>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Michael Reilly <pmr@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Paul> Erik Harrison wrote: >> On 9/3/06, Paul Michael Reilly <pmr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I bit the bullet and installed Xfce 4.4 beta 2 >>> (xfce4-4.3.90.2-installer.bin) on my rawhide system. I installed >>> it to /usr/local thinking that putting /usr/local/bin on my PATH >>> variable before /usr/bin would cause the beta2 executables to run >>> before any yum installed (fedora-extras-development.repo) Xfce 4.2 >>> executables (/usr/bin) so my first question is: was/is this >>> wishful thinking (that I could have both 4.4 beta 2 and 4.2 >>> installed to the same system and not encounter serious issues)? >> Officially I believe having multiple installs is unsupported. Some >> of us devs do it (I do not) and in the past, attempts have lead to >> major library conflicts Paul> No problem. I realize full well that I am pursuing a high risk Paul> course. FWIW I faced the choice of using the supported (Fedora) Paul> Xfce 4.2 (getting real stale), using a developer repo that a Paul> RedHat dude created with Xfce 4.4 beta 1 or biting the bullet Paul> and installing Xfce 4.4 beta 2. The latter was most appealing Paul> to me even though it is fraught with risk. You might be refering to my Xfce4.4 beta repository here. I don't work for RedHat, I do maintain Xfce in fedora extras however. ;) I unfortunately choose 'xfce-4.4b1' in the repo name when I created it, but it does have the latest b2 packages in it. I expect to also be packaging up the rc1 packages as they come out later today (hopefully). I would appreciate any feedback on the beta packages... >>> I am running a dual head configuration (individual displays rather >>> than xinerama). There are two issues that pop up immediately that >>> I need to solve: >>> >>> 1) there is a bar across the top of both displays that appears to >>> be an orphaned panel, i.e. I cannot get rid of it (the original >>> panel that was at the top has been moved to the bottom of screen 0 >>> and works just fine there. Paul> I was able to solve this problem. I killed two taskbar Paul> processes, saved and then restarted the session. They were Paul> gone. This says to me that Xfce 4.2 cruft was stored in the Paul> saved session. Yeah. :( >>> 2) I cannot seem to use the settings->panel manager dialog to >>> accomplish much with the second display. When I click on the box >>> representing the second display the dialog disappears along with >>> all the applications running in the fist display. I will need to >>> repeat this a few more times before I can accurately describe what >>> is really going on, so this description represents my first take. >>> >> I'm not sure what to tell you here. I don't believe any of the >> primary devs use Xinerama so support has always been based on heavy >> reliance on user testing. So ordinarily I'd encourage you to file >> some detailed bug reports. But since you have two versions of Xfce >> installed.... Paul> which means it will probably be a waste of my time, so I will Paul> hold off until Fedora supports xfce 4.4 in rawhide, something Paul> I'm not expecting anytime soon. Hopefully by that time I will Paul> have pulled out enough arrows to add value to that Paul> discussion/process. :-) I also don't have any Xinerama setups, so not sure I can assis here either. I haven't updated Xfce in rawhide yet as the current release is 4.4beta2. I don't want to put in a beta and have that be released with fc6. If the rc1 or rc2 are pretty stable and in time, I might be able to get it in before fc6 goes out... FWIW, I am running devel on my laptop and using the beta2 rpms from my repository, and have only run into a few snags. Paul> -pmr kevin
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