Default Gnome Dbus error when starting Thunderbird

2011-12-07 Thread James Moe
http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: GetIOR failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "GetIOR" with signature "" on interface "org.gnome.GConf" doesn't exist) What does this mean? And how do I fix it? - -- Ja

Re: Default Gnome Dbus error when starting Thunderbird

2011-12-11 Thread James Moe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/07/2011 01:42 PM, James Moe wrote: > opensuse v12.1 linux 3.1.0-1.2-desktop x86_64 Thunderbird v8.0 > Gnome v3.2.1 > > Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a > missing or misconfigured D-Bus session

Re: Default Gnome Dbus error when starting Thunderbird

2011-12-11 Thread James Moe
color=auto gconf > as you provide no details at all about your system, above is a > blind guess > From my original post: opensuse v12.1 linux 3.1.0-1.2-desktop x86_64 Thunderbird v8.0 Gnome v3.2.1 What else would be useful? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot co

Where's the weather?

2012-09-11 Thread James Moe
arch turned up loads of apps ... for almost every OS ever created except linux. So. Where are the weather apps/extensions? There are none at Gnome Extensions. Zilch! Is it really so hard to make a weather app? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SI

Preserving an application's position and size

2012-12-29 Thread James Moe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, gnome desktop v3.4 opensuse v12.2 How do I have applications start with the same size and position each time they start, as when they are closed? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Preserving an application's position and size

2013-01-01 Thread James Moe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/29/2012 03:42 PM, James Moe wrote: > > How do I have applications start with the same size and position > each time they start, as when they are closed? > Anyone? Is it possible? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen

A little black box

2013-02-26 Thread James Moe
. Sometimes it is in a location that is not noticeable; other times it is in the center area. It sometimes disappears, then reappears. Has any one else seen this? Is there a cure? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19

Re: A little black box

2013-02-26 Thread James Moe
> I have this magical thing, someone said it is called "magnifying glass." Really awesome device. - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG

Just updated to v3.6.2

2013-03-25 Thread James Moe
? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlFQ4VAACgkQzTcr8Prq0ZOycgCgorRaUnAklJOljNYrbznFiqxC 0fkAoLAKoknUJuCMODyvyRFLf3yjc67k =Byhe

Re: Just updated to v3.6.2

2013-03-26 Thread James Moe
enSUSE 12.3... no border appears > around icons. > The border shows around the icons that are displayed for *.desktop files (launchers?). There is no border for icons that are included in an Icon Theme. > If you change your theme does the problem remain? > Yes. - -- James Moe

Jerky mouse movement

2013-04-14 Thread James Moe
out and in again, or more recently, use a different desktop. Has anyone else seen this odd behavior? -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 ___ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list

Re: Jerky mouse movement

2013-05-12 Thread James Moe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/14/2013 04:19 PM, James Moe wrote: > openSUSE v12.3 linux v3.7.10-1.1-desktop x86_64 gnome 3.6.2 > > Ever since gnome version 3.2 the mouse movement becomes more uneven > as the logon time increases. [...] > > Has anyone

Re: Resolution

2014-01-17 Thread James Moe
dware capabilities. Another consideration is if your graphics adapter is capable of delivering 1920x1200 resolution. (It would have be fairly old hardware to not have that capability.) - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GN

Spontaneous reset

2014-02-13 Thread James Moe
e of times since then. And today while unlocking the desktop: All I did was the usual ESC to get the login screen. Has anyone else seen this? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with T

Gnome freezes at the lock screen

2014-03-03 Thread James Moe
log on to the computer from another host and send SIGHUP to the gnome-session which resets it. However, this is inelegant and requires root privilege. Any suggestions why Gnome freezes? Or a user method to reset the desktop? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN

"Software Update" app

2014-03-19 Thread James Moe
n's actual name is? Is it possible to limit the time frame? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlMp1UoACgkQzTcr

Re: "Software Update" app

2014-03-19 Thread James Moe
t bugfixes only) and > all new work is being done on gnome-software, which is much nicer. > Do you know how to disable it? I can easily set a cron job for zypper to do updates when I want them. - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE--

Spontaneous resets

2014-04-24 Thread James Moe
, and the CPU was quite busy doing something for 30 seconds. Then the background image was restored. I had to move the apps to where I wanted them. This happens several times a week. Is this a known problem? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

How do I turn off the Update Checker?

2015-01-25 Thread James Moe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, gnome v3.14 opensuse v13.2 Gnome has a process (packagekit?) that periodically checks for updates. How do I disable it? There exists an update that bricks my system. I wish to disable updates until that is fixed. - -- James Moe moe

Re: How do I turn off the Update Checker?

2015-01-28 Thread James Moe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/25/2015 10:43 PM, James Moe wrote: > Gnome has a process (packagekit?) that periodically checks for > updates. How do I disable it? > Any one? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -BEGIN PGP

Conflict among thunderbird, enigmail, gpg, gpg-agent, and gnome

2016-03-01 Thread James Moe
] errorHandling.jsm: parseErrorOutputWith: return with c.errorMsg = gpg: WARNING: The GNOME keyring manager hijacked the GnuPG agent. gpg: WARNING: GnuPG will not work properly - please configure that tool to not interfere with the GnuPG system! How do I configure Gnome keyring manager? -- James Moe moe

Odd mouse and Gnome behavior with new video adapter

2016-04-27 Thread James Moe
Has anyone seen such peculiar behavior? Is there a better forum for exploring this? -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@gnome

A lot of these errors, then Splat!

2016-10-24 Thread James Moe
:3591): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_text_set_text: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnome-list mailing

Is there anything to do about this error?

2016-11-14 Thread James Moe
'CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self)' failed -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/list

Extension connector failure

2017-03-17 Thread James Moe
not install the connector for Chrome. When I go to the Gnome extensions page, the following is displayed: "An unexpected error occurred" Gee. An "unexpected" error. The worst kind. There is no further information. No log entries. Nothing. Is there a fix for this? -- Jam

Duplicate camera icon

2017-07-22 Thread James Moe
opensuse 42.2 linux 4.4.74-18.20-default x86_64 gnome 3.20.2 Whenever I connect a camera (a Nikon) with a USB port, two camera icons appear on the desktop. They are mirrors; whatever is done with one icon is shadowed with the other. Is there a way to have only one icon for cameras? -- James

Default applications

2017-08-05 Thread James Moe
default applications? -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list

Re: Default applications

2017-08-07 Thread James Moe
ations has been removed for some gnome-ish reason? -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list

Re: Default applications

2017-08-08 Thread James Moe
On 08/07/2017 12:16 PM, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > >> I assume, then, that the very useful GUI for setting default >> applications has been removed for some gnome-ish reason? > Settings > Details > Default Applications. > Ah ha! That is what I remembered, not in Twea

Re: Duplicate camera icon

2017-08-16 Thread James Moe
On 07/22/2017 11:54 AM, James Moe wrote: > > Whenever I connect a camera (a Nikon) with a USB port, two camera > icons appear on the desktop. > I discovered the reason for the two icons: There are two separate memory cards in the camera. There is an icon for each card. -- James

Re: Multiple Process/Application Instances

2019-03-06 Thread James Moe via gnome-list
works. If you select the icon with the RMB, you get an option list, one of which is "New Window." That opens a new session rather than switching to an existing one. -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think. signature.asc Description:

Problem with hardwired HTTP_PROXY

2019-11-15 Thread James Moe via gnome-list
before: 20191115-18:28:08 .profile - http_proxy before: 20191115-18:28:08 .profile - http_proxy after: When a command window was opened: 20191115-18:28:15 .bashrc - http_proxy before: http://proxy1.sma.com:3128/ Can anyone suggest where to look to prevent HTTP_PROXY from being assigned a val

Re: Problem with hardwired HTTP_PROXY

2019-11-29 Thread James Moe via gnome-list
On 2019-11-29 10:37 AM, rpr // via gnome-list wrote: > Try Settings > Network > Network Proxy > I did. It made no difference. I finally found a way to modify the Gnome settings for proxy using gsettings. To list: gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.system.proxy -- James Moe m

Unable to move desktop icons

2020-07-26 Thread James Moe via gnome-list
version. I cannot find it now. How do I get the icons moving again? -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@gnome.org https

Re: Unable to move desktop icons

2020-07-27 Thread James Moe via gnome-list
On 7/26/20 9:50 PM, James Moe via gnome-list wrote: > There was an option in one of the settings panels that gave a choice about > icon placement in the older gnome version. I cannot find it now. > I searched the Gnome documentation. I could fine almost nothing about icons. Wh

Windows are now opened behind other windows

2020-10-08 Thread James Moe via gnome-list
completely hides new windows.) Is there an option somewhere to open windows in front/top of other windows? -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ gnome-list

[jmm] Bluetooth tricks?

2021-12-27 Thread James Moe via gnome-list
em, bluetooth simply refuses to function. In Settings it shows as turned off. If I turn it on, it shows it is in Airplane mode, When I disable that, bluetooth turns off. Round and round. I gave up. Can anyone suggest some magical incantations that will have bluetooth behave as a reliable service

Raising the top bar

2022-04-12 Thread James Moe via gnome-list
almost too small to read. How do I adjust the text size of the top bar? -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 Think. ___ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list