One workaround I have found for this blatant bug in Gnome or GMC is to create floating panels in Gnome and add launchers for applications or URL's in them. I actually like this better now, as I have floating text captions for the comment section for different apps or websites.
Now I can safely just use Enlightenment without using gnome-session, I can just launch gmc & panel from with Enlightenment, which according to the Enlightenment docs, is actually faster. GenEric generic wrote: > > Thanks Charles, you're right ... I just reinstalled, everything > the same except I left out Nautilus & exactly the same behavior. > > I also suspect that it's a Gnome/GMC problem at this point. > Damn, and I'm using this machine for daily work. I guess I should > have waited a couple of months before installing, like I did the > last time (when most of the blatant bugs have been fixed as updates). > > It's still a great product, Mandrake! > > Hopefully, this Gnome problem will be fixed soon, as I'm definitely > NOT going to use Nautilus, which tries to take over my desktop, just > like Windoze. > > I'll also try updating from the cooker files to see if that fixes it. > It looks like that worked for you. > > Thanks, > GenEric > > P.S. I can't wait for Enlightenment 0.17, then I can stop using > GNOME or KDE (I guess I could today, I'm just not adventurous enough!) > > Charles A Edwards wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > Behalf Of generic > > > Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 2:21 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [expert] Help with Mdk8.1: Gnome + Enlightenment + > > > Nautilus???? > > > > > > > > > Hmmm ... I installed gmc, and the first time I started X > > > (startx Gnome), > > > I invoked gmc once at a shell command line, and all my icons magically > > > appeared again. However, all of the application links in the > > > .gnome-desktop directory (*.desktop) are showing up on the desktop > > > with generic icons and are showing the .desktop suffix. When I > > > double-click on them, instead of launching, a pop-up window is > > > coming up asking what application I want to associate with each one. > > > What's going on? > > > > > > I'm getting frustrated enough to do a re-install at this point, making > > > sure not to install any nautilus apps whatsoever. > > > > > > Does anyone have any pointers/clues out there? > > > > > > There must be some way to have Gnome + Enlightenment + Nautilus > > > working together ... > > > > This problem has existed in all the Betas and the RC1, > > reinstalling will not fix it, neither will uninstalling Nautilus. > > I do not have Natilus on any of my systems and the problem is the same. > > To spare myself the useless Icons I exited GMC and now use nothing to > > draw the desktop. > > To supplement I increased the # of desktops > > and keep my most commomly used apps open on 1 of these desktops. > > I added a top Gnome menu panel and I add the shortcuts I wish to either the > > top or bottom panel; for more usable screen area the bottom panel is set > > to auto-hide. > > As a file mgr I use Emelfm and Powershell as a terminal and keep those > > always > > open in the E-Icon box. > > > > As to the problem itself I have been given the impression that this is a > > Gnome problem and not a Mandrake problem.?? > > No one in Cooker has bothered to respond other than in a round about manner. > > > > I do have a system running RC1 which I have been keeping updated to Cooker, > > either 1 or a combination of the updates from either 9/27 or 9/28 fixed the > > problem. > > But since the SoftwareMgr in 8.1 errors if you try to add a cooker source I > > can not test it on 8.1, something else of which no one on Cooker has > > responded. > > > > Charles )-: > > > > Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. > > And for too many there are now no tomorrows. > > > > P.S. The RC1 had been stable and the best running of my systems but don't > > you > > know it, I rebooted today and the network refuses to start, hense this > > writting > > from mickey. > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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