Good tips thanks. I will try updating Gnome. You might have noticed that Gnome has really been annoying me lately.
Even though the packages are ancient, I don't mind because all I want is something completely reliable running on my laptop. The bleeding edge stuff I'll happily run on other things but my laptop has to just work without making me mad. Thanks again, Michael. >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >Michael wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Read this to the end, this is interesting. >> >> I've just had time to look at the 3 replies to my question. Firstly, >> I had to install gconf-editor and when I ran that there was nothing in >> the window that opened except for one proxy setting that I had set >> manually (via CLI) quite some time ago. I am using Debian with gnome >> but I can't decipher what version of gnome. It's part of >> Debian-stable (Woody). >> >> Nautilus is not installed. Well I can't fire up "nautilus" anyway. I >> should also add that I used to be able to access my desktop, add >> remove icons etc I could previously browse my directories with an icon >> that was on the Desktop (the very desktop I can't see now). >> >> Someone directed me to "Start->System Settings->Users and Groups" for >> my "how can I manage users" question. I should have pointed out at >> the start that I am using linux so there is no "Start" menu. Also, no >> "System Settings" or "Users and Groups" off any of the menus. I just >> want a Debian package for gnome that lets me manage users. KDE has >> kuser for example (I don't know if it's graphically orientated). > >In Fedora Gnome, there's a Red Hat where the Windows start button is. As >you didn't state the distro, I pointed out one option. It's a shortcut >to /usr/bin/system-config-users, but I don't think there is a debian >equivalent. As this is the CLUG, I assumed that you were using linux (: > >You're using debian stable, which is absolutely ancient, I suggest that >you upgrade a bit. The quality of software has improved over the >intervening few years. >Assuming you've got a nice fast adsl connection, do the following: > >1. Update /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the testing release. This is >mine... > >deb http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib >deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib >non-free > >deb http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib >deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib >non-free > >Now you need to upgrade apt-get as it can't handle the number of >packages that are now available. >2. apt-get update >( You may have to comment out all but the first line to get it to work >because of all the new packages ) > >3. apt-get install apt > >4. Uncomment all the lines in sources.list and >apt-get update > >5. apt-get dist-upgrade > >This will at least get you to gnome 2.4. The current release is 2.6 >which I think you still need to build from source at www.gnome.org for >debian releases. > >hth, > >Steve > > > > >> >> Holy crap! Apparently my file browser is "GNU Midnight Commander", >> which I started via Paw->Programs->File Manager and all my icons came >> back! Man, who writes this junk software? No wonder KDE is so >> popular. Problem solved, so long suckers. I mean thanks. >> >> Michael. >> >> At 03:56 a.m. 8/06/2004 +1200, you wrote: >> >>> Michael, 2004-06-07 19:27:46: >>> > I cannot add or even see any icons on my gnome desktop. I have a >>> > Desktop directory in my /home but I am unable to change the blank >>> > desktop in any way. When I right-click on the desktop I don't even >>> > get a menu. I have checked file ownerships and privileges. Any new >>> > user I create has this poblem. >>> >>> Adding to Dale's reply... >>> >>> Can you open nautilus windows at all? (E.g., by selecting "Browse >>> Filesystem" from GNOME's "Applications" menu, or by typing 'nautilus' in >>> a terminal window.) >>> >>> Does nautilus show up in the System Monitor ("Applications -> System >>> Tools -> System Monitor"), or when you 'ps -A | grep nautilus'? >>> >>> If so... >>> >>> Using gconf-editor ("Applications -> System Tools -> Configuration >>> Editor"), drill down to "/apps/nautilus/preferences" and make sure the >>> "show_desktop" option is selected. Now type this in a terminal window: >>> >>> nautilus & >>> >>> With luck, that'll get you your desktop. Now, close any extraneous apps, >>> and log out of GNOME. A dialog box will probably appear, asking if you >>> want to "Save current setup". Select that option, restart GNOME, and >>> cross your fingers :) >>> >>> If none of this helps: >>> >>> What GNU/Linux distro are you using? Which version of GNOME? >>> >>> If we can't sort it out here, another place to try: >>> http://gnomesupport.org/forums/ >>> >>> >>> Tim >>> -- >>> Timothy Musson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~trmusson/ >>> . . . . . . . . . . . .3327 BYTES FREE >> >> >> >> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message generated in webmail.
