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In 14.04, I've installed both gnome-session-flashback and xmonad.

  • When logging in using lightdm and the XMonad+Gnome session, the gnome-panel is broken, with half the indicators missing.

  • When logging in with a flashback session, and then running xmonad --replace, everything works as expected.

  • I've tried copying the RequiredComponents line from /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome-flashback.session to xmonad.session (replacing metacity with xmonad) but it doesn't help.

I guess something is still missing with my xmonad.session. What?

user.dz
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Shay
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  • How did you run "xmonad --replace" under flashback sessions? Tried to run it both in terminal and alt-f2, but ended up with an empty desktop that only respond to right click; the xmonad mod keys were not responsive. The only usable desktop environment for me was XMonad. – iridescent May 04 '14 at 04:33
  • @iridescent: Ran it from gnome-terminal, without any visible issues. – Shay May 04 '14 at 07:48
  • For me the panels appear after about two minutes. I have no idéa why. – dacwe May 06 '14 at 06:46
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    I had a similar issue, perpaps this works for you: http://askubuntu.com/a/471459/152895 – ke. May 24 '14 at 11:25
  • @ke.: thanks, did just that myself. I just hate there isn't a proper fix. – Shay May 24 '14 at 16:32
  • @dacwe: if you're having delayed gnome-panel loading, make sure your startupHook includes gnomeRegister (provided in XMonad.Config.Gnome) – Mark Jul 22 '14 at 02:11

2 Answers2

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Here's how I got xmonad+gnome-panel to work. Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 desktop 64-bit.

  1. Install xmonad:

    sudo apt-get install xmonad gnome-panel

  2. Create ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs with the following [1]: 

    import XMonad
import XMonad.Config.Gnome

main = do
    xmonad $ gnomeConfig

  3. Select session "GNOME with Xmonad" at lightdm

Hope this helps.

"GNOME with Xmonad"

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  • That exactly what I did, as stipulated in my question above. The problem isn't with XMonad, it's with gnome-panel missing half the indicators, and the menu. As if it's configuration wasn't loaded correctly. – Shay May 04 '14 at 16:46
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    @Shay: I observed that logging into "GNOME with Xmonad" without xmonad.hs will not start gnome-panel by default. Since it was not explicit that you had a xmonad.hs in your question, I (wrongly) assumed that was your problem. Anyway, after the abovementioned steps, logging into "GNOME with Xmonad" starts gnome-panel, and the indicators were exactly the same as those seen in "GNOME Flashback (Metacity)". All observations were made using a fresh install in vmware, which is the most objective reference I could get. – iridescent May 05 '14 at 12:57
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I would install it again by typing in the terminal or from tty type:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install --reinstall lightdm
   sudo apt-get install --reinstall xmonad-gnome-panel
   sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-unity-tweaks

   gsettings set org.settings.gnome-unity-tweake.source false=0

and that might make it function again.

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