Get rid of name in top right corner of Gnome 3

sillav · #1 11th May 2011, 12:03 AM

As I'm the only user of the computer, and I'm not likely to forget my name, I'd like to just use the icon and not my name. I've browsed through some of the .js files, but can't figure out if and how it might be done.

***Dan*** · #2 11th May 2011, 12:35 AM

Whatever name the account is under will appear there.

dd_wizard · #3 11th May 2011, 12:37 AM

One more reason to avoid G3, the lack of configurability.

dd_wizard

sillav · #4 11th May 2011, 12:48 AM

Ok, how about a safety / privacy concern then...

If I'm at a coffee shop, or the library, I don't want my name in bright letters where anyway within twenty feet can read it.

Think that's crazy? How do you think they finally found Osama? That's right, he took his laptop with Fedora15 with Gnome 3 to the coffee shop.

RahulSundaram · #5 11th May 2011, 12:54 AM

Go to the user menu, click on "My Account", click on the "-" and change the name to whatever you want if you are concerned about that

#6 11th May 2011, 01:09 AM

dont use your real name when making your account

***Dan*** · #7 11th May 2011, 01:09 AM

Or, run a liveCD when in public.

EDIT:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rahul

Go to the user menu, click on "My Account", click on the "-" and change the name to whatever you want if you are concerned about that

Well I'll be dipped! I did not know that! Thanks, Rahul!

dd_wizard · #8 11th May 2011, 01:12 AM

But that really shouldn't be necessary, Rahul. In gnome 2, all you had to do was remove it from the panel. I know a lot of people like the feel of G3, but the drastic change in configurability from G2 has been rough on a lot of users. Power management being a particular annoyance for me. G2 had a great gui, but I can't make gconf or dconf do what I want in G3. There's no way I should have had to put a shell script in /etc/pm/power.d in order to get control of my laptop's brightness.

dd_wizard

sillav · #9 11th May 2011, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RahulSundaram

Go to the user menu, click on "My Account", click on the "-" and change the name to whatever you want if you are concerned about that

I clicked on my name, pressed the spacebar, and bam, no more name. Pretty good workaround until such time as a more proper solution comes about. Thanks very much Rahul!

***Dan*** · #10 11th May 2011, 01:22 AM

Uhm ... I'm thinking that is the proper solution. I just changed mine to: Cranston McGillicutty Snord. How's that for urban camouflage?! <..

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RahulSundaram · #11 11th May 2011, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dd_wizard

But that really shouldn't be necessary, Rahul. In gnome 2, all you had to do was remove it from the panel. I know a lot of people like the feel of G3, but the drastic change in configurability from G2 has been rough on a lot of users. Power management being a particular annoyance for me. G2 had a great gui, but I can't make gconf or dconf do what I want in G3. There's no way I should have had to put a shell script in /etc/pm/power.d in order to get control of my laptop's brightness.

dd_wizard

Whether it should be necessary or not isn't up to me. I am not sure forum members want to point that to me often when I am offering a solution or workaround since I am not involved in GNOME design in any way. If you have a problem with power management, file a bug report?

VastOne · #12 11th May 2011, 03:02 AM

Of which is what I thought the Alpha/Beta/RC phases were for... To report bugs to be repaired before the release..

Good advice any way you look at it...

RahulSundaram · #13 11th May 2011, 03:16 AM

If the goal is to report bugs, it should be filed via bugzilla. This is just a end user support forum

megaloman · #14 11th May 2011, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VastOne

Of which is what I thought the Alpha/Beta/RC phases were for... To report bugs to be repaired before the release..

Good advice any way you look at it...

try reporting on bugzilla.redhat.com against Fedora 15 and on bugzilla.gnome.org, when it applies directly to gnome. Unfortunately bug reports reported against gnome in Red Hat's bugzilla are likely to be ignored, if not submitted upstream.