[wellylug] gnome desktop

Franck fgd at hush.com
Sun Apr 22 14:06:06 NZST 2012


At the same time, can you do the following command in a terminal :
set | grep DESKT

Thanks.
Franck.

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:52:27 +1200 Franck <fgd at hush.com> wrote:
>Hi Glenn,
>
>At first glance, it looks like your theme is for gnome 2 and 
>you're 
>using a gnome 3 based version of ubuntu.
>
>What version of ubuntu are you using?
>
>Frankc.
>
>On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:53:15 +1200 Glenn Morrissey 
><glennstuartmorrissey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>Hi all
>>
>>Im trying to install a windows like desktop. Hey, im used to the 
>>windows look.
>>
>>Anyway, I read this article:
>>
>>http://www.howtogeek.com/55985/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-look-like-
>
>>windows-7/
>>
>>and followed the following instructions:
>>
>>    cd ~/
>>
>>    sudo wget 
>>http://web.lib.sun.ac.za/ubuntu/files/help/theme/gnome/win7-
>>setup.sh
>>
>>    sudo chmod 0755 ~/win7-setup.sh
>>
>>    ~/win7-setup.sh
>>
>>when I run this script, it tells me that I need to log in using 
>>gnome.
>>Ok, I log in to
>>
>>*gnome
>>*gnome classic
>>*gnome (no add ons)
>>
>>and neither will work.
>>
>>I get the error message 'Please use the Gnome desktop for the 
>Win7
>>theme installation'.
>>
>>I've already installed the gnome desktop ( sudo apt-get install 
>>gnome-shell )
>>
>>Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
>>
>>Glenn.
>>
>>
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