On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:03 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:18:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote:
>
> >> Accustom yourself to run a login shell when launching GUI based
> >> applications (i.e., "su -" instead "su") ;-)
> >>
> >
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:18:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote:
>> Accustom yourself to run a login shell when launching GUI based
>> applications (i.e., "su -" instead "su") ;-)
>>
>
> Thank you :)
>
> that's better, still some GTK warnings
>
> ro
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 19:25 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 10/06/11 18:27, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> I'm guessing from the gedit that you're running Gnome?
> Have you tried gksu and gksudo
> eg:-
> #gksu gedit (will work if installed)
$ gksu gedit
(gedit:13772): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to c
On 10/06/11 18:27, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:17 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> root@debian:/home/spinymou
On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 18:17 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote:
> >> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >>
>
> >
> > root@debian:/home/spinymouse# su --login
>
> Why is #(root) running
On 10/06/11 05:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>
>
> root@debian:/home/spinymouse# su --login
Why is #(root) running su??
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There must be some mistake.
AG:
>
> These are some of the issues:
> 1. Windows manager is "unknown" and no configuration tool is registered
> 2. windows are launched at the top of the screen & I cannot drag
> these elsewhere
> 3. clicking a mouse on a window does not bring it to the fore
> 4. there are no longer multiple wor
On 06/09/2011 02:52 PM, AG wrote:
On 09/06/11 20:03, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 06/09/2011 01:26 PM, AG wrote:
[snip]
This is a complete nonsense - why are config files being over-written by
a safe-update ? Sorry - don't mean to rant, but this is a complete waste
of time when I have work to do!
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 20:54 +0100, AG wrote:
> On 09/06/11 20:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 19:26 +0100, AG wrote:
> >
> >> On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote:
> >>>
> Hi all
>
> Having j
On 09/06/11 20:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 19:26 +0100, AG wrote:
On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote:
Hi all
Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my
Gnome DE to find that all of m
On 09/06/11 20:03, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 06/09/2011 01:26 PM, AG wrote:
[snip]
This is a complete nonsense - why are config files being over-written by
a safe-update ? Sorry - don't mean to rant, but this is a complete waste
of time when I have work to do!
It doesn't. But your existing sess
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 13:58 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/09/2011 01:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > (gedit:7637): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to rename
> > '/root/.recently-used.xbel': No such file or directory
> > GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common
>
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:51 +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > PS, not an issue, but it might has to do with those issues:
> >
> > spinymouse@debian:~$ gedit
> > spinymouse@debian:~$ su
> > Password:
> > root@debian:/home/spinymouse# gedit
> >
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 19:26 +0100, AG wrote:
> On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my
> >> Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been
On 06/09/2011 01:26 PM, AG wrote:
[snip]
This is a complete nonsense - why are config files being over-written by
a safe-update ? Sorry - don't mean to rant, but this is a complete waste
of time when I have work to do!
It doesn't. But your existing session might have scribbled over something
On 06/09/2011 01:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
[snip]
(gedit:7637): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to rename
'/root/.recently-used.xbel': No such file or directory
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common
Why in ${DEITY}'s name are you logged in as root??
--
"Neither the
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:23:52 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> PS, not an issue, but it might has to do with those issues:
>
> spinymouse@debian:~$ gedit
> spinymouse@debian:~$ su
> Password:
> root@debian:/home/spinymouse# gedit
>
> (gedit:7637): EggSMClient-WARNING **: Failed to connect to the sess
On 09/06/11 19:19, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote:
Hi all
Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my
Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been
borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional.
These are some of
On 09/06/11 19:00, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 06/09/2011 12:38 PM, AG wrote:
Hi all
Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my
Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been
borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional.
These are some of the issues:
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my
> Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been
> borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional.
>
> These are some of the issues:
> 1. Windows
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 18:38 +0100, AG wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my
> Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been
> borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional.
>
> These are some of the issues:
> 1. Windows
On 06/09/2011 12:38 PM, AG wrote:
Hi all
Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my
Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been
borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional.
These are some of the issues:
1. Windows manager is "unknown" and no
Hi all
Having just rebooted after an uptime of 7 days, I have logged into my
Gnome DE to find that all of my settings for the desktop have been
borked and the desktop is close to unfunctional.
These are some of the issues:
1. Windows manager is "unknown" and no configuration tool is registere
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