On 19:15 Fri 17 Oct , Collins Richey wrote: > 1. When shutting down, gnome 2.4 always produces a dialog box saying > (similar words to these) "these applications (all of mine are listed) won't > restart, you will need to restart them manually." But they lie. Most of them > restart, but all crammed onto the first desktop! Is there any way to cause > gnome not to restart them, as it promissed?
Close your applications before you log out, and the point is moot. > 2. When I right click and select properties for a desktop icon, I'm only allowed > to select an icon from /usr/share/pixmaps. Any way to get around this and use > icons from other locations? For example, OpenOffice has a suitable icon > available, but I can't find any way to use it, so I have to be content with the > "footprint." You can browse your entire file system from the properties dialog. -- Barry Marler Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory University of Georgia Room 229, Center for Applied Genetic Technologies 111 Riverbend Rd. Athens, GA 30602 706.583.0164 [office] 706.583.0160 [fax] http://www.plantgenome.uga.edu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
