How do I start "Ubuntu classic desktop" (no effects) from the command line

gnome command-line ssh

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From the command line the GNOME Classic Desktop is started with:

gnome-session --session=gnome-classic

Other session types are installed by default in /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/ and can also be opened with the gnome-session --session=SESSION command where SESSION is the name of the SESSION.session file stored.

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Andrew Stern

Updated on September 17, 2022

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Andrew Stern over 1 year

I am able to run sessions over an ssh connection but I rather use the "Ubuntu classic desktop (no effects)" version on Ubuntu 11.04 instead of the new Unity since I don't have 3d support on the laptop I'm using to display the graphical User Interface. How can I startup the older gnome-session without the 3d effects? I tried gnome-session but it seems to be the option with the 3d effects and I want a more stripped down session over my ssh session.
- Admin about 13 years
  
  What exactly are you trying to achieve? Invoke GNOME applications over ssh from another machine?
- Admin about 13 years
  
  I'm trying to invoke a full Gnome session so that I can use the Gnome menus and notifications on screen to invoke different applications. I want it to be the same as when I login to my desktop using the "Ubuntu classic desktop (no effects) without needing to be sitting at my desktop.
Andrew Stern about 13 years

The correct path seems to be '/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/' and I see the following in the directory: 2d-gnome.session classic-gnome.session gnome.session ubuntu.session
Andrew Stern over 12 years

Note that the version 11.10 doesn't have the classic-gnome by default so you have to use 'ubuntu-2d' instead.
Andrew Stern over 12 years

Note I found this to readd the classic gnome desktop: liberiangeek.net/2011/08/…
anonnymouse almost 6 years

I tried those, and none of them worked
Takkat almost 6 years

@anonnymouse: we can only call sessions that are predefined in our system. The answer was valid in 2011 but today we need to install the gnome-session-flashback package and then may be able to call this session with gnome-session --session=gnome-flashback-metacity (can't try atm, if it works I'll edit my answer later)
Alexis almost 4 years

I set gnome-session --session=gnome to run gnome instead of gnome-classic but gnome-classic is still launched.