Re: some lenny problems
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:42:29PM -0500, Zachary Uram wrote:
> Ok I just did a fresh install of lenny (so using default gnome
> settings, default metacity settings, default X settings) and I have 3
> problems.
>
> 1) There is no bottom gnome panel only the top panel. I want to add
> the bottom panel which shows the minimized windows, the virtual
> workspaces, etc.. And I want this to show up in every session.
>
Maybe it's there, but off the screen? That could happen if your
resolution was off, but it's never happened to me...
> 2) Common packages I could find easily in Ubuntu 9.04 are not in my
> package caches (and yes I just ran apt-get update) such as xchat and
> epic4. I know Debian is more restrictive but what can I add to my
> /etc/apt/sources.list to get these and other apps. Here is my
> sources.list:
>
You can remove those restrictions by adding "contrib non-free" after
"main" in each of your sources lines. But you shouldn't need to do that
for xchat and epic4, because they are in "main".
You might also be interested in the debian-multimedia and
debian-backports repositories.
>
> 3) Some apps start up with window dimensions that are larger than my
> screen height and thus "fall off" the bottom of the screen! This
> happened with Iceweasel. How can I fix this so that *all* apps will be
> forced to resize their window dimensions so as to fit within my screen
> resolution?
>
Ah, sounds like your resolution is set incorrectly. You could try
"dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and see if that fixes it. If not, stop
X by issuing this command:
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
Then log in at the command line and issue this command:
X -configure
That should create an xorg.conf file for you. Then:
/etc/init.d/gdm start
and see if things are any better.
-Rob
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