On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:58:41 +0800
Uwe Dippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Johnmon2 wrote:
> > Is the panel running? You can add buttons to a panel to access the
> > settings page like the menu button. But if the right click button
> > is not working, maybe the desktop manager isn't running.
>
> Right. What a pile of crap. Here goes what I found:
> Panel is running (I'm a long-time user of Xfce).
> But there was no menu to be added; only items from Launcher, Action
> Buttons .... Windows List.
> Then I tried from an xterm: $ xcfe-setting-show
> That would bring up the settings menu.
>
> You were right, no xfdesktop installed or started.
> I also found the meta-package missing: xfce4
> Therefore I 'apt-get install xfce4', which informed me that it would
> uninstall fam, libfam0, libfam0c102. I agreed. While doing all this,
> I got a long list of k... applications that would depend on libfam0;
> from klipper to some kde-base.
> Whatever. After a reload, suddenly the Xfce menu appeared in 'add to
> panel', and I added it. Still no mouse clicks, though, and no xfce
> background.
> Once again xterm, and starting xfdesktop4 manually; bringing up the
> xfce4 backdrop. But still no mouse action.
> Another reload did not bring xfdesktop4 up automatically.
I started xfdesktop and then saved the session and from then on it
worked well. But...
>
> Something seems badly broken here; at least for an upgrade
> Sarge->Etch.
>
> Now I wonder if it is time for a bug report. Only, I wouldn't know
> what to report in order for a proper report.
>
> In any case: for all you out there, with Xfce4 on Sarge: your time is
> up when you upgrade to Etch, all your settings are lost. Xfce might
> not even work for you any longer as of today.
>
...yes, I also lost all my settings. Fortunately the old files were in
place, so it was easy to replace the new ones. I like the composite
window management, but I certainly don't like that the position of the
popups (the little triangles in the panel) can't be changed anymore.
They are to the right of the actual button, consuming a lot of space
and ruining the CDE-like feeling where they are on the top.
I also like the idea of placing Gnome applets in the panel - it solved
the badly needed keyboard layout switcher problem.
> Uwe
>
>
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