Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13:18 09 Jan 2003, Tibbetts, Ric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >RedHat or even Linux (consider WinXP). If everything stayed the same, | >we'd still be using FVWM or TWM. | | HEY! I liked FVWM! I spent an eternity writing a config file for it, to | get it to look/act the way I wanted it to. I

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 08:58, Emilio wrote: > 1) The "new" desktop, that BlueSomething thing is the worst thing I ever > used, I > was so disenchanted with how the system has "degraded" that I am now using > Windows again after many years... What part of the desktop, specifically, are you disappoi

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Francisco Neira wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tibbetts, Ric wrote: | | |> RedHat or even Linux (consider WinXP). If everything stayed the same, |> we'd still be using FVWM or TWM. | | | HEY! I liked FVWM! I spent an eternity writing a config file for it, to | get it to lo

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Francisco Neira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tibbetts, Ric wrote: | | |> RedHat or even Linux (consider WinXP). If everything stayed the same, |> we'd still be using FVWM or TWM. | | | HEY! I liked FVWM! I spent an eternity writing a config file for it, to | get it to look/act the way I wanted

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Cliff Wells
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 10:18, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > > > > RedHat or even Linux (consider WinXP). If everything stayed the same, > > we'd still be using FVWM or TWM. > > HEY! I liked FVWM! I spent an eternity writing a config file for it, to > get it to look/act the way I wanted it to. I don't

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
RedHat or even Linux (consider WinXP). If everything stayed the same, we'd still be using FVWM or TWM. HEY! I liked FVWM! I spent an eternity writing a config file for it, to get it to look/act the way I wanted it to. I don't use it anymore... But it was great stuff! Ric -- redhat-list

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Cliff Wells
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 09:59, Nathan G. Grennan wrote: > > > 2) As usual from all the upgrades, the upgrade method completely breaks > > > down/destroys all the desktop URL shortcuts. After the upgrade you see > > > urlABXCY86xErer or something like that and the shortcut is useless. Same > > > thing

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Nathan G. Grennan
> > 2) As usual from all the upgrades, the upgrade method completely breaks > > down/destroys all the desktop URL shortcuts. After the upgrade you see > > urlABXCY86xErer or something like that and the shortcut is useless. Same > > thing happened in previous upgrades, every time I had to remove the

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Cliff Wells
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 08:58, Emilio wrote: > I had RH7.2 on my laptop and had to wait nearly 2 months (to get the disks > right) to be able to install 8.0, or rather do an upgrade to 8.0. I have > been a Red Hat user since version 3.0. > Unfortunately this upgrade came to me as a GREAT disappointme

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Marius Andreiana
On Jo, 2003-01-09 at 18:58, Emilio wrote: > 8) Previously I was able to configure GDM to use "faces" that no longer > seems possible I haven't tried it, but I assume the old GDM look it's available if you select Standard greeter ( instead of graphical ) from gdm configurator, General tab. -- Solu

Re: Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 05:58:03PM +0100, Emilio wrote: > > 4) It seems impossible to configure ANY of the SawFish window management > parameters. Using the "explorer" thing, when you reach the "SawFish" folder > and click on any of the parameter groups (Focus, Sounds, etc.) simply does > nothing.

Serious problems with RH8.0

2003-01-09 Thread Emilio
I had RH7.2 on my laptop and had to wait nearly 2 months (to get the disks right) to be able to install 8.0, or rather do an upgrade to 8.0. I have been a Red Hat user since version 3.0. Unfortunately this upgrade came to me as a GREAT disappointment: 1) The "new" desktop, that BlueSomething thing