On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Net Llama! wrote: > > > On 12/18/02 17:43, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > I've bamboozled my wife into using Linux (told her she'd have > > > to do Windoze installation herself), and for a few months all > > > has been well with Netscape and kpatience. > > > > > > Now, the panel has gone flaky for no reason I can think of. > > > When she logs in, many times it's just not there, and she cannot > > > operate without it. I've tried a variety of things to bring it > > > back, but the thing that works best is simply to log out, > > > log in as ANOTHER user, open an xterm and exit, then log out > > > and go back in as herself. Go figure. > > > > > > The other user has a working panel. Always, at least so far. > > > It's not clear why one has to open a window, but that does > > > seem part of the magic. > > > > > > Does anyone have a clue, or a less painful way to deal with > > > this (like a permanent solution, maybe?). > > > > Don't use KDE? Seriously, there are far more stable window managers out > > there, such as XFCE. > > That might work. Does XFCE have a panel, or some other warm fuzzy > way to start favorite applications? I'm /not/ going to try to get > my wife to use a command line. Don't ask.
Yes, XFCE has a nice GUI for starting apps, and its very easily configurable. And it _never_ blows up or shows any signs of instability. It just works (tm). -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
