Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-29 Thread JP Rosevear
On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 08:11 -0600, Michael Folsom wrote: Thanks! Tried that and when you right clicked no options were given - When you say no options were given do you mean the option I asked you to select was not given in the context menu or no context menu at all? If none at all, can you

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-28 Thread Michael Folsom
Thanks! Tried that and when you right clicked no options were given - It really seems that some parts of user info (settings etc - ) of the gnome system are stored outside the user's home directory and there is no way to easily clear it out and start fresh. Through multiple logins - logouts,

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-27 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sloan wrote: G T Smith wrote: Randall R Schulz wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007 08:01, Kai Ponte wrote: On Sat, June 23, 2007 11:31 am, Kenneth Schneider wrote: ... Switch to KDE? :- There are people who don't use KDE? They're very short and

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-27 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Tuesday 26 June 2007 21:01, Michael Folsom wrote: The sad fact is that you enjoy other peoples problems - Probably the sadder fact is that people with your attitude make it impossible to get help on packages you don't like. Obviously folks with gnome problems in OpenSuse should not to use

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-27 Thread JP Rosevear
On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 21:52 -0600, Michael Folsom wrote: Frankly, not much I can tell - Here's the contents of ~/.xsession-errors INPUT_METHOD is not set or empty (no user selected input method). Trying to start a default

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-26 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Randall R Schulz wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007 08:01, Kai Ponte wrote: On Sat, June 23, 2007 11:31 am, Kenneth Schneider wrote: ... Switch to KDE? :- There are people who don't use KDE? They're very short and in modern times seen only

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-26 Thread John ffitch
You mean there are people who use KDE? Good heavens! Never thought this windows-lookalikes woudl ever catch on ==John ffitch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-26 Thread Michael Folsom
The sad fact is that you enjoy other peoples problems - Probably the sadder fact is that people with your attitude make it impossible to get help on packages you don't like. Obviously folks with gnome problems in OpenSuse should not to use this list for help because the self-richeous KDE bigots

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-26 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Tuesday 26 June 2007 07:01, Michael Folsom wrote: The sad fact is that you enjoy other peoples problems - That is your belief (presumably), but could not possibly qualify as a fact. Probably the sadder fact is that people with your attitude make it impossible to get help on packages you

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-26 Thread Kai Ponte
On Tue, June 26, 2007 6:14 am, John ffitch wrote: You mean there are people who use KDE? Good heavens! Never thought these PARC-derivatives woudl ever catch on ==John ffitch f1xx0r3d yer post:P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-26 Thread Sloan
G T Smith wrote: Randall R Schulz wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007 08:01, Kai Ponte wrote: On Sat, June 23, 2007 11:31 am, Kenneth Schneider wrote: ... Switch to KDE? :- There are people who don't use KDE? They're very short and in modern times seen only posing as porcelain

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-25 Thread Kai Ponte
On Sat, June 23, 2007 11:31 am, Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 11:42 -0600, Michael Folsom wrote: Folks: For some reason when my 10.2 box comes up the start menu does not appear. I have the bar across the bottom with a few icons on it but the start icon is gone. This

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Monday 25 June 2007 08:01, Kai Ponte wrote: On Sat, June 23, 2007 11:31 am, Kenneth Schneider wrote: ... Switch to KDE? :- There are people who don't use KDE? They're very short and in modern times seen only posing as porcelain figurines on the lawns of certain (rather odd)

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-25 Thread Michael Folsom
Guys: I realize that all the Gnome bashings is entertaining but the simple fact is some of us don't really like KDE all that much. This is a personal decision and as such should be respected. Why enjoy other peoples problems? Personally in a forum like this its nice to be helpful - M- On

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-25 Thread Randall R Schulz
On Monday 25 June 2007 08:41, you wrote: Guys: I realize that all the Gnome bashings is entertaining but the simple fact is some of us don't really like KDE all that much. This is a personal decision and as such should be respected. Why enjoy other peoples problems? I think the humorous

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-25 Thread James Knott
Randall R Schulz wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007 08:01, Kai Ponte wrote: tch to KDE? :- There are people who don't use KDE? They're very short and in modern times seen only posing as porcelain figurines on the lawns of certain (rather odd) humans. When in Gnome, do

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-25 Thread Kai Ponte
On Mon, June 25, 2007 9:37 am, James Knott wrote: Randall R Schulz wrote: On Monday 25 June 2007 08:01, Kai Ponte wrote: tch to KDE? :- There are people who don't use KDE? They're very short and in modern times seen only posing as porcelain figurines on the lawns of certain (rather

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-25 Thread M Harris
On Saturday 23 June 2007 22:16, Michael Folsom wrote: I've heard that gnome is fine till you have a problem then its a nasty bear. I'm starting to see that this is true - Perhaps Linus is right you should just forget gnome. ... this is why some of us (otherwise helpful types)

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-24 Thread JP Rosevear
On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 11:42 -0600, Michael Folsom wrote: Folks: For some reason when my 10.2 box comes up the start menu does not appear. I have the bar across the bottom with a few icons on it but the start icon is gone. This happened after an app hanged and I did a cntrlaltbackspace

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-24 Thread Michael Folsom
Frankly, not much I can tell - Here's the contents of ~/.xsession-errors INPUT_METHOD is not set or empty (no user selected input method). Trying to start a default input method for the locale en_US.UTF-8 ... There is no

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-23 Thread Dave Howorth
On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 11:42 -0600, Michael Folsom wrote: Folks: For some reason when my 10.2 box comes up the start menu does not appear. I have the bar across the bottom with a few icons on it but the start icon is gone. Start menu? I'm running 10.2 Gnome and I don't have a start menu

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-23 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 11:42 -0600, Michael Folsom wrote: Folks: For some reason when my 10.2 box comes up the start menu does not appear. I have the bar across the bottom with a few icons on it but the start icon is gone. This happened after an app hanged and I did a cntrlaltbackspace

[opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-23 Thread Michael Folsom
Folks: For some reason when my 10.2 box comes up the start menu does not appear. I have the bar across the bottom with a few icons on it but the start icon is gone. This happened after an app hanged and I did a cntrlaltbackspace to restart X My guess is that their something is screwed up in

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-23 Thread jfweber
On Sat June 23 2007, Dave Howorth scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 11:42 -0600, Michael Folsom wrote: Folks: For some reason when my 10.2 box comes up the start menu does not appear. I have the bar across the bottom with a few icons

Re: [opensuse] lost start menu in OpenSuse 10.2

2007-06-23 Thread Michael Folsom
No, its just the default gnome setup - Frankly you may call it the application menu, main menu, start or whatever - its the thing that all the apps like firefox, open office, k3b, etc are found under - you know you click on it and it opens up then you click on Firefox - Its gone and its very