Problem on Gnome Desktop and FORCE upgrade
Stephen Liu
satimis at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 6 01:13:01 UTC 2004
Hi Darren,
> > I can change theme without problem. I don't know
> how
> > to add Gnome applications to the start-menu. I
> have
> > been playing around without a solution. I have
> done
> > this in many occasions on other distro including
> RH
> > without problem.
>
> Are you sure they aren't there? Did you know that in
> GNOME 2.6 a
> decision (I thought the correct one, but it
> generated some controversy)
> was made to leave out the application names for
> default applications
> from the menu? So, for instance, gedit is in the
> menu as Accessories ->
> Text Editor, because it is the GNOME default text
> editor. *Other* text
> editors get a name like "Emacs Text Editor". Same
> for evolution, which
> is the default mail app, and so it is in the menu as
> Internet -> Email.
Noted with thanks.
- snip -
> which case your system is fine, except you have some
> missing
> dependencies. One application that I know is great
> for solving
> dependency issues with already installed
> applications is Red Carpet.
>
> Download the following RPMs:
>
http://slightly.off.net/rc-fc2/rcfc2/fedora-2-i386/rcd-2.2.0.91-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
>
http://slightly.off.net/rc-fc2/rcfc2/fedora-2-i386/red-carpet-2.2.3-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
>
http://slightly.off.net/rc-fc2/rcfc2/fedora-2-i386/rug-2.2.0.90-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
>
> rcd is the Red Carpet Daemon. red-carpet is the GUI
> client, and rug is
> the command line client.
>
> Install them by opening a terminal and issuing the
> following command in
> the directory to which you downloaded the RPMs:
>
> su
> rpm -Uvh rcd*.rpm red-carpet*.rpm rug*.rpm
> /sbin/service rcd start
> exit
>
> System Tools -> Red Carpet -> Actions -> Verify
> System Dependencies
>
> That should give you a way to install what you are
> missing.
Download following packages to ~/Download/Re_carpet/
rcd-2.2.0.91-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
rug-2.2.0.90-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
red-carpet-2.2.3-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
$ ls ./Download/Red_carpet/
rcd-2.2.0.91-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
rug-2.2.0.90-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
red-carpet-2.2.3-0.vv.0.1.i386.rpm
$ su
Password:
# rpm -Uvh ~/Download/Red_carpet/*
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: No such file or
directory
Preparing...
########################################### [100%]
1:rcd
########################################### [ 33%]
2:red-carpet
########################################### [ 67%]
3:rug
########################################### [100%]
('/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: No such file or
directory' always displayed)
# /sbin/service rcd start
Starting rcd:
[ OK ]
K-Start --> System Tools --> Red Carpet (2 of them
created here-both named 'Updates Red Carpet 2.2.3')
--> Enter password --> 'Updates Red Carpet 2.2.3'
window started --> Actions --> Verify System
Dependencies
Added and removed some packages
Done
# rpm -qa | grep gnome | xargs rpm -V
/etc/security/selinux/file_contexts: No such file or
directory
Unsatisfied dependencies for pygnome-libglade-1.4.2-3:
pygnome = 1.4.2, pygtk-li bglade = 0.6.9
Unsatisfied dependencies for pygnome-devel-1.4.2-3:
pygtk-devel = 0.6.9, pygnome = 1.4.2
S.5....T
/usr/share/redhat-switch-printer/switchprinter_gui.pyc
Unsatisfied dependencies for pygnome-1.4.2-3: pygtk =
0.6.9
Unsatisfied dependencies for
gnome-pilot-applet-2.0.9-0.ximian.5.2: gnome-pilot =
2.0.9-0.ximian.5.2
Still have some dependencis in short
B.R.
Stephen
_______________________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk
More information about the fedora-list
mailing list