subject [Bug 844965] Re: "Ubuntu Classic" session selection missing from unity-greeter.

[Didier Roche]

Le 08/09/2011 20:44, Vernon Cole a écrit :
> I submitted a bug report to oneiric beta this morning due to the fact
> that i was unable to switch the Unity desktop off and revert to
> standard gnome. I assumed that it was an oversight. Apparently not.
> This is the answer I recieved:
> v v v v v
> from Omer Akram om26er at ubuntu.com via canonical.com
> sender-time Sent at 11:10 AM (UTC). Current time there: 5:41 PM. ✆
> reply-to Bug 844965<844965 at bugs.launchpad.net>
> to vernondcole at gmail.com
> date Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:10 AM
> subject [Bug 844965] Re: "Ubuntu Classic" session selection missing
> from unity-greeter.
> mailed-by canonical.com
> --
> That is not possible in Ubuntu 11.10 and there is no chance for gnome-
> panels coming back. the most close you can get is install gnome-session-
> fallback and login to that session.
>
> ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New =>  Invalid
This is quite untrue, gnome-panel is still there, (ported to GNOME3), 
and you can just install "gnome-panel" (which isn't there by default 
from Oneiric), which will pulls gnome-session-fallback (this later 
recommends gnome-panel to avoid circular depencies, ensure you install 
recommends by default if you install the other way around).

Then, after a logout, (or maybe rebooting, not sure if lightdm is 
restarted and will pick the new session before unloading/loading again), 
while you are logging in lightdm, click on the icon next to your name 
and you should get a "Gnome classic" session which is gnome-panel + 
<your default window manager> (which is compiz by default in ubuntu) and 
"GNOME fallback (safe mode)", which is gnome-panel + metacity (the real 
GNOME fallback upstream).

Note that the panel has a very close upstream experience now, and it's 
gnome-panel as you will find upstream.

If this doesn't work for you, please open a bug :)

> ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
>
> My mood is now swinging between anger, frustration, and dismay.
>
> Until this morning, I was under the impression that Canonical was to a
> large extent user driven.  Clearly, they have a different impression
> than I about the popularity of Unity.  Everyone I heard from thought
> it was an interesting experiment which might someday grow into a
> usable session manager.  Most disliked it, and I know of no one who
> actually USED the damned thing.  Either they elected to forgo the
> upgrade to Natty, or, like me, simply switched to "Classic".  A few
> actually re-loaded 10.10 or switched distro versions.
>
> This reply makes it sound like changing my distro choice is the only
> long-term solution if I desire to glance at the top of my screen and
> see how my network is running.  Cannot Canonical see that Unity is a
> giant step backwards in usability?  What's wrong with letting me
> choose?
As you can see, we invested some time in Natty for creating this 
"Classic" mode (and believe me, it wasn't that easy, on particular on 
compiz and gnome-session side and it took multiple hours to get it 
right), and the same for Oneiric.

Didier