Re: UI Freezes in gnome shell, usually when playing video ?

[Yaa101 <yaa101 xs4all nl>]

You can use Xfce4-terminal for that, if your distro allows it to
install.

I run a mixture of programs designed for different desktops on
Gnome-Shell, things from gnome, mate, xfce, kde, etc...


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On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:40:45 -0700 (PDT)
Stuart Axon <stuaxo2 yahoo com> wrote:

> Silly question: is gnome-terminal transparency removed in distros
> that are not Ubuntu ?
>
> It's really useful when you quickly put the terminal on top of the
> browser and type stuff based on whats underneath.
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> S++
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> On , Stuart Axon <stuaxo2 yahoo com> wrote:
>  
> The error dialogs DO bother me ... I have no idea what they meant ...
> and the same ones happen on an install of ubuntu on a VM that is
> only  a couple months old, as the laptop.
> > I love gnome, on the other hand I have a funny urge to make a
> > timeline of all the features that were added and removed from
> > nautilus over the years, but I think there is enough bashing of
> > gnome from all quarters.
> >
> > As soon as I get time I'll try some of the suggested live cds ..
> > it's just... really boring configuring things all the time, then
> > redoing it again.      Meh, I don't like people moaning on the net
> > and here I am ... if I find a distro that works I'll collate all the
> > rants.
> >
> > I even got as far as trying to use jhbuild... but differet versions
> > of ubuntu seemed to fail
>  because of missing .pc files. .. etc etc...   really getting to the
> point where it's getting hard to care.
> > S++
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:23 PM, Bazon Bloch <bazonbloch arcor de>
> > wrote:
> >
> > No such problems on arch.
> > > One of the reasons I moved away from ubuntu was the bad Gnome-Shell
> > > integration (only using heavy patched Gnome-Software), I can
> > > imagine is it still as bad.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2014-03-16 20:53 GMT+01:00 Adam Tauno Williams
> > > <awilliam whitemice org>:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2014-03-16 at 10:43 -0700, Stuart Axon wrote:
> > > > > I'm not convinced this is purely an ubuntu thing, I'd be
> > > > > willling to try a different one if there is a live cd with gnome
> > > > > shell I will test it on that too.
> > > > > I'll try upgrading to 14.04 and see what happens too
> > > >
> > > > > [Please ignore this slight rant:]
> > > > > I think I'm coming to the end of my patience with Ubuntu -
> > > >
> > > > Good, I hope MANY people loose patience with Ubuntu.  Ubuntu has
> > > > done more damage to the idea of an Open desktop than all the
> > > > Internet trolls combined.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > My experience is thus:
> > > > > Turn on computer
> > > > > Login with GDM
> > > > > Close about 8 "a system problem occurred" dialogues (not sure if
> > > > > that is the actual text).
> > > >
> > > > And *THIS* does not bother you?  I see ZERO "a system problem
> > > > occurred" dialogs.  Perhaps you could address the problem these
> > > > are reporting? Seeing errors upon login is already a rather bad
> > > > sign.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Now, from there - gnome shell is good, I like it (I don't mind
> > > > > other people can't use my computer (they're learning though).
> > > > > Then, often I try and play an FLV video (in a
> > > > > player/browser/doesn't matter) - after about 2 minutes it will
> > > > > do the freezing thing, which I can battle past and fix - funnily
> > > > > only for long videos, music is usually OK.
> > > >
> > > > There is something unique to your setup occurring here, I have
> > > > watched hours of video while running GNOME Shell.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > When the computer wakes up from hibernate the fans sometimes go
> > > > > full blast I have to turn off the computer unplug it and take
> > > > > the batteries out, sometimes after that they are still FULL(!) -
> > > > > so I do it again and it behaves.
> > > >
> > > > Can you view the computer's reported temperatures?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > TL;DR:
> > > > > I've been on gnome since before 1.0 and Ubuntu since Dapper, it
> > > > > is such a pain I might just get a mac, which is a shame as
> > > > > really think libre software is important and am adamantly cross
> > > > > platform in the code I care about.
> > > >
> > > > Your experience is not normal.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam whitemice org> GPG D95ED383
> > > > Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA
> > > >
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