There is a Gnome OpenRC ISO for testing (considered alpha stage), for downloading at:
https://iso.artixlinux.org/testing-isos.php (https://iso.artixlinux.org/testing-isos.php)
User Name: artix
Password : artix
Please report any issues, here.
Known Issues:
GNOME crashes when trying to reorder applications in the GNOME Shell Dash, caused by themes.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Troubleshooting#GNOME_crashes_when_trying_to_reorder_applications_in_the_GNOME_Shell_Dash (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Troubleshooting#GNOME_crashes_when_trying_to_reorder_applications_in_the_GNOME_Shell_Dash)
Unknown Issues:
Logout Operation was breaking GDM. SOLVED by following exactly the same Issue solution of the Gnome Dash, above.
Fixed by the removal of GDM [18th of June, 2020 (https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1501.msg10488.html#msg10488)]
I don't have to worry about installing Gnome by pamac groups from a Lxde. I just use themes and adjustments as extensions. I put the adwaita dark theme and installed the Deepin icons and slider in the home.
Nice.
Which init and display manager are you using?
LXDE uses LightDM which breaks Gnome Screenlock and Gnome Screensaver operations.
Deepin icons, do not break GDM at GNOME dash on drag and drop?
I don't have gdm but I left lightdm on gnome after I started lxde installation.
I'm on OpenRC on this gnome pc. The x11 display manager and the icons and deepin cursor have been downloaded from gnome-look so installed manually in the icons folder.
sorry if you don't understand all my english I go through the translator: I actually kept lightdm.
if I have any problems on my Artix OpenRC x11lightdm I'll give you a feedback. for the moment everything works perfectly
GNOME Desktop, for Artix Linux with LightDM, as from now on.
Video Demo at: https://streamable.com/qdrvag (https://streamable.com/qdrvag)
Downloads area available at: https://iso.artixlinux.org/testing-isos.php
artix-gnome-openrc-20200618-x86_64.iso
artix-gnome-runit-20200618-x86_64.iso
artix-gnome-s6-20200618-x86_64.iso
Solved Issues:
- Screen Lock, not working with LightDM
- GNOME-dash breaking GNOME/
GDM with any other theme, than adwaita - OpenRC only as the only init system, available
Known Issues:
- Gnome after login, shows message that Screen Locking operation does not exist. This is either caused by the delay of startup Gnome Screensaver after login, or a permissive behavior of Gnome, due to the lack of GDM.
for me gnome openrc really no worries going through pamac groups
Nice.
But we are talking about new ISOs available, with Gnome Desktop ready.
Regards
Yeah, okay, I'll try it sometime.
I've been testing Gnome for a few days on an older notebook, the HP 2540p, and I must say I'm deeply impressed.
However, I noticed that I can't permanently set the screen brightness. Is this a Gnome problem or an Artix-Gnome problem?
Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
regards
Do you mean screen backlight on laptop after reboot?
This function can be "enabled" by using backlight service. (Install backlight-[init] and enable it)
Yes, this is what I mean.
Thanks for your help, I'll try it :)
This was the solution for my problem :)
Thank you.
What could be the reason that I cannot change the brightness with the corresponding key combinations?
The HP notebook uses fn+F9 to decrease brightness and fn+F10 to increase brightness.
If I change the brightness via the menu, it only works once and then it stays as it is.
You will probably have to set them at keyboard shortcuts.
iirc, it must be set at the tweaks.
Regards
You have done a nice job with this its great to see a gnome openrc version.
Allas its not without a few niggles
The theme you use really slows things down like opening apps and a delay in closing apps
This is the theme I use Mc-OS-Transparent-1.3 dark theme with a hint of background transparency
I'm glad you enabled Bluetooth out the box as it should be in gnome
Good work keep it up.
Thank you for the positive feedback, provided by your side.
The themes are obligatory to be used, ever since it is an Artix Branded ISO.
Stay tuned, because I am also trying to shift to sddm, if possible, prior to the final release.
Regards
The impact of the sluggishness will really persuade users not to use Gnome it needs work to make it compatible,
As for lightdm it works well and i can use wayland with my nvidia card I don't like ldm but why change what works out the box, SSDM is sluggish when using GTK distros in my experience LXDE is lighter and faster but no Wayland support as far a i know.
I just would like to test that too, exactly for the wayland.
You are the first mentioning that wayland works and this makes me feel a lot better. :)
We will then, keep LightDM.
Thank you again for the feedback!
I have searched the tweaks, but unfortunately I did not find the subitem.
Can you please tell me the area where you can switch on or assign the fn keys?
Thanks a lot :)
Regards
in gnome you have to go to the parameters and shortcuts to assign the keys
For the case you need help with Gnome, please visit their site (https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/keyboard-shortcuts-set.html.en)
For any DE matter, please search it there.
We are using the Gnome upstream, this means that we do not interfere in anything.
Regards
Gnome? from my little understanding, gnome relies on systemd, so does this mean Artix still relies on some systemd stuff? (i think this explains to me why cmus and mpd works despite them relying on libsystemd)
Artix uses libelogind which is compatible with libsystemd and implements the same APIs.
There must be another reason why the Fn shortcuts do not work properly.
I downloaded Manjaro Gnome for testing and put the iso on an usb stick. Then I started the HP 2540p as well as a Thinkpad X220 and an Asus R510C with the iso. On all devices the Fn keys worked perfectly.
When I use the shortcuts on Artix Gnome, the screen icon appears and the bar changes. But the brightness does not change. The same is for the volume. So the shortcuts are not completely inactive, but nothing changes.
I took a look at the keyboard layout at Manjaro Gnome and there I found that the Fn keys are not explicitly set. I can imagine that it could be a missing package.
I found the solution ;D
After modifying the grub line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet resume=UUID=c26f432e-7c80-4edc-81e1-93a9a083fbf8"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi="
and a restart, the Fn shortcuts are working now properly.
regards
I tried Artix GNOME on my Lenovo Ideapad C340 and I noticed a bug with the brightness. Keyboard shortcuts are recognized but it doesn't change it.
Also, why does the GNOME version comes with all the useless GNOME apps like mahjong game, etc...
I had to pretty much uninstall everything...
I think I will stay with Fedora for now (even if I liked how fast runit boot).
Also, is there a plan to add plymouth like fedora or ubuntu ?
Please check the above solution (https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1501.msg10941.html#msg10941) in this thread, regarding the brightness keys for laptops.
Well, maybe the default Gnome apps, seems useless to you and you are free to uninstall them, but other users want them.
Plymouth is not in our plans.
Regards
I thought that the problem with the backlight Fn shortcut is solved, but now I have a problem that I don't understand.
I have 2 Notebooks, a Lenovo X220 and new for me, a Lenovo T450S.
The first installation was on the X220 and there I modified the grub line as described above and everything still works as it should.
I can adjust the brightness with the Fn shortcut and I see an "on screen symbol for brightness" and it gets darker and brighter and after a restart the screen is as bright as I adjusted.
Now I installed Gnome on the Lenovo T450S and I did exact the same, I installed backlight-openrc and I modified the grub line as well.
With this device there is not the "on screen symbol for brightness" (e. g. the volume symbol is on the screen, when I adjust the volume). It is possible to change the brightness but after a restart everthing is as before.
Is it possible, that it has something to do with the different devices, although the T450S is the newer device?
I know that Gnome is still testing but I love this desktop and I would really like to make it to my default desktop.
greets
Roberto
Hi Roberto,
Gnome has nothing to do with any of this problems, even if the ISO is at gremlins (testing) stage.
In both cases, it is a matter of BIOS firmware and this is the reason that you cannot apply the same solution to Lenovo T450S, as you did with Lenovo X220.
You could try to install the brigtnessctl package from galaxy repo and make keyboard shortcuts, and assign values to them, as described at the project's page (https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl)
Regards
My first post here :) I wanna thank everyone that engaged in the Artix project. Its good to find people who still respect our right to use technology in a (more or less) "honest" way - and for this Artix-Gnome iso, i have to admit that maybe is the most durable Gnome i ever used. Thank you Linuxer ;)
To the point - i found something weird. I read in Mandog post that
In my laptop (Intel Core2duo & Intel 965 graphics chip) - after the installation, some programs like SoulseekQT and Telegram didn't start. I was advised (by Linuxer) to change the dm in /etc/environment from wayland to xcb and yes SoulseekQT, Telegram and any other program starts perfectly.
But some things aren't right. In every Gnome session the "echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE" gives "x11" as a result. Also the second Gnome session in LightDM list (maybe the Wayland one ?) is not selectable. Wayland is installed but i think is not up.
Any ideas ?
Welcome to the community Herco and thanks for your positive feedback for this ISO.
As I have mention at this previous post (https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1501.msg10852.html#msg10852), i was considering to shift from LightDM to SDDM, for Wayland proper operation.
@mandog was the only person that confirmed wayland's normal operation with LightDM.
Therefore, the next testing ISOs, will be using SDDM instead of LightDM.
After uploading them, you will be notified accordingly to download the latest ISO, so please be kind enough to provide another feedback regarding this issue.
Best
Thanks for this Speed of Light answer :)
I ll be waitin for the next Gnome iso ;)
Hi linuxer,
thank you for your help and I will take a look at brightnessctl.
But there is still a thing that I really don't understand.
Just to narrow down the problem, I have downloaded Manjaro Gnome. Yes I know, that Manjaro uses systemd and Artix Gnome does not. But the point is, that I booted my T450S with this distro and everything works with the FN shortcuts. Nothing to install, nothing to do.
That suggests to me the assumption that it is not because of the device and also not because of the Bios version.
By the way, I updated the notebook last night to the latest Bios (2019) and then completely reinstalled Artix Gnome. No chance that the brightness changes.
After installing backlight-openrc you can change the brightness, but the slider in the top right corner of the drop-down window does not change.
I'm sorry to annoy you with my problem, but I'm not the guy to give up so quickly.
regards
Roberto
Hi Roberto and thanks for your feedback.
When I mentioned BIOS, was as per your previous case with acpi_osi modification on Grub's kernel boot line and has nothing to do with BIOS updates.
You are not annoying me, but Gnome is upstream and we don't interfere into any such aspects.
I am not in the position to know, what Manjaro Devs have been up to, or which packages are loaded, because it is a completely different distribution and not related to us.
Maybe by trying the acpi_backlight=vendor to the Grub Line will solve your problem as reported here (https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Other-Linux-Discussions/thinkpad-t450-boot-screen-brightness/m-p/4430982)
Regards
As I saw it today, you re right for once more!! Sddm is the only (?) choice for a proper collaboration with Wayland in Gnome.
We are waiting for the next sddm iso! :)
Hi Herco,
Thanks for your confirmation.
Regards
Currently running Gnome (runit) version on my laptop. Very impressed by the work. Looking forward the new release with sddm.
Gnome with SDDM, wayland confirmation.
GPU Intel i915
(https://imgur.com/6q8jkHA.png)
I am absolutely impressed and am really looking forward to the new iso.
regards
Roberto
Hello World!
Finally an obvious management between qt5 and wayland in Gnome :D
I look forward to it!
Thank you very much!
Known Issues:
GDM startrs on tty7, so looks broken (Runit Init):
(https://i.imgur.com/CkeNQhp.jpg)
Solution (please try):
sudo nano /etc/gdm/custom.conf
Add the line FirstVT=1 as shown below and save the file:
(https://i.imgur.com/hP2U1sn.jpg)
su does not prompt for password:Solution:
Commend the line as below and save the file:
(https://i.imgur.com/Y8RI10c.jpg)
[UPDATE] Runit does not start GDM session on live CD:Solution:
Please edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf and apply as per commit (https://gitea.artixlinux.org/linuxer/iso-profiles/src/commit/642ae9a8a3642e257d23eb4d85f2261ec100cbc4/gnome/live-overlay/etc/gdm/custom.conf)
Note: The FirstVT=1 can be commented, if GDM does not start, as below (not yet decided):
#FirstVT=7
Qt Applications not starting between x11/wayland when sessions are changed:
Solution:
make a new script executable at your home folder for local startups (user), or edit your .bashrc or .zhrc and add the following lines, normally on top, as below:
session_type=$XDG_SESSION_TYPE
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland
if [[ ${session_type} == "x11" ]]; then
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
fi
(https://imgur.com/kA62JMc.png)
Fixed GDM start under Runit, thanks
@konimex for approving my suggestion to add the line:
sv check dbus > /dev/null || exit 1
to gdm-runit (https://gitea.artixlinux.org/packagesG/gdm-runit/commit/5120400ab2ee7bd1f5c9cf8e1c0c5d9e175687e4) service.
(https://imgur.com/WKUIWfz.png)
included at this update and on
(https://imgur.com/18YjcLc.png)
Known issue:
No hibernation function available.
Reason:
Gnome shell extensions such as hibernate-status-button (https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/755/hibernate-status-button/), need systemctl command.
Solution: (my dirty trick :D :D :D)
Add the following lines to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc file:
systemctl () {
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Perhaps you wanted to do something?"
else
if [ "$1" = "hibernate" ]; then
loginctl hibernate
else
echo "ERROR: wrong parameters detected: $1"
fi
fi
}
[Update]
fakesystemctl script (https://gitea.artixlinux.org/linuxer/fakesystemctl) has been created, to assist some gnome-shell-exensions, alone with some other special cases.
I don't want to be misunderstood, I'm just curious when a stable iso of Artix Gnome will be released.
I find the Gnome desktop very nice, but the current test iso is now so old that I fear it will probably be difficult to install.
Maybe I am wrong.
Nevertheless I would like to see an official stable iso.
greets
Roberto
Not the answer to your question, but I'm actually using GNOME+GDM+Wayland on Artix runit as my daily driver. Instead of using the GNOME image I installed Artix from the LXQt ISO and replaced LXQt+SDDM by GNOME+GDM. I didn't like the GNOME ISO, because it's not based on GDM and doesn't use Wayland by default.
The ISO was based on LightDM, when we had issues with GDM not starting.
Now, when released, it will be with GDM only.
Would be nice to read all first, prior to judging like that.
I was reporting how I got to use GNOME+GDM+Wayland long before there was an ISO providing this combination. This can hardly be called a judgement.
Didn't see any report before that.
Anyway, I am waiting for my MR so to keep on going as a project.
Hey linuxer,
I just saw with great joy that there is a current Artix Gnome openrc iso.
I immediately downloaded and installed it and I can simply say, just fantastic, great work.
Everything is running smoothly so far.
If I notice anything, I will be happy to give feedback.
Thanks again for this new iso.
Roberto
Enjoy.
The iso is working nicely for me too. Just don't forget to run sudo pacman -Syu after the installation. Hope we can have plymouth in the future.
Thanks for the feedback.
Plymouth is not planned to be used in our ISOs
A minor bug:
print_help() sets
${colorgreen} but doesn’t clean up after that.
And just curious (not to criticize): since when did 92 characters per line become a sort
de bon ton for shell scripts? Why namely this number?
And yet another unrelated thing: conversion of images captured from desktop to JPEG is an abomination.
Hi,
Thanks for the evaluation, is not yet production ready, cause that script was created for some specific purposes.
Btw, I do not get your comment about the characters per line.
good evening, when will there be a new iso gnome runit, thanks
HI there!
honestly pretty new to linux still and jumping in on the deep end here, based on what i've learned recently, artix seems like a really exciting project. i'm coming from ubuntu and prefer the gnome de over the others i've tried, so i downloaded and installed the runit version of this iso on a vm but am running into some trouble.
i went to update everything for the first time after installing and received this error:
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing elogind (246.10-5) breaks dependency 'systemd' required by gnome-logs
my pacman.conf matches what is suggested on the wiki's repository page. the github page for gnome-logs says "GNOME Logs is a log viewer for the systemd journal." so i'm not sure why or how that is installed in the first place. how should i proceed? remove gnome-logs?
thanks :)
edit:
I just went ahead and removed gnome-logs, and that at least let me proceed with the installation, however, i now received the following error after checking for file conflicts
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
esysusers: /usr/bin/sysusers exists in filesystem (owned by opensysusers)
esysusers: /usr/lib/sysusers.d/basic.conf exists in filesystem (owned by opensysusers)
etmpfiles: /usr/bin/tmpfiles exists in filesystem (owned by opentmpfiles)
Errors occurred, no packages were upraged.
I see the post artoo made in september of 2020 saying he moved from opentmpfiles and opensysusers to etmpfiles and esysusers and notice that the runit iso is dated july of 2020 so i'm assuming that's where the issue is. Is there some way I can replace opentmpfiles and opensysusers with etmpfiles and esysusers? Like i said, i'm still somewhat new to linux so i'm a little out of my depth on this particular issue :-[
Why do you use systemd? Don't use systemd, don't use Arch Linux repositories. This is Artix Linux.
If you really need to use Arch Linux repositories, then take the time to carefully set them up so they don't take precedence over Artix repositories:
https://artixlinux.org/news.php#Arch_repositories_made_optional
https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories
The real reason you are encountering this issue is because this iso is simply way too old. A lot of stuff happens in the background (we're rolling release after all) which makes updating a little more involved. In your case, removing gnome-logs was the correct choice because that package directly depends on journald (we don't have that obviously). To continue onwards, you can use the --overwrite argument in pacman to fix the file conflicts.
Thanks for the response Dudemanguy. Overwriting worked :)
artix-gnome-openrc-20210427-x86_64.iso misses a SHA256 sum.I installed it nevertheless and it runs smoothly so far in a VM.
Hi, is it possible to donate specifically for work related to the release of a stable Gnome iso ?
Hello, I have installed the OpenRC 20210427 variant on my HP laptop and I cannot get GNOME's night light feature to work in either X or Wayland. I've searched everywhere for a solution but I don't know what's causing it. I tried to activate it on a live USB on my desktop as well with no luck, still the same display color. Perhaps it's because my displays aren't showing up in the color setting panel "Unable to detect any devices that can be color managed", which works on Arch.