gnome-shell - Man Page
Graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
Synopsis
gnome-shell [OPTION...]
Description
GNOME shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience.
gnome-shell is a required component of the GNOME desktop, i.e. it is listed in the RequiredComponents field of /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session. It is started in the window manager phase of the session.
Options
- --wayland
Run as a wayland compositor
- --display-server
Run as a full display server, rather than nested
- --nested
Run as a nested compositor
- --no-x11
Run wayland compositor without starting Xwayland
- --x11
Run with X11 backend
- --wayland-display=DISPLAY
Wayland display name to use
- -d, --display=DISPLAY
X display to use
- -r, --replace
Replace the running window manager
- --sm-disable
Disable connection to the session manager
- --sm-client-id=ID
Specify session management ID
- --sm-save-file=FILE
Initialize session from FILE
- --sync
Make X calls synchronous
- --mode=MODE
Use a specific mode, e.g. "gdm" for login screen
- --list-modes
List possible modes and exit
- --version
Print version and exit
- --help
Display help and exit
Files
/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session, /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.desktop.
Bugs
The bug tracker can be reached by visiting the website https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues. Before sending a bug report, please verify that you have the latest version of gnome-shell. Many bugs (major and minor) are fixed at each release, and if yours is out of date, the problem may already have been solved.
Additional Information
For further information, visit the website https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/blob/main/README.md.