Gnome 2.20

fxjr · n00b Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 65

The only thing which didn't emerge ok so far, at least that I'm aware of, is the gnome-power-manager. It complains when installing gconf files:

>>> Original instance of package unmerged safely.
* Installing GNOME 2 GConf schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-power-manager.schemas:1090: parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding !
Bytes: 0xE0 0xA7 0x3C 0x2F
��
^
* Reloading GConf schemas ... [ ok ]

I had a look at gentoo utf-8 guide as my machine isn't utf-8. Could this be the problem??

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Ok, nevermind. I changed my default encoding from POSIX to C and it seemed to emerge correctly now. I will configure my box to use UTF-8 using Gentoo guide. Sorry for bothering you.

EDIT2: Just to clarify: It only worked when I changed the encoding and rebuilt g-p-m from source again.
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rope-walker · n00b Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 8

I have another problem.
When I install gnome 2.20 and new gtk+, glib in some programs like thunderbird or OpenOffice they crashes when I open any dialog from menu for example.
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freaky · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 22

Hey there,

ever since I updated to gnome 2.20 my LUKS encrypted USB stick usually doesn't mount (once in 100 boots or so it actually does mount...).

Anyways, I plug in the stick, gnome pops up the password dialog, I enter the password and then nothing.

Under /dev/mapper a device luks_<enter_long_hexid_here> gets created. So appearantly it does run 'cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdxx luks_<enter_log_hexid_here>' or something similar, but it then forgets to mount /dev/mapper/luks_<enter_long_hexid_here> to /media/<name of volume label>

Any ideas on what might cause this? Already remerged gnome-volume-manager and gnome-mount.

Also, if I unplug the stick and reenter it there will also be no password dialog anymore (and no /dev/mapper/ device thus). But this already was the case with 2.18 if I didn't unmount the stick through gnome and replug it then. It would only work a second time if it was nicely unmounted through gnome (I usually do this by right clicking the desktop icon / unmount).

Kind regards

kurtg · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

Hi All,

I decided to join the gnome-2.20 band wagon, but I'm having a problem with 'app-accessibility/orca-2.20.1':

torsti76 · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

Since I upgraded to Gnome 2.20 a few days ago, I experience crashes with gnome-keyboard-properties and gnome-mouse-properties. Remerging nautilus, control-center, applets, panel etc. didn't work.

What am I missing?

Regards
Torsten
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chiefmonkey · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 82

I am trying to install Gnome 2.20 but it seems to fail on gnome-panel with an xml parse error. I have attached a snippet of the build log. Anyone come across this problem

Thanks
George

GrayFox · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject:

I also experienced that mounting encrypted filesystems doesn't work anymore. But after the password dialog I can mount the /dev/mapper/<crypt> device by hand. Hope this gets fixed. Another thing that really annoys me is that the gnome-system-tools don't seem to work at all. This is what I get:

kurtg · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject:

torsti76 · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject:

wah_wah_69 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 145

I'm getting this error emerging gnome-desktop 2.20

freaky · n00b Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 22

Had the same issue with fonts I think. I have a 1400x1050 laptop screen (15"). Gnome/X appearantly recalculated the DPI for fonts which I had fixed to 96 long time ago. Anyways go to

System | Preferences | Appearance | Fonts | Details

and set Resolution dots per inch to 96. Restart X/gnome. Should help. Why they calculate this is beyond me. AFAIK Windows doesn't and those fonts always look good. Sure, you might check the cleartype thing on LCD's but that has nothing to do with DPI AFAIK, just with anti-aliasing n such.

torsti76 · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject: Mouse madness

Folks,

I stepped deeper into my mouse- and keyboard-properties problem and found out, that gconf obviously doesn't read the associated schemas correctly. After changing all the values in
desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse I found, that most of them are missing the correct type information.

The strangest thing: After settinbg, e.g. motion_threshold to some float value, I was able to open the mouse-properties applet again. Nonetheless it crashed as soon as I moved one of the sliders. The same happens for the keyboard repeat sliders, that's why I have to keep the keyboard-repeat option off.

All that is very annoying - and even going back temporarily to control-center 2.18 didn't change the weirdness...

Any ideas?
Torsten

PS Thanks for the 96-dpi-tipp, that really did the trick for me!
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b1f30 · Apprentice Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 262 Location: USA

/bin/sh: line 1: scrollkeeper-preinstall: command not found
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/eog-2.20.2/work/eog-2.20.2/help/zh_TW'
make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/eog-2.20.2/work/eog-2.20.2/help'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/eog-2.20.2/work/eog-2.20.2/help'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/eog-2.20.2/work/eog-2.20.2/help'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/eog-2.20.2/work/eog-2.20.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

But I know what's up - it's because scrollkeeper-9999 is for testing.

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tylerwylie · Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:51 am Post subject:

Wanted to install Gnome 2.20 soon but after reading this thread I might want to hold off a bit hehe.

Ssl · Apprentice Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 178 Location: Serbia

One quickie:
I am using this GDM theme:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Linux+Mint+GDM+logon+theme?content=68170
Question is why it is not showing "face browser" items (users) for me, in the appropriate place, as it is shown on the picture? I can't select users via picture as there are no one shown. Stock GDM face browser theme works in this regard. Is this GDM bug? Can someone confirm this?

GNUtoo · Veteran Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 1919

hello,
i was told to use gtk-print instead of gnome-print because i can't print in black and white in gnome...
(https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-611696-highlight-.html)
and gtk-print is not in gnome 2.16.3 so i must upgrade...to gnome-2.20.1
but i want to upgrade only gnome...and not the others packages(because it would be faster)...how should i do that?

alexandervdm · n00b Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 72

You need to accept keyword ~arch for the packages in the gnome/gnome-light metapackage.

But perhaps it's better to hold off for a little while longer:

max-232 · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject:

Hi all,

it seem, at least for me, that with the lates gnome-power-manager (2.20.0-r1) in portage, has been solved the problem of the icon in the notification area.

n3Cre0 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 129

PCalitrack · n00b Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 20 Location: Berkeley, CA

Sorry if this has been asked, or is posted somewhere. Anybody have an idea as to when Gnome-2.20 will be released in the stable branch of portage?

mark_alec · Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:09 am Post subject:

Merged above. It is planned on being stablised within a week.
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mottmar · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: window list applet

Does anyone know if there is a way to obtain the old behavior of this applet in a panel with "expanded" option disabled? I had it resizing to zero lenght when I had no applications appearing in the list, but now it will stay, empty, with a fixed lenght..
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