On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Carlos Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Magnus, > > You could exchange keyboards, just for testing. If the behaviour > accompanies the keyboard, it will be proved that the two gnomes should > be different, not equal, since the keyboards will be different... :-) > Maybe one keyboard send strange "scan codes", and you will have to > deal with it by changing some configuration file. > > The case with USB probably follows the same idea, the usb controller > inside your cpus probably are different, and deal with usb devices in > a different way. > > A suggestion for you and others: when reporting some question or > problem, it is a good practice to list the computers hardware > configuration - processor, speed, memory, etc. > Yes, I could, and I will. However, I fail to see any hardware reason for the difference in behaviour between the two systems; their behaviour was identical under Gnome 2.20! The only thing that has changed is that both systems have been upgraded (gradually) to Gnome 2.22. I'll try switching keyboards but I don't expect any change as a result of it. /M On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I have two Gnome systems that I use on a daily basis. Both are 64-bit > > systems running Debian Sid. From what I can see by comparing installed > > (Gnome-related) packages they are basically the same (I've compared the > > output of `dpkg --get-selections` from both systems). The same goes for > > the gconf settings (I've compared the output of `gconftool-2 -R /` from > > both systems). Still after the Gnome 2.22 packages started trickling in > > they have started to display slightly different behaviour: > > > > - On system one (at home) the Gnome keyboard shortcuts work. I've set > > Ctrl+Alt+b to launch my browser, Ctrl+Alt+Home to pop up Nautilus in my > > home folder, and Ctrl+Alt+l to lock the system. They all work on system > > one! On system two (at work) however the keyboard shortcuts have no > > effect at all! > > > > - On system two my USB media player shows up with a name based on its > > label, something like "Removable Media: TheLabel". On system one though > > it's called "1.9 GB Removable Volume", it's label is nowhere to be seen. > > > > What am I over looking? How can a get my Gnome keyboard shortcuts back > > on system two, and how can I change how removable volumes are displayed > > on system one? > > > > /M > > > > -- > > Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) > > magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus．therning＠gmail．com > > http://therning.org/magnus > > > > What if I don't want to obey the laws? Do they throw me in jail with > > the other bad monads? > > -- Daveman > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-love mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love > > > > > > > > > ============================================= > Prof. Carlos José de Almeida Pereira > Universidade Estadual de Santa cruz > Ilhéus - Bahia - Brasil > > BLOG: > http://starfightercarlao.blogspot.com > http://starfightercarlaoenglish.blogspot.com (english version) > > > The Hacker Attitude: > 1. The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved. > 2. Nobody should ever have to solve a problem twice. > 3. Boredom and drudgery are evil. > 4. Freedom is good. > 5. Attitude is no substitute for competence. > (Eric S. Raymond) >
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