Hi, GNOME experts: I am running the version of GNOME that comes with the Solaris Nevada build 78.
Once again (build 71 was the first time), I have an almost unusable desktop. It starts with an interrupt in the system - power outage, <Stop><A> > boot, or some other unexpected sequence. The system boots up, the regular login sequence happens, and the login window appears. For the user who was logged in when the interrupt happened, a not-very-usable desktop appears. Symptoms: . No background theme - the background is black . Windows cannot be moved from one desktop to another with the mouse . A right mouse click on the background, or a click of the Launch menu, or a mouse-move of a window from one panel to another kills the ability of the mouse to do anything but move. It cannot select, and the keyboard doesn't work, because the mouse is somewhere other than in a working terminal window. As far as I know, all I can do then is reboot. I have repeated this sequence a lot. Is there a fix? What is happening? So, if there's a modal dialog box somewhere, how do I kill it? Is there a sequence that ends the grab? I tried <Meta><Stop> on a Sun keyboard. That moved the mouse, but no functionality was returned. I cannot use gnome-cleanup, because it removes the existing windows on my desktop that I work in. I can't create new windows, because use of the mouse for that kills its functionality. Can anyone help? thanx, Sharon
