FAQ, GNOME menus, first questions

[Jon Nettleton]

The Test-list archives are good start to find solutions to problems
like you are having with your pilot.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-September/msg01320.html

Contains an explanation and solution that should get  you back up and running. 

-Jon


On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 07:33:14 -0400, Jim Cornette
<fct-cornette at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> > Hello, everyone:
> >
> > First time on this list (in fact, first time ever running a beta OS on
> > my primary work computer, so bear with me). Nice to meet everyone.
> >
> > I'm running FC3-T2 on an IBM Thinkpad T23. Fairly frequent crashes in
> > some apps, and my sound does not work (whereas it did in earlier FC
> > releases and in RHL). Will make a more complete report soon, so I can
> > start troubleshooting this stuff. For now, though...
> 
> Did you come from FC2, FC1 or from an RHL release. You probably already
> experienced the alsa settings are minimum volume and minimum other
> controls at boot.
> 
> If your latest FC release was FC1 and you never tried FC2 before, you
> might need to open the volume-control to see what settings are there.
> BTW - one of my notify developer's report related to sound.
> 
> >
> >       1. Where are the FAQ's for this list and the devel community? Save me
> > some embarrassment and point me to the primary FM's to R, OK?
> >
> >       2. How to edit the GNOME menus? I installed Sun StarOffice 7, which
> > comes with neat little "*.desktop" files already. But where to put them
> > so all menus for all users show them? (I'd like to put them in the
> > "Office" category.)
> >
> >       3. Why the switch to two panels? I now have one narrow panel at the top
> > of the screen, and another one at the bottom. If I don't like it (and in
> > the first 12 hours of use, I don't) can I easily switch back to having
> > one panel at the bottom with everything on it? Or must I manually
> > dismantle everything and rebuild it <groan>?
> 
> You can drag and drop items from one panel to the other. Then you can
> remove the panel you do not desire.
> 
> I've always used two panels, one on top for apps, a lower for utilties,
> clock, etc. I made a new account to test the default layout. I like the
> new setup better than what I've used before with my setup.
> I'll probably start fresh with my main account and customize from the
> default.
> 
> >
> >       4. Is the "notify the developers" button after a crash useful to you
> > all, or is it new functionality? I'll be happy to use it if it helps...
> > should I?
> 
> I've used it and recieved feedback and resolutions for issues. It sends
> reports via sendmail and local settings. If you cc a redhat address you
> will get a bounceback reply from your local mail. Mail is accepted at
> gnome.org with no problems.
> 
> >
> >       5. I cannot seem to get my Palm Tungsten T3 to sync via USB. In FC1/FC2
> > (i.e. last week), "ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/pilot" used to work.
> > Now, /dev/ttyUSB0 is created and destroyed dynamically and I'm not sure
> > whether this affects my difficulty. Or must /dev/pilot have a specific
> > owner and permissions? Any HOWTO for this?
> >
> > Thanks, and sorry if dropping several questions in one message causes an
> > inconvenience. Usually I'd create a new thread for each one, but I must
> > get some of these things corrected quickly.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> 
> Welcome to the testing environment. It is a little bit different than
> the fedora-list. I think most posting preferences are fairly the same.
> Most questions are about the problems with test release candidates and
> not as much about how to setup features.
> 
> Jim
> "If I have trouble installing Linux, something is wrong. Very wrong."
> 
>         - Linus Torvalds
> 
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