On Monday 28 Feb 2005 19:39, john wrote: > Keith Powell wrote: > >I have installed Gnome2.8, using Thac's packages, but have a problem. > > > >There's no desktop panel! > > > >The gnome panel package was installed, so I have uninstalled it and > > installed it again. Still nothing, so I have no menus, applets, and so > > on. > > > >Also, if I try to change the background from the default, there is just a > >*very* quick flash of the box in which to change it, and then it's back to > >the default desktop. The desktop has its normal icons on, and everything > > else which is called up by the mouse right click, works. > > > >As root, there is no panel, but I can change the background. > > > >The gnome2.6, which is with Mandrake 10.1OE works great - I would just > > have liked a later version. I installed the upgrade whilst in KDE, but > > did not uninstall the previous Gnome first. > > > >I can't find what the problem is, so any advice will be very gratefully > >received. > > > > Keith > I have had the same problem with gnome. I ran menu updates both from > terminal and from menu drake but nothing has worked. I uninstalled gnome > 2.6 first and tried with same results. I actually had the menus at one > point and they disappeared when I was adding or upgrading another > program. Don't know which one might have caused it. You might also > check the gnome desktop forum at //gnomedesktop.org/ > <http://gnomedesktop.org/node?PHPSESSID=832faaac1ab9c3227723ebad9b767b83>. > John
Thanks, John. I got your message just after I had sent my last one. I also run PCLinuxOS (a derivative of Mandrake), which started off as just a KDE distribution. Then Texstar added Gnome2.8 to the repository and I installed it. No problems at all! Very confusing!! I will look at the gnome desktop forum tomorrow. Too tired tonight after struggling with Gnome for many hours. Cheers Keith
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