That new GNOME menu

perplx · n00b Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 26 Location: Montréal, QC

I've seen two alternatives to GNOME's standard "foot" menu which look really cool

The first is Novell's "Computer" menu, as seen in the Xgl videos. It's going to be part of Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10.

The other one is Gimmie, which was presented at GUADEC and mentioned in this week's GWN.

Before I break something trying to get these to work, has anyone tried either of these on Gentoo? Has Novell even released the source for their thing? Where is GNOME itself heading?
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juniper · l33t Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 942 Location: we the north

hmm. looks cool, i would be interested in this.

sorry, no idea how to do this. i am running gnome-2.12.

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

You can get the menu in this way:

vitae · Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject:

i have not NetworkManager installed so ./configure fails.

is there a way to tell configure not to use it?

i searched a lil bit in google and found the disable option, but it doesn`t work.

./configure --disable-NetworkManager --prefix=/usr

maybe someone wants to help me?

callx · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 28

Try putting autogen.sh instead of configure. I just got it up on my box, runs fine :wink:

vitae · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:05 pm Post subject: ./configure

well, something seems to be wrong on my gentoo box...

first of all, i had to install gtk-doc, because slab also wants that.

then i did

vitae · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject:

hmm could it be that i need sys-devel/autogen?

in the log above there is something of gnome-autogen.sh.

callx · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 28

I doubt it, i said the same for mine. I would think that you can't get away without NetworkManager installed, could you post the link where you got the --disable-NetworkManager?

a quick solution might be to just install NetworkManager, getting it up is relatively easy..

http://gentopia.gentooexperimental.org/

vitae · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject:

well, i just thought that networkmanager would just be like an add-on, not a required dependancy.

hmm.. the problem with networkmanager is that i was not able to get a ip, because dhcdp clients can`t get an ip from my router (very old cisco isdn router)

my second reason not to use nm is that it seems gentoo-devs doesn´t like it very much, so the chance it will be added to portage are very low.

kk, i make a backup of my installation and install there nm. i want to see that panel

thanks for the help

vitae · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:59 am Post subject:

i finally succeeded. :roll:

here is another interesting link for an control-center replacement.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=207894&highlight=gcontrol

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

Yes it is

I am already talking to them to get it running on Gentoo

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callx · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 28

You got it up? :wink:

hey does the control panel work properly? because mine diplays only the accessibility group for some reasons :?:

i think it's something in my gnome settings itself, anyone got any idea? :?:

vitae · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject:

it shows the same thing for me. don`t think it is a gnome settings problem.

that gcontrol works better. you can adapt it by editing the python script.

i also changed in /usr/share/applications/control-center.desktop the exe in gcontrol, so the new one from ubuntu will be loaded.

luckily slab can be adapted via gconf-editor, so porthole works instead of yast, when you use the installation button :>

callx · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 28

thx

getting that gcontrol up :wink:

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

mmmm gcontrol doesn't work here

Somebody who can give me an step to step guide how to set it up the right way ?
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vitae · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject:

u just have to follow the installation file. then it should work

in order to start to programm you have to type gcontrol in a terminal or use alt + f2

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

Yes I did, but that doesn't work for me :cry:

Nothing starts, and also no process started.
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vitae · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

maybe some gnome-python packages are missing?

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

Mmm I have this installed:

callx · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 28

i had that too

try re-emerging pycairo! cheers! :wink:

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

That didn't solved it for me

I did

callx · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 28

could you try to open it again and then post your .xsession-errors? :?:

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

This is the output:

callx · n00b Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 28

hmm nothing really helpful there.. no errors about gcontrol

maybe a revdep-rebuild and see how it goes?

Priyantha Bleeker · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 74 Location: Amsterdam

Yeah I will try that also

I will let you all tomorrow know if it was the sollution.
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