[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: GNOME applets not appearing in menu



On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 15:08, Johan Braennlund wrote:
> Hello. I'm having a problem with installing new GNOME (GNOME 2) applets in
> unstable, in that they don't seem to want to appear in the applet menu
> (right click -> Add to Panel). For instance, I've installed multiticker, a
> news ticker applet but can't for the life of me figure out how to start
> it, which is kind of embarrassing. If I try to run multiticker_applet
> from a shell it just tells me "The GNOME panel is not running." What am I
> doing wrong? The applets from the gnome-applets package work fine.
> 
> I'm just now looking at the dependencies of multiticker, and it seems like
> the package is made for GNOME 1.4. Does that mean the applet won't work
> with GNOME 2? If that's the case, can anyone recommend a good GNOME 2
> ticker applet?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> Johan

Unless they have been ported over to Gnome 2, they won't work, as the
panel interfaces have changed somewhat.
-- 
Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP
ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting
Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935
Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part


Reply to: