XFce configuration

[Max Pyziur]

Greetings,

Two non-fatal/small issues relating to XFce.

1 - How do you configure a shortcut key to bring up the Applications Menu?
I found some online help, but that didn't work.

2 - On boot-up, after the scrolling of service messages, and before the 
appearance of the login screen, there was a small, rotating circle, the 
equivalent of the spinning hourglass in Windows and other OS's and 
applications.

In my F18 installations, it doesn't appear. Is there a way to remedy this?

Thank you.

Max Pyziur
pyz at brama.com