From owner-freebsd-gnome Wed Mar 6 12:18:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (rdu57-28-046.nc.rr.com [66.57.28.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF79537B404 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:18:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (marcus@localhost) by shumai.marcuscom.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g26KIJh06946; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:18:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) X-Authentication-Warning: shumai.marcuscom.com: marcus owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:18:19 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Clarke To: Dave Hayes Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Various questions In-Reply-To: <200203070402.g2742eD08632@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> Message-ID: <20020306151522.J5570-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Dave Hayes wrote: > I have some questions about gnome, and a meta-question. > > Questions: > > I'm using FreeBSD 4.4 and the gnome 1.4.1b2 port with a ports tree > sup'd as of 1/28/2002. > > I restared GNOME for the first time in 30 days, and it came back up > very strange. It tried to start 10 more panels than I had originally, > panel applets come up with a strange looking "piece of chicken" icon, > and the panel looks different on each multiple desktop. Some applets > appear to be working on one desktop and broken on the next. Starting > new applets in the menu panel fail to go into the menu panel but go > into another sliding panel instead? > > What gives? How can I reset gnome's session to "just the default"? > Also, I hear gnome has a problem with multiple desktops, is this > true? I don't see any gnome panel wierdness on my system. Of course, I am running later versions of gnomelibs and gnomecore. You can always shutdown gnome, cd ~/.gnome, and run rm -rf panel* to retore panel settings to default. I have multiple virtual workspaces setup through sawfish, and gnome works fine. I recommend you upgrade to the latest ports tree, and update all your gnome components. > > Meta-Question: > > Is there a searchable mailing list archive for these kinds of > questions? I'd hate to be asking a FAQ (yes I've checked FAQs). > How come freebsd-gnome is not on the list of searchable mail > archives in the freebsd project? I think Maxim (sobomax@) was going to do this. We try to keep the more FA FAQs at http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/faq.html. Joe > ------ > Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org > >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< > > Man no sooner discovers a new intelligence than he tries to > involve it in his own stupidity. --- Jacques-Yves Cousteau > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message