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eco2geek
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Post subject: Upgrade to GNOME 2.24 in Boss > No desktop
 Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 11:24 AM
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After the upgrade to GNOME 2.24 from the Boss repositories, my desktop has nothing on it besides wallpaper. Have all the various packages been updated yet? Are there old configuration files I should delete?
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alan
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Post subject: RE: Upgrade to GNOME 2.24 in Boss > No desktop
Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 02:48 PM
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GNOME 2.24 transition is not complete yet. Situation is better now. Try to install nautilus now.
Code:
# rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* && apt-get update && apt-get install nautilus
Sorry! I think I overloaded our server this weekend, but it's still building! |
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Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 08:58 PM
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Location: Thetford UK
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| Alan there is a problem with permissions overwriting Libgweather0 |
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Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 10:01 PM
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| If you use dpkg -i <packagename.deb> --force-overwrite at the command line you can get around it, however, this should be used with caution. |
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Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 01:13 AM
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Yeah, its supposed to be fixed but is not. I saw few other glitches on desktop will solve them one by one!  |
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Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 10:58 AM
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Users should also be warry of their gnome-screensaver becoming non-functional with the upgrade to Gnome 2.24. When my screensaver activates (or when I manually issue gnome-screensaver-command --lock) the screensaver comes up but no unlock dialog accompanies it which means I have to CTRL+ALT+F1 to login and reboot the computer. This should be fixed as soon as possible.
Alan, what can we users do to help you make 'Boss' the best Linux distro ever? |
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Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 06:47 PM
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| Alan Gnome applets, Totem, Rhythmbox, un-installable due to dependancies etc, also no shutdown applet this is on 64bt. |
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arash-m
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Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 08:32 PM
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Users should also be warry of their gnome-screensaver becoming non-functional with the upgrade to Gnome 2.24. When my screensaver activates (or when I manually issue gnome-screensaver-command --lock) the screensaver comes up but no unlock dialog accompanies it which means I have to CTRL+ALT+F1 to login and reboot the computer. This should be fixed as soon as possible.
For me too. But there is no need to reboot system. Just kill gnome screensaver, and get back to gnome via ctrl+alt+F7.
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Alan Gnome applets, Totem, Rhythmbox, un-installable due to dependancies etc, also no shutdown applet this is on 64bt.
And 32bit. Also libgnomekbd3 and libtotem-plparser. |
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Posted: Nov 05, 2008 - 10:49 PM
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| Well, considering this is a work in progress, we can expect these sort of issues. As long as upgrades are performed in an informed manner, then these amount to little more than a minor inconvenience. I'm sure most of these problems will be sorted soon enough. |
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Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 01:36 AM
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| Yeah, I'm working to fix problems one by one. An updated gnome-screensaver is available now. I'm thinking about buying a little Shuttle machine to put it as our build server at home. This would be much more faster than our current web server, and will make things less unstable. Because on transition, you have to build many packages and some times several times, to fix something. Another breakage is Compiz-Fusion. Updated packages will be available before weekend. |
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Posted: Nov 07, 2008 - 12:41 PM
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After several dist-upgrades over the past week, including a
dpkg --force-overwrite -i libtotem-piparser12_2.24.2-parsix1_i386.deb
and a
dpkg --force-overwrite -i libgweather1_2.24.1-parsix2_i386.deb
things are almost back to normal. The biggest thing that doesn't work is desktop folder icons; e.g. "Computer," "Trash," etc. Double-clicking on them gives error messages similar to
Could not display "x-nautilus-desktop:///computer".
The location is not a folder.
Fortunately, you can "turn them off" with the gconf-editor.
The ability to manage system sounds is missing (it's greyed out), as is the ability to switch users. But things are getting better. |
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Posted: Nov 07, 2008 - 01:41 PM
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| Thank you, please continue telling me glitches you see. Desktop is getting more stable. Do you have trouble opening gnome-power-manager window? |
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Posted: Nov 07, 2008 - 11:49 PM
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I've found that when I try to open a nautilus file browser as root I get two abrupt error messages (something to do with gconf and inability to read or save settings) and then a spatial view window opens up. Any clicks within that limited window brings error messages, but whatever action I'm trying to do still seems to work. I'll post the particular error messages later (not in front of my machine at the moment.) Also, Gnome 2.24 seems to be a touch more sluggish than 2.22 was. Otherwise, things are going smoothly. Two main issues for me:
1. When will Evolution be back? I use Evolution for e-mail and it was automatically un-installed as part of the desktop upgrade.
2. In appearances dialog, I'm now getting a persistent messages that my current theme will not be displayed correctly because * gtk engine is missing. I have all the available gtk+ engines installed and I haven't noticed any difference in my preferred theme. Weird. |
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Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 01:23 AM
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These are my issues:
1) Jalali Calender Applet not working and gives me an error each time I log-in to gnome: The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_PyJcalendarApplet".
2) Power Management not working after clicking on it from "System->Preferences" or in Screen Saver window.
3) Shut Down button in "System->Shut Down..." not working.
I can confirm the Power Management not working; also, confirm System--> shutdown not working. |
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alan
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Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 05:34 AM
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Please install recent updates and reboot. Shut down should work now.
Update: evolution 2.24.1 added to repositories. Please test is and let me know if anything is wrong with it. |
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