gnome-shell (1) Linux Manual Page
gnome-shell – Graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
Synopsis
gnome-shell [OPTION…]Description
GNOME shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use experience. gnome-shell is a required component of the GNOME desktop, i.e. it is listed in the RequiredComponents field of /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/gnome.session. It is started in the window manager phase of the session.
Options
–wayland- Run as a wayland compositor
–display-server
- Run as a full display server, rather than nested
–nested
- Run as a nested compositor
–no-x11
- Run wayland compositor without starting Xwayland
–x11
- Run with X11 backend
–wayland-display=DISPLAY
- Wayland display name to use
-d, –display=DISPLAY
- X display to use
-r, –replace
- Replace the running window manager
–sm-disable
- Disable connection to the session manager
–sm-client-id=ID
- Specify session management ID
–sm-save-file=FILE
- Initialize session from FILE
–sync
- Make X calls synchronous
–mode=MODE
- Use a specific mode, e.g. "gdm" for login screen
–list-modes
- List possible modes and exit
–version
- Print version and exit
–help
- Display help and exit