Camaleón wrote: >songbird wrote: >> Camaleón wrote: > > (...) > >>> What VGA driver are you using? Although you firstly thought there is no >>> relation between this and your UI problems, true is that there can be >>> :-) (intel cards use to work smoothly with gnome-shell while ati/nvidia >>> and the closed source drivers are more problematic, specially for >>> nvidia), so if you have the chance and aren't afraid of messing up your >>> system you can try to "swap" the current VGA driver (meaning, if using >>> open source drivers load the closed one or viceversa). >> >> the xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.18.0-2 trying to switch >> to intel site downloaded version. too old... skip for now. > > The package seems up-to-date.
*nods* today there are changes in the sid/testing repositories for gnome-panel and a few other things. i'm grabbing those updates now and hoping this will fix it. we'll see. i'm going to fall asleep soon. >>>> if i knew how to automatically include these >>>> steps in the desktop startup i could try that, but i'm not a gnome >>>> wizard. >>> >>> I can't imagine a bypass for this, but you can open a bug report so the >>> issue can be closely -and properly- tracked. >> >> no bug is worth being filed for a cosmetic >> item like this. > > You think? > > Not seeing the whole text of the menu items does not seem to be a > "cosmetic" problem. Visual impaired people can have lot of difficulties > to click on the right item... i would not encourage anyone with that sort of trouble to use testing or sid unless they have someone else around to get them out of jams that can happen. >> it mostly works. looking at bug tracker for both >> debian and gnome site looks like they are swamped with reports. sending >> bug upstream to be ignored makes more work for everyone. > > You don't have to expect a solution in one day but just reporting what > you are getting. Let devels to categorize the priority of the problem, if > they consider it's irrelevenat or something wrong at your side, they'll > tell. if it is graphics driver problem i expect no changes unless i find the specific place and can propose a patch. this is an old machine and the code isn't being worked on actively any longer. >> if i get a patch or fix then i can at least then file something useful >> for others who might have similar problem to find. > > Before you delevop a patch you'll have first to find out where is the > problem (intel xorg driver, gnome-shell, mutter-clutter...) :-) yes, the joy of learning. i'm having a lot of fun lately. puzzles for rainy days. if these updates for gnome-panel don't work then i will take another look at the problem in a day or two. trying to wrap up other another project first. >> was hoping someone who was familiar with gnome >> internals could point me to code and i think by what you've said i may >> figure something out. i'm finding places to alter and test the result >> as soon as i can get the build environment set up. i've gone too far >> ahead for the moment. >> >> thank you for your replies, > > You can also ask for feedback at debian gnome devel mailing list (debian- > gtk-gnome), most of the developers/packagers read/post there. eventually i may, yet i doubt this is a problem with debian packaging. songbird -- 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/20n769-qjt....@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de
