Lars Tunkrans wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed SNV B82 SXCE. on my Shuttle SN25P barebone with > Athlon 64 X2 4800+ and 2 GB DDR RAM Nforce 4 chipset , Nvidia Gigabit NIC. > Nvidia 6500 PCIe graphics card. > > Logged in as a user. > started the gnome-terminal > $ su - root > # cd /media/SOL_11_X86/DeveloperTools > # sh install_devtool.sh > > > While the devtools are installing, the process updates the > selections in the > gnomepanel menu. Each time a new menuitem is installed the > gnome_panel > crashes and restarts. > This has not been happening before. > > Also since snv build 78 the gnome-panel menu randomly freezes up for > 5-10 seconds > and prevents the user from dragging the cursor over the menu choises. > > The quality of the gnome-panel executable is clearly deteriorating > Gnome-panel is critical to the end users perception of the system as a > whole > > //Lars > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > When I installed the Developer Tools from B78's DVD I also noticed that GNOME's panels would flicker, and Nautilus would restart. I suspect they do this so the shortcuts are available to the user without making them logout then back in again. There must be a better way of doing it though, Explorer.exe doesn't crash when you install programs just so they show up, so it doesn't make any sense.
James
