Re: The new Gnome 3 desktop won't load and run.

[Jayson Rowe <jayson rowe gmail com>]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 03:49:11AM -0500, Mr. Christian W. Strubel wrote:
> Dear Jayson,
> 
> Here is what I have so far I hope it helps.
> I tried the 2 commands suggested on ubuntu.com.
> Command: lspci | grep VGA
> Output:
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation
> 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
> 
> Command: sudo lshw -C video
>  Output:
>   *-display               
>        description: VGA compatible controller
>        product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics
> Device
>        vendor: Intel Corporation
>        physical id: 2
>        bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
>        version: 03
>        width: 32 bits
>        clock: 33MHz
>        capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
>        configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
>        resources: irq:16 memory:e8000000-efffffff
> memory:e7800000-e787ffff
> 
> Would information about the video card be shown on the BIOS screen?
> Where else should I look?
> 
> Sincerely,
> -- 
> Mr. Christian Strubel
> cwstrubel gmail com
> (773) 828-9785
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 22:15 -0400, Jayson Rowe wrote:
> > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 09:11:20PM -0500, Mr. Christian W. Strubel wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > > 
> > > I recently installed Gnome. I am using Ubuntu Linux 11.10 Oneiric
> > > Ocelot.
> > > The Gnome Classic desktop is working, however the new Gnome desktop
> > > is not being loaded when I choose that option. Instead, it keeps falling
> > > back
> > > to the Gnome Classic desktop. I tried uninstalling Gnome and then
> > > reinstalling it and the same thing continues to happen. Can someone help
> > > me get this to work?
> > > 
> > > Sincerely,
> > > -- 
> > > Mr. Chris Strubel
> > > chris0123 dslextreme com
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > 
> > Hi Chris,
> > It sounds like you may not have 3D-enabled video drivers installed.
> > Could you tell us what video card you have, and if you know which driver
> > is installed for it?
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Jayson Rowe
>
I didn't realize I didn't include the list back into my original reply,
so I will include it now.

Chris, I'm not very familiar with Intel graphics, so I'm not sure if
that chipset has the required 3D capabilities for Shell or not - perhaps
someone else on the list will know.

One thing I could suggest - if you are really interested in trying out
GNOME-Shell, I believe that in Fedora 17, there has been work made to
allow Shell to run with software rendering, so you could perhaps
download one of the latest test builds (it's still in beta right now)
and try it out from a LiveCD just to see how you like it. 
Here is a link: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17.TC4/Live/

Sorry for not being more of a help.
Best wishes,
Jayson