Post #149,331
3/30/04 2:30:57 AM
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GNOME 2.6 in unstable is BROKEN
If you require GNOME for your daily work, and you are using unstable, DO NOT upgrade at this point.
All the apps work and whatnot, but you won't be able to select a GNOME session from your *dm login screen; this tends to indicate that the gdm package is somewhat borked.
Please do not file any bugs against this until after the next update cycle; this is the kind of "doh!" problem that usually gets fixed supaquick. If it's still there tomorrow, I'll be filing a bug.
Peter
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Post #149,343
3/30/04 7:41:20 AM
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*chuckle* I noticed.
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #149,358
3/30/04 10:42:22 AM
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Thanks... NOW YOU TELL ME. or XFCe v4 is Nice!
I discovered that yesterday too :)
Currently at home I am using XFCe4. Almost kinda glad to get a change.
I think the GNOME Team could take some pointers from XFCe. First off, my wife as a long time Windows User (before my conversion and at work now) and GNOME user, now using XFCe v4 found it much easier to use.
She browsed the Internet, Used e-mail, Typed a few Open-Office docs, played a few games, Instant Messaged, listened to music at the same time.
She literally had NO problems using XFCe4. None. Nada. Zippo. Zilch.
She likes XFCe v4 better than GNOME or KDE. This just boggled my mind.
I asked her if she got to do everything she wanted Last night and this morning. She said she noticed I upgraded and likes it MUCH better. She customized the crap out of it already. Rather than the default XFCE theme, she is using the RedHat Bluecurve, with WASP Icons and coloring. And a Nice Flowered background.
All without my help. BTW, she has a Stock GNOME2.x Desktop and she doesn't want to learn how to. XFCE was just easy.
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who pushed me still has the whip-marks.
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Post #149,367
3/30/04 11:35:43 AM
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xfce is still my desktop of choice
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #149,381
3/30/04 12:55:55 PM
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How to switch?
Using gnome here (debian of course). How do I switch? My work machine uses gdm, home machine uses xdm, both gnome, so I'm not sure how the changes would be different for each.
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Post #149,385
3/30/04 1:16:16 PM
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man update-alternatives, look in /etc/alternatives
update-alternatives --config <thing>
Peter
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Post #149,386
3/30/04 1:26:50 PM
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That's what I thought, but ...
I had assumed I'd just change from gdm to something else, except that my home box is using xdm. If I just change to xfce that will work for both of them?
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Post #149,403
3/30/04 3:33:42 PM
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Should!
That's about it!
Implicitly condoning stupidity
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Post #149,794
4/2/04 11:11:34 AM
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Found a fix/workaround.
add this line to your /etc/gdm/gdm.conf: SessionDesktopDir=/etc/dm/Sessions/:/etc/X11/sessions/:/usr/share/xsessions/ Reset your $PREFERRED_WINDOW_MANAGER == gdm and you are good to go. stop $CURRENT_WINDOW_MANAGER, start gdmSelect GNOME as you session, as usual (you will have to select it or you will get failsafe) Voila you can make it through the transition period without to much difficulty. --
[link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg],
[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwethey
'In view of the fact that Microsoft is a condemned monopolist and on the other hand the internal messages and financial transactions of SCO look ever doubtful, Microsoft should be really anxious that to the own company something does not remain sticking from the Gestank of the SCO.' --Plagarized from [link|http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040322133607169|GROKLAW]
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