On 2016-12-14, Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Liam, > > Your correct. I copied pasted too fast. The OLD gconftool-2 is for the > older CentOS 6 version of things. The command for CentOS 7 is this: > > dbus-send --print-reply --session --type=method_call > --dest=org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell org.gnome.Shell.Eva > string:'Main.panel.actor.hide();' > > When I enter this command by hand I am getting this error: Error > org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.Shell > was not provided by any .service files > > The dbus-send command worked on CentOS 7.2 to hide the bottom panel, > does not appear to be working on 7.3 > > Any ideas? > > Jerry All you need to do is change the value of the dconf key /org/gnome/shell/enabled-extensions. Using dbus to do that is overkill. I suggest you use gnome-tweak tool (as I suggested earlier) or, if you require scriptability, the dconf or gsettings commands. -- Liam