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NAME
gnome-shell - 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
--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out of date, the problem may already have been solved.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://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell.
GNOME-SHELL December 2020 GNOME-SHELL(1)