On Wed, 2011-11-30 at 17:16 -0700, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:49:19 -0600 > Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > This happened in F15 and I thought I was just ignorant. > > Now that it has happened again in F16 I realize it is a software > > problem. > > When Gnome is configured for a user and then the user tries to use > > Xfce they find that the Xfce is corrupted in various ways. Namely: > > What do you mean by 'gnome is configured for a user' ? > They logged in with gnome? something else? > > > 1. when Firefox is run the top menu choices can not be used. You click > > on Edit for example and you see the Edit menu, When you move the > > cursor down the menu and the menu disappears. > > Sounds like a window manager focus issue... > > > 2. Gnome display image bleeds into Xfce. > > display image? Not sure what you mean here... > > > 3. Evolution after awhile has the same problem as Firefox. > > 4. Running the Software Update program causes the update window to be > > so large that you can't see the options like "Install" at the bottom > > of the window, > > Whats your screen resolution? > > > 5. You can't set up multiple workspaces. > > etc., etc and so forth. > > What happens when you try and do so? The workwspaces are not created. > > > In F15 the corruptions were slightly different. Foe example the menu > > you got when you clicked on the Desktop was the Gnome menu not the > > Xfce menu. > > Other strange things happened like you get a view of the home > > directory immediately when you log in to Xfce, > > > > It would be interesting to hear whether others have seen similar > > effects. > > It sounds like somehow you have had metacity take over for xfwm4. > Can you open up a terminal and run a 'ps aux' and see which window > manager is running? > > xfwm4 --replace & > > and then logging out and back on to save the session with xfwm4 running > might help? > > kevin My display is: 1280x1024 Well I can answer the other questions but : xfwm4 --replace & seems to be the answer to my problems. So far all my complaints have gone away. Thanks. Now how did metacity take over for xfwm4? -- ======================================================================= I just forgot my whole philosophy of life!!! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
