Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:24:00 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: weif@weif.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issues in XFCE 4.6 Message-ID: <49BACEF0.8070905@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090313204825.E64BCA2718@maxine.cjones.org> References: <20090313154130.3D96EA26DB@maxine.cjones.org> <49BA87D5.3080000@gmail.com> <20090313204825.E64BCA2718@maxine.cjones.org>
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Keith Seyffarth wrote: > <snip> > > >> 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.
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