Gnome 3 fallback mode

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#1

hello every one,

just upgraded to gnome 3.0.1
but it started in fallback mode …!!
and i really don’t know where to go next

Here is my kernel version

	OpenSuSe 11.4 Linux linux-6rb4.site 2.6.37.6-0.5-default #1 SMP 2011-04-25 21:48:33 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Here is hardware

System : LapTop HP G62
Processor : Intel® Core™ i3 CPU M 350 @ 2.27GHz × 4 http://ark.intel.com/inc/images/badge/43451_64.gif](http://www.intel.com/consumer/products/processors/specifications.htm?proc=43529)

Graphic : Intel® Ironlake Mobile GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT x86/MMX/SSE2

(Stop being selfish and help others have the experience too)

#2

Personally, I prefer fallback mode.

My laptop has Intel ironlake graphics, though probably a different version. Gnome 3 works fine.

If I boot with “nomodeset”, then it starts in fallback mode.

I should use “nomodeset” - otherwise I get occasional freezes. However, when booting my gnome 3 partition, I live dangerously.

#3

My laptop has Intel ironlake graphics, though probably a different version. Gnome 3 works fine.

so how did it decided that it wont run on my system ???

#4

Hi
The graphics card PCI ID…


/sbin/lspci -nnk

For example on this system;


01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GTS] [10de:0400] (rev a1)

The [10de:0400] identifies the PCI ID.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop
up 21:07, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.05, 0.10
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 270.41.06

#5 
/sbin/lspci -nnk

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1439]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
#6

Hi
I’m using the same driver on my netbook with Gnome 3.0 fine…

So you upgraded, did you set the Gnome 3.0 repository priority to 98?

See here, http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:GNOME_3.0

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop
up 22:08, 4 users, load average: 0.05, 0.15, 0.14
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 270.41.06

#7

After the latest batch of upgrades my Gnome3 also only goes into fallback mode. I have an nvidia driver and that’s working fine so it isn’t a graphics problem.

#8

Hi
I’m running this system with a GeForce 8600 GTS and driver 270.41.06, it’s working fine at the moment, maybe some old stuff lurking? Is gnome-shell running at 100%?

#9

So you upgraded, did you set the Gnome 3.0 repository priority to 98?

yes
zypper repos:

# | Alias             | Name                       | Enabled | Refresh
--+-------------------+----------------------------+---------+--------
1 | GNOME_STABLE_3.0  | GNOME_STABLE_3.0           | Yes     | Yes    
2 | libdvdcss         | libdvdcss                  | No      | No     
3 | repo-debug        | openSUSE-11.4-Debug        | No      | Yes    
4 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | No      | Yes    
5 | repo-non-oss      | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss      | Yes     | Yes    
6 | repo-oss          | openSUSE-11.4-Oss          | Yes     | Yes    
7 | repo-source       | openSUSE-11.4-Source       | No      | Yes    
8 | repo-update       | openSUSE-11.4-Update       | Yes     | Yes
#10

Hi
What about the output from;


zypper lr 1
#11 
zypper lr 1
Alias          : GNOME_STABLE_3.0                                               
Name           : GNOME_STABLE_3.0                                               
URI            : http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/3.0/->
Enabled        : Yes                                                            
Priority       : 98                                                             
Auto-refresh   : On                                                             
Keep Packages  : Off                                                            
Type           : rpm-md                                                         
GPG Check      : On                                                             
GPG Key URI    :                                                                
Path Prefix    :                                                                
Parent Service :                                                                
MD Cache Path  : /var/cache/zypp/raw/GNOME_STABLE_3.0
#12

i’m thinking about downloading the GNOME 3 “try out” iso
from here http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Medias/images/iso/GNOME_3.i686-1.2.0-Build1.1.iso

and will see if things works out

#13

Hi, I had the same problem on kde4. By installing a gnome 3 for checking purposes I got what you describe.

  • reason: possibly one more little bug in the system updates, because it happened just by rebooting after “suse-updating”.
  • issue: the nvidia drivers are modprobed but deactivated.
  • solution: just reinstall the nvidia drivers, I used the last beta and it seems to work well, vmachines included. Also, I let the installer to write a new xorg.conf, sure is sure. :wink:
    Don’t forget to run finally mkinitrd.
    bye
#14

the nvidia drivers

well thanks for your reply …

but my system is completely nvidia free :(:(:frowning:

#15

hello every one…

just downloaded the iso and it worked !!!
then got it installed using yast2 live-installer

my impression about gnome3 :well it’s good for web browsing but i really don’t know how i gonna do any work on it , i really miss the task bar and minimize button it’s gonna take a while to get familiar with it.

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