It appears that the dock extension in gnome-shell-extension-dock-3.2.0-1.fc16 doesn't work in F16 beta. Not only that, but when it's enabled it seems to be able to crash or hang gnome-shell.
It's not a surprise, it was already announced in the update release notes: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-13770 Bug already reported upstream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660952
I don't even seem to be able to enable it. It doesn't show up in gnome-tweak-tool. And it looks like although there is a patch in upstream bugzilla, it didn't get into Fedora in time for the F16 release?
gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.0-2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.0-2.fc16
The dock works in the updated package, although the alternate tab extension causes a lockup as described in the update feedback. However, the dock is missing a feature that it had in F15. I used to be able to right-click on the terminal icon and see a list of open terminals by their window title. That was *once* possible with the window-list applet in GNOME2, but it isn't provided by the 'bottom panel' extension in gnome-shell-frippery, so this facility in the dock extension was a very important piece in the puzzle of making GNOME3 actually usable. And now it's gone...?
Package gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.0-2.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.0-2.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-15734 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.0-2.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
The dock we have now in updates is better than no dock before, but as the comment above (and several pieces of negative karma) indicate, the dock we have now is still broken, since the pop-up menus aren't working. Not sure why the bug was closed despite the comment above and all the negative karma. Reopening.
(In reply to comment #7) > The dock we have now in updates is better than no dock before, but as the > comment above (and several pieces of negative karma) indicate, the dock we have > now is still broken, since the pop-up menus aren't working. Not sure why the > bug was closed despite the comment above and all the negative karma. Reopening. More positive karmas were given, that's the (automatic) rule for a package to be approved as a stable update. Anyway the popup menus problem is confirmed, that's a fact. Since a patch is available to fix it, a new update will be submitted tonight, I hope.
There's another feature of the dock that was not restored when it started working again in the recent update... It was smart enough to narrow gnome-shell's idea of what "full-screen" means so that when you maximized a window, it wasn't partially buried under the dock (when auto-hide isn't set. That's no longer working -- the window is now expanding to the whole screen and being blocked by the dock.
gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.1-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.1-1.fc16
Two steps forward, one step back... right-click menu is working now in the dock extension, thanks. However, there's one remaining problem -- maximized windows are still being partially obscured by the dock, whereas before this didn't happen as noted in comment 9 -- and one new problem -- there's a new hide effect value, "move", but the descriptive text for that setting in dconf-editor says, "Sets the position of the dock in the screen. Allowed values are 'right' or 'left'," i.e., the descriptive text doesn't mention the new legal value. I'm going to give this positive karma, because it's better than the old package, but it's still got some work to go before this bug should be considered fully resolved.
Package gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.1-1.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.1-1.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-16656/gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.1-1.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
gnome-shell-extensions-3.2.1-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
As noted in comment 11, there are still problems.
You'd better report this bug upstream if the dock behaviour doesn't suit your needs.
(In reply to comment #15) > You'd better report this bug upstream if the dock behaviour doesn't suit your > needs. OK.
This recent commit in the GS Extension git repository would fix your issue: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/commit/?id=5bf1339ef1dbe48c68ea103c5a3753477ac33b92 I will test it tonight. If it fixes your issue, this change may be backported in the F16 package.
(And thanks also for the bug report on the GNOME Bugzilla).
Could you test this new version of the gnome-shell-extensions package? http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3604336 It includes the fix to restore strut management for the dock extension.
3.2.3 doesn't completely fix this issue. In particular, when: a) I put the dock on the right side of my main screen, and b) I have a second screen to the right of my main screen, then when I maximize windows on my main screen, they continue to be obscured by the dock. If I move the dock to the left, OR I disable the second screen, this problem goes away. So the fix is partial but not complete. Reopening ticket.
Fedora 16 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2013-02-12. Fedora 16 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.
Reopening; the gnome-shell-extensions-dock package appears to be missing in F19 Alpha.
Really reopening... :)
The dock extensions was dropped upstream: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/commit/?id=987409b7427968e94a6f837dba04abb58fd570eb
The message at https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2012-August/msg00132.html suggests that "there are a number of better docks at extensions.gnome.org". Is there one of those which is packaged for Fedora, with a corresponding Obsoletes: (which I think should make it get installed to supersede the old one, even if it isn't *enabled* automatically).
There aren't any packaged yet but this sound like a good idea. Would you evaluate https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/17/dock/ "better" is kinda vague however. If you could evaluate say the above two ones which seem popular, we can pick one to package.
(In reply to comment #26) > There aren't any packaged yet but this sound like a good idea. Would you > evaluate > > https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/ > https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/17/dock/ Testing on Fedora 18 for now, the latter appears to enable/disable the dock which was already installed and which exists on the right-hand side of the screen, while the former (dash-to-dock) installs a new one that lives on the *left*. Right-clicking something like the terminal in each of them will give me a proper list of terminals with the window title of each, which is the thing that is otherwise sorely lacking in GNOME shell, and one of my primary reasons for using the dock. Other than the side of the screen they appear on, the other difference I can see is that 17/dock is smaller because it has less padding around the icons. I think I prefer it, but that's hardly an in-depth analysis.
On Fedora 19, 307/dash-to-dock appears to work, but 17/dock does not. Each time I toggle it on (in firefox) I get a pop-up asking if I want to install the plugin. But nothing happens. I can turn it off again, then if I try to turn it on I get prompted to install it again. It looks like the download is failing, and it's suffering from the pervasive GNOME "we don't bother to report errors properly" disease?
I prefer 17/dock too but it does not work on F19 - I am using 307/dash-to-dock and it works fine. So either one is fine - I would probably go with working one in the hope it is better supported. Please do it - I have a few hacks for both of them and if there were an official one I might be willing to clean up and submit patches. ( dock location - left/right, depending on monitors connected)