Re: Gnome 2 Install Bugs & Config questions
When I originally sent my email to this list (after a message box in
Gnome instructed me to), I got several responses asking for more
information. I then sent the additional information, but have not heard
anything since. So maybe I should ask shorter questions. Here goes:
1. Is there anything else I can do to report the two major install bugs
in the woody backport of Gnome 2? The packages haven't been updated
since I installed them.
2. Why after upgrading are so many applications missing from the Gnome
menu? Some things that were on the normal Gnome menu before I upgraded
that were missing afterward were the Gimp, xmcd, and gvim to name a few.
The programs are still installed and are available through the Debian
menu.
3. How do I enable the Favorites menu in Gnome 2? I can't find a UI for
doing this.
4. Why does the Window List not show running applications in 2 rows the
way it used to (my panel is 48 pixes high)? There appears to be nothing
in the program's preferences UI that allows me to set this the way there
used to be. Is there another way to configure the number of rows?
Thanks for any information you can offer.
--
Chris Ingram
Chris.Ingram@acm.org
http://www.purl.org/net/cingram/
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Chris Ingram wrote:
> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 19:09:03 -0600 (CST)
> From: Chris Ingram <chris.ingram@acm.org>
> To: debian-gtk-gnome@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Gnome 2 Install Bugs
>
> I sent the message below earlier and got several responses, but since I
> wasn't subscribed to the mailing list, I don't know how to respond
> directly. So, here are some details that several of you asked for:
>
> - I am using the Woody backport of Gnome 2 which unless it's been fixed
> since last Thursday still contains the two major install bugs I
> mentioned. I thought the woody backport would be the safest way to try
> Gnome 2 on an otherwise all Woody (a.k.a. Stable) system. Was that an
> incorrect assumption?
>
> - MISSING STUFF: Some of the features I mentioned that appear to be
> missing include: the thing in the Control Center that lets me choose
> which window manager to use and the Palm sync settings. I'm not sure
> what else is missing there, but it seems like there were a lot of other
> things I could configure before. Also, a lot of programs that had been
> in the Gnome:Applications menu seem to have been removed for no obvious
> reason. For example the Graphics group used to contain the Gimp, but
> after the upgrade, it is gone from that menu. I can still get to the
> Gimp from the Gnome:Debian menu. Other items missing from the
> Gnome:Applications menu after the upgrade include xmcd and gvim to name
> two that jump out at me. I'm not sure what else is missing, but in
> general, there appear to be way fewer applications available through the
> Gnome:Applications menu after the upgrade (even though the programs are
> still installed). I am also missing the favorites menu, but based on
> one response, I may have just not figured out how to enable it.
>
> - FAVORITES MENU: Please tell me how to enable the favorites menu in
> Gnome 2. Not only could I not figure out how to enable the favorites
> menu (mainly by looking in the Preferences and panel properties), I
> couldn't find a way to add any menu at all other than the normal Gnome
> menu.
>
> - WINDOW LIST APPLET: My panel is 48 pixels high. I haven't changed
> that and since upgrading to Gnome 2. Upon conversion, it was using two
> rows to display running programs. However, after restarting my X
> session, it now crams everything onto one row. I think that
> re-executing the gnome-stuff-1-to-2 script seems to make it use two rows
> again (until it mysteriously reverts to its one row behavior). Also the
> grouping doesn't work for example when I open multiple Mozilla windows,
> multiple XTerms, etc. It appears to never group. Also, there appears
> to be no option to specify how many windows of a specific type show be
> executing before grouping takes place.
>
> I appreciate everyone's help.
>
>
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