Re: Problems with Gnome appearance.
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On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:06:12 -0700
freeman <freeman@worldwidehtml.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 01:59:04PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > On 06/03/08 08:29, Frank McCormick wrote:
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> > > After months of using IceWm, I installed gnome-core to get some of
> > > the functions only available with Gnome. Now eveytime I use the
> > > appearance item on the menu, when I am finished, gnome-appearance
> > > stays running, consuming 50% of cpu. I have to kill it. Does anyone
> >
> > What is gnome-appearance? (I've been using GNOME for 3+ years and
> >
> Given a cursory look, I found nothing like Gnome-appearances in my Gnome
> v2.14, Debian packages directories, or the Gnome site. However, Google
> reveals complaints about a Gnome-appearances-properties--in the
> Gnome-Control-Center v2.20.3--hanging and eating up CPU. There are also
> bug reports.
>
> All or most is Ubuntu Gutsy. I am thinking it is Debian's Gnome-themes by
> another name?
Strange. The name according to htop and top is gnome-appearances and it
appears to be spunoff by GDM. However I fixed my problem by getting rid of
a GTK rc files in home, a leftover from IceWm days. Same problem I had
years ago with Ubuntu.
Cheers
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Frank McCormick debian@videotron.ca
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