Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:55:01 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: freebsd gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: end-user whines about 2.10 Message-ID: <20050330195501.671E55D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:20:59 CST." <opsoc6s9tw9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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> From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> > Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:20:59 -0600 > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > 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. Agreed. many of the changes made in 2.10 are IMHO poor choices. I have lost functionality and seen continued movement to forcing all Gnome users to do things the same way. For Randy, I'd suggest that he install gkrellm. It does eat up more screen space, but provides much more useful displays. The wireless plug-in shows signal strength. Another provides xmms control and the basic tool does biff. What's more it can monitor disk and file system use, memory, swap, battery, and most everything else. It can also be started as a daemon and run remotely. The only Gnome monitoring applet I use is the CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor. (I am working on powerd, so it's essential.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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