Re: So where are my workspaces??
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:16:33 +0000, Andre Robatino wrote:
Beartooth <beartooth <at> comcast.net> writes:
> I logged in, and it put me onto what has always been my workspace
> #1. But there are no panels, let alone a workspace switcher; and right-
> clicking does nothing anywhere.
If you had session saving enabled, see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698184 and
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647359 .
Iiuc, that first one is indeed what I've hit. I did indeed have
session saving enabled -- checking it is always one of the first things I
do on any new install.
It is also the case that, having logged in, I see *only* the
gnome-terminal I normally keep in workspace #1, with the tabs I keep on
it (color-coded for the tasks I usually dedicate them to). I do not see
anything like a panel, nor any launchers.
If I type "gnome-panel" (w/o "") at a user prompt, I get an error
message -- but I also get a very inconspicuous (black on black)
bastardized panel in the worst possible place, namely on top. (I'm not
sadistic enough to want to watch what happens when some of the developers
begin having to wear trifocals, but I predict it won't be pretty.)
I also get a travesty of a workspace switcher at the bottom,
which changes its message following the cursor, but does nothing when,
for instance, I 'click to switch to workspace #2' -- it does not even
take me away from the terminal on workspace #1.
The error message reads 'Gtk-message: Failed to load module "pk-
gtk-module"'
The pseudo-panel contains "Applications Places" at the left end,
my username at the right end (an utterly useless-to-me waste of space
even on a real panel, which I always delete on sight) , and the date in
the middle.
If I let the cursor lie long enough on one of those things, it
lights up, and shows a message immediately below, apparently trying to
tell me what it's good for: "Click to ...." Doing so has no effect; but
if I click *and* *hold*, I get, for instance, what appears to be the old
standard Main Menu under Applicatons.
If I try that on the date, a window opens which I can find no way
to close.
I'll stop here for now, hoping to have dropped something the
developers can use, because this post is getting over-long.
--
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User
I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.