Solved GNOME3 - FreeBSD 12.2-Release-p7 - some questions

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SemFLY

Hi )

Install GNOME 3 on my notebook Dell Inspirion i7 (new model)
Work fine.
Good solution.

But some settings i can't understand, how work/change/save settings and etc.

1. Recommendation some documentations

Code: 
pw groupmod video -m guestuser

This command really needed ?

2. GNOME3 screensaver
Only xset used ?
How set in settings or tweaks options from GNOME ?

3. If screen lock, i can't login.
Root or another user, same situation.
Enter password, but error and no login ?
Why, how fix ?

4. How work under root in GNOME ?

5. Set Date/Time and Timezone
Use from GNONE
Settings / Date & Time
Exit from settings, but settings never save.
How unlock add users ?
How fix ?

6. dconf Editor.
Change some value
Example date and time, but how update.
In FreeBSD this edit work or no ?!
What this editor change ?!

7. What pkg install ?
- setup printers
- device manager
Try pulseaudio - no work
What pkg change volume level ?

8. Install gnome-nettool
How enable icon application ?

Tell me please.
 
Hello SemFLY,

SemFLY said:
1. Recommendation some documentations

Code: 
pw groupmod video -m guestuser
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In order for the user to be able to use programs that use the gpu for acceleration, they must be in the video group.

If the user is not in the group, then llvmpipe is used which is software rendering. But don't be fooled by the stats in the gnome settings because they are sometimes not correct.

2. GNOME3 screensaver
Only xset used ?
How set in settings or tweaks options from GNOME ?
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Which setting are you looking for exactly?

4. How work under root in GNOME ?
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Please never try to run an X environment as root.

5. Set Date/Time and Timezone
Use from GNONE
Settings / Date & Time
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GNOME gets the time from the system. You can check your systemdate with date, should this time not be correct then you can correct it with ntpd. For example with: ntpdate -v -b in.pool.ntp.org

What pkg change volume level ?
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I do use audio/mixertui for small volume management.

You can find more mixers in this thread: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/mixer-application.77153
 
Hello, Alexander88207

Thanks for your answers )

Which setting are you looking for exactly?
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I mean settings about screensaver timeout.
Doesn't put standby system, system must be work in background, but monitor only turn off after timeout.

GNOME gets the time from the system. You can check your systemdate with date, should this time not be correct then you can correct it with ntpd. For example with: ntpdate -v -b in.pool.ntp.org
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Yes, ntpdate i use on my production servers host and under bhyve virtualization.
I try use ntpdate on desktop under GNOME3, date and time set correct, but if open under GNOME

Code: 
Settings / Date &  Time

Time change - it's ok

TimeZone - set by default MSK(London location, United Kingdom), yes the same name, this intrested )))
I try change on MSK(Russia Federation) and close settings, open it again and look at again on the Timezone - MSK (London Location)

Why doesn't save TimeZone ?
 
SemFLY said:
I mean settings about screensaver timeout.
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You can find it under "Power" in the gnome-control-center

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Alexander88207 said:
You can find it under "Power" in the gnome-control-center
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Yes, it's work ) Before i set "Never"
Thanks ))

This way monitor is on(power led on, not blink orange), but screen blank.
Good.

Xorg have utility xset
Code: 
# xset s 60

check option

# xset q

After 60 seconds, monitor turned off, power led on monitor blink orange.
Yes, this work for 60, 120, 140 seconds, but if set 240 sec and above, will does't work and options clear.

In manual for Xorg says.
Have config file (/usr/local/etc/X11/monitor....)
But in this file set only Options for save energy for monitor, doesn't work, only if all settings about monitor, must be full config for xorg.

What i mean and thinking, GNOME may be have more extended control(plugin, extended shell package) for save energy, without change config files from terminal.
Yes, from terminal i can do, many years work from terminal, but more good if from GNOME interface )))
 
Vull said:
To change your time zone, open a terminal as root and run tzsetup -- you might need to have a reboot afterwards.
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Yes, this program from terminal set time zone.
But why this correct settings doesn't see from GNOME ?

Terminal timezone
...(MSK - Russian Federation)

From GNOME (Settings/ Date & Time)
MSK (London Location)
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Why this ?
 
SemFLY said:
Yes, this program from terminal set time zone.
But why this correct settings doesn't see from GNOME ?

Terminal timezone
...(MSK - Russian Federation)

From GNOME (Settings/ Date & Time)
MSK (London Location)
View attachment 11212

Why this ?
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I don't know. I don't use Gnome so I can only guess that perhaps Gnome, which is designed to work with systemd on Linux, is not so well-integrated on FreeBSD, where we don't have systemd. Maybe you will need to correct your timezone settings twice, once for the operating system and once for the desktop environment? Again, I'm just guessing.

What is the actual situation which requires you to change timezones? Are you physically moving this machine back and forth between timezones?
 
Vull said:
What is the actual situation which requires you to change timezones? Are you physically moving this machine back and forth between timezones?
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Not, machine doesn't moving between timezones.
This only my interested about this, why this work without synchronized between OS and GNOME.

Your message, about integrate GNOME.
I hope coming soon GNOME more good will be optimized for FreeBSD.

Thanks for your extended answer! )
 
3. If screen lock, i can't login.
Root or another user, same situation.
Enter password, but error and no login ?
Why, how fix ?
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I am running FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE. After I login to GNOME 3, it locks the screen. Then when I enter my password, it says authentication failure. Then when I try and enter my password again, I can't enter my password - I type but nothing shows up. What could be causing this problem?
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May be somebody know program for change monitor brightness(on notebook FN button) from GNOME interface ?
 
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