Re: Can not use Gnome in Debian Sid
On Saturday 24 June 2006 16:25, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> 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.
Wow ... Thanks a lot. I only had the package "menu" not installed and
installing that indeed did fix the problem. Very strange in my opinion. It
was with me also the same as Sridhar described. Although i did not try
the "killall gnome-panel" option.
Thanks a lot
> menu-xdg is recommended by gnome-panel. The dependency should be
> stronger.
>
>
> --
>
> Liam
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