Re: Fedora-17 Irritations

2012-04-23 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 22/04/12 21:29, Samuel Sieb wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: It looks like there isn't a gui for it any more, but see this URL for how to change it: http://ccollins.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/how-to-change-date-formats-on-ubuntu/ You want to change the 1 in the following section t

Re: Fedora-17 Irritations

2012-04-23 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 23/04/12 15:19, Ed Greshko wrote: [cut] Of course the OP is only asking for one change to satisfy himself. He isn't asking what you've suggested. And, he hasn't suggested that a bugzilla or RFE needs filing to change the current behavior. So, how about focusing on what he wants for himself?

Re: Fedora-17 Irritations

2012-04-22 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 22/04/12 02:09, Samuel Sieb wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Exactly the problem! I'm not French and I want English measurements to be the default for United Kingdom locale settings. It looks like there isn't a gui for it any more, but see this URL for how to chang

Re: Fedora-17 Irritations

2012-04-21 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 21/04/12 21:05, Ed Greshko wrote: On 04/21/2012 11:52 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Exactly the problem! I'm not French and I want English measurements to be the default for United Kingdom locale settings. I'll give that some thought after I wake up. 4AM you see

Re: Fedora-17 Irritations

2012-04-21 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 21/04/12 12:55, Ed Greshko wrote: [cut] Well, I check GNOME and I found that if you click on your name in the upper right and choose System Settings you can choose "Region and Language" and change the layout. Picking United Kingdom (English) results in picking Metric. Exactly the problem!

Re: Fedora-17 Irritations

2012-04-21 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 21/04/12 11:48, Ed Greshko wrote: On 04/21/2012 06:11 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: I've just installed the beta in a VM so as to evaluate GNOME 3.4 (and Fedora-17 as well). Two irritating issues have emerged that would be show stoppers, if incapable of resolution. They are: 1. I c

Fedora-17 Irritations

2012-04-21 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Hello list, Having been chastised for posting the following on the "Users" list - in my ignorance - I'm repeating it here: I've just installed the beta in a VM so as to evaluate GNOME 3.4 (and Fedora-17 as well). Two irritating issues have emerged that would be show stoppers, if incapable of