And many will comment with, "So tell us something new!" But this time I really am. Two weeks ago or so I installed Gnome3 from the gnome.org site which had gnome3 for openSUSE 11.4 (32-bit) version. Here is what it looked like when told other people in another distro what gnome3 on openSUSE likes like: http://picpaste.com/Gnome3-2A-eP9UEyIv.jpg . I was using it and enjoying it - until a friend told me that there were some new videos posted on YouTube, but I couldn't view them (using Firefox). To cut a long story short, after 4 days of trying to fiddle with my installation to be able to view ANY videos (be they on YouTube or BBC.co.uk) I decided that the best way out was to re-install openSUSE and take it from there. So, this time 'round I installed Gnome from the openSUSE 11.4 DVD (NOT the one from Gnome.org), did all the usual updates, then installed the Gnome3 repos as mentioned in this list, did the "zypper dup" song and dance act......and when I rebooted I was told that I couldn't run gnome3 and that the default gnome would be running instead. Nice, I thought, worked OK for a week+ but now I am told I am in "deep poo-poos". OK, I thought, the usual nVidia driver thing with openSUSE not detecting that I have the ability to run the required graphics. So I install the latest 275 nVidia driver downloaded directly from nVidia just like in the past.....and what do I get? I still have what appears to be the gnome 2.x appearance - but it isn't quite the 2.x thingie because I am not able to hide the top/bottom taskbars, for example. What is most frustrating is that the APPLICATIONS>SYSTEM SETTINGS>SYSTEM INFO is showing me that I have Gnome 3.0.2 installed - which is, to me, obviously total horse-droppings. The bottom line is: anyone know what I could be missing as a setting to be able to see the Gnome3 desktop which I show in the picpaste screenshot above? Or do I have to go back to gnome.org and re-install their version of openSUSE 11.4 with Gnome3 and throw out what openSUSE itself has provided on their DVD + upgrades in Gnome3:/STABLE:/? Any help to make me retain some mental sanity, and dignity, would be greatly appreciated..... :-) . BC -- The Annual General Meeting of Psychics has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. The Organising Commitee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-gnome+help@opensuse.org