[ale] How do I NOT use Unity and DO use Gnome 2 in Ubuntu 11.x?

[Rich Faulkner]

Hi Ron, 

Sorry I missed your call the other day.  I'm on the road in California
on business and just getting back online with stuff at home.  

I know and understand all that has been said here regarding Gnome2.
Yes, it is dead and no I don't like Gnome3 either and yes I still run
Gnome2.  Ignoring all of that, here is how to get what you want via the
GUI (which I know you like) for 11.04:

1.  Goto Control Center (you can find this under the power button icon
in Gnome2 in the upper right as default - click on "System Settings")
2.  Scroll down to expose "System" and click on "Login Screen"
3.  Click "Unlock"
4.  Authenticate
5.  Choose "Ubuntu Classic" or which ever DE you want -- the rest is
obvious
6.  Enjoy

Long day so calling it quits.  I hope this helps and will follow-up on
your v/m as soon as I have enough time...kinda slammed at present....

RinL



On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 14:39 -0500, Ron Frazier wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Well, the subject says it.  How do I NOT use Unity and DO use Gnome 2 in 
> Ubuntu 11.x?  Michael T. has almost convinced me to hit the Update 
> button on my old Ubuntu 10.04 based on comments in the "AARG!  Manual 
> software updates, Sun Java, LibreOffice, help" thread.  Should I take 
> the plunge, and update twice to 11.04, I'll be faced with running the 
> Unity UI.  I tried it once before and its lifespan on my system was 
> about 30 minutes.  So, if I go down this road, and update and keep 11.04 
> on the system, and hate Unity yet again, how do I banish it permanently 
> and use Gnome 2 on the newer version of Ubuntu.  I don't know anything 
> about Gnome 3, but my objective is to get an up to date system, not to 
> change everything I've finally got working like I like it.  PS, I don't 
> want to have to specify the UI every time I login.  PPS, I don't have 
> the system upgraded yet, so I cannot try instructions you give yet.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron
> 


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