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=== Terminal ===
=== Terminal ===
====Opacity (transparency)====
To make {{Pkg|pantheon-terminal}} (semi-)transparent, [[#Configuration|set the dconf key]] {{ic|org.pantheon.terminal.settings.opacity}} to your desired opacity; for {{AUR|pantheon-terminal-git}}, the background color and transparency are set by {{ic|org.pantheon.terminal.settings.background}}.

Revision as of 17:30, 25 December 2017



Note: Although their release schedule and toolchain are bound to Ubuntu's LTS release cycle, elementary OS development moves quickly and has recently moved to github.

Unofficial repository


SigLevel = Optional
Server = https://pkgbuild.com/~alucryd/$repo/$arch

Desktop Environment

For the full elementary OS experience, there is an all-in-one package pantheon-git-metaAUR, which pulls all of the development version desktop environment and application packages that are currently available.


Services and Configuration



These packages contribute to the look and feel of the desktop:

It is also recommended to install the following fonts:



Launching Pantheon

Via Display manager


Via xinit

Alternatively, you can use ~/.xinitrc to launch the Pantheon shell, by adding exec cerbere at to the end of the file.

Autostart applications with xinit


  • Run once when X starts:
  • Keep running in the background:
Add it to the dconf key org.pantheon.desktop.cerbere.monitored-processes.
Should the process stop, cerbereAUR will respawn it.
Use a program like dapperAUR, dex-gitAUR, or fbautostartAUR to implement XDG autostart.


Configure Pantheon via switchboardAUR and its plugs (switchboard-plug-*), which must be installed separately. Not all of gnome-control-center's settings panels have been ported. Except plank, all the Pantheon components store their configuration in the org.pantheon dconf key, which can be edited with dconf-editor.


Adding new application icons


Note: Plank stores its configuration files in ~/.config/plank/

Pantheon Files

Enable context menu entries





Known Issues




Cannot interact with the LightDM Pantheon greeter

You need to delete /var/lib/lightdm/.pam_environment. Do note however that this file is a workaround for the following LightDM bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1024482

Gala crashes on start

Unconfigured gala tries to use default gnome wallpaper, which is absent unless you have the package gnome-themes-standard installed. Install it workaround the crash; it is safe to remove after you configure another wallpaper.

No mouse cursor after login

The Gala window manager is most likely not running. Either install cerbere-gitAUR or add gala to the list of cerbere's monitored processes.


Indicators not appearing in wingpanel



Third-party indicators


Indicator-session menus not responsive



Pantheon-terminal transparency


Wingpanel transparency



 * wingpanel support *
.panel {
    background-color: transparent;
    transition: all 1s ease-in-out;

.panel.maximized {
    background-color: #000;

GTK+ applications surrounded by awful black shadow box

The elementary GTK theme seems to be using its own files and ignoring the ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css user-override config file. This has been reported on https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+bug/1592441. To work around the issue, go to the file /usr/share/themes/elementary/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css and look for the following (around line 3669):

.window-frame {
    border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px alpha (#000, 0.3),
                0 14px 28px rgba(0,0,0,0.35),
                0 10px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.22);
    margin: 12px;

Replace the above by the the code below

.window-frame {
    box-shadow: none;
    border: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;

White icons in pantheon-files

Currently there seems to be a bug which displays the view icons in the top location in a white colour instead of black. This can be fixed by installing gtk-theme-elementary-gitAUR or, for gtk-theme-elementaryAUR, add the following line to gtk-widgets.css:

GtkToolItem { color: @text_color; }