Date: 07 Oct 2002 15:52:34 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnome2 questions/problesm Message-ID: <1034020355.320.27.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <15777.52274.391830.939741@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <15776.35271.583021.801569@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <1033933602.76625.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <15777.52274.391830.939741@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 14:02, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Joe Marcus Clarke writes: > > > > > > o The workspace switcher cannot seem to remember that I'd like to have > > > 4 desktops. Whenever I log in, it presents me with one desktop. Is > > > there a file I can edit someplace to make it DTRT? > > > > I bet you're using sawfish...? As I recall, this was a problem with an > > early version of sawfish2. I'm pretty sure you're already running the > > latest version, so try deleting your ~/.sawfish directory (remember to > > first backup the themes directory if you want to keep it). > > That did not seem to work. I'm running sawfish2-2.0,1, built last > thursday night. On an x86 running -current. Okay, this is a bogosity in sawfish. You can't do anything with the workspace switcher applet. To add workspaces to sawfish, middle-click on the desktop, and select Customize->Workspaces. Add your Workspaces there. This should be persistent across reboots. Of course, until the sawfish bugs get worked out, you might want to switch to using metacity. Joe > > > > > > > o Swallowing apps seems to no longer work. This sucks, but it seems > > > to be a gnome2 thing. Is there an ANALOG clock that I can slap into > > > my panel somehow? I use a vertical panel, and the !@#!@ digital clock > > > makes the panel want to be far too wide. > > > > I don't know of an analog clock for GNOME 2 (nor can I find one). > > However, if you remove the date and seconds display from the digital > > clock, it does get considerably more narrow. > > Still a bit too wide, but considerably better after switching to 24 hr > time (so as to remove am/pm). Thanks! > > Drew > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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