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ssquidd
Asked: 2018-08-06 15:19:11 +0800 CST

How can i3 use gnome settings in Ubuntu 18.04

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In the past (probably 16.04), simply running gnome-settings-daemon allows gnome settings to work in i3 including hidpi settings, media keys, and touchpad preferences.

In Ubuntu 18.04, there is no gnome-settings-daemon. This daemon is splitted into several daemons in /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/ directory. Include gsd-xsettings, gsd-mouse, etc. However, running these seem to have no effects. I have the lines...

exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-xsettings
exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-keyboard
exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-mouse
exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-media-keys
exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-sound
exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper

...at the end of my .config/i3/config. However, none of my gnome setting take effect in my i3 session. Do I have to run them in a different way?

gnome gnome-settings-daemon i3-wm

2 Answers

  1. Try setting environmental variable XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Gnome and then running the daemon, e.g.

     XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Gnome; gsd-xsettings
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  2. Install gnome-flashback with:

    apt install -y gnome-flashback

    Then clone this repository 

    git clone https://github.com/glsorre/i3-gnome

    Install with

    make install

    Then reboot and choose i3 + Gnome as session.

    You should be done.

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