From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 13 21:24:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10FFF1065670 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f166.google.com (mail-ew0-f166.google.com [209.85.219.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AA968FC18 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so2970905ewy.43 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:24:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vQrvr/RHzkJ+bmBjLW2iVXcdf1lsSpVdLDaaHNaT3IE=; b=LJ7su1TqEIQDHM01OMxFOzN7acXjir+DHP17Pf2exw+u6mw5vu+smgEoJaVo5vNDdb 0sln+Lp7NYc77ZZALAdTdemnQtppNwbd0v9GF75BDQDyaWSdcjK0O0efVgqARXf/Y6gO cMcZX5OkWB+x6OTi05dZtwkKa5ks2aexJwpZ8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OjFKYwdLyGCZClYk8lkKwj1oc4InwxP8Zi1A6jrHxF2vxq/RbLRqzcqhvcWapkp61m pQsoUb+pjryl8cs/GriNHQoVP5ZtSz2ICKLVyZk+wCobndxSUaDVhGpSBxc9EMqqKi5P KKKc5XQTTL1zLhbOIQcfywevvDUppi09SiBpM= Received: by 10.216.26.205 with SMTP id c55mr891937wea.1.1236979443416; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:24:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4465565.home.otenet.gr [94.71.99.141]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f6sm3988885nfh.0.2009.03.13.14.24.02 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:24:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49BACEF0.8070905@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:24:00 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: weif@weif.net References: <20090313154130.3D96EA26DB@maxine.cjones.org> <49BA87D5.3080000@gmail.com> <20090313204825.E64BCA2718@maxine.cjones.org> In-Reply-To: <20090313204825.E64BCA2718@maxine.cjones.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issues in XFCE 4.6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:24:05 -0000 Keith Seyffarth wrote: > > > >> longer present. I could use stg like pkg_delete, but in the end, I >> preferred using pkg_rmleaves and remove the entire xfce4.4 related ports >> > > I wasn't able to find pkg_rmleaves, so I tried pkg_delete on all the > related packages I could find. > > Well, pkg_rmleaves is a port itself. It's in ports-mgmt/pkg_rmleaves >> (including the libs, mousepad, Thunar and a few add-ons) and just >> installed 4.6 afterwards. It all works fine. >> > > after installing again, I'm still in the same boat. The screen > resolution is too fine to make it usable, the menus are missing, and > (as expected) many icons are missing. > Please make sure these ports are installed: x11-themes/gtk-xfce-engine x11-themes/icons-tango-extras > It looks like once you start down the (mislead?) path of upgrading to > 4.6, there is no going back to a working version, so I need to get > this one working. > > Since the XFCE menu is not supported in 4.6 yet, is there a file I can > edit to get the screen resolution and refresh rate set correctly > (important), and to switch the theme (much less important). > > Keith > > I am afraid I can do both in my install from the XFCE menu. (Settings => Display and Settings => Appearance) I don't know why you are not getting the menus. Could you try creating a new user account and see if it works? It could be something wrong in your dot files. I've got another system with XFCE that I will be upgrading tonight - I'll let you know if it works out differently.