[gentoo-user] converting to gnome3--a trip report

[gentoo-user] converting to gnome3--a trip report

[Allan Gottlieb]

I just finished converting an extra laptop to gnome3.  I have not as yet
made any serious use of the resulting system, but thought my experiences
might ease the effort for anyone trying this as well.

I decided on a two step procedure: first convert from x86 to ~x86, and
only then install the gnome3 layman overlay.

The first part was not trivial and I especially appreciated help from
this list and from b.g.o.  I have mentioned some of the problems here
before and none were particular to gnome3 so I shall not repeat them.

From ~x86 (gnome2) to ~x86 (gnome3) was surprisingly easy.  Indeed the
only hard part was understanding the language in man (1) portage
concerning /etc/make.profile  /etc/portage/make.profile and
/etc/portage/profile.

1.  Install the gnome3 overlay.

2.  Read /var/lib/layman/gnome3/README, especially

    * To try out GNOME 3, use the portage config files in
      status/portage-configs. It is recommended to symlink the
      package.keywords.gnome3 and package.mask.gnome3 files, and copy
      the others to the proper place.

    * Read man portage to know the proper place to copy/symlink these
      files. In particular, note that
      /etc/portage/package.{keywords,mask} can be directories.

3.  If you had a single file for /etc/portage/package.keywords
    switch to making it a directory and placing your file
    inside.  I called it
    /etc/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords.main-tree

4.  Create a symlink for the (supplied) gnome3 keywords
    /etc/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords.gnome3 ->
    /var/lib/layman/gnome/status/portage-configs/package.keywords.gnome3

[Note: 3 and 4 (keywording) were not needed for me since my system was
~x86, but I did them anyway]

5.  Similarly create /etc/portage/package.unmask directory,
    put any unmasks you have in there (I had none) and link
    /etc/portage/package.unmask/package.unmask.gnome3 ->
    /var/lib/layman/gnome/status/portage-configs/package.unmask.gnome3

6.  Similarly create directory /etc/portage/profile and then directories
    /etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask and
    /etc/portage/profile/use.mask

7.  Add any use.masks you had to the appropriate directory and link
    /etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask/package.use.mask.gnome3 ->
    /var/lib/layman/gnome/status/portage-configs/package.use.mask.gnome3
    and
    /etc/portage/profile/use.mask/use.mask.gnome3 ->
    /var/lib/layman/gnome/status/portage-configs/use.mask.gnome3

[5-7 could have had one directory layer fewer since I didn't have
any unmasks or use masks]

8.  Emerge update world   [evolution failed to compile]

9.  revdep-rebuild ["fixes" evolution]

10. reboot

11. smile

kudos to the gentoo gnome team.

allan

Re: [gentoo-user] converting to gnome3--a trip report

[Yohan Pereira]

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On Thursday 02 Jun 2011 13:33:31 Allan Gottlieb wrote:
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For those who use pulseaudio (dont judge me, i need the streaming audio over 
network thingie). theres a problem of pulseaudio running for the gdm user and 
hence no sound for normal users. Found the fix and other usefull tips on the 
arch linux wiki (look at disabling gdm sound).

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME#GDM_Customization

all in all my mom could use gnome3 without much fuss .. so i guess its a job 
well done.

-- 

- Yohan Pereira

"A man can do as he will, but not will as he will" - Schopenhauer

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Re: [gentoo-user] converting to gnome3--a trip report

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 02.06.2011 19:33, schrieb Allan Gottlieb:

> 1.  Install the gnome3 overlay.

thanks for your instructions, but I don't get any gnome3 overlay via
layman ... how to do that? The overlay "gnome" doesn't seem to contain
the right packages.

Thanks, Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] converting to gnome3--a trip report

[David Abbott]

On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@xunil.at> wrote:
> Am 02.06.2011 19:33, schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
>
>> 1.  Install the gnome3 overlay.
>
> thanks for your instructions, but I don't get any gnome3 overlay via
> layman ... how to do that? The overlay "gnome" doesn't seem to contain
> the right packages.
>
> Thanks, Stefan
>
>
This is it here;
http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=tree;f=status;h=ae166be0beb9b279b8afda08e19ae97b7c724272;hb=HEAD

HTH,
David

Re: [gentoo-user] converting to gnome3--a trip report

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 05.06.2011 14:06, schrieb David Abbott:

> This is it here; 
> http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=tree;f=status;h=ae166be0beb9b279b8afda08e19ae97b7c724272;hb=HEAD

thanks, yes ...

I am working my way through getting it all right now (portage seems to
ignore /etc/portage/profile/use.mask here ... but I am getting there
step by step ...)

Stefan