Re: GNOME1.0 Probable Bugs & Questions

[Marcus Brubaker <spoon elpaso net>]

> --- 1) Since I've installed GNOME 1.0 two days ago I've undergone about a
> dozen sudden exits from X Windows. I'm left with a bunch of error messages
> such as "x io error" and a core file. Sometimes the core is from the gnome
> pager and other times it's from gnomecc. 
> 
> Has anyone had this happen to them?

I haven't had this happen to me really, but I will say that gnome-pager is
probably the least stable of all the applets.

> --- 2) Also, when I tried to add a menu entry using the menu editor with
> the title "KDE / KMail", instead of taking that string verbatim and
> putting it in the menu, it created the KDE directory and put KMail inside.
> Then the program goes haywire, everytime I hit save it creates another KDE
> directory. When I restart the menu editor any item I click on kills the
> program.

This is something quirky with GTK+ I believe.  GTK+ often uses the / to
mark a folder.  The menu editor isn't picking this up.  Try escaping the /
(ie instead of "KDE / KMail" use "KDE \/ KMail").

> --- 3) Enlightenment hotkeys randomly just begin to "not work". These are
> hotkeys for such things as raise/lower/maximize. They function for a time
> and then the window manager just stops intercepting them and pass the
> keystrokes along to the application. Something probably triggers this but
> I have no idea what.

This I have no clue on.  What version of E are you using?

> --- 4) Why is it that the Enlightenment hotkeys for virtual desktops don't
> work?!?! I hate pagers and rely on hotkeys to move me around desktops.
> This is not good ...

E doesn't setup virtual desktops in the default setup.  It has a 2x2
pager.  Use e-conf to add virtual desktops.

> --- 5) If GNOME 1.0 insists on using Enlightenment as the window
> manager ( I see no place in the GUI to CHANGE it ), why is it that
> there is no window manager configuration in the control center, but
> instead I have to use e-conf?

As I recall this was a minor foulup in the inst portion of control-center.
You're not missing anything though.  The control-center tool to config E
is just E-Conf in the CC.  As far as insisting on E, it doesn't.  There is
a Window Manager capplet in control-center that you can use to change WMs.
GNOME just has E set as the WM in the default session.

Hope this helps.

Marcus Brubaker
spoon@elpaso.net
http://www.elpaso.net/~spoon

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