From owner-freebsd-gnome Mon Aug 12 14:56:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C29137B400 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:56:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B696C43E3B for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:56:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.0] (vpn-client-0.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.0]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7CLta59083427; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:55:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: new Gnome2 user From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Andrew Houghton Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3D582BEB.6020202@acm.org> References: <3D582BEB.6020202@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 12 Aug 2002 17:55:56 -0400 Message-Id: <1029189357.613.42.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.6 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,AWL version=2.31 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 Mon, 2002-08-12 at 17:43, Andrew Houghton wrote: > Switched from 1.4 to 2.whatever last night, and I'm having a few > problems. Thought I'd ask here (is there somewhere more apropos for > this? I imagine that as Gnome2 becomes more of an accepted standard > -questions will be a better mailing list, but in the meantime..): This is the appropriate list. > > 1. I'm running GDM; it seems *very* slow. Very very very. After > switching to the GDM screen on bootup or logout, it takes up to 10 > seconds for the username/password dialog to accept input. After > giving a valid username/password, it takes up to 15 seconds to > show the little 'Gnome' splash screen as it loads my desktop. I > probably have something left over from 1.4; I did a cursory job of > uninstalling my old ports (for instance, I didn't clean out old > gdm.conf files), but I don't know where to look to see if this is > the case. I'm not seeing this problem anymore with gdm-2.4.0.7. I also have a cleaned up gdm.conf, though. Make sure you reboot after the upgrade to ensure that all the old gdm stuff has died. > 2. For some reason all my windows are set to opaque drag. As far as > I can tell this is a Gnome setting (I switched to metacity from > sawfish, and back, with the same effect), but I can't find a > toggle anywhere for this. I'd like to have windows be > outline-drag and outline-move, but I really can't find a switch > anywhere. I've never configured sawfish or metacity to do outline window drags. However, you may find this by poking around gconf-config for metacity. > 3. Is there any way to set anti-aliasing globally? i.e., not in my > ~/.gnomerc file, but in some global gnomerc file. With gdm, you have the /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/gnomerc file. You can also set it in the global /etc/csh* and profile if you'd like. Joe > > Other than these little niggly bits, I'm really happy with the switch. > The instructions on the FreeBSD Gnome site were clear and concise -- > congratulations on a mammoth porting effort. > > - a. -- 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