Gnome3 doesn't seem to work

[jag7720]

I did a fresh install of LM12 64bit on my system

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHzl
GeForce GTX 260

etc...

Gnome3 doesn't seem to be working... all I get is a computer and home icons on he desktop... no hot link corner, no menubar no other fancy stuff.

I can get into "classic" mode and it looks like the old version of gnome. I tried installing cinnamon and it acts the same way as gnome3.

Am I missing something? How can I get the full functionality of gnome3 and/or cinnamon

side note: I had fedora17 installed and I got all the fancy stuff with gnome3... just don't like fedora.

[mank_in]

If you boot with compatibility mode or boot with "nomodeset" 3d accelerated driver will be disable.
First try update NVIDIA driver to latest with : ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update


check "additional driver" you will see the latest driver as nvidia curent, install nvidia curent and reboot

execute "inxi -Gx " it will show you :

Graphics: Card: nVidia GT520 [GeForce GT520] bus-ID: 01:00.0 X.Org 1.10.4 driver nvidia
GLX Renderer GeForce GT 520/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40 Direct Rendering Yes

[jag7720]

I did what you said... and I go this... still no Gnome3


Graphics: Card: nVidia GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] bus-ID: 01:00.0 X.Org 1.10.4 driver nvidia Resolution 3040x900
GLX Renderer GeForce GTX 260/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40 Direct Rendering Yes

[mank_in]

Try reinstall cinnamon:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall cinnamon
sudo apt-get install -f

[jag7720]

Still acting the same.... I don't get it.

[mank_in]

are you installing using an existing or shared home
I am read it can be trouble in gnome 3.

[jag7720]

This is a fresh install on a 500GB drive with /home in as part of /on the same drive.

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[jag7720]

what is interesting is I installed ubuntu 11.4 and gnome3 and it works...

i'd like to use linux mint though

Any other ideas?

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[str8bs]

Hi,

I've seen the same. It seems to depend on what the default resolution of your monitor is. It will work out of the box on one, but not another.

Press CTL+ALT+T for terminal and then:

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xrandr -q

to see what available modes you have.
Set to a lower 4:3 resolution. Example:

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xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 1024x768

This gets me my menus on two different machines. The same workaround applies to blurry/missing menus in Cinnamon.
Setting back to higher resolution, they disappear again.

I think it is related to an xorg rendering bug and Virtual size, but not sure. (I'm a noob.)
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47266
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668828

Installing proprietary drivers may be a workaround.
*Edit Forgot to mention, the same applies to missing menus in Ubuntu 12.04 dash. I don't think it is specific to Mint.