curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
Then my vote goes to sit and wait :-) I sat and waited and nothing happened. Today, I did more Googleing and found a sledgehammer solution. Go to runlevel 3 and login. Then issue the command $ rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd Reboot. Your gnome-panel settings will be reset to the defaults, but at least things work again. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinxj-fzelpuohsdiu_1zlbdp7i2iix7x3qj3...@mail.gmail.com
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
On Wed,26.May.10, 09:06:57, John O Laoi wrote: Then my vote goes to sit and wait :-) I sat and waited and nothing happened. Today, I did more Googleing and found a sledgehammer solution. Go to runlevel 3 and login. This will probably not have the expected result on a default Debian install, since runlevels 2-5 are identical. Then issue the command $ rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd Reboot. The fastest way I can think of to achieve the same: - boot in recovery mode # rm -rf ~username/.gnome ... # reboot Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
Andrei Popescu: - boot in recovery mode # rm -rf ~username/.gnome ... # reboot What's the point in rebooting? Just log out, log in on a VT, delete the directories and log in again. Gnome doesn't keep any daemons running after the user logs out, or does it? J. -- I have been manipulated and permanently distorted. [Agree] [Disagree] http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
On Wed,26.May.10, 10:59:30, Jochen Schulz wrote: Andrei Popescu: - boot in recovery mode # rm -rf ~username/.gnome ... # reboot What's the point in rebooting? Just log out, log in on a VT, delete the directories and log in again. Gnome doesn't keep any daemons running after the user logs out, or does it? I certainly hope it doesn't :) Your way is usually safer since it doesn't require root, but changing VTs can cause issues on some machines... Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
Andrei Popescu: On Wed,26.May.10, 10:59:30, Jochen Schulz wrote: What's the point in rebooting? Just log out, log in on a VT, delete the directories and log in again. Gnome doesn't keep any daemons running after the user logs out, or does it? I certainly hope it doesn't :) I am going to check this when I am back home! Your way is usually safer since it doesn't require root, but changing VTs can cause issues on some machines... Oh dear. When I started using Linux, it was X that was sometimes hard to get running. :) J. -- I am on the payroll of a company to whom I owe my undying gratitude. [Agree] [Disagree] http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
On Wed, 26 May 2010 09:06:57 +0100, John O Laoi wrote: Then my vote goes to sit and wait :-) I sat and waited and nothing happened. Today, I did more Googleing and found a sledgehammer solution. Go to runlevel 3 and login. Then issue the command $ rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd Reboot. Your gnome-panel settings will be reset to the defaults, but at least things work again. I'ts quite strange, beacuse doing that should have caused the same behavior that login with a new and fresh user (empty GNOME profiles, and IIRC that was not working for you. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.26.10.39...@gmail.com
curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
Hello, I am using squeeze on a dell laptop, and am using Gnome, as came with the standard installation. Yesterday, after a big “safe-upgrade” my desktop started to behave curiously. When I open a console on the GUI and minimize it, it appears to go to the bottom right corner, and then disappears completely. Then the Panel on the top panel no longer functions. Icons on the desktop continue to function. If I open another app, all of the buttons on the top panel disappear, except for the volume button. Then the bottom panel becomes completely bank. Any ideas what has happened? John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/u2r1f1816a91005050100v14e02aa3tc4ec8d64a4ec4...@mail.gmail.com
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
On Wed, 05 May 2010 09:00:17 +0100, John O Laoi wrote: (...) When I open a console on the GUI and minimize it, it appears to go to the bottom right corner, and then disappears completely. Then the Panel on the top panel no longer functions. Icons on the desktop continue to function. If I open another app, all of the buttons on the top panel disappear, except for the volume button. Then the bottom panel becomes completely bank. Any ideas what has happened? It seems something was messed-up. GNOME updates do not always go smoothly. - First try: run killall gnome-panel. - Second thing to check: create a new panel and see if behaves correctly when you minimize the applications. - Thrird try: create a new user and login with it. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.05.08.40...@gmail.com
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
Thanks Camaleón, - First try: run killall gnome-panel. - Second thing to check: create a new panel and see if behaves correctly when you minimize the applications. - Thrird try: create a new user and login with it. I did all of this. Same behaviour, even with the new user. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/w2j1f1816a91005050155m303923ees65935cca86b2b...@mail.gmail.com
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
On Wed, 05 May 2010 09:55:00 +0100, John O Laoi wrote: Thanks Camaleón, - First try: run killall gnome-panel. - Second thing to check: create a new panel and see if behaves correctly when you minimize the applications. - Thrird try: create a new user and login with it. I did all of this. Same behaviour, even with the new user. John Wow... then I'm out of ideas, unless waiting for another safe-upgrade O:-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.05.09.16...@gmail.com
curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
What would ye think of doing aptitude purge gnome followed by aptitude install gnome Is that likely to break lots of other things? John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/z2j1f1816a91005050236o9a2ab96bxd1346469a9023...@mail.gmail.com
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
On Wed, 05 May 2010 10:36:34 +0100, John O Laoi wrote: What would ye think of doing aptitude purge gnome followed by aptitude install gnome Is that likely to break lots of other things? Dunno, I'm a stable user and do not like such abrupt things. How do you (you = people using Squeeze) usually run updates for GNOME? Or these updates come also integrated with standard packages? If the latter, just wait for newer packages become available. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.05.10.15...@gmail.com
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
Camaleón: On Wed, 05 May 2010 10:36:34 +0100, John O Laoi wrote: What would ye think of doing aptitude purge gnome followed by aptitude install gnome Is that likely to break lots of other things? Usually not, but I don't see the point in doing that. It appears you would just reinstall the package with your bug in it. How do you (you = people using Squeeze) usually run updates for GNOME? I run sid and in cases like these (don't run Gnome) I either downgrade to the version in testing, use an archived version or just sit and wait. J. -- I want to keep my skin looking good but I believe all computers do the same job. [Agree] [Disagree] http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: curious gnome desktop behaviour after upgrade
On Wed, 05 May 2010 13:15:50 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: Camaleón: On Wed, 05 May 2010 10:36:34 +0100, John O Laoi wrote: What would ye think of doing aptitude purge gnome followed by aptitude install gnome Is that likely to break lots of other things? Usually not, but I don't see the point in doing that. It appears you would just reinstall the package with your bug in it. The point is, which package? gnome-panel have all the point to be the culprit but, how we could know what is causing the mess? It can be a mix of several packages, it's hard to tell. How do you (you = people using Squeeze) usually run updates for GNOME? I run sid and in cases like these (don't run Gnome) I either downgrade to the version in testing, use an archived version or just sit and wait. Then my vote goes to sit and wait :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.05.13.37...@gmail.com
