Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:20:59 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com> Cc: freebsd gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: end-user whines about 2.10 Message-ID: <opsoc6s9tw9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <16968.26003.523778.706804@roam.psg.com> References: <16968.21444.998017.259626@roam.psg.com> <42485533.6080200@FreeBSD.org> <16968.26003.523778.706804@roam.psg.com>
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:14:11 -0800, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote: >>> o i can't seem to find a biff for the panel. inbox monitor >>> seems to have disappeared or something, and addtopanel offers >>> nothing obvious to replace it. >> This is documented in the GNOME 2.10 release notes. I'm now using >> mail/mail-notification as a replacement, but it is not as real-time as >> the applet used to be. > > i can start and configure it, but nothing appears in the > panel. and with 500 msgs a day, popups i just don't need. > >>> o the wireless applet seems to have changed to some sort of >>> useless flashing pixmap of a screen. where did the signal >>> strength meter, an ever so useful device, go? >> It's a purple icon next to the flashing monitors. > > ack. 'cept the signal strength is not really readable, see > <http://rip.psg.com/~randy/signal.jpg>; where i can not see how > it tells me the strength, according to whoppens when i click > it, is 66%. > > and how to get rid of those silly monitors? also, the > preferences/configure option seems not to work, "The interface > does not exist," when indeed ath0 does and shows on those > lovely flashing monitors. > >>> o i still have not figured out how to get my own separate >>> custom application menu back. see just to the right of the >>> main menu foot in >>> <http://rip.psg.com/~randy/panel.jpg>; >>> for my 2.8 panel section. sorry, i could not figure out how >>> to take a screenshot while the hierarchic menu folder was >>> open. >> I just create custom drawers, and that works fine in GNOME 2.10. > > maybe if you don't have a complex hierarchy of them and need to > label each drawer so you know what you're doing. and they're > screen sticky! > >>> and totem now smacks me when i try to play a vcd, whining >>> "OSS device "/dev/dsp" is already in use by another program." >>> when nothing is using sound that i can see. >>> # lsof> grep -i dsp >>> # lsof /dev/dsp >> Check your gstreamer audio settings. > > uh, against what? and what should they be? current settings > are in <http://rip.psg.com/~randy/gstreamer.jpg>. > > whine whine whine :-) Almost all of your 'whine' should be take up to GNOME developers. Cheers, Mezz > randy -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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