I sent the message below earlier and got several responses, but since I wasn't subscribed to the mailing list, I don't know how to respond directly. So, here are some details that several of you asked for:
- I am using the Woody backport of Gnome 2 which unless it's been fixed since last Thursday still contains the two major install bugs I mentioned. I thought the woody backport would be the safest way to try Gnome 2 on an otherwise all Woody (a.k.a. Stable) system. Was that an incorrect assumption? - MISSING STUFF: Some of the features I mentioned that appear to be missing include: the thing in the Control Center that lets me choose which window manager to use and the Palm sync settings. I'm not sure what else is missing there, but it seems like there were a lot of other things I could configure before. Also, a lot of programs that had been in the Gnome:Applications menu seem to have been removed for no obvious reason. For example the Graphics group used to contain the Gimp, but after the upgrade, it is gone from that menu. I can still get to the Gimp from the Gnome:Debian menu. Other items missing from the Gnome:Applications menu after the upgrade include xmcd and gvim to name two that jump out at me. I'm not sure what else is missing, but in general, there appear to be way fewer applications available through the Gnome:Applications menu after the upgrade (even though the programs are still installed). I am also missing the favorites menu, but based on one response, I may have just not figured out how to enable it. - FAVORITES MENU: Please tell me how to enable the favorites menu in Gnome 2. Not only could I not figure out how to enable the favorites menu (mainly by looking in the Preferences and panel properties), I couldn't find a way to add any menu at all other than the normal Gnome menu. - WINDOW LIST APPLET: My panel is 48 pixels high. I haven't changed that and since upgrading to Gnome 2. Upon conversion, it was using two rows to display running programs. However, after restarting my X session, it now crams everything onto one row. I think that re-executing the gnome-stuff-1-to-2 script seems to make it use two rows again (until it mysteriously reverts to its one row behavior). Also the grouping doesn't work for example when I open multiple Mozilla windows, multiple XTerms, etc. It appears to never group. Also, there appears to be no option to specify how many windows of a specific type show be executing before grouping takes place. I appreciate everyone's help. -- Chris Ingram On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Chris Ingram wrote: > Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 07:38:42 -0600 (CST) > From: Chris Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Gnome 2 Install Bugs > > Last Thursday (December 5), I installed Gnome 2 on a basically woody > system using the instructions at > http://people.debian.org/~walters/gnome2.html. I ran into the following > major installation problems. > > 1. The script /usr/share/gnome-session/debian/gnome-stuff-1-to-2, the > here-doc ending at line 343 (EOF) is indented when it shouldn't be. > This causes strange errors about reaching the end of file prematurely. > By the way, the syntax highlighting in VIM pointed this out right away. > > 2. A couple of error messages arose because the web page either doesn't > mention to install gnome-control-center, or it is not set up properly as > a dependency for gnome. The two errors were 1) File not found > /usr/share/pixmaps/control-center2.png, and 2) Error starting GNOME > Settings Daemon. > > Overall, I am farily disappointed with GNOME 2. Many of the > configuration options have been oversimplified, the removal of the > favorites menu was a disappointment, and the Window List applet > sometimes decides not to use two rows to display the running > applications and doesn't appear to group like applications like it used > to. Is there an easy way to go back to the Gnome that shipped with > Woody now that I've upgraded? > >
