Re: Installing Gnome Desktop on Bookworm Cloud Image Fails due to netdev GID

Hi Shawn, this sounds like a bug in the cloud images. Not quite sure, why they need the netdev (system) group, but if that user is created by them, they should do so as a system user. Could you please inform the cloud image maintainers? https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Cloud https://salsa.debian

Installing Gnome Desktop on Bookworm Cloud Image Fails due to netdev GID

Hi everyone, trying to figure out if this is a bug or just a misunderstanding. I’m attempting to install Gnome on the generic cloud init image of Debian 12 using the package task-gnome-desktop and it’s failing because on the cloud images the netdev group is created with a GID > 999. This cau

Installing Gnome Desktop on Bookworm Cloud Image Fails due to netdev GID

Hi everyone, trying to figure out if this is a bug or just a misunderstanding. I’m attempting to install Gnome on the generic cloud init image of Debian 12 using the package task-gnome-desktop and it’s failing because on the cloud images the netdev group is created with a GID > 999. This cau

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On 4/22/23 14:52, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. *What command is used for an elimination complete?* format c: .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..

Re: Gnome desktop environment

Gnome components that I can't easily remove. For instance the Gnome NetworkManager widget is installed despite me not using NetworkManager and I can't find a way to remove it. I too only use Mate. to be fair Gnome creates a lot of Good packages that are used in almost all desktop en

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On 24/4/23 05:10, Bret Busby wrote: On 4/22/23 14:52, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. *What command is used for an elimination complete?* format c: as the superuser. .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On 23/4/23 03:52, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. Why? What exactly do you want to achieve? Those two questions should be answered, before you seek a solution, which could otherwise do something that you do not want. " "So once you do

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On 4/22/23 14:52, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. *What command is used for an elimination complete?* I use this command but don't get the effect desired. # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop "install" won't remove. You wan

Re: Gnome desktop environment

Jeremy Ardley wrote: ... > Personally I use only Mate but it's riddled with Gnome components that I > can't easily remove. For instance the Gnome NetworkManager widget is > installed despite me not using NetworkManager and I can't find a way to > remove it. > > On other O/S you could (can?) gene

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On 23/4/23 04:49, Peter Ehlert wrote: Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop". When you select a desktop install with standard Debian you don't have lot of control over what is installed. And that's even with an advanced install. Personally I use only Mate but it's riddl

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 4:49 PM Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On April 22, 2023 12:58:24 PM Mark Fletcher wrote: >> >> On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea >> wrote: >>> >>> I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. >>> &

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On April 22, 2023 12:58:24 PM Mark Fletcher wrote: On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea wrote: I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. What command is used for an elimination complete? I use this command but don't get the effect desired. # apt-get in

Re: Gnome desktop environment

On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea wrote: > I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. > > *What command is used for an elimination complete?* > > I use this command but don't get the effect desired. > > # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop > &g

Gnome desktop environment

I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment. *What command is used for an elimination complete?* I use this command but don't get the effect desired. # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop -- With kindest regards, William. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating s

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

writes: > It's fascinating how differently brains seem to be wired up. Awesome's > idea convinced me at first sight. So after my DE excursion (Gnome, then > XFCE, and deciding that no, I don't want anyone mounting my USB sticks > for me or limiting what I can do with my keyboard) I tried Awesome

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On 8/6/21 11:18 AM, Joe wrote: You must admit that there's a lot less wear and tear on human bodies than in war, or even in sport  - wear & tear : hectic weather : ..  regards .

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On Fri, 6 Aug 2021 09:58:42 +0200 wrote: > > All those "wars" in the hope that The One Right Way "wins" are tragic > wastes of time, human energy and goodwill. Perhaps they stem from > former times, of big armies or worker cohorts. I don't know. > You must admit that there's a lot less wear a

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 10:36:23AM +0300, Anssi Saari wrote: > Charlie writes: > > > On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 08:44:58 -0400 Greg Informed me about Re: > > OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine > > > >> And I'm using fvwm with systemd. > >

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

Charlie writes: > On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 08:44:58 -0400 Greg Informed me about Re: > OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine > >> And I'm using fvwm with systemd. > > +1 :) Awesome Window Manager here, with systemd. I used to use fvwm for quite s

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 08:44:58 -0400 Greg Informed me about Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine > And I'm using fvwm with systemd. +1 -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 *** Life is an a

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

Hi, On 2021-08-05 8:44 a.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 01:49:50PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> FWIW: my laptop runs wth SysV init, no Gnome (actually no desktop >> environment), but with X and a window manager (Fvwm). It's not >> always "obvious", but it is definitely doa

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 01:49:50PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > FWIW: my laptop runs wth SysV init, no Gnome (actually no desktop > environment), but with X and a window manager (Fvwm). It's not > always "obvious", but it is definitely doable. Debian's happy. And I'm using fvwm with systemd.

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 06:10:01AM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-05 4:06 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > Steve. > > At least Debian works better in this old Mac best of all else I've > > tried. Debian is very instructive, which in itself is an argument to use >

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

e. I think Devuan's default is XFCE. > > Steve Litt > > > > Gunnar Gervin said on Wed, 4 Aug 2021 11:11:49 +0300 > > >I forgot to tell: > >The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some > >wrong way in roo

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

> > > > Gunnar Gervin said on Wed, 4 Aug 2021 11:11:49 +0300 > > >I forgot to tell: > >The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some > >wrong way in root in Terminal; > ># apt remove task-gnome-desktop > > > >Please advice how tide up again. > >Gunnar >

Re: OFFLIST: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

21 11:11:49 +0300 > > >I forgot to tell: > >The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some > >wrong way in root in Terminal; > ># apt remove task-gnome-desktop > > > >Please advice how tide up again. > >Gunnar >

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:31:43 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > On 2021-08-04 11:54 a.m., David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote: > >> On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >>> I think you may have a personal crisi

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

Hi, On 2021-08-04 11:54 a.m., David Wright wrote: > On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote: >> On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >>> I think you may have a personal crisis. >>> But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. >>> >>

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On Wed 04 Aug 2021 at 12:35:47 (+0200), Christian Britz wrote: > On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > I think you may have a personal crisis. > > But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. > > > Or it is sophisticated trolling. Possibly, but the O

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

Hi, On 2021-08-04 6:35 a.m., Christian Britz wrote: > > > On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> I think you may have a personal crisis. >> But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. >> > Or it is sophisticated trolling. > Or a type of childish beh

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

On 04.08.21 12:24 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: I think you may have a personal crisis. But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. Or it is sophisticated trolling.

Re: Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

Hi, On 2021-08-04 4:11 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > I forgot to tell: > The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some I think you may have a personal crisis. But something for sure, you already wrote a message on this subject. Waiting for a answer and not flooding

Gnome desktop removal messed up machine

I forgot to tell: The machine got some crisis because I removed Gnome desktop in a some wrong way in root in Terminal; # apt remove task-gnome-desktop Please advice how tide up again. Gunnar

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop [SOLVED]

Yvan Masson wrote: > Or, if you did a "standard" install, a more friendly solution if you > don't like using the terminal: > - logout > - before login, click on the toothed wheel and choose Gnome on Xorg or > similar (I don't recall exactly) > - log back > You will then be using Gnome without Wayl

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

Le 07/01/2021 à 16:10, Dominik George a écrit : Hi, Thank you - how do I let Gnome run in X11 session? I am afraid the user would stick to Gnome. Set UseWayland=false in /etc/gdm3/*.conf -nik Or, if you did a "standard" install, a more friendly solution if you don't like using the termina

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu 07 Jan 2021 at 13:50:31 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, January 07, 2021 12:16:45 PM David Wright wrote: > > > I'm unconvinced with the Noob explanation. My search engine corrects > > wyland→wayland itself, whether I prefix the search with teamviewer, > > gnome, or x11. Se

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu 07 Jan 2021 at 12:59:22 (-0500), Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 12:24 PM deloptes wrote: > > David Wright wrote: > > > > > I'm unconvinced with the Noob explanation. My search engine corrects > > > wyland→wayland itself, whether I prefix the search with teamviewer, > > > gnome

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

>Excuse me, but I am drawing a Blank, when searching for information on a >Package called "Wyland". Are you, by any chance referring to Wayland, the >alternative to Xorg? Congratulations. Not even I am that obsessed with pointing out the mistakes of others. -nik

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thursday, January 07, 2021 12:16:45 PM David Wright wrote: > I'm unconvinced with the Noob explanation. My search engine corrects > wyland→wayland itself, whether I prefix the search with teamviewer, > gnome, or x11. Searching for 'buster wyland' suggests 'buster wiand', > but the first hit is

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 12:24 PM deloptes wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > I'm unconvinced with the Noob explanation. My search engine corrects > > wyland→wayland itself, whether I prefix the search with teamviewer, > > gnome, or x11. Searching for 'buster wyland' suggests 'buster wiand', > > but

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

David Wright wrote: > I'm unconvinced with the Noob explanation. My search engine corrects > wyland→wayland itself, whether I prefix the search with teamviewer, > gnome, or x11. Searching for 'buster wyland' suggests 'buster wiand', > but the first hit is still 'Wayland - Debian Wiki', and there a

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu 07 Jan 2021 at 11:40:37 (-0500), Kenneth Parker wrote: > On Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 11:20 AM deloptes wrote: > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > Duh. Don't be a prick over typos. > > > > Sorry guys, I don't know the beast and don't use it. I just watched a > > presentation about it once. > > I di

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 11:20 AM deloptes wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Duh. Don't be a prick over typos. > > Sorry guys, I don't know the beast and don't use it. I just watched a > presentation about it once. > I did not cross check how it is exactly spelled. So it was more of an > ignorance

Re: Teamviewer and Wayland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

Greg Wooledge wrote: > Duh.  Don't be a prick over typos. Sorry guys, I don't know the beast and don't use it. I just watched a presentation about it once. I did not cross check how it is exactly spelled. So it was more of an ignorance than a typo. And thank you for the hints

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 10:18 AM Dominik George wrote: > >Excuse me, but I am drawing a Blank, when searching for information on a > >Package called "Wyland". Are you, by any chance referring to Wayland, > the > >alternative to Xorg? > > Congratulations. > > Not even I am that obsessed with pointi

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 10:15:11AM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote: > Excuse me, but I am drawing a Blank, when searching for information on a > Package called "Wyland". Are you, by any chance referring to Wayland, the > alternative to Xorg? Duh. Don't be a prick over typos.

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

Hi, >Thank you - how do I let Gnome run in X11 session? I am afraid the user >would stick to Gnome. > Set UseWayland=false in /etc/gdm3/*.conf -nik

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021, 8:30 AM deloptes wrote: > Hi, > > after upgrading one machine from Stretch to Buster Teamviewer told me that > it does not support remote control with Wyland. > Excuse me, but I am drawing a Blank, when searching for information on a Package called "Wyland". Are you, by an

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On 1/7/21 3:41 PM, deloptes wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: > >> Either run GNOME in an X11 session, or run someting other than GNOME. > > Thank you - how do I let Gnome run in X11 session? I am afraid the user > would stick to Gnome. Hey, I'm not a Gnome user but I think that you have to execut

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

Greg Wooledge wrote: > Either run GNOME in an X11 session, or run someting other than GNOME. Thank you - how do I let Gnome run in X11 session? I am afraid the user would stick to Gnome.

Re: Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 02:25:03PM +0100, deloptes wrote: > after upgrading one machine from Stretch to Buster Teamviewer told me that > it does not support remote control with Wyland. Either run GNOME in an X11 session, or run someting other than GNOME.

Teamviewer and Wyland on Debian Buster Gnome desktop

Hi, after upgrading one machine from Stretch to Buster Teamviewer told me that it does not support remote control with Wyland. What should I use to get remote control (occasionally) in this configuration? thank in advance

[OT]etiquette was: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

This ain't twitter. > Go there if you feel the urge to let steam off. > Alright, I am unfiltered and lack sugarcoating, sure. However this was insane. Somebody has to tell somebody in no uncertain terms that they are out of their depth. He did not want "the bloat" of the gn

Re: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 11:09:26AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: [...] > Oh jeeez, [Condescending, borderline-insulting stuff] Hey, Henning. This is a Debian users mailing list. This ain't twitter. Go there if you feel the urge to let steam off. Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: Digita

Re: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

ssfully installing the OS, I rebooted into tty2 and installed the > packages named below: > > xorg gnome-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic gedit gdebi file-roller > > I did not want a bloated Gnome desktop environment and instead opted for a > minimal install of it. > > N

Re: Additional information to add to "Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4"

emctl get-default if the output is not --> graphical.targetthen$ > systemctl set-default graphical.targetthen$ starx > Le mer. 29 juil. 2020 à 09:15, gajuph4...@yahoo.com a écrit : > > Hi guys > > > > I posted a request for help titled "Unable to boot into the Gno

Re: Additional information to add to "Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4"

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:53:58PM +0200, echo test wrote: > try > > $ systemctl get-default > > if the output is not --> graphical.target > > then > > $ systemctl set-default graphical.target > > then > > $ starx ^^ startx ^ :-) Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

gt; However instead of booting into the Gnome desktop, all I got is a white > cursor blinking in the top left hand corner of my screen whose background is > black. At this point, you don't know whether the problem is down at the X/video driver/hardware level, or in GNOME. First thin

Re: Additional information to add to "Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4"

try $ systemctl get-default if the output is not --> graphical.target then $ systemctl set-default graphical.target then $ starx Le mer. 29 juil. 2020 à 09:15, gajuph4...@yahoo.com a écrit : > Hi guys > > I posted a request for help titled "Unable to boot into

Re: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

- Original Message -- From: "gajuph4...@yahoo.com" To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" Sent: 7/28/2020 2:36:06 PM Subject: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4 I chose the option Expert Install when I installed Debian Buster. I did not i

Re: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

rebooted into tty2 and installed the > packages named below: > > xorg gnome-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic gedit gdebi file-roller > > I did not want a bloated Gnome desktop environment and instead opted for a > minimal install of it. > > Next I rebooted the OS and there was a

Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4

-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic gedit gdebi file-roller I did not want a bloated Gnome desktop environment and instead opted for a minimal install of it. Next I rebooted the OS and there was a list of messages flashing quickly on my screen. All of them were prefixed with [OK] with the word OK in

Re: Gnome desktop almost totally unresponsive in Jessie

On 11/8/17, 10:55 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: The output of 'ps aux', 'iostat', and 'free -m' would help identify the problem. Also, 'cat /proc/mdstat' if you have a RAID setup. . . . After a mostly-off-List discussion with Mr. Sanchez, I gave up and did a "shutdown -r" on the system. Af

Re: Gnome desktop almost totally unresponsive in Jessie

ot;find" command is > extremely slow). > > But the Gnome desktop has become almost totally unresponsive. > > I'd rather not restart the box. Any advice on how to deal with this without > restarting the box? > The output of 'ps aux', 'iostat', and &

Gnome desktop almost totally unresponsive in Jessie

I've got a small problem. On our local Jessie box, the Tomcat and Apache web servers both seem responsive enough, and I likewise have no trouble getting and using an SSH session remotely (except that the "find" command is extremely slow). But the Gnome desktop has become

Re: No network and update notifications on Gnome desktop

On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 07:53:57PM +0200, Mika Hanhijärvi wrote: > Hi > > I am using Debian Stretch on both of my laptops. I use Gnome desktop. I have > installedd all updates available. > > For some reason I do not get any network notifications. If I e.g connect to > wif

No network and update notifications on Gnome desktop

Hi I am using Debian Stretch on both of my laptops. I use Gnome desktop. I have installedd all updates available. For some reason I do not get any network notifications. If I e.g connect to wifi network, disconnect from it or if the connection just gets disconnected for some reason then I

Re: Gnome Desktop w/ icons

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 8:05 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > How do I get a desktop with normal icons. All I am getting now is a heading > on the left saying "activities" w/ no ability to place Icons on the desktop. Install gnome-tweak-tool (this is a must for everyone using Gnome3, you can't modif

Re: Gnome Desktop w/ icons

On 10/04/16 02:05 PM, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > How do I get a desktop with normal icons. All I am getting now is a > heading on the left saying "activities" w/ no ability to place Icons > on the desktop. > > TIA > > Ethan > I don't use Gnome normally but I believe you can drag ico

Gnome Desktop w/ icons

Dear List - How do I get a desktop with normal icons. All I am getting now is a heading on the left saying "activities" w/ no ability to place Icons on the desktop. TIA Ethan

Problem installing GuestAdditions in Debian 8.0 (64bit with Gnome Desktop)

Any help or advice would be muchly appreciated :) I get the following output when trying to run "bash /media/cdrom0/VBoxLinuxGuestAdditions.run". Building the main Guest Additions module ...fail! (Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong) Doing non-kernel setup of the Gue

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

On Fri 12 Sep 2014 at 16:35:05 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On 09/11/14 06:14, Brian wrote: > >On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:35:53 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > >>In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a > >>terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. > >Activities -> Sh

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 04:35:05PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On 09/11/14 06:14, Brian wrote: > >On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:35:53 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > >>In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a > >>terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. > >Activities ->

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

On 09/11/14 06:14, Brian wrote: On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:35:53 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. Activities -> Show Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts Custom Shortcuts -> N

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

On 09/11/14 05:10, Jape Person wrote: On 09/11/2014 02:35 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. Anybody know how to do that? TLDNR: Gnome terminal, apparently, is broken if you use the “C” local

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 23:35:53 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a > terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. Activities -> Show Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts Custom Shortcuts -> Name/Command -> Apply Click on "

Re: Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

On 09/11/2014 02:35 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. Anybody know how to do that? TLDNR: Gnome terminal, apparently, is broken if you use the “C” locale. It wants to see a UTF8 locale, and r

Is there any documentation on how to configure the Gnome Desktop environment?

In particular, I’m interested in getting Gnome under Jessie to use a terminal program that isn’t gnome-terminal. Anybody know how to do that? TLDNR: Gnome terminal, apparently, is broken if you use the “C” locale. It wants to see a UTF8 locale, and refuses to work with anything less! See Deb

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Tue, 08 May 2012 18:07:16 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Tue, 8 May 2012 13:47:47 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message > : (...) >> Okay, I will generate the file manually: >> >> >> Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Default Screen" >> Monitor "Configured Monitor" >>

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Tue, 8 May 2012 13:47:47 + (UTC), Camaleón wrote in message : > On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:33:49 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right" > >> -which works- but from there is ver

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Tue, 08 May 2012 10:45:17 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 01:47:47PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:33:49 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: >> >> > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 01:47:47PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:33:49 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right" -which > >> works- but from there is very hard to dir

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:33:49 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right" -which >> works- but from there is very hard to direct the mouse to the right >> place, i.e., it's unmanageable. > >

Re: Signatures (was: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks)

On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 02:10:37PM +, Camaleón wrote: > I had to remove 33 lines of wasted text coming from your GPG code and > your extra-large signature :-) Consider using something like t-prot, which does this automatically, or most PGP-aware mailers, which will decode the signature, verif

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: > Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right" -which > works- but from there is very hard to direct the mouse to the right > place, i.e., it's unmanageable. Do you have an xorg.conf? If so, does it set a virtual screen

(Solved with bypass) Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sun, 06 May 2012 01:03:47 +0200, Jasper Noe wrote: >> Hello, >> >> In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use >> some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a >> virtual screen (panning) that allows me to configure some applications >> that f

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 08:30 +0200, an unknown sender wrote: > I used to play with the 'dots per inch' setting to make small screens > look larger. That is what I tend to do in combination with changing font sizes. Coarse: Changing the font sizes (and/or screen resolution) Fine: Changing DPI -

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

Hello, In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a virtual screen (panning) that allows me to configure some applications that fail to display the usual bottom buttons (Cancel, Apply, Accept...). H

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, 05 May 2012 17:33:13 +0100, keith wrote: > On Sat, 5 May 2012 14:35:41 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: > >> Yes, I tried... but despite it's not a "normal" window (like the ones >> with the title, minimize, maximize and close buttons that can be moved) >> this one remains static even when

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, 5 May 2012 14:35:41 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > Yes, I tried... but despite it's not a "normal" window (like the ones > with the title, minimize, maximize and close buttons that can be moved) > this one remains static even when I press Alt+F7, I only can expand it > horizontally <-->

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, 05 May 2012 16:34:15 +0300, Adrian Fita wrote: > On 05/05/12 14:55, Camaleón wrote: >> In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use >> some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a >> virtual screen (panning) that allows me to configure so

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, 05 May 2012 14:29:09 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 05 May 2012 at 11:55:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use >> some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a >> virtual screen (panning) that allows me

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On Sat, 05 May 2012 16:32:14 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > 05.05.2012 16:22, Camaleón kirjoitti: >> P.S. Mika, kindly reconsider reducing the length of your signature. > > That is something what I need with. (...) Fine, fine.. but better if you trim your signature or use a different method

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, 05 May 2012 08:25:53 -0500, Indulekha wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:15:53PM +, Camaleón wrote: >> > Why not change your screen res to match what's available (1024x600)? >> >> You must be kidding, right? >> >> If not, what's the gain you foresee for doing nothing? :-) >> >> >

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On 05/05/12 14:55, Camaleón wrote: > In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use > some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a > virtual screen (panning) that allows me to configure some applications > that fail to display the usual bottom bu

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 05.05.2012 16:22, Camaleón kirjoitti: > P.S. Mika, kindly reconsider reducing the length of your > signature. That is something what I need with. If I remove this and tell people this separately, > Please don't toppost, if possible > https://wiki.de

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat 05 May 2012 at 11:55:03 +, Camaleón wrote: > In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use > some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a > virtual screen (panning) that allows me to configure some applications > that fail to display

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:15:53PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 05 May 2012 07:10:46 -0500, Indulekha wrote: > > > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 11:55:03AM +, Camaleón wrote: > > >> In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use > >> some applications such the recently av

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, 05 May 2012 15:33:08 +0300, Mika Suomalainen wrote: > 05.05.2012 14:55, Camaleón kirjoitti: >> In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use >> some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a >> virtual screen (panning) that allows me to co

Re: Panning the screen to get an usable GNOME desktop in netbooks

On Sat, 05 May 2012 07:10:46 -0500, Indulekha wrote: > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 11:55:03AM +, Camaleón wrote: >> In my intent to make my netbook more usable (because I can barely use >> some applications such the recently available Pan), I'm trying to get a >> virtual screen (panning) that all

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