trying gnome 3(SOLVED)

[T6]

i tried to install gnome shell to try gnome 3

i added the packages i believed it would help me try it

when on kdm i selected it and loaded it

the desktop has no elements and the only thing that works is ctrl+alt+del to restart or shutdown

once restarted kdm loads it again since kdm loads again the last loaded desktop

i can call a cli but i don't know what to do here, i tried to load synaptic to uninstall gnome 3 but it can't load since gnome 3 is not releasing the display server

what can i do to call again kdm or select kde to load again?

[gseaman]

I would try this: (no guarantees )

login as root
type 'init 3'
type 'kdm'

Galen

[T6]

Once i do that gnome starts again

[gseaman]

Maybe re-install kdm?

Galen

[T6]

that was one of my ideas, i needed to call synaptic to remove kdm or gnome, when you reinstall kdm it removes theme and configs, what was the problem

but gnome didn't let me open synaptic

fortunately i could use, for the first time in 5+ years the last resource, apt-get

so, i wanted to remove the problem and the problem was gnome, i removed it with this command

i called from console apt-get remove gnome-shell

restarted and got system back to normal

thank you for your suggestions

about int 3, this didn't made a difference, but i remember that it worked in the past when i used the boot codes, maybe i was already in runlevel 3? or am i confusing things?

[JohnW_57]

To get running the Gnome3 desktop is a 64bit install needed.

There  some gnome3 packages available but those needed for some packages to run on 32bit (GTK3 apps) like Fotoxxx.

Gnome3 is broken on 32bit!

JohnW

[T6]

didn't knew that, thank you for the explanation

[JohnW_57]

The packagers who build the Gnome packages have retired.
Hopefully there some volunteers in the near future to do it!
Maybe a answer comes from the PCLinuxOS Gnome Community at linuxgator.org.

JohnW

[T6]

today i was bored, so i decided to install lxde and selected task-lxde on synaptic

very nice, loads fast and looks nice

then i logged out and found that i suddenly had a couple more options than lxde and kde4, i had also gnome and openbox

i was a bit confused since task-lxde just used 10 mbs if i remember correctly so i clocked gnome

it was gnome 3   

fortunately i had this post and could do a different technique, apt-get to remove kdm and then reinstall it 

after that i removed everything gnome related, i had gnome3 and gnome2 packages, no idea from where or how i installed it, don't think that lxde would install gnome3 files isn't?