Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:57:33 -0500 From: Damon Butler <damon@hddesign.com> To: mpatters@cs.uwaterloo.ca Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Evolution 1.4.6 attachment error Message-ID: <1082987853.1591.3.camel@kermit.hddesign.com> In-Reply-To: <1082735128.43840.35.camel@torres> References: <1082644757.787.10.camel@kermit.hddesign.com> <1082649769.836.8.camel@gyros> <1082653217.50845.7.camel@kermit.hddesign.com> <1082653409.836.32.camel@gyros> <1082732522.725.3.camel@kermit.hddesign.com> <1082735128.43840.35.camel@torres>
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Thanks for your help, Joe and Mike. Calling g-s-d from .xinitrc was what
I needed to do.
> I don't know if there's a way to tell
> the g-s-d "I don't use GNOME, so don't touch these things".
Boy, that'd be nice. I can't make GNOME accelerate my mouse to the level
I desire and am used to. Hurm. Keep nice icons in Evolution, or maintain
mouse control the way I want it?... :-{
Best regards,
--Damon
On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 10:45, Mike Patterson wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 11:02, Damon Butler wrote:
> > After some experimentation by a coworker, we've discovered that the
> > attachment icons for Evolution will show up ... but only if you're
> > running the Gnome desktop environment. In Gnome, Evololution just works.
> > Outside of Gnome, this does not appear to be the case. For reference, I
> > employ Fluxbox, and though my Gnome ports lists is complete, I can't see
> > my attachments.
>
> As Joe said, you may need to run the gnome-settings-daemon. I found the
> same thing you did til I put
> /usr/X11R6/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon &
> into my .xinitrc. (I use WindowMaker.)
>
> I found that doing this overrides my WindowMaker settings for things
> like mouse control and my desktop background. Setting those in
> gnome-control-center "fixed" it. I don't know if there's a way to tell
> the g-s-d "I don't use GNOME, so don't touch these things".
>
> HTH,
>
> Mike
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