gnome launch problem - Thanks
 

On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 03:30:01PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote:
> On 06/01/2008 01:20 PM, Thomas H. George wrote:
>> No menu bar, no tool bar.
>>
>> I have been using icewm with no problems but decided to check out
>> gnome. If I log out, change the session to gnome and log in I get a
>> blue screen with the Debian swirl, icons for the disk drives and my
>> home directory and a short hum from the speakers but no menu bar and no
>> tool bar.
>> I found tool bar and menu bar settings of 0,4,0,0 and 0,0,0,0 in
>> .gnome/gmenu and tried changing these to values like 0,80,0,4 or
>> 0,4,0,80 with no effect even when I used /etc/init.d/gdm restart, then
>> change session to gnome and logged in.
>>
>> This is not the end of the world as all the apps I use run fine with
>> icewm but maybe there would be more I would like if I could start
>> gnome.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>
> What distribution are you using?
>
> Open a terminal and start "gnome-panel"; if it fails to start, it should
> provide an error message that might provide a clue about what's wrong.
>
I'm embarrassed, gnome-panel was not installed. I had checked with dpkg
-l |grep gnome and found a long list of gnome packages. I did not know
to look specifically for gnome-panel. Well, now it is installed and all
is well. Thanks,

Tom

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gnome launch problem - Thanks
 

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On 06/02/08 07:51, Thomas H. George wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 03:30:01PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote:
[snip]
>>
>> Open a terminal and start "gnome-panel"; if it fails to start, it should
>> provide an error message that might provide a clue about what's wrong.
>>
> I'm embarrassed, gnome-panel was not installed. I had checked with dpkg
> -l |grep gnome and found a long list of gnome packages. I did not know
> to look specifically for gnome-panel. Well, now it is installed and all
> is well. Thanks,

Install the metapackage gnome-core, and all the important stuff gets
pulled in.

Metapackage gnome-desktop-environment pulls in even more stuff, and
gnome the complete system.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

"I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of
diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.", Mr. Spock
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