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Alex Poulos
Asked: 2012-04-16 13:31:24 +0800 CST

Just reinstalled my 12.04 - I want to have back the option to choose between unity, gnome, gnome-classic & gnome classic-no effects - help?

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How do I go about installing not only the Gnome-classic fallback but also installing the regular Gnome, and Gnome-classic-noeffects?

gnome command-line 12.04

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  1. Best Answer

    You should get it all by installing gnome. Run this in the terminal:

    sudo apt-get install gnome

    This should install Gnome 3, Gnome Classic/Fallback, and Gnome Classic (No effects).

    If the problem is that the option to chose desktop environment is not yet present, I assume you have turned automatic login on. Turn this off. There is a tutorial here.

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  2. Open System Settings > User account, click unlock and make sure you haven't selecten Automatic login.

    You should be able to change your desktop manager clicking on the Ubuntu logo above the password input.

    If you can't, open a terminal and enter

    sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback gnome-shell

    When installed try again.

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