Re: Newbie problems

[Mike Watson <crucis sky net>]

I believe I'm running 0.17.  I picked it up off the updates from RH. It
appears to be a panel issue.  I went to the default configuration. Now
when I iconize I get a small blank rectangle in the lower left
corner---but no text. It used to display in  the bottom panel.

mw

Ben FrantzDale wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Watson <crucis@sky.net>
> To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 5:52 PM
> Subject: Newbie problems
> 
> > I've just installed RH6.1.  It's been several years since I used an *nix
> > system.  I was fooling around with enlighten and messed it up somehow.
> >
> > At first, when I minimized a window, the windows title would appear in a
> > small block on the bottom panel.  Now, instead of minimizing the window,
> > it closed instead.
> >
> > For instance, if I click on the upper right-hand box containing a dash,
> > it used to minimize, now it closes.
> >
> > Any hints?
> >
> > Mike W
> 
> I'm not exactly sure what's causing that but If all you have is what came
> with RH 6.1 you shold really get some updates. (they should make a lot of
> little problems go away and give you a much nicer setup) I'd suggest you go
> get October Gnome and Enlightenment 0.16.3.
> 
> I'm assuming you'r running Enlightenment 0.15 at the moment which didn't
> handle iconification very well and I think I remember hearing about
> disapearing windows. You might want to check if your programs are really
> being closed or if they are just being minimzed to somewhere you can't get
> at. (run top in a terminal)
> 
> --Ben