Re: GNOME!

[Nils Gillmann]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 07:51:24PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Andy Wingo <address@hidden> skribis:
>> 
>> > FWIW everything now works for me, which is a first in a year :)
>> 
>> \o/
>> 
>> I wanted to give it a try in a VM, hence these commits:
>> 
>>   6cbc8d5 * gnu: gnome: Disable hardware acceleration check via 
>> 'gnome.desktop'.
>
> Thank you! Jan and I suffered with this for a while :)
>
>>   c510cbb * services: xorg: Accept session commands with arguments.
>>   a0d7baa * gnu: gnome-session: Make sure 'gsettings' is found.
>> 
>> Now it works well in QEMU.
>> 
>> There are details to smooth out, such as having the right fonts
>> installed by default.  When I logged in, I got not-so-nice fonts in the
>> top-level bar, including squares here and there:
>
> I have the same issues with the squares (in the clock). Any advice?

I *guess* that might be font related. I don't have these issues, my
current test system profile contains:

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>> 
>> Ideas?
>> 
>> There’s also the problem of the default background, as you pointed out
>> before, but maybe that’s more “involved.”
>> 
>> Thanks for the great work on GNOME!
>> 
>> Ludo’.
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