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I've installed Ubuntu Server Edition and setup open ssh,samba and lamp on my home desktop just to work on LAN. I also want setup a GUI on it for daily use.

I've already performed the following

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
sudo apt-get install lightdm-gtk-greeter
sudo apt-get install xinit

I don't want to install Unity or the Gnome3 Shell on my system. Also I haven't found instructions to installing gnome-classic on a server edition(although it shouldn't make a difference).How do I get it to work?

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  • note that running a gui on a server is discouraged. there's a reason it comes without one.
    – strugee
    Jun 21, 2013 at 7:24
  • also please be aware that while a lot of people think fallback mode is there to placate previous GNOME 2 users, it isn't. it's deprecated and has been dropped from GNOME 3.8 which means that when you eventually upgrade to something equal to or greater than 13.10 (Saucy), fallback mode won't be available anymore.
    – strugee
    Jun 21, 2013 at 7:28
  • also try sudo service lightdm restart. see what the output is. if it says service not found or something, try sudo apt-get install lightdm
    – strugee
    Jun 21, 2013 at 7:30
  • I did mention that this server was for light usage on my home network(LAN). I'll try the above the next time I install server edition. Currently using mint on that system. Thanks for the help! Jun 21, 2013 at 14:09
  • yeah! you may want to look into MATE. it's a fork of GNOME 2 and is maintained, although it is still in the process of migrating away from deprecated technologies.
    – strugee
    Jun 22, 2013 at 4:10

2 Answers 2

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Warning : Untested since I already have gnome-3

To install ubuntu classic,

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel

as instructed in this link

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  • to install fallback mode, you install gnome-session-fallback. not gnome-panel.
    – strugee
    Jun 21, 2013 at 7:26
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  apt-get install gnome-panel gnome-settings-daemon metacity nautilus gnome-terminal

and then use this xstartup

    nano .vnc/xstartup

then add this in xstartup

    #!/bin/sh
    export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
    unset SESSION_MANAGER
    unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

    [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup
    [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
    xsetroot -solid grey
    vncconfig -iconic &

   gnome-panel &
   gnome-settings-daemon &
   metacity &
   nautilus &
   gnome-terminal &

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