Gnome 2.22.0

blueflame · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:49 am Post subject:

Ok, but seems like it's not really fixed yet in the underlying library (gvfs) for all file-systems. (The upstream Gnome bug http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=515777 is not closed yet.) I have also seen some reports that preservation of timestamps does not work with VFAT. Can anyone confirm or deny?

It would suck if copies from memory cards weren't fixed

EvaSDK · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject:

Guys, please don't forgot to read the upgrade guide instead of asking (excuse the word) dumb questions about blockers.

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/gnome/howtos/gnome-2.22-upgrade.xml

about gnome-light, it wasn't on the upgrade list I gave to arches but as noted several times in the discussion it isn't necessary for upgrades anyway. We will provide one eventually.

sargek · Apprentice Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: Texas

A sync last night resulted in a successful 2.22 build (-vuD world) with no issues and no blockers. I need to learn to be patient... :oops:

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soka · n00b Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 72 Location: Argentina

Comment out any entry for the cdrom or usb stick you may have in /etc/fstab and let gnome-mount take care of them. It seems gnome only displays icons for the drives mounted under /media.

sargek · Apprentice Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Location: Texas

haarp · Guru Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 325

thomasvk · Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 599

I had hoped that gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3 would depend on packages for gnome in the form of '>=2.20' and '<2.22', however it seems to depend on packages '>=2.20'. So if I pull in gnome-2.20.3, it doesn't really do anything useful. Does anyone know if there's some easy way to downgrade 2.22 to 2.20? I have had so much troubles with 2.22 now that I don't really want to use that. I'll file some bug reports maybe and if those are solved in some future release I'll try again.

MalleRIM · Guru Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 532 Location: Germany

There are two ways I can think of:
1. Manual masking in /etc/portage/package.mask
2. create an ebuild depending on gnome packages the way you described it and put it in an overlay.
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Kasumi_Ninja · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject:

MalleRIM · Guru Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 532 Location: Germany

theres always a delay of half a second between clicking on an application and the computer starting to load it. I have the feeling that gnome is waiting for the network, because applications take very long to start loading when there's no network available. Can this behaviour be turned off?
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MalleRIM · Guru Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 532 Location: Germany

anyone?
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Oak · Apprentice Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 239 Location: Sweden

I installed Gnome-2.22 a couple of weeks ago along with compiz fusion. Everything looks stunning and all, but there are still 2 major problems:

First of all, gnome-screensaver failes to compile, causing xscreensaver to lock down my entire system. If I try to configure this through System->Preferences->Screensaver, everything hangs as well, forcing me to do a hard reboot.

The second problem is the keyboard layout problem when upgrading hal. This seems to be a well known problem, but it doesn't get as much attention as it should. Yesterday when I was upgrading my system, including xorg-server and hal, X refused to start. After changing driver in xorg.conf from kbd to evdev, X started, but the keyboard layout is a mess. I've been reading everything on this forums about this specific problem, and it seems that the only real solution is to downgrade xorg-server, its drivers and hal.

After doing my third hard reboot this evening, I had to write something here in frustration. I know that it's not really your fault though.

Hypnos · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:05 am Post subject:

One problem I am having with my fresh install is that upon resuming from hibernation, I can't unlock the gnome-keyring (of course many apps require it once NetworkManager puts me back online). No matter how many times I enter my keyring password, a fresh dialog pops up. I have to log out and log back in.

I used the workaround given in this related Ubuntu bug, to prevent the keyring from being locked upon hibernation in the first place.
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Hypnos · Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:38 am Post subject:

Another minor issue: I have to run '/usr/libexec/evolution-webcal <URL>' manually in order to ingest iCal files on the web.

Shouldn't evolution-webcal be launched automatically as a handler for these files? Only OpenOffice Writer catches these ...

Moreover, I haven't found a way to add these calendars directly into the Evolution interface. When I try to add a calendar under the category "On The Web" the entry dialog is that for a local calendar.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Ah, link handling works if the calendar URL starts with 'webcal://' rather than 'http://'. It's a little annoying, since Google Calendar .ics URLs are the latter. And, still doesn't explain why I can't just add a calendar with a URL through the Evolution interface ...
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Leio · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

Hypnos · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

Leio,

Thanks for replying.

When go to create a new calendar and I choose the type as "On The Web" it gives me an additional checkbox for offline operation, but nothing else changes. There is still only a "Name" field, no URL field.

Not surprisingly, putting the URL in the Name field does not do anything.

(this is evolution-2.22.3.1 with evolution-data-server-2.22.3)
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Leio · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:52 am Post subject:

You have evolution-webcal package installed, right?
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Hypnos · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:28 am Post subject:

Leio · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject:

Hypnos · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:37 am Post subject:

I agree, it is an odd thing to not work since it's just a GUI. Just for kicks I rebuilt evolution, same problem.

The only calendar type that changes the entry fields in the dialog is "Google". Local, webcal, weather and CalDAV just give "Name" and add the checkbox for offline operatoin.

*shrug* I do have a workaround, so not a big deal -- just curious/annoying.
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EvaSDK · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject:

that's because you disabled relevant plugins...