Annoying pager in KDE
by JLB
Hi gang.
I use my copy of Fedora with KDE. It generally works quite nicely. But...
I hate the stupid pager! I don't use it. I told it to ues only one
virtual desktop. Then I removed the pager thingy from my taskbar. But
still it claims the "ctrl-tab" key combination! I am used to using
ctrl-tab in GAIM to switch tabs.
I've looked all over. HEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp! How on earth can I stop
this thing from binding to ctrl-tab?
Thanks!
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J. L. Blank, Systems Administrator, twu.net
19 years, 9 months
RHGB?
by Joshua Sain
I have a question. My friend recently installed Fedora Core 1 on his
linux box and he has a graphical boot process. I can't seem to get my
Fedora to do that. Please help!
Thanks,
Josh
19 years, 9 months
graphical boot problem localised
by tony
Hello,
Since installing Fedora Core 1 I have been having problems with gdm. I
tried running rhgb and the cause became clear immediately: X is booting
on vt8 and not being forced to vt7.
Is this a known issue? How do I fix it?
Cheers
Tony Grant
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www.tgds.net Library management software toolkit
19 years, 9 months
Menu entry and loki installer
by Bjorn Andersen
Hi
Does anybody know whats changed in the Gnome-Menu in fedora core 1?
In redhat 9 the Loki installer could create a menu entry in the games
menu.
The Loki installer makes this file:
/etc/X11/applnk/Games/et.desktop
It looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=enemy-territory
Comment=
Exec=/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/et
Icon=/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/ET.xpm
Terminal=0
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Games;X-Red-Hat-Base;
In Fedora test 2 the entry was not created, but could be corrected by
deleting the line:
Categories=Application;Games;X-Red-Hat-Base;
and the icon shows properly in the Games menu in the Gnome-start menu.
In Fedora Core 1 nothing works. It doesent help to delete the line in
/etc/X11/applnk/Games/et.desktop
What have been changed in Fedora and in the Gnome menu? Is it a bug, or with purpose?
Btw, it is a problem in a lot of games using the loki installer...
Regards
Bjorn Andersen
Linux.
Because making UNIX user friendly is easier then debugging Windows
19 years, 9 months
New GNOME splash screen.
by Jon Atkinson
Hi,
I've just modified the default Fedora Core 1 GNOME splash screen. I
moved the lighter box upwards slightly so that the splash icons appear
in the middle of the box rather than slightly offset, as they did
before. It's only a small improvement, and I don't even know if the
splash screen format will be the same in FC2 (though I didn't see any
mention of GNOME 2.6 in the next release schedule), but I'd like to
submit it.
Which brings me to my next question; how? Should I attach it to a
list message, or is there somewhere to find out who I should email it to
directly? I see no clear guidelines on the Desktop project page.
Thanks in advance,
--Jon Atkinson
19 years, 9 months
Re: 3D screensavers - separate package
by Jonathan C. Sitte
On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 12:23PM, Garrett LeSage <garrett(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>A much simpler and more elegant solution is to ship good screensavers
>(whether 3d or not) and have the OpenGL-based screensavers categorized
>as such. In terms of hardware support, set the default to a non-3d one
>(ideally a simple "Fedora" themed screensaver).
This sounds like a good idea to me.
>Either way, a more sane default is a good thing. (:
Well said.
Jonathan C. Sitte
19 years, 9 months
3D screensavers - separate package
by Troy Dawson
I'm pretty sure this has came up before, but I can't seem to find it. So if
this has been rehashed alot of times, feel free to send me to send me to the
resolution.
Although 3D graphics cards are becoming more and more common, not all machines
have them, or have 3D turned on. As such, since the default screensaver is
random, it's only a matter of time before a machine pulls one up.
For a machine with a 3D enabled card, this is no big deal, and can be quite
pretty.
For a machine that is doing all the 3D effects via software, it can slow the
machine down, grind it to a halt, get it extremely hot, etc ...
Can Fedora pull out it's screensavers that need/want 3D hardware acceleration,
and bundle them into a separate 3d-screensavers rpm?
If the answer is no, for whatever the reason, well, then it is.
If the answer is yes, then I can probrubly help give a hand.
Troy
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Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group
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19 years, 9 months
Visual Treatment of Window Borders in Bluecurve
by Steven Garrity
The (wonderful) BlueCurve theme seems to have eliminated any visual
distinction between window borders and the contents of the window. It
has also eliminated the visual distinction between resizable and
non-resizable windows (was there ever a distinction?).
This does simplify things visually, which is nice – but it does force
the user to guess whether an window is resizable or to fish for the
resizing cursor.
Any thoughts on this? Was this simply a known trade-off for aesthetics?
Thanks,
Steven Garrity
19 years, 9 months
Re: [Fwd: someone asked....]
by Paul Vandenberg
Hi,
I have to agree. Bluecurve is really cool looking, both GNOME and KDE.
It's one of the things that attracts me to Red Hat/Fedora.
-Paul
19 years, 9 months
default gnome panel buttons (answer)
by Troy Dawson
Howdy,
My thanks to all who gave me leads and such on this jolly trek I've been on.
May asked me to post the answer when I got it, so here it is.
For these examples I removed the OpenOffice Spreadsheet, and put the terminal
button first (before the web browser)
RedHat 9 and Enterprise 3 (Gnome 2.2)
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Edit the files
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/general/%gconf.xml
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/schemas/apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects/terminal_launcher/%gconf.xml
In general/%gconf.xml I replaced the word spreadsheet_launcher with
terminal_launcher
In terminal_launcher/%gconf.xml I changed the 'position' value from 300 to 25
Fedora Core 1 (Gnome 2.4)
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Edit the file
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/panel/default_setup/general/%gconf.xml
and add the file/directory
/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/panel/default_setup/objects/terminal_launcher/%gconf.xml
in general/%gconf.xml I replaced the word spreadsheet_launcher with
terminal_launcher
For the file terminal_launcher/%gconf.xml well ... I haven't gotten that right
yet. I just know that when I have it wrong I get a nice error when I startup
gnome. Since at the moment, my main users are RedHat 9 and Enterprise 3
users, I'm going to say that it's good enough because I found the file :)
EXTRA
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Good documentation
http://www.gnome.org/learn/
http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/2.2/gconf-8.html#gconf-14
http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest/gconf-8.html#gconf-14
Just note that at least for the Gnome 2.2, the examples they use are not what
you find in RedHat 9. This led me on a wild goose chase (but at least I had a
goose to chase)
Also note that you can do all that I did using gconf, but after working with
the syntax of it, I finolly gave up and did things by hand.
Hope this helps people
Troy Dawson
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Troy Dawson dawson(a)fnal.gov (630)840-6468
Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group
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19 years, 9 months