Re: xfce4 desktop problem

2023-07-06 Thread Mike Wright
On 7/5/23 22:04, Robert McBroom via users wrote: How could xfce4 be told to use Openbox? More specifically: http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:XFCE/Openbox ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@

Re: xfce4 desktop problem

2023-07-06 Thread Mike Wright
On 7/5/23 22:04, Robert McBroom via users wrote: How could xfce4 be told to use Openbox? http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproj

Re: xfce4 desktop problem

2023-07-05 Thread Robert McBroom via users
On 7/5/23 15:18, Mike Wright wrote: On 7/5/23 11:02, Robert McBroom via users wrote: Running xfce4 desktop on f38 terminal the desktop windows have lost the window bar at the top. Can't reposition open windows. They are fine if I switch to LXDE or kde. What part of xfce needs to be reinstall

Re: xfce4 desktop problem

2023-07-05 Thread Thomas Cameron via users
On 7/5/23 13:02, Robert McBroom via users wrote: Running xfce4 desktop on f38 terminal the desktop windows have lost the window bar at the top. Can't reposition open windows. They are fine if I switch to LXDE or kde. What part of xfce needs to be reinstalled? The nuclear option is to boot to

Re: xfce4 desktop problem

2023-07-05 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 7/5/2023 3:18 PM, Mike Wright wrote: On 7/5/23 11:02, Robert McBroom via users wrote: Running xfce4 desktop on f38 terminal the desktop windows have lost the window bar at the top. Can't reposition open windows. They are fine if I switch to LXDE or kde. What part of xfce needs to be reins

Re: xfce4 desktop problem

2023-07-05 Thread Mike Wright
On 7/5/23 11:02, Robert McBroom via users wrote: Running xfce4 desktop on f38 terminal the desktop windows have lost the window bar at the top. Can't reposition open windows. They are fine if I switch to LXDE or kde. What part of xfce needs to be reinstalled? The WindowManager takes care of

Re: xfce4 desktop problem

2023-07-05 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/05/2023 12:02 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote: Running xfce4 desktop on f38 terminal the desktop windows have lost the window bar at the top. Can't reposition open windows. They are fine if I switch to LXDE or kde. What part of xfce needs to be reinstalled? This isn't really a Fedor

xfce4 desktop problem

2023-07-05 Thread Robert McBroom via users
Running xfce4 desktop on f38 terminal the desktop windows have lost the window bar at the top. Can't reposition open windows. They are fine if I switch to LXDE or kde. What part of xfce needs to be reinstalled? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.f

Re: F29-F30 Upgrade With KDE Plasma Desktop Problem

2019-05-07 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 5/7/19 12:50 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: But yeah, kdm is deprecated and sddm or something else is generally better to use for posterity. Anyone know if there is a lightweight Qt-based LightDM greeter out there anywhere? I've switched to LightDM + slick-greeter, but it's Gtk-based. The only Qt-b

Re: F29-F30 Upgrade With KDE Plasma Desktop Problem

2019-05-07 Thread Rex Dieter
Ed Greshko wrote: > On 5/7/19 7:08 AM, David Dembrow wrote: >> I have been using fedora with kde plasma desktop. When I upgraded from >> fedora 29 to fedora 30 I lost my kde login manager as well as the kde >> plasma desktop. >> >> Is there a way to get my kde plasma desktop (or equivalent) back?

Re: F29-F30 Upgrade With KDE Plasma Desktop Problem

2019-05-06 Thread Ed Greshko
On 5/7/19 7:08 AM, David Dembrow wrote: > I have been using fedora with kde plasma desktop.  When I upgraded from > fedora 29 to > fedora 30 I lost my kde login manager as well as the kde plasma desktop. > > Is there a way to get my kde plasma desktop (or equivalent) back?  The login > manager >

Re: F29-F30 Upgrade With KDE Plasma Desktop Problem

2019-05-06 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 5/6/19 6:08 PM, David Dembrow wrote: I have been using fedora with kde plasma desktop.  When I upgraded from fedora 29 to fedora 30 I lost my kde login manager as well as the kde plasma desktop. Is there a way to get my kde plasma desktop (or equivalent) back?  The login manager displays a

Re: F29-F30 Upgrade With KDE Plasma Desktop Problem

2019-05-06 Thread Mark C. Allman
On 5/6/19 7:08 PM, David Dembrow wrote: > I have been using fedora with kde plasma desktop.  When I upgraded > from fedora 29 to fedora 30 I lost my kde login manager as well as the > kde plasma desktop. > > Is there a way to get my kde plasma desktop (or equivalent) back?  The > login manager dis

F29-F30 Upgrade With KDE Plasma Desktop Problem

2019-05-06 Thread David Dembrow
I have been using fedora with kde plasma desktop.  When I upgraded from fedora 29 to fedora 30 I lost my kde login manager as well as the kde plasma desktop. Is there a way to get my kde plasma desktop (or equivalent) back?  The login manager displays a warning message that the plasma desktop

Re: Long standing Xfce desktop problem

2016-08-15 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Well, so far no desktop snapshot popping up, but Libre Office Writer is behaving terribly in how it displays hints. Basically I have to ignore the screen as I type with each hint causing a screen refresh. So bug report really in order. On 08/15/2016 12:40 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 08

Re: Long standing Xfce desktop problem

2016-08-14 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/14/2016 03:40 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:33:09 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I don't really know how to categorize this, so let me explain. This started a while back on my F22 system and is continuing on the F24 system. What I switch workspaces I often get a screen

Re: Long standing Xfce desktop problem

2016-08-14 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:33:09 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I don't really know how to categorize this, so let me explain. This > started a while back on my F22 system and is continuing on the F24 > system. > > What I switch workspaces I often get a screen that looks something > like a deskto

Long standing Xfce desktop problem

2016-08-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I don't really know how to categorize this, so let me explain. This started a while back on my F22 system and is continuing on the F24 system. What I switch workspaces I often get a screen that looks something like a desktop snapshot. It goes away when I move the mouse, kind of block by bloc

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-08 Thread JD
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 09:03:51PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > > > > On 08/07/2015 08:41 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:23:40PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > >> > > >>On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >>>On Fri, Aug

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 09:03:51PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/07/2015 08:41 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:23:40PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > >> > >>On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >>>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > On 08/07/2015 05

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 08:41 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:23:40PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wro

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 08:23:40PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > >> > >>On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >>>On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > On 08/07/2015 01

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 06:53 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: So, some

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 06:34:09PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > >> > >>On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > >>>On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: > So, something changed, that h

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 05:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. Any clues how to restore it? right click on

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 03:15:57PM -0600, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: > >On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: > >> > >>So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. > >> > >>Any clues how to restore it? > >right click on menu icon->preferen

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 08/07/2015 12:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: She does not recall what key sequences she pushed, but now, Cntrl-Alt-F[23456...] no longer work. I tried it on her computer under her login, and it does not work. Creating another account and login in with that account, it works. Any clues how to restore

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/07/2015 05:15 PM, jd1008 wrote: >> > For Mate DT, what icon are you referring to? > > I have > > System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard > > There nothing there about shortcuts. > -- I have Mate installed, but I am currently using enlightenment.. I never messed with keyboard shortcuts

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. Any clues how to restore it? right click on menu icon->preference->keybord shortcut For Mate DT, what icon are you referring to? I have Sys

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/07/2015 01:03 PM, jd1008 wrote: She does not want to use any other DT. If she's not willing to try a different DE, even for testing, I have no other suggestions to make. Good Luck. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https:

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 01:45 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. Any clues how to restore it? right click on menu icon->preference->keybord shortcut You might look at the solutions offered on this link: htt

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
On 08/07/2015 01:37 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 08/07/2015 12:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: Creating another account and login in with that account, it works. Does the new account also use Mate? Yes. So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. It sounds like something's remapped

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 08/07/2015 03:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > > So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. > > Any clues how to restore it? right click on menu icon->preference->keybord shortcut -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587 -- users mailing list users

Re: Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread Joe Zeff
On 08/07/2015 12:24 PM, jd1008 wrote: Creating another account and login in with that account, it works. Does the new account also use Mate? So, something changed, that has disabled the cntrl-alt-f keys. It sounds like something's remapped them, but I don't use Mate and wouldn't know wha

Want to help a friend with a desktop problem

2015-08-07 Thread jd1008
She is running mate desktop. She does not recall what key sequences she pushed, but now, Cntrl-Alt-F[23456...] no longer work. I tried it on her computer under her login, and it does not work. Creating another account and login in with that account, it works. So, something changed, that has di

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-23 Thread Greg Woods
On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 12:45 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > (I take it, BTW, that simply switching to a different DE > isn't an option.) In fact, that is the option we took. We switched her from Gnome to XFCE, which works around the problem. --Greg -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/23/2012 12:27 PM, Greg Woods wrote: It's not so much a matter of time, as not wanting to hose things up for my wife. Well, as I said, updating your system probably won't help, so if you'd rather not take the risk of b0rking something, don't worry about it. And, if it's only affecting Gn

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-23 Thread Greg Woods
On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 11:40 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > I doubt that updating the system will help, but if you've the > time, it shouldn't hurt. It's not so much a matter of time, as not wanting to hose things up for my wife. We geeks are used to having updates occasionally break things; it is the

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/23/2012 11:09 AM, Greg Woods wrote: kmod-nvidia-3.2.10-3.fc16.x86_64-290.10-1.fc16.4.x86_64 Installed via the akmod rpmfusion package. Thank you. I'm no expert on this, but at least we've eliminated some possibilities, and that's always good. I am aware this system is not fully up

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-23 Thread Greg Woods
On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 10:31 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/23/2012 09:17 AM, Greg Woods wrote: > > In my case, no; it's an Nvidia card. > > What driver are you using? Nouveau, the binary blob or kmod-nvidia? kmod-nvidia-3.2.10-3.fc16.x86_64-290.10-1.fc16.4.x86_64 Installed via the akmod rpmfus

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/23/2012 09:17 AM, Greg Woods wrote: In my case, no; it's an Nvidia card. What driver are you using? Nouveau, the binary blob or kmod-nvidia? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-23 Thread Greg Woods
On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 11:42 -0400, Andre Goree wrote: > I currently have this same issue on a laptop I use for work running > F16/KDE4, so perhaps this has something to do with graphics drivers (shot > in the dark). Do you happen to be running Intel graphics? In my case, no; it's an Nvidia c

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-23 Thread Andre Goree
On Mon, 21 May 2012 16:21:32 -0400, Greg Woods wrote: On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 14:07 -0400, Brian Wood wrote: Yesterday the desktop was fine, but today the bar across the top of the screen is no longer legible. I can't read the time in the center top or the stuff on the right or left. When I p

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-21 Thread Greg Woods
On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 14:07 -0400, Brian Wood wrote: > Yesterday the desktop > was fine, but today the bar across the top of the screen is no > longer legible. I can't read the time in the center top or the > stuff on the right or left. When I put the focus on some of the > icons in that bar, t

Re: desktop problem

2012-05-21 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.05.2012 20:07, schrieb Brian Wood: > I installed Fedora 16 a few days ago. Yesterday the desktop > was fine, but today the bar across the top of the screen is no > longer legible. I can't read the time in the center top or the > stuff on the right or left. When I put the focus on some o

desktop problem

2012-05-21 Thread Brian Wood
I installed Fedora 16 a few days ago. Yesterday the desktop was fine, but today the bar across the top of the screen is no longer legible. I can't read the time in the center top or the stuff on the right or left. When I put the focus on some of the icons in that bar, the drop down menus aren't

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2010-08-14 at 19:46 -0700, JD wrote: > > Why do folks insist on using . files rather than making them > visible? > > Makes troubleshooting hell. > > > > James McKenzie > > > I do not know the history of why they chose dot files AND make them > invisible to the shell. They didn't. Dot file

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 08/14/2010 09:46 PM, JD wrote: >On 08/14/2010 07:34 PM, James McKenzie wrote: >> Thomas Cameron wrote: >>> On 08/14/2010 08:55 PM, JD wrote: >>> If you want to pick up onlythe dot files, then use .[a-zA-Z]* $ echo .[a-zA-Z]* .AbiSuite .adobe .alias .amaya .amazonmp3

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread JD
On 08/14/2010 07:34 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > Thomas Cameron wrote: >> On 08/14/2010 08:55 PM, JD wrote: >> >>> If you want to pick up onlythe dot files, then use >>> .[a-zA-Z]* >>> >>> $ echo .[a-zA-Z]* >>> .AbiSuite .adobe .alias .amaya .amazonmp3 .asoundrc .aspell.en.prepl >>> I have a bazil

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread James McKenzie
Thomas Cameron wrote: > On 08/14/2010 08:55 PM, JD wrote: > >> If you want to pick up onlythe dot files, then use >> .[a-zA-Z]* >> >> $ echo .[a-zA-Z]* >> .AbiSuite .adobe .alias .amaya .amazonmp3 .asoundrc .aspell.en.prepl >> I have a bazillion dot files in my home dir. I only copied and pasted

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 08/14/2010 08:55 PM, JD wrote: >On 08/14/2010 06:42 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote: >> I have a shell script I use to "reset" my default desktop environment. >> It keeps my important stuff like my ~/.ssh directory, mail directories >> and so on. To use it, I log out of GNOME, run it, and log back

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 08/14/2010 08:55 PM, JD wrote: > You must know that > .* matches > the directory . > and the directory .. > > To wit: > > $ echo .* > . .. .AbiSuite .adobe .alias .amaya .amazonmp3 .asoundrc .aspell.en.prepl > > Notice . and .. ??? Yup, and they are unaffected using this script. > If you want

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread JD
On 08/14/2010 06:42 PM, Thomas Cameron wrote: > I have a shell script I use to "reset" my default desktop environment. > It keeps my important stuff like my ~/.ssh directory, mail directories > and so on. To use it, I log out of GNOME, run it, and log back in. > > [tcame...@case ~]$ cat ~/bin/cl

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread Thomas Cameron
I have a shell script I use to "reset" my default desktop environment. It keeps my important stuff like my ~/.ssh directory, mail directories and so on. To use it, I log out of GNOME, run it, and log back in. [tcame...@case ~]$ cat ~/bin/cleardots #!/bin/bash ls -ad .* | egrep -v "bash|ellumin

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread Marvin Kosmal
Hi Using default install.. Gnome desktop Thanks On 8/14/10, binary...@comcast.net wrote: > On 08/14/2010 11:22 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote: >> Hi >> >> I am using Fedora 12 and something happen to the desk top >> >> I no longer have the icons in the upper left corner of my desk top. >> >> I had

Re: Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread binarynut
On 08/14/2010 11:22 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote: > Hi > > I am using Fedora 12 and something happen to the desk top > > I no longer have the icons in the upper left corner of my desk top. > > I had a firefox crash a couple days ago. I wonder if the two are connected.. > > Anyway, is there an easy wa

Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread Marvin Kosmal
HI One more thing.. I had just installed Google Earth before I developed this problem. TIA Marvin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/

Desktop problem

2010-08-14 Thread Marvin Kosmal
Hi I am using Fedora 12 and something happen to the desk top I no longer have the icons in the upper left corner of my desk top. I had a firefox crash a couple days ago. I wonder if the two are connected.. Anyway, is there an easy way to get the menu back? Firefox had its own icon so I can st