Package: gnome Version: 2.30 Severity: critical I'm not sure which part of Gnome the problem is in, because it is a very general problem.
I wrote a request for enhancement bug for Gnome about the lack of good documentation for setting up dual monitors, and I offered to help fix it. Someone replied that this was because I was using an older version of Gnome (2.30), but the new one (3) was better. I found that the current stable version of Debian (Squeeze) uses Gnome 2.30. I asked why this wouldn't be fixed in 2.30 since I guess if this is the version of Gnome included in the stable version of Debian, it would help a lot of users to have this info. He said he knew that more people used Gnome 3 because of his knowledge of statistics and experience. I should still update Gnome by finding instructions on a site specific to my distribution. Okay. So I went here http://wiki.debian.org/Gnome#task and followed the instructions apt-get install aptitude tasksel tasksel install gnome-desktop --new-install attempting to upgrade to Gnome 3. After this, I rebooted and found that it was still Gnome 2.30. Also, everything was going very slowly, the terminal window took a long time to open, there were errors like CPU overheated, throttled, Mixerapplet error, inode errors, etc. I rebooted numerous times with progressively worse results, to the point that I wondered if it was a problem with the hardware, like the CPU or fan. I wrote back to this person asking about this problem, but he said he knew nothing about Debian. Anyways, it looks like I may have to wipe out my entire system, losing applications and personal files, and try to reinstall it -- not just Gnome, but all of Debian Linux. The last thing I am trying was someone else's advice to do an "aptitude update && aptitude dist-upgrade" to see if any newer packages solve the problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
