Re: desktop / window manager

From: Adam Hardy (adam.ant_at_cyberspaceroad.com)
Date: 08/18/05

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    Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:39:49 +0100
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    Adam Hardy on 18/08/05 12:11, wrote:
    > cliff pankonien on 17/08/05 22:47, wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> i usually just right-click on the bottom panel>add to panel>window
    >> list...
    >>
    >
    > Oh DOH! I didn't realise that the window list was configurable/addable!
    >

    A couple of other things went to desktop heaven as well - my key
    combinations, such as alt-F1 don't work anymore. This seems to be less
    easy to reconfigure. In fact, they still seem to be set up in Desktop
    Preferences, but they're not working.

    What can I do about them?

    >> Jeff Stevens wrote:
    >>
    >>> Adam,
    >>>
    >>> Having rarely used gnome I'm no expert. I have found problems with
    >>> components crashing and not dying properly when exiting. bonobo and
    >>> gnome-session both come to mind as processes I've had to kill manually.
    >>>
    >>> If, after exiting gnome and shutting off gdm, you still have *any* gnome
    >>> related processes go ahead and "kill -9" them if you have to.
    >>>
    >>> -Jeff
    >>>
    >>> On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 18:21 +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> An applet crashed while I was surfing and after it died, my bottom
    >>>> panel in gnome doesn't show what programs are running on my desktop.
    >>>>
    >>>> I exited my desktop and startx'd again, but still have no cure.
    >>>>
    >>>> I find the desktop and the window manager a bit of a minefield so I
    >>>> don't want to start trying to repair it without knowing that I'm
    >>>> doing the right thing.
    >
    >
    >
    > 

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