Date: 08 Mar 2002 02:32:28 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [SOLVED] Panel/Session problems (was Re: Various questions) Message-ID: <1015572749.301.3.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <200203080700.g2870GR38359@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> References: <200203080700.g2870GR38359@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 02:00, Dave Hayes wrote:
> Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> writes:
> > On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Dave Hayes wrote:
> >> I restared GNOME for the first time in 30 days, and it came back up
> >> very strange. It tried to start 10 more panels than I had originally,
> >> panel applets come up with a strange looking "piece of chicken" icon,
> >> and the panel looks different on each multiple desktop. Some applets
> >> appear to be working on one desktop and broken on the next. Starting
> >> new applets in the menu panel fail to go into the menu panel but go
> >> into another sliding panel instead?
> >> What gives? How can I reset gnome's session to "just the default"?
> >> Also, I hear gnome has a problem with multiple desktops, is this
> >> true?
> > I don't see any gnome panel wierdness on my system. Of course, I am
> > running later versions of gnomelibs and gnomecore. You can always
> > shutdown gnome, cd ~/.gnome, and run rm -rf panel* to retore panel
> > settings to default.
>=20
> This worked, and so as not to rock my boat, I've found a checkbox in
> the "sessions" area of the control center which I think stops gnome
> from saving my sessions ("Automatically save changes to session").=20
> I created a default "startup" then UNchecked this box, which will give
> me a good starting point should I ever have to shut down again.
>=20
> Anyway this is for the benefit of others who may find this information
> through a search engine someday.
>=20
> > I have multiple virtual workspaces setup through sawfish, and gnome
> > works fine.=20
>=20
> Hmm, I'm using enlightenment. Maybe that's it?
>=20
> > I recommend you upgrade to the latest ports tree, and update all
> > your gnome components.
>=20
> Heh. There are literally so many components to gnome, that I am afraid
> to upgrade due to the possible introduction of new behavior or bugs
> that would prevent me from doing work. Additionally, I've found that
> it's kind of hard for me to be productive when I'm building my desktop
> over and over. So I'd like to ask you, how do -you- manage this? How
> do others? What frequency do you recommend for doing a rebuild and
> what frequency do you -actually- rebuild? =3D)
I use portupgrade. I generally update things when new component updates
are released. I need to stay current since I help maintain the GNOME
bits.
You should checkout http://www.freebsd.org/gnome. There are some good
hints in the FAQ.
Joe
> ------
> Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org=20
> >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<<
>=20
> Learn from the mistakes of others. You don't have time to
> make them all yourself.
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