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Participake in making wallpaper
by Rubi Sutanto 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Hi Guys, Could I participate in making fedora core 3 wallpaper :) I had created 1 wallpaper with title Blue Silk and 1 splash screen with the same title.. Here the link -> I had upload it into gnome-look.org, kde-look.org and fedoraforum.org Wallpaper http://gnome-look.org/content/download.php?content=14561&id=1 Splash screen http://gnome-look.org/content/download.php?content=14563&id=1 thanks

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Screensavers in FC3
by Steven Garrity 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

There was some talk a few months back about trimming down the screensavers in Fedora Core to a more sane number. First, there was the issue of 3D screensavers bogging down machines that couldn't handle them: https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2003-December/msg00… Then, I floated a proposal to pare down the included screensavers: https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2004-February/msg00… Then, Bill Nottingham had my favourite proposal yet for the screensavers: https://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2004-February/msg00… Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com> wrote: > > xscreensaver - blank only, core > xscreensaver-extras - everything else > > Simple, clean, avoids flamewars. > Has there been any progress on this? Is it too late to do something for FC3? Thanks, Steven Garrity

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proposal to remove the "Start Here" icon
by Brent Fox 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

I propose that we remove the "Start Here" icon from the default desktop for the following reasons: - It presents the same choices that the Main Menu does, just in a different way. This is potentially confusing and inconsistent. The Menu is a much faster way to launch apps anyway. - The name "Start Here" implies that there it will take you to a set of steps to set up your desktop, but it doesn't do that. - It's basically useless. :) I think a case could be made for a first-run desktop tutorial kind of thing, but "Start Here" as it currently exists is not it. I propose that we remove this icon for FC3test2 and see if anybody complains. Thoughts, Brent

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Custom Desktop
by corywynn＠comcast.net 18 Jul '04

18 Jul '04

Forgive me if I am missing something but I am attempting to setup a small business with FC1 and my buddy who is willing to try it out only wants his clients to access certain apps from the desktop and little to no chance of file/desktop alteration. Can someone help me and/or direct me to how I might say only have default /home/anyuser environments that gives them only logout options, internet, and messenger? I am just curious. I can't find it anywhere. Thx for any help. Cory

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Nautilus Icon Selection Screen
by Shawn Mahon 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

This may be a fairly trivial question, but here goes. When I create a new launcher and try to select a custom icon it opens the screen which shows /usr/src/pixmaps. If I want to select a new directory I type the path in the top, however it doesnt attempt to autocomplete the path, nor does it show directories listed in the path. This is kind of annoying since some of my icon folders are buried deep, and i have to type the exact path from memory. Is this a setting I messed up, or is there a way to fix it? If you need me to elaborate or want a screenshot of the exact window let me know. Thanks for your time, Shawn

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FC2 - Screen Resolution woes!!!
by Srinivas Yalavarthy 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Hi, I've installed FC2 with all the latest updates. Desktop resolution is really bugging me. I have ATI RADEON 7200 card and Sun 21" monitor which Sony GDM-20E20. Here is the problem... In the windows manager I can set my resolution to 1600x1200@60. It works great. But when I reboot the box both during "start up" and "login screen" screen goes blank. Since I set to do "auto login" I do get the desktop but at 1152x864. This happens every time. I manually have to change the resolution back to 1600x1200. I am lost. Please Help. Here is /etc/X11/xorg.conf...... # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "dri" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" # Or if you just want both to be control, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" # Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Sony GDM-20SE2T5" HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0 VertRefresh 48.0 - 160.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "ATI Radeon 7200" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Group 0 Mode 0666 EndSection

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Re: terminal services prototype (Remote desktops using VNC)
by Steve Wardell 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

This was listed as being part of Fedore Core 3 Test 1, but I'm unable to find how to use / set this up. Was this part of that release? If so, how do I configure / enable it? Thanks, Steve

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RE: Sound not working : Installed Fedora 2.6 on DELL Inspiron 9100
by Pilla, Venkataratnam (GE Consumer Finance) 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Hi Gopal, By default sound comes with mute turned on for some reason. Use aumix to unmute, particularly Pcm and Pcm2 for the speakers. I haven't tried the headphone jack yet. The built-in speakers are amazingly good. Cheers Venkat -----Original Message----- From: fedora-desktop-list-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:fedora-desktop-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of GOPAL KULKARNI Sent: 16 July 2004 14:28 To: fedora-desktop-list(a)redhat.com Subject: Sound not working : Installed Fedora 2.6 on DELL Inspiron 9100 All:, I have installed Fedora on DELL Inspiron 9100 machine, everything is working except sound. Is there any workaround for this problem? Thanks in Advance. Regards Gopal Kulkarni _________________________________________________________________ Reach out to millions of buyers. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/52047.asp With zero investment. -- Fedora-desktop-list mailing list Fedora-desktop-list(a)redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list

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Sound not working : Installed Fedora 2.6 on DELL Inspiron 9100
by GOPAL KULKARNI 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

All:, I have installed Fedora on DELL Inspiron 9100 machine, everything is working except sound. Is there any workaround for this problem? Thanks in Advance. Regards Gopal Kulkarni _________________________________________________________________ Reach out to millions of buyers. http://go.msnserver.com/IN/52047.asp With zero investment.

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Re: Gnome image viewers
by Warren Togami 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Panu Matilainen wrote: > On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 12:45, Warren Togami wrote: > >>Louis Garcia wrote: >> >>>Why are there two image viewers for gnome. Eog and gthumb basically do >>>the same thing. I personally like gthumb as eog ui can use some work. As >>>I understand eog is used as a bonobo component for nautilus to display >>>images in the nautilus window. Why can't we just move the bonobo >>>component to gthumb and kill eog? >>> >> >>In my experience gthumb seems to be less buggy than eog, especially in >>printing of large graphics. eog seems to intermittently lockup during >>printing or exhibit other weird behavior... while gthumb at least works. >> This is true of latest rawhide too... > > > In my experience, and just verified by looking what eog does nowadays > (==not much), eog and gthumb cannot be even compared. Gthumb is what I > call an image viewer application, eog is a dumb "open this one image for > me" application. If you ask me, eog as an image viewer application is 2 > megabytes of wasted diskspace. Ok since it's used by nautilus then > that's a justification for it's existence but can we please throw it out > of the menu and replace it with gthumb as the default "Image Viewer" > application? > > - Panu - Totally in agreement, can we make gthumb default instead of eog for FC3? Warren Togami wtogami(a)redhat.com

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