Re: Can not use Gnome in Debian Sid
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:44:01 -0400
Sridhar Srinivasan <sridhar@zsridhar.com> wrote:
> Richard van der Veen <richard.vd.veen@gmail.com> [06/06/23 11:56]
> typed :
> > ... when i open a menu in the top -bar the last two (places &
> > System) are opening OK, but when i open the application menu it
> > starts flickering and i can not click any item in it. Did anybody
> > recognize this and maybe knows what is wrong? ... Do i just need to
> > wait for new updates? ...
>
> I run Gnome on Sid and I face the exact problem. I don't recall when
> it appeared but I have been experiencing this for at least a couple of
> months now.
>
> For me, gnome starts up normally. When I click on the application
> menu, the menu starts flickering. Running top shows that the
> gnome-panel is consuming almost all the CPU. Killing it (causing the
> panel to restart) fixes the CPU consumption problem.
>
> I have been updating anything that I can find related to gnome panel
> but as I said earlier, the problem has persisted for a while. It
> doesn't bother me too much as I have learned to use Alt-F2 to start my
> applications.
>
> I tried moving my .gnome* files out of the way as suggested in another
> response, but the problem is still there.
>
> sridhar
Make sure that all of the following packages are installed:
gnome-menus
libgnome-menu2
menu
menu-xdg
That should fix it.
menu-xdg is recommended by gnome-panel. The dependency should be
stronger.
--
Liam
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