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Gnome Flashback does not work

Post by mnom »

Hello!
I have installed gnome-session-flashback but after logging out and trying to change session, I get back to Mate.

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cat $DESKTOP_SESSION
cat: mate: No such file or directory
So, I'm still on Mate. How to fix it?
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Re: Gnome Flashback does not work

Post by karlchen »

Hello, mnom.

$DESKTOP_SESSION is not a file, but an environment variable. The commandline to display the content of the environment variable $DESKTOP_SESSION therefore is not cat, but

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echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
Is Gnome-Flashback (Compiz) or Gnome-Flashback (Metacity) listed in the MDM Greeter Screen (login) at all? Cf. Install and tweak the GNOME Flashback Session in Ubuntu 14.04

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Re: Gnome Flashback does not work

Post by mnom »

I walked through the article.
Of course installed flashback

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sudo apt-get install gnome-session-flashback
Than nothing new got installed on

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sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
The rest is optional.

Yes, I have both gnome flashbacks available in starting screen.
But the behavior is strange. If I choose either of them the screen goes black with only pointer or it boots into Mate. $DESKTOP_SESSION confirms that it is Mate.

So, no luck for now.
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