shell --mode=user -r &
Unless the user is supposed to add to the login screen by "hand", in which case the article you linked is enough.

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Re: [SOLVED] CentOS-7 "Minimal Desktop" installation GNOME

Post by TrevorH » 2017/01/27 16:34:07

Pretty sure the gnome-shell package is required in order to use gnome3 at all, in classic mode or in whatever the non-classic mode is called.
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