Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-23 Thread Bret Busby
On 4/22/23 14:52, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. *What command is used for an elimination complete?* format c: .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-23 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 4/22/23 17:12, Jeremy Ardley wrote: On 23/4/23 04:49, Peter Ehlert wrote: Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop". When you select a desktop install with standard Debian you don't have lot of control over what is installed. And that's even with an advanced install.

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-23 Thread Bret Busby
On 24/4/23 05:10, Bret Busby wrote: On 4/22/23 14:52, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. *What command is used for an elimination complete?* format c: as the superuser. .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-23 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/4/23 03:52, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. Why? What exactly do you want to achieve? Those two questions should be answered, before you seek a solution, which could otherwise do something that you do not want. " "So once you do know what

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-23 Thread Kent West
On 4/22/23 14:52, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. *What command is used for an elimination complete?* I use this command but don't get the effect desired. # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop "install" won't remove. You want "remove" or "purge".

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-22 Thread songbird
Jeremy Ardley wrote: ... > Personally I use only Mate but it's riddled with Gnome components that I > can't easily remove. For instance the Gnome NetworkManager widget is > installed despite me not using NetworkManager and I can't find a way to > remove it. > > On other O/S you could (can?) gene

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-22 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 23/4/23 04:49, Peter Ehlert wrote: Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop". When you select a desktop install with standard Debian you don't have lot of control over what is installed. And that's even with an advanced install. Personally I use only Mate but it's riddl

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-22 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 4:49 PM Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On April 22, 2023 12:58:24 PM Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >> On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea >> wrote: >>> >>> I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. >>> >>> What command is used for an elimination complete? >>> >>>

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-22 Thread Peter Ehlert
On April 22, 2023 12:58:24 PM Mark Fletcher wrote: On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. What command is used for an elimination complete? I use this command but don't get the effect desired. # apt-get install task

Re: Gnome desktop environment

2023-04-22 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea wrote: > I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. > > *What command is used for an elimination complete?* > > I use this command but don't get the effect desired. > > # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop > > Well, to be fair, if you want t

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:31:43 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-08-04 11:54 a.m., David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote: > >> On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >>> I think you may have a personal crisi

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 11:54 a.m., David Wright wrote: > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote: >> On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >>> I think you may have a personal crisis. >>> But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. >>> >>

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote: > On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > I think you may have a personal crisis. > > But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. > > > Or it is sophisticated trolling. Possibly, but the O

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 6:35 a.m., Christian Britz wrote: > > > On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> I think you may have a personal crisis. >> But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. >> > Or it is sophisticated trolling. > Or a type of childish beh

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-04 Thread Christian Britz
On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: I think you may have a personal crisis. But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. Or it is sophisticated trolling.

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

2021-08-04 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-04 4:11 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > I forgot to tell: > The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some I think you may have a personal crisis. But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. Waiting for a answer and not flooding would be

Re: Gnome desktop almost totally unresponsive in Jessie

2017-11-08 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 11/8/17, 10:55 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: The output of 'ps aux', 'iostat', and 'free -m' would help identify the problem. Also, 'cat /proc/mdstat' if you have a RAID setup. . . . After a mostly-off-List discussion with Mr. Sanchez, I gave up and did a "shutdown -r" on the system. Af

Re: Gnome desktop almost totally unresponsive in Jessie

2017-11-08 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 10:40:22AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > I've got a small problem. On our local Jessie box, the Tomcat and Apache web > servers both seem responsive enough, and I likewise have no trouble getting > and using an SSH session remotely (except that the "find" command is >

Re: Gnome Desktop w/ icons

2016-04-10 Thread Anders Andersson
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > How do I get a desktop with normal icons. All I am getting now is a heading > on the left saying "activities" w/ no ability to place Icons on the desktop. Install gnome-tweak-tool (this is a must for everyone using Gnome3, you can't modif

Re: Gnome Desktop w/ icons

2016-04-10 Thread Gary Dale
On 10/04/16 02:05 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > How do I get a desktop with normal icons. All I am getting now is a > heading on the left saying "activities" w/ no ability to place Icons > on the desktop. > > TIA > > Ethan > I don't use Gnome normally but I believe you can drag ico

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:18:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > > >> Accustom yourself to run a login shell when launching GUI based > >> applications (i.e., "su -" instead "su") ;-) > >> > >

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-10 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:18:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: >> Accustom yourself to run a login shell when launching GUI based >> applications (i.e., "su -" instead "su") ;-) >> > > Thank you :) > > that's better, still some GTK warnings > > ro

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 19:25 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 18:27, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I'm guessing from the gedit that you're running Gnome? > Have you tried gksu and gksudo > eg:- > #gksu gedit (will work if installed) $ gksu gedit (gedit:13772): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to c

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/06/11 18:27, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:17 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> >>> >>> root@debian:/home/spinymou

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:17 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> > > > > > root@debian:/home/spinymouse# su --login > > Why is #(root) running

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-10 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> > > root@debian:/home/spinymouse# su --login Why is #(root) running su?? Cheers -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake.

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-10 Thread Jochen Schulz
AG: > > These are some of the issues: > 1. Windows manager is "unknown" and no configuration tool is registered > 2. windows are launched at the top of the screen & I cannot drag > these elsewhere > 3. clicking a mouse on a window does not bring it to the fore > 4. there are no longer multiple wor

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/09/2011 02:52 PM, AG wrote: On 09/06/11 20:03, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/09/2011 01:26 PM, AG wrote: [snip] This is a complete nonsense - why are config files being over-written by a safe-update ? Sorry - don't mean to rant, but this is a complete waste of time when I have work to do!

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 20:54 +0100, AG wrote: > On 09/06/11 20:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 19:26 +0100, AG wrote: > > > >> On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote: > >>> > Hi all > > Having j

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
On 09/06/11 20:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 19:26 +0100, AG wrote: On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote: Hi all Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my Gnome DE to find that all of m

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
On 09/06/11 20:03, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/09/2011 01:26 PM, AG wrote: [snip] This is a complete nonsense - why are config files being over-written by a safe-update ? Sorry - don't mean to rant, but this is a complete waste of time when I have work to do! It doesn't. But your existing sess

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 13:58 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/09/2011 01:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > [snip] > > > > (gedit:7637): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to rename > > '/root/.recently-used.xbel': No such file or directory > > GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common >

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > PS, not an issue, but it might has to do with those issues: > > > > spinymouse@debian:~$ gedit > > spinymouse@debian:~$ su > > Password: > > root@debian:/home/spinymouse# gedit > >

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 19:26 +0100, AG wrote: > On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote: > >> Hi all > >> > >> Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my > >> Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/09/2011 01:26 PM, AG wrote: [snip] This is a complete nonsense - why are config files being over-written by a safe-update ? Sorry - don't mean to rant, but this is a complete waste of time when I have work to do! It doesn't. But your existing session might have scribbled over something

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/09/2011 01:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: [snip] (gedit:7637): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to rename '/root/.recently-used.xbel': No such file or directory GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common Why in ${DEITY}'s name are you logged in as root?? -- "Neither the

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > PS, not an issue, but it might has to do with those issues: > > spinymouse@debian:~$ gedit > spinymouse@debian:~$ su > Password: > root@debian:/home/spinymouse# gedit > > (gedit:7637): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the sess

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote: Hi all Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional. These are some of

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread AG
On 09/06/11 19:00, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/09/2011 12:38 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional. These are some of the issues:

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote: > Hi all > > Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my > Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been > borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional. > > These are some of the issues: > 1. Windows

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote: > Hi all > > Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my > Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been > borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional. > > These are some of the issues: > 1. Windows

Re: Gnome desktop settings borked on testing after reboot

2011-06-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/09/2011 12:38 PM, AG wrote: Hi all Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional. These are some of the issues: 1. Windows manager is "unknown" and no

Re: gnome desktop and text terminal stop

2010-04-01 Thread Jon Dowland
On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 10:04:51AM +0800, Gero Putzar wrote: > It looks pretty similar to when the load is too high, e.g. > when it's swapping all the time or the root partition is > full, but that's not the case. What about IO load (the 'wa' figure for Cpus in top(1)). There might be an IO intens

Re: gnome desktop and text terminal stop

2010-03-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2010-03-31 21:04, Gero Putzar wrote: Hi, I am running Lenny on a computer that is used remotely as number cruncher and as a work station at the same time. Now for the second time the desktop login (gdm) has become very slow or virtually stopped accepting input. The mouse pointer is still movi

Re: Gnome desktop icons for mounted removable drives

2009-05-08 Thread Andrew G
Andrew G wrote: > Gnome used to load icons onto the desktop whenever I would insert a > removable media device (e.g. CD or USB stick, etc.). However, for > whatever reason, this no longer happens. Can someone please advise if > this is a bug with Gnome or something for which a hack exists? I've

Re: gnome desktop icons missing-SOLVED

2008-09-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/21/08 16:05, Paul Cartwright wrote: Paul Cartwright wrote: I had an issue with my capslock working backwards ( when I press it in and the light lights, I type in lower case.., when it was NOT on, I type in caps..). So I logged out & back in. Now I have the system tray, with the main menu,

Re: gnome desktop icons missing-SOLVED

2008-09-21 Thread Paul Cartwright
Paul Cartwright wrote: > I had an issue with my capslock working backwards ( when I press it in > and the light lights, I type in lower case.., when it was NOT on, I > type in caps..). So I logged out & back in. Now I have the system > tray, with the main menu, time... but there are no icons on my

Re: Gnome desktop: mouse suddenly won't move to left screen

2008-08-19 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Ted Hilts wrote: Andrew Perrin wrote: I'm sure this is something simple, but on my gnome desktop which uses an ATI dual-output card for a dual-screen layout, I suddenly can't move the mouse off the right-side screen. The left side is recognized by the resolution switcher,

Re: Gnome desktop: mouse suddenly won't move to left screen

2008-08-18 Thread Ted Hilts
Andrew Perrin wrote: I'm sure this is something simple, but on my gnome desktop which uses an ATI dual-output card for a dual-screen layout, I suddenly can't move the mouse off the right-side screen. The left side is recognized by the resolution switcher, and displays fine, but there's no way

Re: Gnome desktop on fresh lenny install won't logout - how do I debug this?

2008-06-11 Thread j t
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If, however, I run startx, wait a few seconds (without starting >> anything else) and then try to logout by clicking on "System", then >> "Log Out ", the system will hang about 50% of the time. >> >> Does anyone have an

Re: Gnome desktop on fresh lenny install won't logout - how do I debug this?

2008-06-10 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
El mar, 10-06-2008 a las 23:00 +0100, j t escribió: > Hi all. > > I've just installed a fresh Lenny on my Thinkpad T60. In addition to > the base install, I've installed the "xorg" package and the > "gnome-core" package, so I don't have gdm (I just login and run > "startx"). > > When I've finishe

Re: GNOME desktop troubles

2008-01-03 Thread Cassiano Bertol Leal
Dan H wrote: 2. For some reason, Gnome doesn't let me log out any more. And the startup window of the Gnome desktop just stays there, with "Nautilus" at the bottom. Starting applications etc. works. This may have started with my recent language experiments. UPDATE: Gnome /does/ log me out about

Re: GNOME desktop troubles

2008-01-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/03/08 10:12, Dan H wrote: >> 2. For some reason, Gnome doesn't let me log out any more. And the >> startup window of the Gnome desktop just stays there, with >> "Nautilus" at the bottom. Starting applications etc. works. This >> may have started with my recent language experiments. > > UPDAT

Re: GNOME desktop troubles

2008-01-03 Thread Dan H
> 2. For some reason, Gnome doesn't let me log out any more. And the > startup window of the Gnome desktop just stays there, with > "Nautilus" at the bottom. Starting applications etc. works. This > may have started with my recent language experiments. UPDATE: Gnome /does/ log me out about a minut

Re: GNOME desktop internationalization?

2008-01-03 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
2008/1/3, Dan H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > for KDE there are tons of "kde-i18n-xx" language packages. Is there anything > similar for the GNOME desktop? Or is it all built in and I just have to > generate the appropriate locale... let's see... > Hi, look, http://www.gnome.org/i18n/ wer

Re: Gnome desktop and digital camera: How?

2007-12-01 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:27:40 -0300 Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El sáb, 01-12-2007 a las 10:40 +0100, Dan H escribió: > > Hello, > > > > whenever I plug in my digital camera (Canon S50), a window pops up > > on the Gnome desktop asking me if I wanted to download the photos > > to

Re: Gnome desktop and digital camera: How?

2007-12-01 Thread Dan H
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:27:40 -0300 Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the other hand, the program executed by gnome-volume-manager is > gnome-volume-manager-gthumb which in fact asks for a destination > for the pictures (in lenny). In etch it doesn't. It just goes away after a while

Re: Gnome desktop and digital camera: How?

2007-12-01 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
El sáb, 01-12-2007 a las 10:40 +0100, Dan H escribió: > Hello, > > whenever I plug in my digital camera (Canon S50), a window pops up on the > Gnome desktop asking me if I wanted to download the photos to my personal > album. Once I clicked "yes", something seemed to happen, but I've got no idea

Re: gnome-desktop messing with X cursors

2007-02-19 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 17:04 +0100, Dan H. wrote: > This is not good, as it changes the behavior on the system even for > users that don't want to have anything to do with gnome. Does anybody > have an idea who changes the cursors and how these changes can be > restricted to gnome sessions only? It

Re: gnome-desktop messing with X cursors

2007-02-19 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 17:04:19 +0100, Dan H. wrote: > During periods of boredom I sometimes check on the current status of > desktop environments (I myself have been an icon-less fvwm man from day > 1), so for giggles I installed the package gnome-desktop-environment and > played a bit with it. >

Re: gnome ~/Desktop directory setting

2006-03-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
Michael, Am 2006-03-11 16:47:07, schrieb Michael Gilbert: > Hello all, > > Does anyone know how to change the gnome desktop directory location? > I would rather use something like ~/.desktop rather than ~/Desktop. > I've searched the keys in gconf and can't find one for this setting. > Thanks

Re: gnome ~/Desktop directory setting

2006-03-11 Thread Michael Gilbert
my goal is to get rid of that extra directory in my home dir, so that won't really solve the problem. mike On 3/11/06, Laurent CARON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Gilbert a écrit : > > Hello all, > > > > Does anyone know how to change the gnome desktop directory location? > > I would rathe

Re: gnome ~/Desktop directory setting

2006-03-11 Thread Laurent CARON
Michael Gilbert a écrit : Hello all, Does anyone know how to change the gnome desktop directory location? I would rather use something like ~/.desktop rather than ~/Desktop. I've searched the keys in gconf and can't find one for this setting. Thanks in advance for any help. Mike Hi, wo

Re: Gnome desktop environment removed on Upgrading using synaptic

2006-03-06 Thread Jason Clinton
On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 15:38 +0530, Abhishek Verma wrote: > But, now my system has no desktop environment, and when I try to install > gnome-desktop-environment, it says that it can't install since > gnomemeeting is uninstallable. When I tried to install gnomemeeting, it > says that it can't inst

Re: Gnome desktop environment removed on Upgrading using synaptic

2006-03-06 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:29:08AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: >On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 03:38:19PM +0530, Abhishek Verma wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have Debina Unstable running on my system. I tried to upgrade the >> system using synaptic from an official debian mirror. When I looked at >> the list

Re: Gnome desktop environment removed on Upgrading using synaptic

2006-03-06 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 03:38:19PM +0530, Abhishek Verma wrote: > Hi all, > > I have Debina Unstable running on my system. I tried to upgrade the > system using synaptic from an official debian mirror. When I looked at > the list of packages to be removed/installed/upgraded, I found that > gnom

Re: GNOME desktop does not detect and mount CD in some units

2004-10-22 Thread Mateusz Łoskot
User xerces8 wrote:: As I said : I can mount them manually and they work, only automount in GNOME. Did you set the mount point in gnome mount applets properly ? Are they the same as in your /etc/fstab ? Sot yes, the files all exist. What exactly do you mean by "if all privileges are set correctly"

Re: gnome desktop messup

2004-06-06 Thread Ilkka Poutanen
On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:22:22PM -0400, H. S. wrote: > If I mess up my gnome desktop, what do I do to get the default setting > back (icons, background, menus, all the works). I guess there are some > files to be deleted in ~/, maybe also in /tmp, so that the next time I > log in, I will be gi

Re: gnome desktop messup

2004-06-05 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 20:50:12 +0200, H. S. wrote: > If I mess up my gnome desktop, what do I do to get the default setting > back (icons, background, menus, all the works). I guess there are some > files to be deleted in ~/, maybe also in /tmp, so that the next time I > log in, I will be given a

Re: Gnome Desktop Configuration

2004-03-11 Thread Damon L. Chesser
Thomas G wrote: Application "gnome-background-properties" (process 11384) has crashed due to a fatal error. (Aborted) I've tried reinstalling gdm and gnome. It seems I have come up with nothing. Is there a way to fix this problem so I can get my desktop manager to work? Thanks Thomas I had som

Re: Gnome desktop icons are no longer showing

2003-06-05 Thread Jeff Self
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 13:12, Chris Metzler wrote: > On 04 Jun 2003 12:36:38 -0400 > Jeff Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 12:03, Nathan Poznick wrote: > >>Thus spake Jeff Self: > >>> I'm running Debian unstable with Gnome 2.2 and Nautilus. Since > >>> yesterday afternoon, I

Re: Gnome desktop icons are no longer showing

2003-06-05 Thread Chris Metzler
On 04 Jun 2003 12:36:38 -0400 Jeff Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 12:03, Nathan Poznick wrote: >>Thus spake Jeff Self: >>> I'm running Debian unstable with Gnome 2.2 and Nautilus. Since >>> yesterday afternoon, I noticed that my icons are missing. My Home, >>> Start Here, Tr

Re: Gnome desktop icons are no longer showing

2003-06-05 Thread Jeff Self
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 12:03, Nathan Poznick wrote: > Thus spake Jeff Self: > > I'm running Debian unstable with Gnome 2.2 and Nautilus. Since yesterday > > afternoon, I noticed that my icons are missing. My Home, Start Here, > > Trash and other folders I created myself. I also don't have ability to

Re: Gnome desktop icons are no longer showing

2003-06-05 Thread Nathan Poznick
Thus spake Jeff Self: > I'm running Debian unstable with Gnome 2.2 and Nautilus. Since yesterday > afternoon, I noticed that my icons are missing. My Home, Start Here, > Trash and other folders I created myself. I also don't have ability to > right click on my desktop. Anybody know what I should lo

Re: Gnome desktop icons disappeared in unstable

2001-05-10 Thread Daniel Katz
Daniel Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. > > I recently dist-upgrade'd my 'unstable' box, and found that > the Gnome desktop icons (both those I had defined and those which were > predefined in the packages) were gone. They still seem to exist in my > gnome-desktop, but they just do

Re: Gnome desktop changes colors when you start Adobe Acrobet Reader or Lyx

2001-03-31 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 06:49:58AM +, hzi wrote: > Hi- > >Has anyone experienced a kind of funny problem when you install the > Acrobat Reader package? >The problem's that, whenever the program's started, all the colors in > the Gnome desktop change to bright hues. Reader's in dark g

Re: gnome desktop

2000-11-30 Thread aba
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi -there. I've got not so big, but annoying > problem. How could I change > the colour of icon's textlabels on my desktop? I > haven't found anything > in GNOME's control center. Also, if I try cliking > desktop's backgound > (with any button), I only get enlightenm

Re: gnome desktop

2000-11-30 Thread Brian McGroarty
On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 01:37:25PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi -there. I've got not so big, but annoying problem. How could I change > the colour of icon's textlabels on my desktop? I haven't found anything > in GNOME's control center. Also, if I try cliking desktop's backgound > (with any

Re: Gnome desktop

2000-04-14 Thread John Stevenson
You shoud really just edit the .xsession file in your user directory, /home/username/.xsession You do not need to include a command to run the window manager (fvwm2), gnome-session will do that for you. Check that you dont have a .xinitrc file in your home directory as this will override the .xse

Re: Gnome desktop

2000-04-13 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sandy Shapiro) writes: > I think I am already doing that, althought I may not have done it > correctly. I edited "Xsession" and added the lines: > fvwm2 & > exec /usr/bin/gnome-session > I also tried adding the line: > gmc & > but that didn't make any difference. > Did I leave s

Re: Gnome desktop

2000-04-13 Thread Felix Natter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sandy Shapiro) writes: > I installed Debian (slink) and the X Window system. My "manual" that came > with the CD, "Learning Debian Gnu/Linux" has a section on using GNOME. > > Most of the things they refer to are there, but two are missing: home > directory icon and File Manage

Re: Gnome desktop

2000-04-12 Thread Sandy Shapiro
I think I am already doing that, althought I may not have done it correctly. I edited "Xsession" and added the lines: fvwm2 & exec /usr/bin/gnome-session I also tried adding the line: gmc & but that didn't make any difference. Did I leave something out, or do I need to do this differently? Th

Re: Gnome desktop

2000-04-12 Thread John Stevenson
Alternitvely, you could use gnome-session which will run gmc and the gnome panel (an anything from previous sessions) for you. Create a .xinitrc file in your users home directory and include the following line: gnome-session Hope this helps. Johnny. Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote: > > "Sa

Re: Gnome desktop

2000-04-12 Thread Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
> "Sandy" == Sandy Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed Debian (slink) and the X Window system. My "manual" > that came with the CD, "Learning Debian Gnu/Linux" has a section > on using GNOME. > Most of the things they refer to are there, but two are missing: